All-Star Battle R ★ Diego Brando
Diego was confirmed as a playable character alongside Robert E.O. Speedwagon, Mariah, and Pet Shop during the Street Date trailer. With his addition, Dio technically has 3 versions of himself be playable in the game.
As a Part 7 character, three parts of the Holy Corpse appear scattered on stages when he, Johnny, Gyro, or Valentine are being played, which they can pick up to receive blessings that boost their performance in combat. Corpse Parts are obtained by crouching while over them. He is the third character to use the 'Mounted' style alongside Johnny and Gyro.
Diego's model and color scheme are taken from Eyes of Heaven, however his render is now the one once used by his parallel world self.
Command List
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ON GROUND Diego can summon his horse Silver Bullet to mount it, or dismount and send it away, shifting his movement and available abilities. Silver Bullet improves his basic mobility, attack range, and power, but receiving knockback will forcibly dismount him.
If the Style input () is chained from normals while unmounted, 'Quick Mount' is triggered at the cost of Heart Heat, whereby Diego mounts Silver Bullet much faster and the act of flipping onto his horse can knock the opponent into the air. This provides an easy and quicker method of mounting as well as transitioning Diego's unmounted combo into a mounted one.
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(Unmounted) ON GROUND A 'Super Jump' skill. Diego bounds higher into the air than normal, covering a greater distance when leaping forward or backwards. This special can be used to better evade attacks, extend time for air-based maneuvers, or quickly cancel normal attacks for both offensive and defensive purposes.
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(Unmounted) IN AIR OK While in mid-air, Diego can chain his aerial normal attacks together in order of increasing power, much like any other character could on the ground. This ability synergizes with "Dinosaur Kinetic Vision", allowing Diego to freely continue aerial combos canceled from his Super Jump with said normal attacks.
+ (Umounted) ON GROUND Diego shifts forward and delivers a stabbing claw strike. A command normal that can chain into Diego's skills.
+ (Unmounted) ON GROUND Diego performs a spin while moving a distance forward, and unleashes a double-handed claw slash. This deals significant Guard damage, and is a command normal that can chain into Diego's skills.
+ (Unmounted) ON GROUND Diego turns around as he whips his dinosaur tail upwards, launching the opponent into the air. This is a low attack that cannot be blocked standing, and a command normal that can chain into Diego's skills.
// while near Corpse Part (Unmounted) ON GROUND Diego receives a new blessing for every Holy Corpse Part he holds, but if successfully knocked down, drops the part and loses said blessing.
- Diego gains access to the follow-up skill "Are you ready?!"
- All of Diego's skills are enhanced in some form or another, mainly boosting their damage.
- The rate at which Diego's Heart Heat Gauge fills is increased.
+ // ON GROUND Diego lunges forward off the ground and unleashes a barrage of alternating claw slashes before landing. If used while Mounted, this seamlessly transitions him into a Dismounted state as he leaps from atop Silver Bullet. The attack button inputted affects how far Diego moves forward while leaping, inversely affecting his recovery speed afterward. (Flash Cancel comboable)
If Diego holds two Corpse Parts, he becomes invulnerable during this skill's start-up, allowing the attack to function as a reversal.
// (requires at least one Corpse Part) ON GROUND Diego follows up on his attack by unleashing a powerful 3-hit combo of claw slashes, sending the opponent flying with the final two-handed strike. The attack button inputted affects the damage dealt by the attack, inversely affecting Diego's recovery speed afterward. (Flash Cancel comboable)
If Diego holds two Corpse Parts, this attack inflicts more damage.
+ // ON GROUND Diego suddenly launches into the air and performs a somersault, sprouting his dinosaur tail and whipping it downward to bounce the opponent off the ground. If used while Mounted, this seamlessly transitions him into a Dismounted state as he leaps from atop Silver Bullet, and the skill executes much faster. This is a middle attack that cannot be blocked crouching, and Diego is invulnerable until he leaves the ground, allowing the attack to function as a reversal. The attack button inputted affects how far Diego moves forward while leaping, inversely affecting his recovery speed afterward. (Flash Cancel comboable)
If Diego holds two Corpse Parts, his invulnerability during this skill's start-up is extended to right before the tail attack begins.
Against human players, the attack can easily bypass blocking due to Diego having changed to their other side the instant before the attack is released (known as a "cross-up").
+ // ON GROUND Diego calls forth small dinosaurs that remain stationary for a brief period, then charge forward to bite at the opponent multiple times. The dinosaurs will travel the length of the area if allowed, and function as projectiles. The attack button inputted increases the number of dinosaurs summoned, with Light () summoning one while Heavy () summons three; However, Diego's recovery speed afterward is inversely affected. (Comboable)
If Diego holds two Corpse Parts, the dinosaurs inflict more damage.
ON GROUND Diego picks his opponent up by their neck with one hand, then stabs his sharpened claws into their body with the other, and finally slashes outward to throw them away.
+ 2 ATK Buttons ON GROUND Diego fully transforms into his Utahraptor form, known as Dinosaur Form. The stock of Heart Heat spent becomes a draining timer, canceling the ability upon depleting. Upon deactivation of Dinosaur Form, Diego will momentarily revert with a jump, changing back to his human form in mid-air and leaving him vulnerable.
Dinosaur Diego gains a new set of normal attacks and skills, drastically improving his overall damage output and range. He gains passive Super Armor at all times and cannot be staggered, knocked down, or launched, allowing him to power through any attack. Most prominently, Diego becomes immune to most opposing HHA and GHA; Heat Attacks that only continue upon connecting with a first hit will simply fail against Dinosaur Diego, and he will bypass any counters and counter-type Heat Attacks and strike the opponent without triggering them.
However, Dinosaur Diego is unable to guard, taunt, Flash Cancel, Stylish Evade, or Stylish Guard, leaving him little in the way of defending himself from incoming damage, and he can still be KO'd. Interestingly, when struck by HHA and GHA, Guard damage (damage that would have been dealt to Diego's Guard Gauge upon blocking) is converted and added to the incoming attack's normal damage. This means Heat Attacks that would deal higher Guard damage, such as Gyro's GHA, still deal significant damage to Dinosaur Diego even if they would technically 'fail'. HHA that continue executing without an initial hit will still deal full damage to him as well, assuming he cannot interrupt the attack.
As HHA can be universally canceled into from most attacks including skills, this gives Diego a means to extend combos by chaining into its activation, instantly canceling an attack not unlike a Flash Cancel and allowing him to continue his offense into Dinosaur Form.
// then // ON GROUND A 'Super Jump' skill. Dinosaur Diego bounds higher into the air than normal, covering a greater distance when leaping forward or backwards. This special can be used to better evade attacks, extend time for air-based maneuvers, or quickly cancel normal attacks for both offensive and defensive purposes.
or or IN AIR OK While in mid-air, Dinosaur Diego can chain his aerial normal attacks together in order of increasing power, much like any other character could on the ground. This ability synergizes with "Dinosaur Kinetic Vision", allowing Diego to freely continue aerial combos canceled from his Super Jump with said normal attacks.
// while near Corpse Part ON GROUND Dinosaur Diego receives a new blessing for every Holy Corpse Part he holds, but if successfully knocked down, drops the part and loses said blessing. As he cannot be knocked down in Dinosaur Form, he is protected from losing any Corpse Parts until he reverts.
- Diego gains access to the follow-up skill "Are you ready?!" (Unusable in Dinosaur Form)
- All of Dinosaur Diego's skills deal increased damage.
- The rate at which Dinosaur Diego's Heart Heat Gauge fills is increased.
+ // ON GROUND Dinosaur Diego calls forth smaller dinosaurs that immediately charge forward to bite at the opponent multiple times. The dinosaurs will travel the length of the area if allowed, and function as projectiles. The attack button inputted increases the number of dinosaurs summoned, with Light () summoning one while Heavy () summons three; However, Diego's recovery speed afterward is inversely affected. (Comboable)
If Dinosaur Diego holds two Corpse Parts, the dinosaurs inflict more damage.
+ // ON GROUND Dinosaur Diego leaps forward in a melee tackle. If he connects with the opponent, he will stomp and pin them to the ground with his feet, before proceeding to rapidly chomp them while they're down. He completes the attack by performing a backflip, whipping his tail to send the target flying a long distance away. The attack button inputted affects how far Dinosaur Diego moves forward while leaping as well as the damage dealt, inversely affecting his recovery speed afterward if the attack fails.
If Dinosaur Diego holds two Corpse Parts, this attack inflicts more damage.
+ // ON GROUND WHEN DOWNED Dinosaur Diego launches high into the air before suddenly slamming straight downward in a massive stomp, knocking the opponent down in a ground bounce. This is a middle attack that cannot be blocked crouching, and can strike a downed opponent. The attack button inputted affects how far Dinosaur Diego moves forward while leaping as well as the damage dealt, inversely affecting his recovery speed afterward.
If Dinosaur Diego holds two Corpse Parts, this attack inflicts more damage.
ON GROUND Dinosaur Diego headbutts the opponent off-balance, before performing a heavy tailspin and whipping them away.
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ON GROUND Diego's GHA can only be performed while unmounted, and he will automatically dismount from Silver Bullet when used while mounted; He cannot perform this GHA while in Dinosaur Form.
Diego partially transforms, readies his claws, lets out a "WRYYYYYY!", and charges forward in a melee strike. If the attack connects, he sics three small dinosaurs on the opponent that lunge and bite at them. Sprinting in after them, he leaps and delivers a series of relentless claw-handed blows to his opponent's body. Finishing the assault, Diego bears his fangs and screams his murderous intent, before unleashing a superhumanly powerful upwards chop to cleave them up the middle.
