Esidisi (エシディシ, Eshidishi) was confirmed for All-Star Battle R during the game's initial announcement trailer.[1]
Although his moveset remains fundamentally the same as his from All-Star Battle, a few tweaks have been made to both balance the character and fit him into the overall gameplay changes that All-Star Battle R brought along.
Esidisi has 950 health and uses the Mode (モード, Mōdo) Style, which allows him to toggle use of his unique Mode at any time during battle, at the cost of draining his Heart Heat Gauge. Furthermore, as a Pillar Man, part of the damage Esidisi receives from non-Ripple attacks is automatically converted into recoverable gray health.
Esidisi slides forward slightly and performs a spinning kick.
Attack type: High Damage: 23
Standing Heavy Attack
ON GROUND
Esidisi swings his arm out, spinning his upper body when he follows through and unnaturally contorting it.
Attack type: High Damage: 36
Crouching Light Attack
+ ON GROUND
Esidisi twists and attacks behind his back with his elbow.
Attack type: Low Damage: 12
Crouching Medium Attack
+ ON GROUND
Esidisi performs a crouching back kick.
Attack type: Low Damage: 22
Crouching Heavy Attack
+ ON GROUND
Esidisi spins around in place on his elbow while kicking out with his leg in a sweeping kick. If it connects with the opponent, they are knocked into the air.
Attack type: Low Damage: 35
Jumping Light Attack
IN AIR OK
Esidisi attacks out with both his knees while airborne.
Attack type: Middle Damage: 16
Jumping Medium Attack
IN AIR OK
Esidisi knees outward with only one knee while airborne.
Attack type: Middle Damage: 25
Jumping Heavy Attack
IN AIR OK
Esidisi flips and swings his leg downward while airborne.
Attack type: Middle Damage: 37
Style/Specials/Etc. (スタイル/特殊技/その他)
Heat Control
ON GROUND
Activating "Heat Control" causes Esidisi to heat up his surroundings, creating a burning aura. Opponents near him will slowly take continual burn damage, which appears as white health. Additionally, his skills are enhanced, and he gains access to two new skills. While active, attacking, guarding, and taking damage will not build Heart Heat. The mode can be canceled at any time by inputting again. If Esidisi is knocked down, this mode will be forcibly deactivated. It will also be automatically deactivated if Esidisi uses his Heart Heat Attack.
The Burning King
+ for 1 HH ON GROUND
Expending one stock of the Heart Heat Gauge causes Esidisi to heat up his surroundings, creating a burning aura. Opponents near him will slowly take continual Burn damage, which appears as white health. It also enhances his skills even further than "Heat Control" and grants access to two new ones. While active, attacking, guarding, and taking damage will not build Heart Heat, but Esidisi can activate his HHA for no cost. However, activating it will automatically cancel this mode. It will also be forcibly canceled if Esidisi is knocked down.
Outta the way!
+ ON GROUND
Esidisi slides a short distance forward and delivers a fast upward kick that knocks the opponent off their feet. A command normal that can chain into Esidisi's skills. (Comboable)
Attack type: High Damage: 25
Rumble Mode (ゴゴゴモード, Gogogo Mōdo)
Activates when under 30% health
This mode is automatically activated once Esidisi falls below 30% health. It increases his attack power, as well as the rate at which the Heart Heat Gauge rises, while also decreasing the rate at which the Guard Gauge drops.
Skills (コマンド技)
The Burning King [☆]
+ //ON GROUND
Esidisi launches his veins out of his fingertips forwards, striking the opponent multiple times. The distance Esidisi's veins will reach, number of hits, and damage will increase in order, but the greater the increase, the longer the recovery. (Flash Cancel combable)
While "Heat Control" or "The Burning King" (the install) is active, the attack is changed to Esidisi launching veins from his whole upper body in a forward barrage, massively increasing the attack's general range. "The Burning King" will increase the range more than "Heat Control". The follow-up skill "Simmer like a stew!" also becomes available while either mode is active.
Esidisi launches his veins out of his fingertips at an upward angle. This skill can only be used as an anti-air or in combos as it cannot hit grounded opponents. The damage increases in order, but the greater the increase, the longer the recovery. (Flash Cancel combable)
While "Heat Control" or "The Burning King" (the install) is active, the attack is changed to Esidisi launching veins from his whole upper body in an entanglement, now hitting multiple times and capable of also hitting a standing opponent.
Esidisi somersaults forward into the air before unleashing veins from all over his body. The attack's position and direction changes depending on the attack button inputted.
Light (): Esidisi unleashes veins in a forward attack immediately upon leaving the ground, launching the opponent. (Flash Cancel comboable)
Medium (): Esidisi jumps high into the air before his somersault and unleashes veins in a downwards attack after reaching the apex of his leap, locking the opponent in place for a moment before they crumple to the ground. (Comboable)
Heavy (): Esidisi leaps forward and unleashes veins in a backwards attack as he somersaults, knocking the opponent off their feet. Esidisi doesn't leap as high as he does with the , resulting in him passing through the opponent if they are close enough. This is a cross-up attack meant to suddenly switch to the opponent's other side and strike before they can properly guard. (Flash Cancel comboable)
While "Heat Control" or "The Burning King" (the install) is active, this skill will deal more damage.
Attack type: High / Middle Damage: 10 × 3 + 30 (60) (normal) / 10.3 × 3 + 30 (61) (Heat Control and The Burning King) 10 × 3 + 20 (50) (normal) / 10.3 × 3 + 20 (51) (Heat Control and The Burning King)
Simmer like a stew!
(During ☆ skill while "Heat Control" or "The Burning King is active") + ON GROUND
While "Heat Control" or "The Burning King" is active, Esidisi follows up on his attack by pumping the opponent full of his boiling-hot blood, causing them to explode.
Damage: 30
I can read you like a book!
+ //ON GROUND
Esidisi sends veins from his feet across the ground. If it connects, the opponent is momentarily bound and then launched towards Esidisi. The damage dealt and distance the opponent is launched increases in order, but the greater the increase, the longer the recovery. (Comboable)
While "Heat Control" or "The Burning King" is active, the opponent will be burned if they are hit, causing them to take damage over time. Damage of the skill overall is also increased with the increase being greater in "The Burning King" mode than "Heat Control" mode.
(While "Heat Control" or "The Burning King" is active) + ON GROUND
While either "Heat Control" or "The Burning King" is active, Esidisi fires off his flaming blood in ball-like projectiles forward. The number of projectiles depend on which mode is active.
Attack type: High Damage: 30 × 3 (90) (Heat Control) / 30 × 7 (210) (The Burning King)
How could youuuuuu!
+ ON GROUND
Esidisi begins to quietly weep. If the opponent strikes him with a non-HHA/GHA melee attack, he'll openly and dramatically bawl before suddenly composing himself. This steals a quarter of a bar of the Heart Heat Gauge from the opponent.
This skill cannot be used if either "Heat Control" or "The Burning King" are active.
Attack type: Counter
Throw (投げ技)
How's this!
2 ATK buttons near opponent or ( to back-throw) ON GROUND
Esidisi picks his opponent up by the neck and hurls them into the ground in the desired direction.
Attack type: Throw Damage: 110
Heart Heat Attack / Great Heat Attack (ＨＨＡ / ＧＨＡ)
Think fast!
+ 2 ATK Buttons
ON GROUND
Esidisi moves forward and executes the fire-powered kick he used to murder Loggins. If the kick connects, it will hit the opponent in the abdomen, making them go limp as they are lifted off the ground. Using the other leg, Esidisi knocks the opponent off in a roudhouse-style jump kick. The HHA replenishes a small amount of Esidisi's health on success, as he drains the opponent's blood during the initial kick.
Attack type: High Damage: 170
Burned to a crisp!
+ 3 ATK Buttons or ON GROUND
Esidisi sends out a large amount of his veins from all over his body in a forward strike. If they connect, the opponent is immobilized as the veins force their way into their body. Gleeful, Esidisi begins slowly pumping his boiling-hot blood into them, incinerating them from the inside-out as a fiery explosion occurs.
This GHA is an enactment of Esidisi's failed attack on Joseph Joestar, before being interrupted by Joseph's winning move. Although the attack was never followed through in the story, the game shows the possible sequence in full.
Attack type: High Damage: 340 / 408 / 520 (depending on HH gauge)
Assist System (アシストシステム)
Assault Assist (アサルトアシスト, Asaruto Ashisuto)
ON GROUND
A three-stock assist. Esidisi lands in and somersaults forward, unleashing veins in a backwards attack and knocking the opponent off their feet. He then poses before jumping back off-screen.
Attack type: High Damage: 60
Reversal Assist (リバーサルアシスト, Ribāsaru Ashisuto)
ON GROUND
A one-stock assist. Esidisi flips into the opponent, kicking them away. He then poses before jumping back off-screen.
Esidisi moves a short distance forward when attacking now. This normal also has more pushback than it did in All-Star Battle.
Standing Heavy Attack
ON GROUND
Esidisi moves a farther distance forward than he did in All-Star Battle.
Style/Specials/Etc. (スタイル/特殊技/その他)
Heat Control
ON GROUND
While active, this install will no longer drain the Heart Heat Gauge. Instead, it prevents Esidisi from building Heart Heat while guarding, attacking, or being hit. This also means that Esidisi does not require Heart Heat to activate the install. Esidisi's jump arc is now altered while the install is active as well, and he will not jump as far forward as he did in All-Star Battle. Additionally, the name of this install has changed slightly. Previously it was "Heat Control Mode" in place of "Heat Control".
The Burning King
+ for 1 HH ON GROUND
This install will no longer turn the HH gauge into a timer. As such, this install will be active until Esidisi is either knocked down or he uses his HHA. When Esidisi uses his HHA during this install, it will cost him no Heart Heat instead of emptying the rest of his HH gauge, regardless of the number of stocks he has. Esidisi's jump arc is now altered while the install is active as well, and he will not jump as far forward as he did in All-Star Battle. Additionally, the name of this install has changed. Previously it was "Erratic Blaze King Mode" in place of "The Burning King".
Outta the way!
+ ON GROUND
Esidisi launches the opponent into a higher arc now, causing the opponent to be the in the air for longer and making this command normal easier to combo off of. It also no longer hard knockdowns, instead causing a soft knockdown when the opponent hits the ground. Furthermore, Esidisi moves a farther distance forward than he did in All-Star Battle.
Skills (コマンド技)
The Burning King [☆]
+ //ON GROUND
While the animation remains the same, the actual reach of the skill's hitbox now increases in order, resulting in Esidisi's veins passing through opponents without hitting them at longer ranges when using the weaker variants. Also, while "Heat Control" or "The Burning King" (the install) are active, the damage of this skill is no longer increased. When hitting an airborne opponent, this skill now stops the opponent's momentum. Additionally, the translation for this skill has changed. Previously it was ""Erratic Blaze King" Mode" in place of "The Burning King".
To hell with you! [☆]
+ //ON GROUND
When hitting an aerial opponent, this skill now knocks the opponent to the ground in a soft knockdown. This skill also no longer hits multiple times unless Esidisi has one of his installs active. When one of his installs are active, the skill now knocks the opponent a small distance into the air if they are grounded.
The Burning King: Wheel of Pain
+ //ON GROUND IN AIR OK
The input for this skill has been changed. Previously it was in place of . Also, this skill can now be used while airborne. Each variant of this skill has its own changes as well.
Light (: This variant does not launch opponents as far as it did in All-Star Battle.
Medium (: Esidisi does not jump as far forward as he did in All-Star Battle. When an opponent is hit, they are now held in place for a moment before suffering a crumple rather than a groundbounce.
Heavy (: Esidisi does not jump as far forward or as high as he did in All-Star Battle. This results in Esidisi often passing through the opponent rather than jumping over them if he's close enough. The hitbox has been extended backward, meaning that even if Esidisi does not manage to cross onto the other side of the opponent, they can still be hit by part of the attack (up to three hits) if they're close enough to Esidisi's back. However, they will not be launched.
Additionally, the translation for this skill has changed. Previously it was "Erratic Blaze King: Wheel of Pain" in place of "The Burning King: Wheel of Pain".
I can read you like a book!
+ //ON GROUND
The input for this skill has been changed. Previously it was + // in place of . Instead of pulling the opponent across the ground, directly to Esidisi, they are launched into the air towards Esidisi. Because how far the opponent gets launched increases along with the strength of the attack button inputted, this means that the opponent may not reach Esidisi when a weaker variant is used. They can also be launched over Esidisi.
Blood like lava
(While "Heat Control" or "The Burning King" is active) + ON GROUND
This skill is only accessible while either "Heat Control" or "The Burning King" is active now. Because there is only one variant of this attack now, the range is set, though where the projectiles land and how many there are depend on which install is active. The input is also different. Previously, it was + // in place of + .
How could youuuuuu!
+ ON GROUND
The input for this skill has been changed. Previously it was + in place of + . The translation for the name of this skill has also changed. Previously it was "I can't take it anymore!" in place of "How could youuuuuu!".
Heart Heat Attack / Great Heat Attack (ＨＨＡ / ＧＨＡ)
Think fast!
+ 2 ATK Buttons
ON GROUND
Esidisi moves a greater distance forward than he did in All-Star Battle when executing the initial kick.
Burned to a crisp!
+ 3 ATK Buttons or ON GROUND
The hitbox for the initial hit of this GHA appears later than it did in All-Star Battle, making it easier for the opponent to react to its activation.
Scared, are we? Aha, you've grown all pale! I called you on it, didn't I? HMMMM?! (おっ、青ざめたな。図星だろう？ ズバリ当たってしまったか…………………なァーーッ！？)
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Those who meet me with an attitude like yours don't live long! (そのようなまなざしを持つ者がおれに会った時… そいつは早死にする)
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All war is deception! (「兵は詭道なり！」)
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Heh heh heh heh heh! (フフフフフフフフ)
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The antidote is right here, in my nose ring! (おれの解毒剤はこの鼻のピアスにある！)
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Have you grown afraid of me? (このおれに今恐怖をおぼえただろう)
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How long can you escape my battle techniques? (このエシディシの流法からいつまで逃げまわれるかな)
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What do you think you're doing?! (おのれッ、何をするかッ！)
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Here's a present from me. (このエシディシからもプレゼントだ)
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I have no time to deal with the likes of you right now. (いま…おまえを相手しているひまはない)
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All this talk is just you trying to come up with a plan, right?! (そんなへらず口をたたくふりをして 実は心の中で作戦を考えているのだろう)
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A clever dodge indeed... (味な方法でかわしやがった…)
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That sharp look in your eyes... That's the intensity I crave! (ほう…鋭い…いい目をするようになったな…)
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Scared, are we? Aha, you've grown all pale! I called you on it, didn't I? (おっ、青ざめたな。図星だろう？)
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HMMMMMM?! (なァーーッ！？)
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Heh heh heh heh! (くっくっくっくっくっ)
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Don't worry: Your life is in my hands, now! (きさまは今、生死をおれにつかまれている)
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Has your fear driven you mad yet? (恐怖のあまり気でも違ったか！)
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Your chase ends here! (追わせはしねーッ！！)
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If you insist on going after me, you'd better kill me first! (追うんならこのオレを殺してからにしやがれッ！)
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Gah hah hah hah! C'mon! Take me on! (グシャシャシャシャシャアーッ。こいよ、 きなよッ！！)
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Try and kill me! (おれを殺してみろッ！)
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Enough with your stupid tricks! (つまらんハッタリはやめろォ！…)
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Victory Lines
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You're a long way away from being ready to fight me. (おれと闘う資格にゃあ まだほど遠かったなぁ～～～～～～)
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I think I'll go outside and see how the outside world has changed over the years! (今はとりあえず人間世界の変化ぶりを見学に外界に出るとしよう)
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I can already see right through your plans! (きさまの作戦なんぞすでに見切っているぜーーッ！！)
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Your arms will be taken in by my body! (きさまの腕はおれの肉体にとり込まれていく！)
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How amazing that I meet such a strange person in a strange place! (意外だ………実に意外な場所で意外な人間に出会ったものだ)
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Almost there! Once the Red Stone of Aja is placed here, the stone mask will be complete! (あとひと息よ！ エイジャの赤石をこれにはめこめば 石仮面は…完成するッ！)
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I supposed you planned to flee from here. So much for that, right? (このまま逃げ出すつもりでいたのだろうが、あてがはずれたな)
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I'm a little more passionate than Kars or Wamuu. I have to cry my eyes out to chill out! (おれはカーズやワムウに比べるとチと荒っぽい 性格でな～～～～～。激昂してトチ狂いそうになると 泣きわめいて頭を冷静にすることにしているのだ)
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I said MOVE, damn you! If I so much as touch you, you can say goodbye to half your body! (もう一度だけ言う…どけい！ おれに触れたら、きさまは肉体を半分以上失うことになる)
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I'm taken aback by how skilled you've become! (ちょいとおどろいたぞ。おまえの成長には…………)
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Now I'm alone...? I guess Kars and the rest don't realize the Red Stone is still nearby. (オレひとりか…（別行動をとった）カーズたちは まだ赤石がこの地にあることをつきとめておらぬようだ)
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To fight is to deceive! Think you can shake me by getting angry?! I won't fall for that. (戦いとは詭道（あざむくこと）！ 敵を怒らせて心を動揺させれば その力にスキが生じる！ きさまがやろうとしているのは それだろう？……………その手には乗らん…)
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Your improvement is indeed praise-worthy! I haven't had a good rival in ages. (きさまの成長には驚がくした…きさまを讃美しよう！ 久しく好敵手がなかったのでな)
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You got scared, eh? Your heart grew panicked... and your attacks became predictable. (やっぱり恐怖してたな。心の動揺でアセリができ…………… 安易な方法で攻撃してきたのはきさまの方だった)
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My hot blood will flow into you and turn your face into a bubbling stew! (顔に血管針をつきさして沸騰血を体内に送りこみ、 おまえの顔面をグツグツのシチューにしてやる……………)
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"Victory is fully decided before the battle starts." Isn't that right?! (おまえ……さっきこういっていたな。 「勝利とは戦う前にすでに決定されているッ！」とかァ～～)
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Absotively posolutely yes yes YES! You are correct, sir! (まさにィ、まさにまさにまさにィィィィィィィィー、 まさに！ きさまのいうとおりよなぁぁぁぁ～～～～～っ！！)
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It looks like my strategy beats yours! That's all victory really means! (もっとも上を行き勝利を決定していたのは おれの策の方ではあったがなあ！！)
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Tag Lines
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You're gonna burn like a candle on a birthday cake! (バースデーケーキのろうそくのようにきれーに火をともして焼いてくれるぜ！)
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How could youuuuuu! (あァァァんまりだアァアァ)
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Ripple?! Please, it's all about my Needle Vein Strike! (貧弱な波紋より先におれの血管針をブチ込んでくれるわ！)
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Scared, are we? Aha, you've grown all pale! I called you on it, didn't I? HMMMM?! (おっ、青ざめたな…図星だろう？ ズバリ当たってしまったか…なァーッ！？)
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All war is deception! (「兵は詭道なり！」)
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Gah hah hah hah! C'mon! Take me on! (グシャシャシャシャシャアーッ。こいよ、 きなよッ！！)
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Aah, that feels good... (フー、スッとしたぜ)
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Despair! Now let's hear the twisted cries of torment and pain! (絶望のォ～！！ ひきつり、にごった叫び声をきかしてみせてくれ～！！)
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The Burning King: Wheel of Pain! ( 怪 焔 王 大 車 獄 の流法！)
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I said MOVE, damn you! If I so much as touch you, you can say goodbye to half your body! (もう一度だけ言う…どけい！ おれに触れたら きさまは肉体を 半分以上失うことになる)
1. Down your opponent: 1000 G 2. Land the "Clacker Boomerang" skill: Esidisi Publicity Artwork
Entrance Dialogue
Joseph: So you've figured out that Lisa Lisa has the Red Stone of Aja, huh? Esidisi: You got spunk. But those who meet me with such an attitude... always die quickly!
Victory Dialogue
Joseph: Go away! And take that rush of power you earned by killing all those thousands with you!
Defeat Dialogue
Esidisi: 2,000 years ago, I ran into lots of Ripple users like you. And I consumed them all!
Both the player and opponent's fire damage are decreased.
Secret Missions
1. Use the "Heat Control Mode" style: 1000 G 2. Land the "I can't take it anymore!" skill: Esidisi Reference Sketch 3. Land the "Burning King Mode" skill: Esidisi Color Tint C
Entrance Dialogue
Esidisi: You can use flames too? Intriguing... Avdol: Ggh... I'm being overwhelmed... by heat?
Victory Dialogue
Esidisi: Avdol, was it? Allow me to commend those flames of yours!
Defeat Dialogue
Avdol: I can't believe you can actually make your blood boil... Impressive!
One of the Pillar Men, a heat user. He can control his rage by crying. Kills Loggs and is defeated by Joseph. He sends the Stone of Aja to Kars in Switzerland.
The mightiest of all living creatures, susceptible only to sunlight and Ripple. They are: Kars, Esidisi, Wamuu, and Santana (whose real name is unknown). They feed on vampires, using the energy to stay alive for tens of thousands of years.
The mightiest of all living creatures, susceptible only to sunlight and Hamon. They are: Kars, Esidisi, Wamuu, and Santviento (whose real name is not known). They feed on vampires, using the energy to stay alive for tens of thousands of years.
These changes are intended to make the move easier to Flash Cancel and combo off of.
1.4.0
"To hell with you!" skill
Adjusted hitbox to fix issue where the move would not hit crouching opponents if they were against a wall.
"To hell with you!" skill [Mode]
Increased amount of blockstun.
Adjusted to increase the distance between characters when move is guarded.
These changes are meant to make the move safer to use when the attack misses or is guarded.
"The Burning King: Wheel of Pain" skill
Fixed so that if the same skill hits 3 times or more, the opponent now gets downed. (unintended bug)
"Simmer like a stew!" follow up skill
Fixed bug where the move could still hit even if an opponent had been downed by getting hit by the same move the maximum number of times in a combo (IPS).
1.6.0
"Think fast!" HHA
Increased amount of health absorbed on hit.
2.0.0
Jumping Heavy Attack
Sped up when hitbox manifests.
Increased duration of hitbox.
"The Burning King: Wheel of Pain" skill
Made the skill usable in the air.
Increased the knockback on the and variants.
Decreased the landing recovery when the variant hits.
Fixed an issue where the hurtbox would extend downwards when using the variant.
Decreased the landing recovery of the variant.
Removed Esidisi's collision on the variant.
The changes to the variant of the skill also apply to the Assault Assist as this is the skill used for it.
2.3.0
"Heat Control Mode" special
Increased the range that the proximity fire damage starts applying.
Increased the range that the maximum proximity fire damage starts applying.
"The Burning King" special
Increased the range that the proximity fire damage starts applying.
Increased the range that the maximum proximity fire damage starts applying.
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Color Tint C
Taunt Lines
500 G
Reference Sketch
Buffs
Nerfs
Neutral
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Normal Costume
Color Tint A
Color Tint B
Land the "Burning King Mode" skill
Color Tint D
Esidisi Color Tint C
The Disturbing Esidisi (エシディシの不気味, Eshidisi no Bukimi), and can be unlocked in-game by buying it from the Gallery Shop for 
