Who dat?
A character who was earthrealms champion before becoming a god
Liu Kang (Mortal Kombat)
Any point during a match when both players are trying to control space and take their turn.
Neutral
A professional fighting game player that became popular by dominating online in mkx. He won a majority of mk11 tournaments including evo in 2023.
NinjaKilla
One of the first fighting game franchises to gain a large competitive scene. This franchise even allowed you to beat up a car for extra points.
Street fighter
A good character that becomes evil after being resurrected. She has long hair and wears a purple body suit.
Sindel (Mortal Kombat)
The youngest member of a family known for throwing each other off mountains
Jin Kazama (Tekken)
The art of spacing out your opponent and waiting for them to miss a move in order to get a full combo.
Whiff Punishing
A professional fighting game player that rose to popularity after winning multiple big tournaments in both Injustice 2 and Mortal Kombat 11. They even won evo for Injustice 2 as a rookie in 2018.
RewindNV
This franchise was the reason we have ratings on games. Due to its brutal and gory nature it was the first game to acquire the M rating.
Mortal Kombat
A character known for her wearing only a skin tight leotard and a beret along with her hair being in a singular long braid.
Cammy (street fighter)
A character who is known for his long reach due to his ability to stretch his arms and legs along with his ability to spit fire
Dhalsim (street Fighter)
The name of the bar you gain when attacking opponents that you can use to either enhance your specials or use powerful moves that do more damage.
Special Meter
A professional Street Fighter player who is regarded as the best Street Fighter pro of all time. He rose to popularity early on and gave us the most hype moment in fighting game history.
Daigo
A game where your only goal is to kick your opponent in the head before they do it to you.
Divekick
A character known for her white hair and revealing purple outfit. She mainly uses a chain whip sword.
Ivy (soul calibur)
A grappler who was born and raised in a military city as a slave soldier. He is well known for being very large and busting his enemies.
Potemkin (Guilty Gear)
A mechanic mainly used in the Soul Calibur franchise in which you knock an opponent out of the arena in certain stages causing them to die immediately.
Ring Out
A Super Smash bro melee pro who is regarded as one of the best players in the scene winning multiple tournaments. He is known for having a chill attitude and drinking lots of beer.
Mango
Although not as popular as other franchises it has a dedicated fanbase and is still played in tournaments. Its roster contains mostly women one of which wears a living hat with arms that she uses to attack.
Skullgirls
A ninja type character that wears a skin tight body suit, has a ponytail, and weilds a short katana like weapon. Shes known for her insane jiggle physics.
Taki (Soul Calibur)
A character who has a zombie like appearance, wears a green mask, has a mace for an arm, and has flies surrounding him.
Drahmin (MK Armageddon)
A comeback mechanic in the Marvel vs Capcom 3 when used causes your character to regen health faster and do more damage which increases depending on how many teammates are down. There is also something similar in DragonBall Fighterz
X factor
A professional fighting game who despite coming second place at evo for mkx pushed SonicFox, the best mkx pro at the time, to his limits and made him take off his hat to unlock his full power.
TekkenMaster
An old school franchise in which a black market arms dealer hosts a tournament where he lures worthy adversaries in order to kill them and turn them into stone. This franchise has many popular characters one of which made it into Super Smash Bros.
King of Fighters
One of the most popular female fighting game characters. She is a succubus with green hair, black and purple outfit, and wings coming from her waist.
Morrigan (Dark Stalkers)