
Respect Laura Matsuda (Street Fighter)
> "Boom! That's how you start the fight and finish it quickly!
One of the many fighters of Street Fighter, Laura Matsuda hails from Brazil and is a practitioner of the Matsuda Jiu-Jitsu art. Becoming the heir of the art, she would seek out fighters to promote her fighting style, fighting against a variety of foes such as Ryu, Karin, and even Zangief.
During the events of the Shadow Falls story, she would carry one of the chess pieces, where she had a brief scuffle with Ken due to a misunderstanding. Afterwards, she would join the final assault against Shadloo, fighting against the Dolls and Shadaloo soldiers.
All feats come from Street Fighter V. Where each feat comes from will be marked.
Scaling
Strength
- Jumps into the wrestling arena ^(A Shadow Falls)
- Throws a Shadloo soldier towards Chun Li and the others, and carries another one with one arm ^(A Shadow Falls)
- Throws her brother away with one arm ^(A Shadow Falls)
- In a cutscene, Laura is shown to be getting into a pushing contest with R.Mika ^(R. Mika Character Story)
- Can grab fighters out of the air and slam them into the ground ^(Moveset)
- Can grab fighters, before jumping into the air and do a flip, before slamming them into the ground ^(Moveset)
- Another move does it higher ^(Moveset)
- Another move straight up has her jumping into the air, bringing the fighter up before slamming them into the ground with a spinning move ^(Moveset)
Fights
- During her story mode, Laura challenges a wide variety of fighters and holds her own against them. These include:
- Birdy after Laura would challenge him ^(Character Story)
- Karin Kanzuki after Laura challenges her to a match ^(Character Story)
- Ryu after Ryu would accept her fight request ^(Character Story)
- Zangief during a wrestling event ^(Character Story)
- During the Story Mode, she has a brief scuffle with Ken, with it looking like he held her own against him ^(A Shadow Falls)
Durability
- During her story mode, Laura challenges a wide variety of fighters and in gameplay, she can take hits from them. These include:
- Birdy ^(Character Story)
- Karin Kanzuki ^(Character Story)
- Ryu ^(Character Story)
- Zangief ^(Character Story)
- During her fight with Ken in the Story Mode, she can take hits from him in gameplay ^(A Shadow Falls)
- Jumps out a helicopter alongside the other Street Fighter characters, and is shown to be fine later ^(A Shadow Falls)
- Can take hit from Blanka during their fight in his story mode ^(Blanka Character Story)
- Can take hits from M.Rika during their fight in her Character Story ^(M.Rika Character Story)
Speed/Agility
- Quickly jumps into the arena ^(A Shadow Falls)
- Agile enough to do a cartwheel kick ^(Moveset)
- Can quickly grab fighters, where she jumps up and slams them into the ground with a spinning motion ^(Moveset)
- Inazuma Spin Hold grabs a fighter, doing a flip into the air and slamming them to the ground, before she rapidly rolls around the screen and applying static electricity ^(Moveset)
Other
- She’s 5’9” and is a practitioner of the Matsude Jiu-Jutsu ^(Character Story)
- This style includes jabs and kicks alongside grapples and leglocks ^(Moveset)
- By building up static electricity, she can fire off slow moving projectiles of electricity that have enough power to straight up show the skeleton ^(Moveset)