Today during the Killer Instinct EVO 2014 Panel Maya was revealed. Below is everything we know about her so far:
- Maya is a warrior, hunter, badass
- Incan inspired, Latin origin, monster hunter
- Gameplay focus is ancient blades
- Still has twin daggers named “Temperance” and “Vengeance”
- “Blade bouncing”
- Her daggers will be the bread and butter of her offense
- They will be used in all of her punch-based normals
- She can throw each of them independently and quickly after each other as they rebound off her opponent
- If you miss with a dagger throw you will lose access to all the moves associated with it until the dagger is retrieved from the ground
- All dagger associated attacks will be temporarily disabled while in this state which will hinder offensive options
- The daggers level up with consecutive hits
- When the daggers level up they will gain new properties until you miss a throw
- At the highest level you can combine the two daggers that can be used as a homing, unblockable projectile.
- New stage called City of Dawn set in South America
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Maya being a monster hunter kinda opens up to my original idea in the double helix forums where Riptor’s ending plays a part in this KI works. The Riptor race has infected or colonized parts of ye Planet driving humans out or outright exterminating the humans of that region making it effectively “Riptor Territory”. Only elite warriors trained to hunt down monsters are allowed to enter these Riptor zones.
VERY interesting and fantastic as well as ULTRA cool and awesome idea u got there
Overall I like it VERY MUCH already ^_^
They need to revisit Orchid. This is why I wish they waited for Season 2 for the number one KI girl. Now she’s reduced to a tomb raider hiking welder with dentures.
Haha told you guys be surprise maya is going to be hard to fight against bring it! Overall design is amazeing one dagger good n the other evil back story monster hunter pretty impressive the stage is very well thought out the dam in the top left is insureing that its the here n now whos next riptor tusk or cinder?
Provided that she DOESN’T lose any one of her daggers during the match, of course
In turn, the developers DID steer away from and avoided the WHOLE time travel theme/deal for the new KI just like they says they would.
Totally agree and I’m already LOVING Maya’s new redesign: Badass and at the same time sexy ^_^ Very same is true for BOTH her backstory and new stage, the City of Dawn
As for me Riptor, Cinder, or even an entirely new character
I think her design is great and her fighting style seems like it will be unique. Her stage looks great, can’t wait ti see her in action. The only thing im skeptical about is the new fighting mechanics.
Completely agree and absolutely with u too particularly regarding and on Maya including her stage
If Maya’s in the game maybe tusk will come later, but if you remember tusk and maya endings of kigold intertwined at some point. He might just come back.
Yes, but of course. Tusk is going to return for KI Season 2 sooner or later. I just know that he will
Also the developers DID say that they are going to bring back old, familiar faces/characters like they did for Maya now as well as new ones too
I’m not sure about that, it’s supposed to be built by attacking, to have the major reward tied to instinct would be counterintuitive.
Either way, Maya looks interesting and I’d love to see how she plays, I’d definitely be interested in picking her up alongside Spinal.
Thought this would be at the bottom, this is in regards to the “unblocks blend projectile as instinct” theory from Mike below.
The building in the background (left to the waterfalls) looks more like a water dam than an ancient temple… I wonder if her original story has been remade in order to fit the futuristic timeline of the game and those “ruins” are actually the remains of a modern-day dam…
KI Central, how about explaining to us, what are these so called Stage Ultras? They’re like Knockoffs from previously KI Classic and KI2?
Well from what I heard/gather, yes: Stage Ultras ARE Stage Knockoffs. Just another new, different name the developers are now calling/going with now for the new Killer Instinct
Thanks for the info. I used to love when Chris Sutherland was shouting “Knock off, knock off, knock off” in KI2.
No problem and anytime too. Glad I can help out one of my fellow KI fans
And yeah, I know right? I know man and the same here pretty much too
“At the highest level you can combine the two daggers that can be used as a homing, unblockable projectile” A VERY good hint that this would be AND sounds like Maya’s Instinct Mode, yes?
Yes, I guess you’re right.
Yes, I definitely think so too
Sweet! Very nice too
New infos and details on returning character Maya and overall more new infos and details regarding the further developments of Killer Instinct Season 2 