Category: Rivals Of Aether Design Rants

Since there are no ledge-grabs in Rivals of Aether, a low-recovery situation means that players have to force their way over the ledge with nothing but wall-jumps, wall-techs and an air-dodge to protect them. This works surprisingly well in the base game – but over the length of Rivals Workshop’s lifetime, I’ve started to consider…

It’s no secret that stalling and zoning characters are the ire of a lot of fighting game communities, and that has been no different in the Rivals Workshop scene. At the time of writing this post, I have created a defensive grappler-like character and a full projectile-based zoner, and co-created a character who is a…