Soul Calbur 2 Characters
[Gamecube, PS2, Xbox]

Maxi
Discipline: Shissen Karihadi
Weapon: Nunchaku (Soryuju)

Maxi was a pirate from Ryukyu who led a carefree life on the high seas. Maxi looked to the west for unknown lands to discover and sailed to Europe. While his ship was docked at a harbor in India he met a man named Kilik. A horde of monsters were after Kilik and the evil that resided inside of him. The monsters attacked and during the battle all of the members of Maxi’s crew were destroyed. Maxi then decided to join with Kilik in hope for revenge against the evil that had brought the monsters to life. A woman named Xianghua joined them on their quest and soon the group arrived at Nightmare’s stronghold. At the stronghold were the creatures that had killed Maxi’s crew. Maxi told his companions to go on ahead while he fought Astaroth and the group of monsters. After beating Astaroth the god Ares commanded the ground to consume the Maxi. Maxi awoke next to a river and had luckily been saved by a person from a village nearby. Maxi’s wounds were large and his days wandering the world were done with. Maxi stayed in the village and four years passed. He heard a rumor about a man wielding a humongous axe. Maxi sensed that it was him, the man he had destroyed four years ago. Maxi’s body was still too injured for him to be able to chase the man so he visited the village’s medicine man. He received treatments for his wounds when the elder performed a secret ritual with a rare metal fragment. Maxi left the village after promising his new friends he would return home, not realizing that his memories were now gone.

Maxi is without a doubt the fastest character in the game. His attacks are so fast that it is hard for anyone to predict what is coming, making it hard to know when to block. Maxi’s nunchaku allows him to have a large set of combos, allowing him to hit his enemy repeatedly. In addition, Maxi’s combos link together without much effort, if any at all, which makes him the cheapest character to use but also a top choice for newcomers.

Maxi’s nunchaku, though fast, probably have the shortest reach in the game. This means you will have to get close with Maxi to attack, otherwise he is useless. Against characters with large attack ranges, like Kilik or Seung Mina, unless Maxi gets close he can be clobbered without much effort. Maxi also has some of the worst defense so he can easily be killed by characters like Astaroth or Nightmare; both also have medium attack ranges which make it even harder for him to get close. If Maxi misses his opponent and goes into a long combo, which happens often due to the easy combo linking, he is left defenseless. The worst thing about Maxi is that he is also one of the weakest characters. Though he can usually hit three or more times with each combo attack, it still won’t do as much damage as a two hit combo from, say, Nightmare.

Maxi‘s Score: 7/10

- Dragon Zork

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