Introduction
"The Soaring Eagle of the Desert" that fights using parkour. With the wind as his ally, he outfoxes opponents with his high mobility. Born into nobility, he's a carefree but earnest man. Loves video streaming.
Rashid is a character with a unique focus on strong mobility options and unique "air current" projectiles. These air currents modify Rashid's movement when he passes through them while jumping or performing a special, affecting the way he chooses to approach his opponent.
While Rashid has the traditional shotoclone fireball/DP combo to work with, he puts a number of unique touches on them to make them his own. His fireball Whirlwind Shot travels upwards at a diagonal angle instead of fully horizontal, and can be charged up to leave an air current. His DP Spinning Mixer meanwhile travels in many directions rather than the usual single version. The light version goes horizontally, the medium version travels diagonally up, and the heavy version goes straight upwards. As one can see, Rashid places a lot of emphasis on controlling the space directly in front of him and above him.
The reason why is that Rashid has a number of extremely powerful mobility tools once he's established control over these spaces. Rashid is unique among the cast in that he has a run which activates after he takes a forward dash. He can use 6KK to front flip across the screen, or use Arabian Skyhigh to flip through the air and come down in unique angles. Combining all of these options together, accented further with the air currents he creates, can allow Rashid unprecedented forward movement.
Once he's zoned in on you, Rashid becomes frightening to deal with as a defender. Rashid not only has a throw loop, but his light Spinning Mixer does good Drive Bar damage and is safe on block. Rashid has many ways to threaten quick mixups with 6HP or be plus on block with 2MP. Once he's gotten you launched into a combo, Rashid can layer on Arabian Cyclone during your wakeup to keep you blocking. Even worse, Arabian Cyclone can also be used to set up high/low/throw mixups. If he's got meter to spend, Rashid can also drop the powerful Ysaar onto you to force a checkmate scenario. All in all, Rashid's close-range offense is one of the strongest in the game and something he excels at.
And excel at that offense he must, as Rashid's pokes are very stubby and his footsies in general is lacking. Rashid's kit is very complex and freeform, which both acts as a boon (in that it gives him lots of tools) and a curse (in that picking the best option can be difficult). As well, while Spinning Mixer is a decent anti-air option, it is only air-invulnerable on frame 6 as opposed to the standard frame 1, which combined with his mediocre anti-air buttons makes it hard for him to reactively stuff aerial approaches. All in all, Rashid is excellent for people who want to get in and flex their offense. If you want peerless mobility, excellent close-range pressure and a wealth of style alongside it, ride the waves with Rashid.
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