Suija Sogetsu

Suija Sogetsu (水邪蒼月) is the Rasetsu/Bust form of Sogetsu in Samurai Shodown 64: Warriors Rage. He is actually considered to be a different character than Suija. He is voiced by Naoki Oikawa.

Story
In this form, Sogetsu has channeled the strength residing in his sword to unleash the water god known as Suija. Sogetsu clearly appears to control and dominate Suija's consciousness, however Suija still has an effect on him, partially changing his behaviour. His ending in the game implies that he used this particular form to defeat Yuga. Three years later, the whereabouts of Sogetsu's sword remain unclear.

Personality
Sogetsu's mannerisms largely remain the same, however his silent introverted persona is seemingly gone because Suija's mannerisms, even suppressed, affect him there. Whilst in this new form, he is all-confndent and commanding, and slightly more narcissistic.

Powers

 * Hydrokinesis: Suija Sogetsu can control water. He can create it from thin air, create bubbles of water, deliver attacks with water, and encase himself in water.
 * Levitate: Suija Sogetsu also has the power to levitate him and his opponent high off the ground.
 * Water Emperor Mode: Suija Sogetsu's stance changes to resemble the Crane stance. He sacrifices the ability to block for unlimited super armor and a new fighting style, allowing for variety of long combos. He can shift between this and normal style of gameplay anytime.

Fighting Style
His moveset is severely upgraded moveset of Sogetsu's Rasetsu/Bust form from previous game. He is one of hardest to play characters in game. The power of his moveset is ability to fight on any range by having 1 move for every kind of situation: waterball that hits only far away (long-range), chain kicks (mid-range), dive attack (aerial, anti-ground), kick uppercut (grounded, anti-air), water shield (defends before he is hit), and water explosion (defends after he is hit). The drawback to this is that he is basically limited to this 1 move at a time, which forces him to heavily rely on his normal attacks. Suija.Sogetsu fights exclusively with kick attacks, the reason of this was to emphazise yin-yang differentiation of characters (water assotiated with yin, which is assotiated with lower body half). His other notable aspects are Water Emperor mode which gives him new fighting style/stance and super armor but removes ability to block; and his levitating combo super which consists from 5 parts but is one of (if not the) most damaging super in game.

Game Appearances

 * Samurai Shodown 64-2