Elsa

Elsa Bucciarati is a playable character in Madwatch 2: Elysium.

Attributes
[Character Overview]

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Tension
Elsa has a unique resource called Tension or "Meter", represented in the form of a gauge. Tension ranges from 0.0% to 100.0%.

Tension gain is affected by Hype, which is 1.0x by default and ranges between 0.25x and 1.5x.

Performing aggressive actions such as moving toward the opponent, attacking the opponent, and parrying attacks will grant Elsa Tension and Hype. Standing still while close to an opponent, and teching will also grant Elsa Hype and/or Tension. Certain attacks grant a certain amount of flat Tension and/or Hype on hit, such as a Perfect Wavedash Attack which grants both, or landing a spike. Counter attacks and Punishes raise her hype as well.

Performing 'defensive' actions such as moving away from the opponent, rolling(but not spotdodging, or standing still while far away from the opponent will lower Elsa's Hype. She will also lose Hype if she misses a tech, hangs from ledge too long, or goes too long without damaging the opponent.

Upon being KO'd or KO'ing an opponent, all Tension is immediately depleted. If Elsa is the one who scored the KO, she gains HP based on her tension before being drained, also affected how much tension she had used recently.

Spending Tension
She can spend Tension in different ways:

Certain attacks cost Tension to use, such as Roll Attack or Supers.

Enables Elsa to use Aggro Shield, which makes her Shield HP value decrease at a much lower rate, negates Shield Drop frames entirely(while granting her exactly 1 frame of Parry once dropping the shield), and allows Elsa to slightly reposition herself during shieldstun while negating shield push from attacks. Tension is drained while using Aggro Shield and will also be depleted fster while under the shieldstun of the incoming attack. Upon dropping Aggro Shield, Tension Gain is reduced to 20% for 1 second. Cannot be activated if Tension is 5% or less.

Roman Cancel
With 50% Tension, Elsa can Roman Cancel with the Taunt button. Any version of the cancel will inflict Elsa with 20% reduced Tension gain for 7 seconds, but the timing will affect the properties:

Neutral(Elsa has not attacked and is in a 'neutral state' or taunting): After a delay, Elsa releases a shockwave around her that puts enemies in a brief slowdown for 1 second.

Panic(Elsa is attacking and opponent is not in hitlag any form of hitstun): Immediately releases a shockwave that puts enemies in slow motion for 40 frames. For 6 seconds afterwards, Elsa deals 20% reduced damage.

Romantic(Opponent is in hitlag or hitstun): Immediately releases a shockwave that puts enemies into slow motion for 40 frames. For 8 seconds, Elsa deals 20% reduced damage.

Any version of Roman Cancelling will also clear the internal cooldowns of Elsa's moves, aside from her Up Special. Specially, Up Special will be put onto a 3 second cooldown if Elsa enters Roman Cancel from that state.

If Hype drops to 0.2x, it will become locked for 10 seconds and deplete all Tension, before resetting up to 1.0x.

If Elsa has 100% Damage or above, Elsa gains 1.2x Increased Damage and Tension.

Moveset
Note: Elsa can Air Dash while airborne by pressing Grab while holding a horizontal direction. She can Float by holding the Jump button as well.