The Book of Cammy

[Skinderella]

We could up her attack to 5, though that may put her in an area above the other SF stuff, if that's a concern?

[tcglkn]

As an Agent does she never wield a gun? A ranged attack, despite being a mediocre attack of 3 or 4 would differentiate it at least a little.

[Skinderella]

There's comic covers of her wielding guns, SF5 she has a gun holster on her leg, and there's an arcade shooter from 2000 called Cannon Spike where she uses one. Seems like a thing she's rarely used. I can have a search through her comics to see if she's used one in there. Doesn't seem very key to her character.

EDIT: to clarify, I wouldn't be against it, but it'd feel odd as she's never pulled one out in a Street Fighter. She's well known for being a high mobility character without ranged attacks.

[IAmBatman]

Sounds like one of those areas where she could do it, but she usually doesn't do it, in which case it wouldn't really *feel* like the character if it were a big part of her toolkit.

[tcglkn]

Just feel like a range of 5 attack of 3 would differential the normal attack from the special enough to make it useful, but not familiar with the character to say if she should or should not have it.

[IAmBatman]

For sure. Like viewing the card from a purely mechanical perspective I think that's the right call. But if it loses the "feel" of the character, probably not the best path.

[Soundwarp SG-1]

I'd be interested in if she uses one in the comics and such. Cause if she does with some frequency I'd be down.

I think we want to make sure we rep the characters and not just like game mechanics when we do Street Fighter, MK, etc.

[IAmBatman]

That's very valid.

[Skinderella]

So from quickly scouring some SF comics, I've found 4 instances where she has a gun. These are all very brief moments, and she appears for the majority of these comic runs and pulls a gun out on these occasions only. The rest she's purely brawling.

Street Fighter II Issue 1, where she's having flashbacks to herself as Killer Bee.

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Street Fighter II Turbo Issue 2, where she uses someone else's in self defense in a training simulation when M.Bison has taken control of her again.

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Street Fighter Legends: Cammy Issue 4, where she enters a Shadaloo lab with Delta Blue. She's got one and in the next couple of pages is seen aiming it, but then starts brawling and never uses it.

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There's also this one that's on the SF wiki, but I'm not sure what one this is from. Again though, it's when she's Killer Bee. Next panel has her killing the guy it's aimed at.

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Several comic covers depict her using guns, but whether they're considered canon is up to speculation. Can't find anything of her using them outside of comics other than in Cannon Spike which is a weird futuristic Capcom crossover game where she has roller skates too. Only concept art she has with them is from Cannon Spike too, which to me seems like it's not a big part of her character. You can argue it's because the whole setting has people brawling, but then everyone also has superhuman powers and some others use grenades and stuff.

I'm torn on it as it's something she has done, but no more in frequency than multiple other characters who have used guns but don't have that incorporated into their designs. Having her as a pure melee Agent might make her feel a bit more unique among other agents too.

[MrNobody]

I think keeping her closer to her game representation is important too.

[tcglkn]

This is a comic book group not a video game group though. Seems like a range is justified though.

[Tornado]

I agree. I think her core video game aspect is covered in her powers.
I would at least try Range 5 and Attack 3 as tickle suggested if we feel it is comics justified.