Abel

Subject: *Abel* Sat Feb 05, 2011 10:54 pm

Abel (アベル, Aberu^?)
is a French martial artist described as an amnesiac, a "man with no
past", who is covered in scars from head to toe. His fighting style is
based on Combat Sambo, and he has a move called Marseille
rolling. Obsessively following every lead on the whereabouts of
Shadaloo's remnants, he was found in the burning remains of a Shadaloo
base and nursed back to health by a group of mercenaries, working
alongside them to find out his past and defeat Shadaloo once and for
all. He recognizes Guile's technique Sonic Boom, but refuses to comment when Guile presses him for information regarding Charlie, the originator of the style. As a Combat Sambo practitioner, Abel is adept at using both striking and throwing moves.
It is hinted in Abel's ending that he was actually created by
Shadaloo as a prototype of Seth or abducted in his youth to serve as a
"replacement body" for M.Bison. This is reinforced by dialogue from both
Bison and Seth, who mention him as "the one that got away". The
appearance of his eyes also change to resemble Seth's during the
initiation of his Ultra Combo. It is also hinted that Charlie is the
person that helped him as he recognized Guile's fighting style and
comments to Chun-Li about the soldier that rescued him from Shadaloo.
In Abel's rival encounter, Abel mentions that he recognizes Guile's
Sonic Boom leading to speculation that he may have spent time with
Charlie.
His game mostly revolves around mixing up different punches and kicks
and baiting, and also emphasizes cancelling his standing medium kick
cancelled into a dash or standing hard punch, and further mixing up
additional punches or kicks from there. His signature move - his ultra
"Soulless" - involves him changing his eye color, delivering a series of
punches and kicks to his opponent, throwing them into the air and body
slamming them back down on to the ground. His second ultra "Breathless"
makes Abel run to his opponent, grab him, spin, creating a tornado, and
drop opponent on the ground.
Abel is voiced by Kenji Takahashi in Japanese, and E. Jason Liebrecht in English. In his original design, he was a young judo fighter who wore pigtails and "could be mistaken for a girl."^[127]

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