I hate this stupid ass knock kneed idle stance that plagues fighting games

[u/iseedeadllamas]

EDIT: for the love of god people read the last paragraph in regard to toph being part of the images. Reading comprehension is a valuable skill.

Both of the first two characters are from granblue but there are plenty of other examples.

The latter being Meg which is particularly egregious because she’s supposed to be this super strong badass shark tamer fighter.

The stance is just poor form. It’s not sturdy, irl you could be pushed over with a light push. It’d be hard to generate any power in your strikes.

On top of that the stance is just there because they are pretty girls, as far as I’m aware there is not a single male character using this dumbass idle pose. Imagine if they gave ryu the knock kneed stance for the next SF game.

My last example is toph from the avatar fighting game as a good example of a fighting stance from a female fighter. She has a low square stance that is rock solid (pun intended)

[u/Fayalite_Fey]

GGST is such a mixed bag when it comes to this stance because on one hand you've got Elphelt, May, and Gio (for some reason) who all have this knock-kneed stance. But then you get Ramlethal and Jack-o who are just stanced up (in the aura farming way) at all times, and Baiken (stanced up in the proper martial arts way).

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I think it works perfectly for May too, as they're intending to make her look all cute. Which contrasts perfectly with the fact that something so small and cute is effortlessly swinging a fucking anchor as big as her

[u/RagingHound12 → u/Fayalite_Fey]

I mean..ram straight up floats- so I don't think it matters much for her

[u/InstantSword → u/Fayalite_Fey]

To be fair there are a lot of "proper" martial arts stances, especially so when it comes to weapons

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Is Gio really there tho? Her stance looks more "wild" to me, than cute

[u/Pathetic_Cards → u/Fayalite_Fey]

It may be because I’ve only played Strive, but Gio’s stance isn’t knock-kneed? Her leading knee is bent away from her opponent, but her center of gravity is low and her other leg is straight, this is actually based in real stances for kicking. Like, it’s not a perfect representation, at least not in the martial arts I’m familiar with, but there’s several standing kicks that, if you take them slow and step by step, start with you showing your opponent your ass and bending your leading knee away from them.

And given Gio’s moveset, it actually makes a certain amount of sense.

She can either lean on her back leg and kick out with her front leg, or she can lean on her leading leg and deliver a roundhouse with her back leg.

[u/Fayalite_Fey → u/Pathetic_Cards]

You are correct, I was misremembering Gio's stance