Jago got turned into Shago! Who can stop him before it’s too late? Kim-Wu appears at end of trailer! Shago might come out around October now as well as his trailer and here’s hoping this prediction comes true! Also his sword DP!?.. WOW.
Not a Jago user
Will be a Shago user fot sure!!
Sick stuff! My only question is…
How will the people who don’t already have Shadow Jago be able to play him?
I think that we’ll be seeing far less Jago players now because a good chunk of them will convert to the Dark Side. 
Full screen slide being safe (but negative) for the cost of presumably less than 1 stock of meter is preeeeeetty good. Talking in a vacuum, of course… I don’t know how the rest of his tools will make up for it, but that alone sounds really good.
Instinct is cool. I’m guessing it just means Shago gets to go nuts with surge specials… maybe it’ll feel similar to Cinder’s in that way, which is good but not gamebreaking. I also imagine, like Cinder’s instinct gives him access to bomb loops, it will give Shago access to new combos since he’ll be able to surge way more often.
Tiger knee air fireballs, I imagine, will also be pretty fun. They are less risky than grounded fireballs (because projectile invincible moves will not hit you grounded), but I imagine IG is smart enough to put a decent height restriction on these to avoid MKX-style zoning.
He has a “push kick” that can cancel into dash? I guess this will feel similar to Abel pressure? Cool that he can cancel moves into overhead, but I imagine this is reactable by shadow counter since the overhead is probably 20+ frames startup. And if he’s giving you meter via instinct, you’ll have meter to shadow counter.
We’ll have to see on Shago’s defense, though. Is the uppercut as bad as the Aria booster body uppercut? If so he’ll struggle on defense (where Jago never will).
Jago is still a beast and not everybody will dig the direction of Shago, so I don’t see Jago’s popularity decreasing all that much, to be honest.
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Oh my Satan Shadow Jago sounds absolutely bamf.
The sword uppercut, the meter steal, the surged specials, the ninja slide, the bullet-like air-ok fireballs…
So hyped for real boy Shago.
I have a feeling he’s going to be a huge chunk of my time, since I like his design more than Jago’s. And the possibility of him coming out this month…
Let’s hope the trailer winds up half as cool as I imagined it in the trailer thread.
@TheKeits , @TempusChaoti , I know this is a shameless plug, but feel free to send Maximilian some notes from this 
Overall, ultra hyped for real boy Shago. A nice twist on a good character.
Fingers crossed for more tiger vocals like in his intro
Rock on dudes. Thanks for the news. Good day to all!
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I can’t wait until the stream. I hope he gets colors and accessories to make him equally customized with the cast.
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So will other character’s shadows also get new moves and instincts??
Fact: I NEED a deep, wine red Shadow Jago in my life.
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LOVE sounds awesome.
Can’t wait
Haha, Ono really thought he could kill KI’s hype of Shago by announcing 'Gief on the same day??!
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Freaking AWESOME!
Holy crap does Shago sound fun, and also very original as well. Some really great ideas at work here and I can’t wait to see them in action.
My initial reaction to real boy Shago was to wonder if anyone would even play Jago anymore, but they really do seem like two different characters now.
It does still make me wonder though if IG does some sort of pre-season 3 rebalance, if Shago’s moveset making Jago’s look a little less by comparison maybe makes them a little more inclined to add a few Jago bells and whistles. Kinda wish they’d do it for all of the Original Six. Love their vision for character design.
That probably won’t happen, but back on topic, Shago sounds amazing. Hope he gets some awesome colors and accessories to go with sweet new skills. 
They eliminated quite a bit of his moves which are a critical point to him, I don’t know if this was done to make him more like a Season 2/3 character or to make him more distinct from regular Jago. Really wanted an exact replica from Season 1 but only playable.
I couldn’t log into the satellite MS sites when this went live, you have no idea how painful it was to not jump right into the hype!!!
1)… Did I call the Axe Kick (Cleaver Kick?) for replacing the Neck Cutter to mix things up a little? It’s said overhead kick, but is it similar to Ken’s or Evil Ryu’s from SF?
Mother of god!
That Slide or Kick mix-up… It’s a mix-up wrapped around the neutral low or high mix-up!!! DP surge to confirm a recapture punish!
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Does having his DP be with his sword mean it’s a larger hitbox? (I understand that due to his dash with cancelable specials, it’s straight up, which is COOL!)
Interesting trying to figure out what purpose this may have besides just being aesthetically different for a similar 5-hit effect.
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[quote]Shadow Jago’s throw automatically transitions into the Laser Sword
animation, giving him a launcher and juggle opportunity. More sword
still.[/quote]
To clarify; his throw is a single hit Laser Sword that lets me… Oh let’s say quickly follow with a Dive Kick for a Linker or a surged DP for a heavy recapture? Maybe use a command normal too? -
That Dark Tether!!! Can you throw an Endokuken, go into Instinct just before it hits and get its effect?
Cause of course, you know, could also surge a 2nd FB for a baited hit confirm and Instinct just before it hits them out of the air (or whatever the bait was) and gain a DT so we can vogue for a stock of Shadow before the opponent stands… Now we’s got at least a Shadow Opener and Ender into whatever combo we feel we can start!!! -
After reading what you were willing to do;
Can’t wait for the upkick of people who don’t have Shago going freakin’ nuts when he’s released. 
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Pretty sure it’s the same kick boss Shago already has so it looks more like a mini tatsu, similar to the one Akuma does.
Oh my, this is awesome!
lmao this dude is insane with what he can do(Kind of awesome). Keits plz show us shagos weaknesses.
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AWESOME!!! I cant wait!!! I guy had a good question though…for those that didnt purchase the Xbox live day one skin or the fund raiser…how do they obtain Shago? I already have him on both accounts… Skin and the fundraiser…so Im good…but curious how it works for others that didnt help pay or have the day one bonus.
But it’s so entertaining when you guys complain how broken characters are before release. 