Nexus Heroes / Rayne

Rayne is a playable character in Nexus Heroes, hailing from the Bloodrayne series. Her design is based around her appearance in the first game, though her moveset is based around Bloodrayne : Betrayal. She was revealed as the third DLC character for the game in a Blog Post on October 31st. She is part of the Season 1 pack.
==Who is Rayne?==
=== THE FATAL DHAMPIR===
The daughter of an evil vampire named Kagan and a human mother, Rayne was born a dhampir, and has been since set on killing her father after he slaughtered her entire family, her mother included. Dressed in leather and armed with guns, blades and her vampire-like abilities, Rayne is a blood-lusting killing machine who revels in tearing her enemies to pieces, and has been later hired by the sinister Brimstone Society to hunt down supernatural threats to the world and put an end to them.
==Gameplay==
===Overview===
Rayne is a lightweight fighter among the fastest in Nexus Heroes, prone to an aggressive playstyle which involves combos and fast attacks to quickly approach and engage her targets, but who suffers from a very poor durability due to her low weight. She uses her trademark arm blades for most of her Normal Attacks, but also kicks and firearms, all very quick but somewhat lacking in power. In this, she is similar to characters like Dante and 2B.
Most of her Specials are pretty straightforward, as she can fire up to five shots from her Magnum with Neutral Special and leap into the air with twirling attack for her Up Special, but worth of notice are her Side and Down Specials : with Side Special, Rayne dashes forward for a brief moment, becoming invulnerable for the first few frames of the move, and allowing her to transition in other attacks immediately, or leap forward or backward for a good distance. Her Down Special, on the other hand, is a lot more peculiar, as it is a command grab which has Rayne holding onto a foe and sucking their blood from their neck to recover health and recharge her gun. However, she can also use this move to "infect" an opponent, and pressing Down Special again will have that same foe explode, causing them great damage.
Overall, Rayne is a pretty intuitive and satisfying characters to use, well suited for players who seek an aggressive character with a lot of combos and fast movement. However, her low durability may also represent a problem for some, due to her light weight and not excellent recovery. She may also count on her Down Special to heal and therefore survive a bit longer, though it can be tricky to successfully land this move.
* Rayne is able to wall-jump.
===Movelist===
 	Name 	Description
Neutral Attack
,,	Dhampir Fang > Bloody Bite > Double Slash 	Slashes once with each blade, then performs a double crossing slash with them.
Dash Attack
Dash,	Dash Slash 	A wide slash with her left arm blade. Rayne slides forward as she slashes, carrying her momentum for a bit.
Side Tilt 	Hard Kick 	Kicks in front of herself. A quick move with good range.
Up Tilt
, 	Doublewide Slash > Doublewide Slash II 	Performs a double crossing slash upward, hitting at both sides, then slashes back down with them if the button is pressed again. The second hit can spike opponents.
Down Tilt 	Bladed Sweep 	Crouches and performs a 360° kick, low to the ground. An excellent move to start combos.
Forward Strong
+	Red Moon 	Slashes upward with both blades in front of her, then slashes back down, hitting twice.
Up Strong
+ 	Heel Spike 	Crouches and kicks upward with one leg. The tip of her heel acts as a sweetspot.
Down Strong
+ 	Taste of Blood 	Twirls downward with her arm blades extended, dealing multiple hits and launching opponents.
Neutral Aerial
Airborne	Thousand Cuts 	Rotates vertically on herself with her arm blades outward, hitting all around her.
Forward Aerial
Airborne ,,	Air Vengeance I > Air Vengeance II > Air Vengeance III	An air combo made of three aerial slashes, similar to the one performed on the ground. The last hit can be canceled into other aerial attacks as well to extend a combo.
Back Aerial
Airborne	Air Thrust 	Turns back and kicks with both legs, causing high knockback.
Up Aerial
Airborne	Air Launcher 	Rises upward a bit while slashing with one of her arm blades.
Down Aerial
Airborne	Head Hop 	Points her heel downward, bouncing off an opponent's head if she comes in contact with them. It works similarly to Shovel Knight's down aerial.
Grab 	Grab 	Holds the opponent by the neck with one hand.
Pummel
, 	Blood Thirst 	Stabs the opponent with her left arm blade.
Forward Throw
,	Impalement 	Stabs both blades in the opponent's chest, then lifts them up and tosses them away off the blades.
Back Throw
, 	Break of Dawn 	Slashes the opponent's stomach, then stabs one blade into their shoulder, flips over them with a swift motion and slashes them away in the opposite direction.
Up Throw
, 	Blood Eruption 	Stabs one blade into the opponent, lifts them over herself and knocks them into the air by shooting them with a powerful blast from her magnum.
Down Throw
, 	Mercy Kill 	Slams the opponent into the ground, then stomps on them repeatedly with one foot.
Floor Attack
Grounded >	Fast Recover 	Slashes at both sides with her blades, then kicks back up.
Edge Attack
Ledge >	Heels Stab 	Backflips over the ledge, kicking both legs forward, then gets back on her feet.
NEUTRAL SPECIAL	Magnum Blast 	Fires her magnum in front of herself. It's a powerful move that hits at mid range and deals good damage, but Rayne has limited ammo for it. She can fire up to five shots before ammo runs out, and the only way to recharge it is to either suck an opponent's blood with Down Special or lose a stock.
SIDE SPECIAL 	Dhampir Dash 	Skids forward, hovering above ground for a short distance. As she dashes, players can either input an attack, which results in either a Dash Attack if a Normal Attack is inputted or a quick shot of her magnum if the Special Button is pressed, or a long backflip or frontflip if the jump button is pressed, with the jump's direction being decided by the direction in which the control stick is tilted in along with the jump button. Rayne is also invulnerable during the initial frames of the animation.
UP SPECIAL 	Bladed Vortex 	Rises into the air while rotating with her blades, dragging opponents along with herself and opening them up for an air combo. Also useful to recover.
DOWN SPECIAL 	Infection > Detonation / Blood Sucker 	Rayne will make a grabbing motion, and if she catches an opponent, she'll sink her teeth into their neck. At this point, if the move was tapped, she'll infect the opponent ( who will have a greenish hue ) for a short time, after which she can perform the move again to instantly cause the opponent to detonate, producing a highly damaging explosion from their body. Otherwise, if the move is held as Rayne grabs the opponent, she will suck their blood, recovering a small amount of health and also recharging her ammo.
FINISHER 	Blood Frenzy 	Rayne charges up while saying "Things are about to get messy ... ", and she enters a frenzied state for about ten seconds, during which her move speed is doubled and her attacks deal more damage. During the Finisher, the battle will take on a black and white filter with a red color splash effect, and Rayne's attack leave a trail of that same color behind.
===Intro Animation===
A coffin with Rayne's symbol on it drops from above, and Rayne then comes out of it.
===Taunt===
Brings one blade to her mouth and licks it along the edge while saying "Shall we dance?".
===Idle Poses===
*Stretches her arms above her head, then yawns.
*Twirls her arm blades in her hands.
===Quotes===
====Selection Lines====
*" Let's have some fun .. "
*" I was just getting thirsty. "
*" About time. "
====Successful KO====
*" What did you think was going to happen? "
*" You can scream if you want. "
*" Someone's gonna have to stitch you back together, darling. "
*" Ouch .. that looked painful. "
*" Just taking care of business. "
**Chuckles*
*" Making it easy for me, are you. "
*" Who's next, boys? "
*" What a mess .. "
*" Mh .. Fresh blood. "
====Respawning====
*" Getting my ass kicked over here .. "
*" You're fun .. "
*" You'll pay for that! "
*" Wanna meet my blades? Come! "
*" Such a rush. "
*" Putting up a fight, huh? "
*" Not sleepy yet. "
*" Prepare to die! "
*" Now you're gonna get hurt. "
===Victory Poses=== 
*UP : Rayne is seen from behind. She then turns to the camera and smirks, before leaping at it and biting at the side of it, as if it was the point of view of a person getting their neck bitten.
*SIDE : Rayne is sitting on a fountain, like the ones that mark a checkpoint in Bloodrayne : Betrayal, while drinking from a glass. She turns to the camera and winks with a grin.
*DOWN : Rayne knocks the camera over with a slash, and looks down to it while posing with a smirk. During this, she says "Is that all?".
==Arcade Mode==
Rayne fights Dante and Lara in the first round of her Arcade mode, two fighters who share some similarities with her, particularly in the choice of dual wielding guns and favoring acrobatic combat. All three also deal with supernatural enemies. The following match is against Rick, who matches the supernatural/horror theme of Bloodrayne with that of Splatterhouse.
Following the first Bonus Stage, Rayne fights an army of Marcos, who represents the typical enemies of the first Bloodrayne, soldiers from nazi germany in world war ii. The stage is Pridemoor Keep, a castle location which is also typical of the Bloodrayne series. Next up are Geralt and Cole, two characters who both previously fought against vampires : Geralt, a monster hunter, deals with them on a regular basis, while Cole fought an army of them in a DLC of inFAMOUS 2, called Festival of Blood.
After completing the second Bonus Stage, Rayne faces three clones of herself, mimicking the battles against her many sisters in Bloodrayne 2. She can then move on to fight her Rival, who (like for all DLC characters) is picked from the base game : in Rayne's case, she fights Kitana. Their connection is based around the fact that both Mortal Kombat and Bloodrayne are notoriously violent videogames, and Rayne and Kitana are the daughters of an evil overlord who enslaved or killed their mothers. In Kitana's case it's Shao Kahn, while in Rayne's, it's Kagan.
Round 	Opponent 	Stage 	Music 	
1 	Dante
 Lara Croft	Temen-Ni-Gru 	Lock & Load Original	
2 	Rick 	Raccoon City 	Krauser 	
Bonus Stage 1	Bonus Stage 1	Bonus Stage 1 	Bonus Stage 1 	Bonus Stage 1
3 	Marco
 Marco
 Marco	Pridemoor Keep 	La Danse Macabre 	
4 	Geralt
 Cole 	Empire City 	Meet Nix 	
Bonus Stage 2	Bonus Stage 2	Bonus Stage 2 	Bonus Stage 2 	Bonus Stage 2
5 	Rayne
 Rayne
 Rayne	Castle's Entrance 	Dusk Falls 	
6 	Kitana 	Dead Pool 	Techno Syndrome 	
7 	Kerrigan 	Kerrigan's Leviathan	Conscience 	
==Alternates==
===Alternate Colors===
*RED : Default appearance, based on her appearance in Bloodrayne.
*GRAY : Based on Dark Rayne, from the comic book series of Bloodrayne.
*BLUE : Based on Ferril, one of Rayne's sisters from Bloodrayne 2.
*WHITE : Based on Raven, an important character from Bloodrayne : Betrayal.
===Alternate Costume===
File:PN RAYNE RENDER.png|"Default" Costume
File:PN RAYNE ALT.png|"Dress" Costume
*Default : Based on her appearance in Bloodrayne.
*Dress : Based on her dress from Bloodrayne 2.
==Trivia==
*She is the only non-japanese character in the Season 1 of DLCs.
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