Marisa

Full Name: Marisa Rossetti Height: 6'8” (203 cm) Weight: 269 lbs (122 kg) Eye color: Green Hair color: Red

Birthdate: September 26 Birthplace: Italy Fighting style: Pankration Likes: Worthy opponents, ossobuco, fine arts, jewelry Dislikes: Heights

Marisa has bob-length red hair styled to look like a Corinthian helmet - one of which she carries around with her for her intro - and has a gold necklace with a pendant styled in the shape of a spear tip. She's very statuesque with a stocky build, and wears a gold-trimmed black attire, which consists of a sports top, shorts styled like a cingulum militare, and foot guards. She also has red wraps on her wrists & calves, red lipstick & nail polish, and has a beauty mark just under her left eye.

Marisa is a passionate, upbeat warrior that lives for battle. Yet, despite her intimidating stature and aggressive techniques, Marisa follows a code of sportsmanship and praises her opponents after the match. She also has an eye for fine art and jewelry, even painting her nails for matches and visiting museums to view metalwork from across history. Marisa primarily uses Pankration, a submission-based fighting style that combines wrestling with boxing dating back to 7th Century Greece.

Marisa is immensely proud of her Greek heritage and knowledgeable about ancient history, particularly in pankration and Roman gladiators. To reflect on this, many of her attacks are named after ancient weapons and formations, such as Gladius and Phalanx. Marisa also owns a lion, Lucius, with whom she has maintained a close bond since their youth.

An incredibly loving woman, Marisa seeks to get married through trial by combat. She is eager to test potential suitors' strength through battle and is only interested in worthy opponents, including Zangief and Manon. Additionally, Marisa is the first openly confirmed bisexual and polyamorous character in Street Fighter lore. Based on her World Tour interaction, she doesn't discriminate against who she falls in love with and states she has enough affection for everyone, caring not about their gender but only that they can "savor life's sweet beauty together".

Marisa is first introduced at the colosseum, playing with her lion, Lucius. As the player builds up a bond with her, she will reveal more about her life. She talks about her love for engraving, which eventually evolved into additional skills for crafting jewelry. She also admits that if it were up to her she would do battle naked like her ancestors before her, but that unfortunately that wouldn't fly these days. Further along, the player talks with her most exclusively about her love life. She reveals that her grandmother is very skilled with her hands, having crafted the most beautiful dress she had ever seen. She goes on to reveal that her grandmother had made this with the intent of it being her wedding dress. While she admits that marriage was not something that was previously on her mind; her grandmother's wish to see her to be married whilst living is what caused her to consider it.

Marisa is a powerful close to mid-range fighter with extremely high damage. Many of her special moves have super armor, making it incredibly risky for her opponents to try and interrupt her lest their attacks get absorbed and get hit with a Punish Counter. Most prominent of these is Scutum, a stance that counters mid and high attacks with a shove and leaves Marisa at an advantage. From the stance, she can hit with her overhead Tonitrus and the advancing low Procella, and most threateningly, the command grab Enfold. Her other special moves are all based around heavy-hitting strikes, like Phalanx, a slow jumping punch that leaves Marisa at an advantage on block, and Gladius, a straight punch that can be charged for a follow-up.

Marisa's Level 1 Super Art is Javelin of Marisa, an armored discus punch that can be further charged, dealing even more damage if it tanks a hit. Her Level 2 is Meteorite, an upward strike into a downward slam that hits twice, letting her jump from across the screen. Finally, Marisa's Level 3 Goddess of the Hunt has her tackle the opponent before following up with a devastating punch that send them to the corner, tacking on one more for the Critical Art.