Street Fighter 5 veteran Guile shows off signature Sonic Boom and fresh skills in new DLC trailer

Hyacinth Mascarenhas

Street Fighter veteran character Guile is coming to Street Fighter 5 in April as the game’s second DLC character.

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Capcom has released the official trailer for Street Fighter veteran Guile, the game's second downloadable add-on character, showing off his signature moves as well as some new skills that could make him difficult to beat. The Japanese developer released the first details of the character in a blog post by Harrison Young on 18 April, highlighting some of the character's new as well familiar tricks.

The new trailer showcases Guile pummelling March's DLC character Alex with a variety of attacks, powerful combos, mid-air throws, V-Trigger and more. Retaining his trademark Sonic Boom and anti-air Flash Kick (which is now called a Somersault Kick), Guile also has a few new skills.
He now has the ability to walk forward while crouching using the Faultless Move which allows him to advance on his opponent while keeping his charge. He also has a stationary projectile V-skill called Sonic Blade that can juice up his Sonic Booms as well as a V-Trigger skill called Solid Puncher that gives you the ability to throw multiple Sonic Booms at different speeds.
The DLC video also offers gamers a glimpse of Street Fighter 5's first DLC stage - the Air Force Base - similar to its Street Fighter 2 counterpart, in addition to a new, modern version of Guile's theme.

Guile will be released alongside the game's April update - the release date for which has not been announced yet.
Like Alex, Guile will launch for free for all players and remain so until the Zenny Shop (Street Fighter 5's in-game currency) launches and he receives his own story arc and trials. Guile's battle costume will be available for free for all Season Pass holders. The Air Force Base Stage will available for 70,000 Fight Money and is complimentary for all Season Pass holders.
Similar to the game's other DLC characters, Guile will be allowed at Capcom Pro Tour events one week after his official release. Top Street Fighter player Du "NuckleDu" Dang has already tweeted his excitement about Guile.

Guile and Alex are two of the six characters slated for release as part of the game's first 'season' of post-launch DLC characters. Balrog, Ibuki, Juri and Urien will be released in the coming months.

Capcom has also announced improvements to the game's matchmaking function and plans to address the rage quit issue, saying it will implement a system that can "identify players who have high disconnect rates during matches and will lock them out of matchmaking for a period of time".

After receiving widespread criticism for the latest Street Fighter's lack of content and persistent server issues, Capcom has promised to resolve the issues by continuing to "refine and expand those experiences".