Victoria is an enemy introduced in Streets of Rage 4. She's punk who's part of the new Y Syndicate, who supposedly works for Diva. She first appears on Stage 8.
Details[]
Victoria is a female punk who wears a large spiked leather jacket and sunglasses. She never attacks the player directly, instead throwing explosive vials at the player from a distance. After throwing a vial, she'll pull another one after 5 seconds. She'll frequently hop backwards to avoid the player, and may also forcefully push them away, which is frequently done after she lobbed her vial, with the intention of pushing the player towards it.
Variants[]
Victoria has three variants, each having increased health while also throwing different projectiles:
- Margaret, with purple hair and red jacket, lobs grenades for her attack. In Survival Mode, a different version of Margaret may appear, that throws stun grenades instead. Both versions have a 8 second cooldown on their grenades, and lob them at a higher angle compared to other variants. She has the same health as Victoria.
- Elizabeth, with magenta hair and green jacket, lobs toxic vials for her attack. She has a 9 second cooldown on her vial.
- Anne, with white hair and blue jacket, lobs electric vials for her attack. She has a 2 second cooldown on her vial, being the variant with the fastest vial spawning, and lobs them at a lower angle compared to other variants. has the same health as Elizabeth.
All projectiles thrown by all variants can be picked in mid-air by the player.
Move List[]
- Vial Toss: used by all variants. Each of them toss a different projectile.
- Push: used by all variants. A quick push that briefly staggers the player. Often used after throwing a projectile to send the player character towards it.
- Evasive Maneuver: used by all variants. They jump backwards to avoid player advances.
Strategy[]
Victoria can be difficult to deal with since the fire patch created by the explosive vials cover a large radius. However, the player can force Victoria into killing herself by moving towards her when she lobs the vial, and the move away to make her approach and step on the fire patch. Alternatively, the player can land an attack with low knockback to make her drop the vial at her feet and ignite herself.
Margaret is the easy to deal with since her grenades have a lengthy detonation timer of 5 seconds, and can be picked up more easily by the player. Same applies for the stun grenades, although their detonation timer is almost instant as soon it touches the ground.
Elizabeth is not particularly difficult since her acid vials don't deal direct damage, making her the least dangerous variant. The player can position themself in a way that her acid vial will hit enemies instead, making easier for the player to dispatch them.
Out of all variants, Anne is the most dangerous, due to the extremely low cooldown on her vials, of only 2 seconds. This means she can barrage the player with electric vials, which can be dangerous if the player is surrounded.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- As with all enemies with "themed" names, Victoria and her variations are all named after European royalties (Victoria, Anne and Elizabeth are English noblewomen while Margaret is named after a Danish queen) - an unused name for another variation, Mary (as seen in the character's bonus art), also follows this trend.
- Originally, Victoria was meant to throw vials that would heal her allies, and also create a smoke screen by throwing her vial directly at her foot.
- Concept art of Victoria often show her alongside Diva, with one of her early designs even looking similar. This implies they were originally meant to be part of the same art theft gang. This is further reinforced by the fact Victoria first appears during the Art Gallery stage.
- They are originally supposed to be female Japanese delinquents before they are redesigned due to the game's setting, they do however retain their shades.
- They were also supposedly meant to be the second enemies to wield a firearm (an assault rifle in this case), other than Gold, before this was changed to them simply throwing vials (or grenades for Margaret).