Laura

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 * "''It starts with a beat and ends with a bang!

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 * —Laura (Street Fighter V)

Laura is a character appearing in the upcoming Street Fighter V who was first seen in Famitsu as well as being leaked on Twitter. She is the third of the four new fighters confirmed for Street Fighter V and the first new female fighter in the game.

Appearance
Laura has long black hair with blue highlights as the first half of her long hair is loose and the other half of her long hair is cut short and was tied into a braid. She has light brown eyes.

She wears a bright green sports bra top with yellow linings which show her cleavage and a tie at the centre of her top, a matching bright green martial arts pants with yellow linings with a brown belt to her waist and black ankle wraps on her feet. She also wears several bracelets in different colours similar to Elena's. The colour scheme of her outfit matches the Brazilian flag.

Personality
According to her introduction quote, Laura can be described as a sassy mouthed and a vocal talker.

Fighting Style and Gameplay
Her fighting style appears to be a form of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and she has been seen to use grappling techniques and breaking throws. Some of her kicking move is similar to Elena's Rhino Horn as her special attack and is able to manipulate electricity similar to Blanka when using her melee special attacks. Her Critical Art has her to put her opponent in headlock as electricity crackles around her to make a powerful lightning strike towards her incapacitated opponent to make lightning damage.

Quotes
Laura/Quotes

Trivia

 * The last part of her Critical Art a reference to Tekken's Kazumi Mishima where she was struck with a lightning strike and a white haze before transforming to her devil form, Devil Kazumi.
 * Laura's half-loose and half-cornrowed hairstyle is similar to Alicia Keys in her music video "If Ain't Got You".