Lion, The Wiz, full-length pose from the character style sheet

Lion

Strong grappler

Team The Wiz · The Wiz (1978)

“We want all the smoke!”

The rival crews

The file

Flamboyant, loud and very, very large, he walked off a stone pedestal and straight into the spotlight. He talks the most trash on either side of the road and backs up roughly half of it. The other half he hugs out of you.

  • Courageous
  • Sensitive
  • Playful
  • Loyal
  • A big heart under all that fur

Ring entrance Roars at the crowd. The crowd roars back.

Tale of the tape

Power
10 out of 10
Speed
4 out of 10
Defense
7 out of 10
Technique
5 out of 10
Reach
4 out of 10
Flair
8 out of 10

Prototype tuning. Numbers will move once the combat build is playable.

Signature moves

  1. Uptown Lunge

    A full-body pounce that covers half the stage.

  2. Roar Shockwave

    A roar you can see. It pushes back everything in front of him.

  3. The Mane Event

    A command grab. He hugs. It hurts. He apologizes.

  4. Concrete Haymaker

    A slow wind-up and an enormous swing.

Inputs shown for a fighter facing right. L light, H heavy, S special.

Ultimate · spends a full bar of Yellow Brick Power

King of the Concrete Jungle

He climbs the nearest streetlight, lets out the roar of the century and comes down on top of you.

The look

  • Loose shaggy golden-brown fur
  • Dramatic reddish mane
  • Theatrical stage makeup
  • Long tufted tail
  • Fur light#D9A35A
  • Fur gold#C27A2C
  • Fur brown#8A4F25
  • Mane reddish#9C3D21
  • Mane deep#4A2216
Lion, The Wiz character design sheet: turnaround, expressions, costume details and palette
Lion, The Wiz character design sheet: turnaround, expressions, costume details and paletteCanonical style sheet
Style sheet: the reference every pose is checked against.

The rival

The Wizard of Oz

Cowardly Lion, The Wizard of Oz

Defensive counter fighter

Playable in the prototype as painted pose sheets. Final art comes later.