for people familiar with this game "to jump right in." He noted a few character-specific changes between these games, such as Ibuki's kunai attacks gaining the knock-down ability. In her Street Fighter V incarnation, Ibuki's playstyle is different from in Street Fighter IV, becoming a "resource-heavy" character. She has gained new special moves such as to dodge-teleport, glide (the "flying squirrel technique"), and throw bombs with different fuses. According to Capcom, "Ibuki has always been a very mobile character with various target combos, but she now has even more ways to mix-up the opponent with the ability to glide through the air and toss out ninja bombs, making it very difficult to predict where she will land and where her next attack will come from. Kunais have also been a cornerstone of her playstyle, but now players will have to be much more strategic in their use as she can only stock five at a time before she has to quickly obtain another set." Ibuki placed third in the 2016 EventHubs user poll for the best mix-up play ability in the game. Following the "nerfing" of Chun-Li in the Season 2 of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition in 2017, the enhanced Ibuki became the chosen character for a number of top professional players, including Ho Kun Xian (credited by Capcom with starting the "Ibuki revolution" so that "by late 2017 Ibuki is a pretty common character to see among high level play") and Atsushi Fujimura (who abandoned Nash). Other appearances Comics Ibuki appears in Street Fighter comic books, including in Street Fighter: Unlimited. Notably she received her own four-issue miniseries Street Fighter Legends: Ibuki, written by Jim Zubkavich and drawn by Omar Dogan. It was published by UDON Entertainment in 2010 to coincide with the release of Super Street Fighter IV. One alternative cover was drawn by Adam Warren and the entire miniseries was later included in the compilation Street Fighter Legends: The Ultimate Edition. In Ibuki, the character's fictional background was revealed: she had been destined to become a perfect assassin for the Geki clan (in to the comic, Geki is not an individual person but a clan that is rival to Ibuki's), but one of them, Enjō, fled with the baby. She also interacts with Elena, in addition to Makoto and Sarai. For writing Ibuki, Zubkavich was nominated for a Joe Shuster Award. He said that, compared to