

Orochi comes back for real in the fourth game as both his normal self and as Orochi X.It's later revealed that Orochi's soul was reincarnated as Shuten Doji. It also appears to be the case in the third with the Hydra's appearance, but it's subverted as the Hydra itself is nothing more than Orochi's raw power given form and without Orochi's soul to guide it. Back from the Dead: The second game deals with his resurrection as Orochi X.The only thing that saves him to create the Purposely Overpowered character that he is intended to be is his C1-1.

Almost all of his moves are non-elemental, deal weak damage, have awkward coverage, and have a lot of windup without invincibility frames, since the PC doesn't have a boss's boosted combat resistance. Awesome, but Impractical: The original moveset for original Orochi in the first two games.It's blatant in his localized title of Serpent King. If you look carefully, you can see the eight heads hidden all over his armor. Distant Spine Wisdom), which is simply another way of writing his name.
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