Every character in Shadow Fight 4 Arena, attacks and strategies included

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Every character in Shadow Fight 4 Arena, attacks and strategies included

Updated on February 4th, 2025 - Version: 1.9.32

Shadow Fight Arena is one of the best fighting games we've seen come to mobile devices for quite a long time, and it's great to see such a strong franchise move towards the online PVP gameplay that fighting game fans crave.

If you want to get ahead in Shadow Fight Arena you're going to need to understand the characters you're going into battle with, and this guide will help you with exactly that.

We've listed here every single Shadow Fight Arena character, all of their unique abilities and special attacks, and then broken down which strategies you should use to win with each character.

Quick beginner tips for mastering Shadow Fight Arena

Take a look through and if you're a fighting game veteran you'll easily be able to understand which character is right for before even having to play as them.

Name	Unique Abilities	Rarity	Type	Difficulty	Strategy
Ling	Slashing Strike Ling's Flask	Rare	Heralds	Easy	Ling is a patient character - use him to block a few blows, and then punish with fast neutral combos.
June	Collapse Gauge Control Form Chaos Form	Legendary	Dynasty	Hard	June is extremely strong as she can break the opponent's block. To reach her full potential, requires you to get familiar with her gameplay.
Shang	Shadow Energy Adept Shadow Protection	Common	Dynasty	Normal	Shang has a long reach with his weapon so you shouldn't be afraid to attack from a distance. Use his projectile to keep enemies back, and when cornered unleash your Shadow form.
Kate	Liquidator's Daughter Experienced Soldier	Common	Legion	Easy	Kate doesn't have the longest range, but is fast and has brutal combos. Be patient and space your opponent out, and then unleash hell.
Ironclad	Stubborn as a Mule Non-stop	Common	Legion	Easy	Ironclad is an up-close brawler, and can even armour through projectile attacks. Use a more rushdown-focused attack strategy with this one.
Kibo	Shadow Onslaught Perfection	Epic	Heralds	Normal	Kibo loses her Shadow energy if she doesn't hit the opponent with her attacks, so spacing and zoning out your opponent isn't so worthwhile. Instead just be patient and wait for your enemy to make that one big mistake before you strike.
Marcus	Through the Glitch	Epic	Legion	Normal	Marcus starts out big and slow, but ends up becoming incredibly nimble when you use his special ability. Keeping your opponent on their toes while dealing the big hits is the strategy here.
Hong-Joo	Blazing Bite Triumph Anticipation	Rare	Dynasty	Normal	Hong-Joo is all about trapping opponents in combos - get them up against a wall and go ham, His ability set is different from most, just being a single Triumph ability - this will help you do big damage to foes.
Fireguard	Shadow Generator Flamethrower Countdown	Common	Heralds	Normal	Since Fireguard restores Shadow energy through his Shadow Generator ability, you can feel free to use the Shadow energy whenever available, and all of the special attacks, to dominate foes.
Helga	Power of Light Shield of Light Smite	Rare	Legion	Easy	Helga punishes enemies that use the Shadow form automatically with Smite, and she gains access to her Shining Dash attacks just by attacking a foe. Combine these to overwhelm enemies.
Sarge	Shadow Squad Leader Will Suppression Old School	Rare	Legion	Normal	Sarge builds Shadow energy fast while attacking, and also gains invulnerability while in Shadow form - a powerful combo. Who needs special moves?
Azuma	Neutralization Consequence Management	Common	Heralds	Hard	Azuma negates Shadow energy, so he's a hard counter to all of those characters we've mentioned which thrive on it - and that's where Azuma dominates. The long reach helps, too.
Yukka	Open Wounds Guillotine Shade's Turn	Rare	Dynasty	Easy	Shade's True Form unleashes a shade on your opponent to attack them, and Yukka is best when she's doing this often.
Jack Bulwark	Bone Break Shadow Fortress	Common	Legion	Hard	When your opponent enters their Shadow form, Jack Bulwark lives up to his name and becomes invulnerable. Use this to dominate foes.
Jet	Shadow Harmony	Rare	Dynasty	Hard	Jet lacks the fancy attacks, but specialises in a single strategy - patience. Jet's attacks will be weak at first, but as Shadow Harmony builds, Jet's combos will shred through a blocking enemy.
Emperor	Emperor's Curse Shadow Beast Predator Lunge Sharp Ribs Spike From Below	Epic	Dynasty	Hard	The Emperor dominates while in Shadow form as the Shadow Beast - build up Shadow energy and then go all-out.
Lynx	Hunter in the Shadows Mark of the Order Demonic Power	Epic	Heralds	Normal	Lynx is a hunter who will never back away from slashing an enemy. They dominate from the shadows with powerful attacks.
Monkey King	Ascension Jingu Strike Demonic Power	Legendary	Dynasty	Hard	Monkey King's attacks excel the more he damages the opponent. It's a fun unit, but quite difficult to play. Once you master his kit, he will win you a lot of games.
Midnight	Shadow Shift Evasion Technique Successful Experiment	Epic	Heralds	Normal	She can teleport behind enemies performing surprise attacks that deal quite a lot of damage.
Cobra	Chargebite Serpentoxin Bomb Throw Plant Bomb	Rare	Heralds	Normal	Corba can pierce through the enemy's block dealing massive amounts of damage. She has the ability to also reduce the opponent's damage.
King of the Legion	Sacrificial Pact Shadow Dominion Dark Incarnation	Legendary	Legion	Hard	King of the Legion can deal heavy attacks that cover an area in front of him - the upper attack, however, has one of the shortest reach, but is also one of the greatest damage dealing abilities when executed right. The player should always be careful about his HP, since KKing of the Legion sacrifices his health to charge Shadow Energy.
Butcher	Meat Hook Cattle Cage	Epic	Legion	Easy	With Butcher you want to attack as if you're fighting against "cattle" - as his move suggests. You want to alternate kicks and Cleaver attacks and trap enemies in the Cattle Cage whenever they are weakened.
Itu	Time Manipulation Spacetime Slash	Legendary	Heralds	Hard	When playing Itu, your goal is to use the talent like Yadomejutsu to deflect ranged attacks, while using Time Manipulation to land successful attacks on enemies even from a short ranged (especially against ranged enemies).
Lord Gideon	Perfect Moment Bounty Hunter Guardian Specter	Epic	Legion	Normal	With Lord Gideon, you don't really fear going low on HP. His kit is designed in a way that he becomes "invulnerable" if you may - he cannot go below 1 HP. Use this time window to strike your opponents down with a flurry of attacks.

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