Arya Stark


 * This article is about the Fighter. For other uses, see Arya (Disambiguation).

Arya Stark is a Fighter from the Game of Thrones Universe in MultiVersus.

Origin
Arya Stark is one of the main point-of-view characters from George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novel series and their TV adaptation, Game of Thrones. She is the third child and second daughter of Lord Eddard Stark and his wife, Lady Catelyn Stark, as well as the sister of the incumbent Westerosi monarchs. Her main goal throughout both the book and television series is to avenge her family by joining the Faceless Men and becoming an assassin.

Official Biography
"She rejected being a lady. What she became was something far deadlier."

Born the third child of Eddard and Catelyn Stark, Arya never wanted to be a lady or waste time with formality. She thought that was a boring task better left to her siblings. But when her father was murdered and her family deposed, young Arya found herself on a new journey that would take her across Westeros, and eventually to Essos where she trained to be a Faceless Man that transformed her into an accomplished swordswoman and deadly assassin. It was a transformation that would change the course of her life - and all of Westeros - forever.

Default Variant
Arya's default look is based on her appearance at the very end of Game of Thrones, where she gains a scar on her forehead. Said scar also carries over across all of Arya Stark's other Variants, even if they're based on an outfit Arya has worn before gaining that scar.

Gameplay
Arya is a pure rushdown melee Assassin who specializes in ellusiveness and high speed combos, being capable of pinning down her opponents in a flurry of moves, leaving them little time to react. She can effectively do that and put pressure to her opponents through her Side Special, Knife-Thrower, where she throws a knife, which can be attached to enemies, and, when the Side Special is executed again, causes Arya to dash towards her enemies (this can also be used on allies for repositioning / recovering). Other than that her main core mechanic is her ability to "steal" her opponents' faces through her Neutral Special, Face-Stealer, which, once she has a face in her possession, allows her to stun her opponents by using the Neutral Special again.

One of Arya's most important traits is her Turn Attack, a temporary buff that can be bestowed to Arya and her allies through her Down Special, and also whenever she neutral dodges an attack. This buff causes the next attack to break armor and flip the enemy to the opposite direction they're facing.

Arya's high speed and combo potential are offset by a relatively low range and small hitboxes, even though they are disjointed. On top of that, she is among one of the lightest characters in the game, meaning she can be ringed out at significantly low percentages. Nevertheless, her flexibility and powerful movement options makes her deadly in the right hands, specially considering her high skill ceiling.

For 2v2 fights, Arya finds the best in partners that can either keep up with her speed, allowing to keep opponents in constant hitstun to deal massive amounts of damage; Batman is an excellent partner as he can easily close the gap with his Bat-Grapple, while Harley Quinn has plenty of combo options that synergize well with Arya's. Alternatively, heavy and sturdy frontline characters are great to keep her protected, such as Wonder Woman, Iron Giant and Garnet, which helps circumvent some of her weaknesses.

Trivia

 * Arya is the only fighter in MultiVersus who is not from an animated cartoon.

External

 * Arya Stark on Game of Thrones Wiki.