Claudio Serafino made his series debut in Tekken 7 .
Bandai Namco sum up its rollout of character reference lagger forTekken 8after a brief foramen . This modish one centers around Claudio Serafino , a reference antecedently introduce inTekken 7’sbase roster who return here inTekken 8apparently to chafe me specifically . He was easily one of the least compelling newcomers from that game , but at the very least , those who enjoyed his playstyle will undoubtedly look forward to seeing how he fits intoTekken 8’srevamped grease monkey . Bandai Namco actually already revealed Claudio ’s return in a brief tease at the end of theannouncement trailerfor the forthcoming unsympathetic internet trial . This new trailer does , however , offer our first glimpse into Claudio ’s gameplay .
A powerful exorcist hailing from Italy , Claudio played a relatively minor role inTekken 7’sstory cause . Heihachi Mishima tracked him down in the hopes of recruit him so that he could use his monster - purging powers to serve deal withKazuya and his devil form . After an obligatory conflict , Claudio agreed to link Heihachi , at which percentage point he simply doled out a few more assembly line and did pretty much nothing for the rest of the mode .

What about his gameplay?
As for his scrap style , Claudio utilize “ Sirius - Style Exorcism Sorcery , ” a fictional discipline that unite savage strikes with light - based magic . In practice , this assure him firing pointer of light and posing during his attacks as if he ’s try really , really hard to count nerveless . He also keep his Starburst mechanic , which provides a caramel to some of his moves while active .
Of of course , like every otherTekken 8character trailer , this one get word Claudio conclude his move place vitrine by performing his Rage Art . All he really does for it is shoot a swelled , more powerful light arrow much like he did inTekken 7 , only this one has a lot more visual effects attached to it .