Kei Kawade, better known as Kid Kaiju, is the first speedster in Future Fight to be locked behind a paywall similar to Carnage and Enchantress. He is an Inhuman with the power to summon incredible monsters just by drawing them on his sketchbook.

The hype around him comes from the recent Marvel comics event entitled Monsters Unleashed where enormous beasts come falling from outerspace to wreak havoc all over the world. But are they the work of Kid Kaiju or is there something else out there to destroy all of humanity? I won’t spoil the story for you but it’s a fun read so check it out!



The Setup

I pretty much decked out Kid Kaiju with urus and ISOs to bring him up to becoming the 7th most geared KK in the game at the time.

ISO set: Power of Angry Hulk

Obelisk: crit stats with damage proc. You can also get away with using invincibility or a heal proc.

Skills

Kid Kaiju’s main stat is Physical Attack and also deals physical damage with all of his skills, except for 1* which deals fire damage. His auto-attack alternates summoning Fireclaw and Slizzik to swipe at targets.

1* Fireclaw Summon. Kid Kaiju does a Hadouken-style move sending out Fireclaw in a snap to deal Fire damage. It has a quick cooldown and the animation finishes in barely half a second so spam this whenever you can!

2* Slizzik Summon. This is Kei’s only iframe skill with a vulnerable startup. He hops onto Slizzik and flies around to breathe green gas at anything in the way like it was Pete’s Dragon. Except it’s not fire. Sadface. You can somewhat control the initial direction Slizzik flies in like you can with Carnage’s 6*.

3* Sketch Up. Kei buffs up all allies including Hi-vo by 15% All Attack and 11% Dodge. This would have been an invaluable skill in ABX if the buffs could carry over when tagging but it just doesn’t work like Warwolf’s of Daisy’s buff.

4* Hi-vo Summon (passive): Kei’s passive summons Hi-Vo (blast type) to his side automatically and sends him out to attack any enemy within a certain radius. Hi-vo does 3 attacks: a beam, a small area shock, and an AOE explosion that stuns. What makes him really useful is that he draws aggro so you can freely run around summoning other monsters.

5* Tag-Team Titans. Kei jumps back a little to summon Slizzik and then Fireclaw. It deals 10 hits to a single target so it’s great for dropping guard stacks. The big downside to this skill is it makes him very vulnerable especially if targets become out of range for your other skills. Use this up close if you intend to do a cancel.

6* Monster Mayhem. Kid Kaiju sends out a whirlwind of attacks using all 3 of his summons beginning with Slizzik, Fireclaw, and then Hi-vo. It’s his strongest skill but targets that are immune to guard break can just step out of the stationary damage area. A bit of a bummer but hopefully Hi-vo has your target preoccupied.

Leadership: Team Support. At T2, this becomes a souped up version of Wasp’s leadership, boasting a sweet bonus of 20% All Attack, 20% All Defense, and 10% All Speed. Absolutely incredible leadership!

T2 Passive: Monster Unleashed. Kawade hits harder with this skill as well as improving Hi-vo’s stats and making his leadership an outstanding choice to have.

Skill rotation: (buff)>514 and use 2 whenever you need an iframe. Spam 1 whenever you can!

Usefulness

Is he the Carnage of Speedsters we’ve all been waiting for? NO. Beyond the flashy skills and cool summons, he’s disappointingly weak for a paywall character. Even Villain Siege on hard can be a problem.

In XAB, his DPS comes up a little lower than Kate’s once you cook up a good rotation but it’s an absolute struggle to survive. Like I mentioned earlier, his skills tend to leave him vulnerable. You’ll want to be close to the beast or some of the robots so you can cancel skills more easily.

The best I’ve done with him in XAB was with a double crit obelisk with a heal proc. He still couldn’t survive long enough. The scoring potential just isn’t worth the tremendous effort to get a subpar score. Kate is still your girl when it comes to XAB, and you won’t even have to spend a dime!

Against world bosses, his leadership is great and his Hi-vo summon is an amazing tank. Without all the distractions in AB, Hi-vo can focus on a single target. Despite that, his DPS leaves much to be desired.

As a striker, he comes out on-attack And provides a co-op skill cooldown reduction bonus just like Odin and Coulson. Still, he’s not that good of a striker because part of his DPS comes from Hi-vo who doesn’t show up when Kid Kaiju does.

As for PVP, he’ll struggle in timeline because of the same weaknesses he faces in XAB. He has only one iframe with a wind up and some skills leave him wide open. In Battleworld, his success will depend on the matchup but the extra target Hi-vo brings to the table is a valuable asset. Be sure to equip him with an invincibility obelisk if you really want to use him in PVP content.

The Verdict

You’ve got to hand it to Netmarble though, Kid Kaiju’s attacks look amazing. Just don’t let all the lights and effects fool you into suckering up daily bios or an advancement ticket on him. Save your precious bucks on someone else more useful!

I end this review with the picture below to summarize how I feel about Kei Kawade.