Ippo Style UBG: Dempsey Roll Guide After the Rework

The Kit, Verbatim

In-game description: “An in-fighter that never backs down. Ability: Dempsey Roll — you can use your ability repeatedly to dodge and advance with each time you press it. Once it’s charged up, you can unload a flurry of hooks. Ultimate: Tiger Crusher.”

Peek-a-boo stance, hooks to head and body, rib-cracking uppercuts — the Hajime no Ippo homage is total, down to the signature move.

How to Use Dempsey Roll

The rework’s key insight: Dempsey Roll is a movement tool first, damage second. Each press dodges and advances — so you weave through the opponent’s output while closing, and the hook flurry is the reward for surviving the approach. Pilots who hold the ability for “the damage moment” miss that the approach is the ability.

What the Rework Changed

The August pass (covered by every major creator within days — “THIS NEW IPPO IS CRAZY”, 54k views) turned Ippo from a readable gimmick into the meta’s aggression valve: in a counter-heavy field (Surgeon, Turtle everywhere), Ippo’s weave-advance scrambles the patient game plan.

Verdict

A-tier post-rework — the pick when you’re tired of counter mirrors. Its weakness stays classic in-fighter: getting stuffed at range by disciplined out-boxers before the roll charges.

Anime roots and roster: all styles · vs the patch’s boss: beating Surgeon