Helena (Dead or Alive character)
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Helena is a video game character from the Dead or Alive video game series created by Team Ninja and published by Tecmo.
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Dead or Alive 2
Helena is the daughter of Fame Douglas, the murdered chairman of DOATEC and promoter of the first "Dead or Alive World Tournament", and a world class soprano opera singer. Seemingly distant from her father and his work, Helena knew some of his secrets, including the ill-fated 'Epsilon project'. When he was murdered, she was hardly affected.
Helena followed in her mother's footsteps, becoming a famous opera singer in her own right. While performing, she was targeted by an unknown assassin using a sniper rifle. Her mother, who was present with her, spotted the rifle at the last second, and dove in front of her daughter. She was killed instantly. The assassin fled, leaving Helena alone and covered in her mother's blood.
Helena set out for vengeance. Using her father's contacts and working with his old associate, Gen Fu, she soon discovered that the murder was connected with the second Dead or Alive World Tournament. Helena entered the tournament to discover the truth.
During the tournament she hears a rumor that Ayane may be the killer. Helena confronts Ayane with this, and Ayane neither confirms nor denies having killed Helena's mother, after which a fight breaks out between the two.
Dead or Alive 3
Helena is captured by Donovan and imprisoned. He tells her that the only way to obtain her freedom is to win the third tournament. In the meantime, Donovan assigns Christie to keep an eye on Helena and, should the need arise, kill her if she discovers too much.
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball
Helena was invited to Zack Island for the fourth Dead or Alive Tournament. However, the tournament is revealed to be a hoax and Helena learns that the other female DOA participants, are stuck on the tropical island for two weeks.
Dead or Alive 4
In DOA4, Helena finally finds out that Christie killed her mother and she confronts her, but it's unknown if Helena kills the assassin or not. In her CG Ending, Helena decides to go down together with DOATEC and subsequently sets the Tritower complex on self-destruct. Plagued by flashbacks of her deceased mother she moves up to the helipad between the three towers that make up the complex. Meanwhile Ayane, Hayate, and Ryu Hayabusa are using ninpo powers to destroy the towers and the DOATEC security forces, while Kasumi battles her clone.
Helena is about to be consumed by the flames of the burning buildings as Zack saves her, flying in with a chopper.
Future titles
A spokesperson for Tecmo has recently stated the news that Helena might be in the next installment of the popular Ninja Gaiden series. But this has yet to be confirmed.
Personality
Image:Helena CGI.jpg Helena is outwardly haughty and unconcerned with other people. She brushes off everyone else as not mattering to her, even other fighters in the tournament. She is rather overconfident, doubting other fighter's abilities and making sport of her fights. Above all else, she is obsessed with revenge against her mother's killer. She is very patient with her search, yet totally unrelenting.
DOATEC
The Dead Or Alive Tournament Executive Committee is the contributor to the Dead or Alive Martial Arts Tournaments. Fame Douglas was the chairman of it until his death after the first DOA tournament. DOATEC has been secretly conducting experiments on fighters (specifically Kasumi and Hayate) to create the "ultimate fighting machine". Helena did not want to be in any part of the DOATEC, but since she is the only living blood relative of Fame Douglas, she has no choice but to uphold and continue his position as chairperson.
Gameplay
Helena's Fighting Style, Pi Qua Quan, is very smooth and silky (not sharp and solid like Karate); many of her attacks are graceful and move in a windmill-like formation. Her key stance is her Bokuho stance, from which she can execute a number of moves, and her mix-up game, execution time-frame, and air juggles are excellent due to her combo variety. However, she must be used in a combo-based fashion to execute sufficient damage, as her launchers and singe strikes lack a high damage ratio. While her throws lack strength, they are some of the most quickly executed in the game, and can even be performed while in the afterfore mentioned Bokuho stance. Helena's playability is aimed towards medium to high leveled players.