Raymond Law (レイモンド・ロー, Reimondo Rō) is the main antagonist of Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. The self-proclaimed Pirate King of Madlantis, he hopes to find the treasure of the Esperanza for himself.
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Appearance[]
Raymond is modeled after his English actor, wrestler Samoa Joe. As such, he is large and muscular with a wide frame.
Attire[]
Raymond's attire consists of a simple black t-shirt, black long pants, and black leather shoes. He wears several gold chains around his neck, as well as golden wristbands on both arms and an assortment of rings on all of his fingers save for his thumbs.
Personality[]
As the self-proclaimed "Pirate King" of Madlantis, Raymond is a ruthless scoundrel willing to do anything to win. There is no underhanded deed too low for him, ranging from kidnapping to extortion to murder.
Despite his ruthlessness, Raymond is also cowardly, as he secretly feared incurring the wrath of Queen Michele. After his defeat, he also attempted to attack Majima with a desperate sneak attack, a move that ended up costing him his life.
Fighting Style[]
Raymond's boss fight is split into three phases. Despite Raymond’s heavy-set build, he is far more nimble than he looks, and his attacks can deal heavy damage and knock Majima away if he’s hit. Raymond relies exclusively on weapons throughout the battle, wielding a guandao in the former two phases, and a dao sword in the third. He emits a fluorescent pink aura in Heat Mode.
Guandao[]
Used by Raymond in the first two phases of his boss fight. He carries his gaundao with one hand, holding it by his waist while standing upright. He attacks with swift, wide slashes that cover a lot of ground. His moveset includes the following:
- a Rush Combo made up of an underarm polearm thrust, a charged two-handed downward diagonal right slash, and a charged two-handed downward slash;
- a second combo consisting of an upward diagonal left slash and a two-handed rightward horizontal slash,
- a charged low upward diagonal left slash,
- quickstep and dodge attacks, including:
- a lunging two-handed downward diagonal left slash after frontstepping,
- a two-handed downward diagonal left slash after sidestepping right,
- a rightward horizontal slash after sidestepping left, and
- a backward-spinning leftward horizontal slash; and
- a taunt where he steps forward with his polearm rested on his shoulder and nods up.
His Ultimate Attack is a jumping vertical downward slash.
Raymond enters Heat Mode immediately when his second phase begins. His attack trails are neon pink with dark purple highlights.
Dao[]
For his final phase, Raymond brandishes an ornate, bagua dao sword after his main weapon is broken in the preceding mid-fight QTE. Much like his guandao moveset, his fighting style is composed mainly of wide, sweeping slashes, except slower and with a greater emphasis on charged attacks. He holds his sword one-handed over his shoulder in a slightly crouched stance.
His combo are three in number:
- one consisting of a downward diagonal left slash-downward diagonal right slash, a charged 180° upward slash before stopping to recover, and a jumping turning downward diagonal right slash;
- a second combo comprising a downward diagonal left slash-rightward horizontal slash and an overarm straight thrust, and
- a charged lunging pommel strike-charged spinning downward diagonal left slash combo.
The remainder of his moveset is listed below:
- Kosei Shishido's katana moveset downed attack as a charged basic attack,
- a charged right push kick as a damage reversal,
- a parry stance where he takes a squatting Sumo stance with his arms wide open, retaliating with a charged two-handed 360° leftward slash if he is hit; and
- a taunt where he steps forward and swings his sword upward.
He will often follow up his damage reversal with Shishido's downed attack. He can also perform certain attacks after quickstepping in specific directions. These include:
- his pommel strike-spinning slash combo after frontstepping,
- his overarm straight thrust after sidestepping right,
- his spinning slash after sidestepping left, and
- his two-handed 360° slash after backstepping.
For his Ultimate Attack, Raymond hops forward on his right leg with his left hand held out before executing a downward diagonal left slash.
His attack trails are electric purple.
Trivia[]
- Raymond Law is the first final boss in the series to be based off an American actor (Nuufolau Joel Seanoa, better know by the ring name Samoa Joe), instead of being an original model or based on a Japanese one.
- He is also one of the few antagonists whose death is directly or indirectly caused by the protagonist.
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Notes[]
- ↑ The given height of 190 cm (6′ 3″) is based on the character model's scaling factor within Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii's data.[1] For Dragon Engine games, this method is believed to be very accurate (±2 cm). However, this is intended as an estimate, not a substitute for an official statistic.