Nero Claudius

Nero Claudius is a character created by Deadhead. Using amazingly drawn sprites to bring Fate/Extra's red saber come to life, this character has 3 versions released: one official release, one edit and one that is a boss-esque rendition.

Deadhead/ShinySpiritSeer version
By creating a gameplay that leads the player to use buffs like in the source game, the original version of Nero is quite complete even though it is just a Beta.

Using 3 buttons for attack and 3 for secondary moves (very similar to Melty Blood gameplay), Nero is a very simple character to use. She have three bars below the screen, that allows to give three different types of buffs (attack, defense and luck). AI wise, she uses the default Mugen AI, making her easy to defeat.

Following the mysterious discontinuity of the character, ShinySpiritSeer took on and edited the character, fixing some bugs.

ni-san version
ni-san's version of Nero is a big rework over the original, but despite that, still retains the same moves and some of the specials as the original version, but also having completely new original moves, such as summoning a red typhoon that goes back and forth to the sender, singing very badly to make notes lethal or using her noble phantasm to get a stat boost and oneshot the opponent in no time.

The character default palette has also been slightly altered, being more satured and more close to the special animations artstyle. The other palettes have also been completely changed, referencing more Fate characters.

ni-san Nero have 11 difficult values, with 6 being the default one.

Trivia

 * (Deadhead/ShinySpiritSeer version) Pressing taunt allows Nero to sing. After she finishes to sing, the character gets a boost of all three stats, making it a risk and reward taunt. The song itself is the infamous Padoru Padoru, a Japanese rendition of Jingle Bells sanged by Nero, wich became a meme because of how the original video was relatable with people preparing Christmas stuff in November.