Pokemon: Close Combat/Great Tusk

Introduction

Keep rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'

Playstyle

Great Tusk is a beefy tank who can change stances on a whim to dash in and overwhelm the opposition.

Pick if you like

Avoid if you dislike

Pachyderm Pokes: 5A, 4A and jA dominate the screenspace with great hitboxes. Mammoth Mixups: Great Tusk has high/low, left/right, and throw mixups that are all incredibly rewarding. Devastating Damage: Great Tusk's optimal combos can turn the tide of battle very quickly, deleting your opponent's health bar in a couple touches. Keep Rolling: Great Tusk's roll stance allows him to quickly change his playstyle, which can be bewildering to the opponent.

Lumbering Giant: Outside of stance, Great Tusk movement and attacks are all quite slow. Unorthodox Style: Being a stance character, Great Tusk's gameplan can be a bit unobvious with so many options. High Risk, High Reward: While Great Tusk gets a lot of damage off his combo starters, they are almost all minus on block or unsafe. Low Meter Build: Great Tusk has no ways outside of counter hit to combo into sweep, making him rely on parry and throw to build meter.

Stats

Health	Guard Heatlh	Fastest Attack	Walkspeed	Prejump
31		5A (11f)	1.5/-1.5 (Rolling: 5.7/-5.7)	11f

Normals

5A	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 1 0 Mid Special - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 11 3 19 1 [-4] - Great Tusk extends his trunk forward. Great Tusk's best option for challenging, as it is his fastest normal. Typical combo ender into 6b. Very strong poke in neutral that can buffered into knockdowns.
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5A while rolling	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 3 1 - - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 10 15 23 +75 [-20] - Great Tusk charges forward when rolling. High risk, high reward launcher. Causes Great Tusk to rapidly accelerate in the direction he's facing during roll.
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4A	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 1 1 Mid 5a, Special Upper Body - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 12 14 15 -6 [-4] - Great Tusk swings his trunk upwards. Go-to combo starter when aiming to confirm and stay safe, utilized by cancelling into 5a. Fantastic anti-air that combos into 6b on regular hit, and Roll 5a on counterhit for massive damage.
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6A	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 3 2 Mid C Cancel, 426B - Knockdown Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 26 7 31 +81 [-6] - Great Tusk uppercuts with his tusk. Mainly used as combo fodder, as it cancels from his 2A. Typically best way to extend combos when you have meter to spend.
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2A	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 3 2 High 6A - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 33 20 21 -7 [-9] - Great Tusk brings his tusk down on the head of the opponent. Tusk's grounded overhead, important to threaten as a mixup. Unsafe on hit and block unless cancelled.
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3A	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 1 1 Low - - Knockdown Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 14 27 31 +1 [-40] - Great Tusk sweeps the ground with his trunk. Tusk's grounded low, important to threaten as a mixup. Very unsafe on block, but builds Great Tusk a bar on hit.
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j5A	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 3 2 High - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 16 15 10 +23 [+21] - Great Tusk does an aerial slam with his tusk. Advantage assumes done at lowest possible height. Main jump-in, incredible frame advantage and hitbox.
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j2A	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 0 0 - - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 10 - - - - Great Tusk curls into a ball before hitting the ground. Enters roll stance as soon as Great Tusk falls to the ground.

Specials

Whirling Fortress get off me get off me	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 3 1 Mid - - Armor, Knockdown Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 24 30 24 +39 [-29] - Great Tusk spins on the spot. Most reliable meterless reversal in his kit, blowing up frametraps and untrue meaties.
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Heavy Slam B while Rolling	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 5 1 - - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 23 10 18 +91 [-10] -
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Stampede 6B	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 1, 1, 3 1, 1, 1 - - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 9, 9, 10 7, 7, 10 24 +59 [-9] -
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Quaking Stomp 2B	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 3 1 - - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 21 10 28 +50 [-13] -
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Quaking Stomp (Mid Charge) 2B	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 5 2 - - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 39 10 28 +81 [-6] -
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Quaking Stomp (Full Charge) 2B	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 7 4 - - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 65 10 19 +90 [+10]/ -
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Crashing Footfalls j.B	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 5 2 - - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 32 20 34 +53 [-1] -
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Crashing Footfalls (Ground) j.B	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 3 1 - - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 5 (+3 in air) 15 34 +70 [-24] -
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EX Moves

Don Drift 6B while Rolling File:PKMNCC Great Tusk 666BHitbox.png	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 1, 1, 3 0, 0, 2 - - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 12 42 62 +75 [-20] 1
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Super

Headlong Rush 426B	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 13 1 - - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 91 [-67 Super Freeze], 26 27. 15 34 +52 [-24] 3
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Throws

Forward Throw 6C	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 3 - Unblockable - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 7 2 41 - -

Proto Boost (Forward) B while performing a forward throw File:PKMNCC Great Tusk CB.png File:PKMNCC Great Tusk CBHitbox.png	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 3 - - - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 7 2 24 - 1
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Back Throw 4C	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 3 - Unblockable - - Knockdown Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 7 2 41 - -

Proto Boost (Back) B while performing a back throw File:PKMNCC Great Tusk CB.png File:PKMNCC Great Tusk CBHitbox.png	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 7 - - - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 7 2 24 - 1
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