Pokemon: Close Combat/Great Tusk

Archetypes:	Superheavy; Mixup
Health:	31
Guard Health:	15
Walk Speed:	1.5/-1.5 (Rolling: 5.7/-5.7)
Prejump Frames:	9f
Fastest Attack:	6B (9f), Throw (8f)

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.

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Avoid if you dislike

Pachyderm Pokes: 5A, 4A and jA dominate the screenspace with great hitboxes. Sturdy Spinner: Great Tusk has one of the highest health values in the entire game, in addition to a very high guard health, allowing him to shrug off tons of damage. 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: Great Tusk is huge, and his movement and attacks are all quite slow outside of stance, making him prone to pressure and combos. 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.

Normals

5A	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 1 0 Mid Special - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 13 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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4A	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 1 1 Mid 5a, Special Upper Body - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 12 5 24 -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 1 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.

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. Causes a 1-damage stalactite to fall on the opponent if Great Tusk collides with a wall
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Change direction while rolling	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 1 0 - - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 34 10 18 +14 [+0] - Dust sprays violently outwards when Great Tusk makes a sharp turn.
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Specials

Whirling Fortress get off me get off me	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 3 4 Mid - - Armor, Knockdown Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 24 30 34 +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 Low - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 23 10 18 +91 [-10] - Great Tusk uses the momentum from its roll to slam down on the opponent.
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Stampede 6B	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 1, 1, 3 1, 1, 1 Mid C-Cancel - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 9, 9, 10 7, 7, 10 24 +59 [-9] - Great Tusk charges forward to deliver a devastating three-hit combo.
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Quaking Stomp 2B

Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 3 1 Low - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 21 10 28 +50 [-13] - Great Tusk charges up an earth-quaking stomp. This attack can be charged to multiple levels based on how long you hold 2. An enemy hit by this attack with be knocked towards Great Tusk. Great Tusk is invulnerable during the startup of the stomp as well as during the active frames. Has armor against standard projectiles while charging starting frame 8 Getting hit by a projectile will instantly increase 2B's charge to the next level.

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Quaking Stomp (Mid Charge) 2B	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 5 2 Low - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 39 10 28 +81 [-6] - An enemy hit by this attack with be knocked towards Great Tusk.
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Quaking Stomp (Full Charge) 2B	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 7 4 Low - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 65 10 19 +90 [+10]/ - An enemy hit by this attack with be knocked towards Great Tusk.
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Crashing Footfalls j.B	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 5 2 High - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 32 20 34 +53 [-1] - Great Tusk delivers a mid-air stomp to the opponent's dome. This variation of the attack will be used when Great Tusk is high up in the air.
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Crashing Footfalls (Ground) j.B	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 3 1 Low - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 5 (+3 in air) 15 34 +70 [-24] - Great Tusk stomps the ground, causing a quake around them. This variation of the attack will be used when Great Tusk is about to hit the ground.
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EX Moves

Don Drift 6B while Rolling	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 1, 1, 3 0, 0, 2 - - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 12 42 62 +75 [-20] 1 Great Tusk drifts into a spinning U-turn, plowing into anyone it their way.

Super

Headlong Rush 426B	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 13 1 - - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 91 [-74 Super Freeze], 26 27, 15 34 +52 [-24] 3 Great Tusk lets out a bellowing roar before charging forward, taking the opponent all the way to the corner and delivering a barrage of blows.
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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 - - Great Tusk spins the opponent around before tossing them forward.

Proto Boost (Forward) B while performing a forward throw	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 3 - - - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 7 2 41 - 1 Great Tusk spins the opponent around before tossing them up into the air, then swapping to roll stance to pursue them.

Back Throw 4C	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 9 - Unblockable - - Knockdown Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 8 2 41 - - Great Tusk thumps the opponent into the ground before tossing them backwards.

Proto Boost (Back) B while performing a back throw	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 7 - - - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 8 2 41 - 1 Great Tusk thumps the opponent into the ground before spinning directly on top of them, swapping into roll stance as well.

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