Pokemon: Close Combat/Toxicroak

Introduction

Toxicroak is a frog. He does.

Playstyle

Toxicroak is a keep-away zoner using a variety of tools to keep the opponent out.

Pick if you like	Avoid if you dislike
Keepaway King: 5b, 4b, and 2b all help establish screen-space, dominating opponents without the tools to navigate them. Damage Over Time: Toxicroak's poison mechanic slowly drains the opponent's lifebar until Croak is parried or bursted. Unblockable Super: 624b is a 2 bar unblockable bubble with a lingering hitbox that both dominates neutral and leads to massive damage with the right setup.	Fragile Frog: Tied for the lowest health and guard value, Croak's gameplan can fall apart quickly if their opponent manages to close the distance.

Stats

Health	Guard Heatlh	Fastest Attack	Walkspeed	Prejump
24	10	5A (6f)	3.3 / -3.3	6f

Normals

5A	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 1 [1] - Low Special - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 7 4 18 0 [-2] - Toxicroak stretches his leg for a low kick. Very fast and far, easily Toxicroak's best button to challenge with. Combo/blockstring filler when out of range of 6A.

4A	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 2 [1] - Mid Special Air Attack - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 11 10 14 -2 [-4] - Toxicroak jabs upwards with his clawed wrist. Staple anti-air, best option when being jumped at. Can juggle into 6B or 2B (Pop) when cancelled as an anti-air.

6A	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 2 [2] - Mid Special - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 10 6 24 -3 [+4] - Toxicroak jabs forward with his wrist claw. Combo/blockstring filler, shorter range but more damage than 5A.

2A	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 4/2 - Mid - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 19 11 8 +18 [+15] - Toxicroak stretches his leg and strikes downwards with his heel. Toxicroak's best pressure normal, with huge advantage on hit and block. Only normal that will link to grounded 3A on regular hit, for meter build.

3A Just like Dee Jay Just like Dee Jay	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 2 (Grounded) / 1 (Juggle) - Low - - Knockdown Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 18 13 24 +51 [-17] - Toxicroak slides across the ground. Travels almost halfscreen, affecting frame data the further this move connects. Can low profile, similar to his crouching animation.

j5A	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 2 - High - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 9 20 6 +15 [+13] - Toxicroak swipes the air with his wrist claw. Toxicroak's main tool for jump-ins, allowing combos on hit and additional pressure on block. Huge hitbox, quick startup, and long active frames makes this move dominate the airspace.

j8A	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 4 - High - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 13 17 6 +20 [+27] - Toxicroak stretches his leg for an upwards angled kick in mid-air. Cannot hit a grounded opponent, must land as an air-to-air. Causes Toxicroak to fastfall, opening up offense on a grounded opponent that is late to respond.

Specials

Poison Spit 5B	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 2 [1] - Mid 5BB, 6C - Poison, Projectile Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 26 ∞ 46 -19 [-26] - Toxicroak spits a ball of poison horizontally across the screen. Advantage assumes point-blank range. Applies poison state to the opponent on hit.

Poison Spit (Upward) 5B8 or 4B	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 2 [1] - Mid 6C - Poison, Projectile Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost - - - - - Toxicroak spits a ball of poison in an upwards arc. Advantage assumes point-blank range. Applies poison state to the opponent on hit.

Poison Dart 6B	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 4 [3] - Mid - - Poison, Knockdown Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 17 21 24 +48 [-18] - Toxicroak puts both claws above his head and strikes forward. Incredibly active with a generous hitbox, can be plus if spaced accordingly. Main combo ender, comboing off all his special cancellable normals.

Dirty Bubble 1B or 2B or 3B

Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property - - - - - Projectile Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 18 - 45 - - Toxicroak sends out a bubble that floats forwards. Press 2B to detonate the bubble. Bubble will auto-detonate after a set period of time. Certain moves, such as 6B and any jumping normal, will immediately detonate the bubble. Can be input with 1B or 3B to create a slower or faster travelling bubble, respectively.

Dirty Bubble (Pop) 2B while Dirty Bubble is out	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 2 [1] - Mid - - Poison, Projectile Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 10 7 6 +3 [+7] - Toxicroak swells his throat, detonating the bubble. Manual detonation allows you to continue pressure, and can be cancelled into.

Poison Arrow j.5/6/8B

Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 5 [4] - Mid j5BB - Poison Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 39 ∞ 40 - - Toxicroaks stalls himself in the air before sending himself forward in the air. Can change the direction the arrow goes by changing the direction you press. j8A sends you straight upward, j6A sends you forward, and j5A sends you downward. You cannot change the direction you go in after you begin moving. You can only change the direction BEFORE the movement starts.

EX Moves

Double Spit 5BB	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 2, 2 [1, 1] - Mid - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost - - - - 1

Daggerheel 421B You will NEVER punish this move You will NEVER punish this move	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 4 [1] - Mid - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost - - - - 1

EX Poison Arrow j.5/6/8BB	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 5 [4] - Mid - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost - - - - 1 Faster version of Poison Arrow. Great for mixing up opponents due to how fast it is compared to it's non-EX counterpart.

Super

Toxic Bubble 624B ah, gottem ggs ah, gottem ggs	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 2, 1, 2 - Unblockable - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost - - - - 2 Toxicroak summons a big bubble that floats forward for a bit, then pops. -

Throws

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

Back Throw 4C	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 2 - Unblockable - - Knockdown Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost - - - - -

Combos

(j.A) 2a 6a xx 6b

(Anti-Air) 3a 5a xx 6b

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