Jump Jousts Jam/Bears

Bears
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Overview

We Baby Bears are a new fighter to the Jump Jousts series. The bears are a fighter sporting a unique mechanic, with their special being cyclical, using a different move every time. This leads to them having to play an interesting resource management game and sporting a much different playstyle than most other characters.

Strengths

Weaknesses

Cellphone: Panda's special is a large, fast restrain which is a strong option for confirming combos and generally controlling neutral. Damage: The Bears can generally spend 1 or 2 bars for solid damage in a single combo as well as getting on a better special. Defensive toolkit: With a small hurtbox, parry, larger than average 4A projectile, and Bullet Break tag, the Bears can offer unique defensive utility in many situations.

Meter Reliance: Bears rely on special for a large portion of their damage, pressure, and neutral. Without meter, they are generally a standard character. Situational Approach: Due to the Bears' mediocre jumps, average normals, and cyclical special, they are not always able to significantly threaten neutral in every matchup. Meterbuilding: Their best meterless neutral tool, 4A, builds no meter on hit and cannot be converted off without meter, forcing Bears to get parries or 6A to build back their meter themselves.

Move List

Normals

5A File:JJJ Bears5A.png	Damage Startup Active Landing Lag Magnitude Angle Misc. 1 - - - - - - A parry, strong as a reactive defensive option.

6A File:JJJ Bears6A.png	Damage Startup Active Landing Lag Magnitude Angle Misc. 1 - - - - - Bullet Break Grizz does 2 claw swipes. While big, there is an abusable gap between this move's 2 hitboxes.

4A File:JJJ Bears4A.png	Damage Startup Active Landing Lag Magnitude Angle Misc. 1 - - - - - ?f Lifespan, Spinstun A projectile that slides along the ground. Has spinstun, but can be hard to convert without the use of meter.

Metered

Grizz Special (1 Bar) File:JJJ BearsSpecialGrizz.png	Damage Startup Active Landing Lag Magnitude Angle Misc. 1 - - - - - Bullet Break, Armor Break An alright neutral tool, but generally only used to get to Bears' better specials.

Panda Special (1 Bar) File:JJJ BearsSpecialPanda.png Cellphone. Cellphone.	Damage Startup Active Landing Lag Magnitude Angle Misc. 1 - - - - - Restrain A massive, if slightly vertically thin Restrain which opens up the Bears' combo game and gives them a significant neutral threat.

Ice Bear Special (1 Bar) File:JJJ BearsSpecialIceBear.png	Damage Startup Active Landing Lag Magnitude Angle Misc. 1 - - - - - Spinstun, Reflector, Armor Break A vertically large Spinstun, though it is mainly used as a combo tool after Cellphone to get 3 damage conversions for 2 bars. Has a slight hurtbox shift backwards, but is mostly niche.

Super (4 Bars) File:JJJ BearsSuper.png	Damage Startup Active Landing Lag Magnitude Angle Misc. 3, 0 - - - 15 - Invuln 1-?, Spinstun, Bounce Arguably the worst super in the game due to its odd hitbox. Lets the Bears combo out of it for 4 damage, but is difficult to combo into due to its 0 damage sourspot. Even if this super was good, it would still see relatively little use due to the strength of the Bears' special.

Strategy

Bears can essentially be treated as a different threat with each of their 3 specials in neutral.

Megaphone:

• Can break projectiles
• Can break armor
• Can occasionally convert off plane

Phone:

• Is a restrain
• Breaks armor
• Has the longest range
• Converts the most easily from plane
• Leads to 3 damage conversions with 2 bars through:

Phone > Pan > 4A/6A/Megaphone

Pan:

• Is a spinstun
• Is a reflector
• Has the longest vertical hitbox
• Leads to 2 damage through:

Pan > 4A/6A/Megaphone

As a result, the Bears usually want to be on phone due to its use in neutral. In order to do this, they need to cycle past megaphone. Besides that, they would prefer to accomplish things such as tag punishes with phone or pan and so they may not do the standard combo in order to get on a better cycle.

Composition

Bears are usually ran as an Anchor character due to their high reliance on and good use of meter, which they often rely on the point character to build.

Colors

Color 1

Color 2

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Opening Palette

Color 3

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Color 4

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Ed, Edd n Eddy

Color 5

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Crystal Gems

Color 6

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Powerpuff Girls

Notable Players

Name	Color	Region	Status	Details
Mal		North America	Semi-Active	Community Manager for Jump Jousts, prefers to play friendlies and work behind the scenes. Runs Bears alongside Starfire and Yosemite Sam.