Pokemon: Close Combat/Scrafty

Archetype:	Item
Health:	40
Endurance:	14
Endurance Refresh:	4
Walk Speed:	1.8/-1.4
Dash Speed:	4.5/-4.5
Prejump Frames:	6f
Fastest Attack:	4A/3A(8f) *(Iron Ball 6f)

Never gives up on the squad.

Introduction

1v1? No items? Scrafty doesn't give two Rattatas about your dumb rules. This rebellious reptile has smuggled a stash of banned battle items onto the field arming itself an arsenal of dirty tricks. Even worse, its gang of incorrigible Scraggies are lurking just out of sight waiting for every opportunity to ambush their opponent and give Boss Scrafty a sneaky advantage. While its booby traps may be infuriating, Scrafty's no punk in close combat either, with moves that deftly counter aggressive approaches. Choose Scrafty if you want to leave your opponent feeling like calling the cops.

However, for all his strengths, Scrafty is rather complex - compared to the rest of the cast, Scrafty mains are going to have to work a little harder for that KO.

Overall -wha- AAAaaaahhhhhhh!

Scrafty here. As I always like to say - 4 Scraggies a day keeps the Blaziken away, perfect for combos! Overall, I make a pretty good deal, don't I? Try me out! And if you resist, I have four burly Scraggies at the door...

Playstyle

Scrafty

Pick if you like

Avoid if you dislike

Chaotic Items: Scrafty has a host of fun and chaotic items which can make every matchup or game unique to play. Good Meter Usage: With a mid screen command grab super Scrafty can move around during, a metered option that removes one meter from the opponent, and access to another queue of items. Complex Combos: Scrafty has long and unique combos that are incomparable to the rest of the cast with the use of his items.

Complex Design: In comparison to the rest of the cast, Scrafty's kit is quite broad and unique, utilising certain aspects of the game most other characters ignore. Item Storage Setup: Many of Scrafty's good combos and block strings require time to store your preferred item. Lack of Good Cancels: Scrafty can cancel many of their normals into specials and supers, but not into another normal. Without reserving items through 5B or 24B, their special cancels are quite unsafe on block.

Normals

5A	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 2 1 Mid Special - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 10 6 21 3 [-2] - Total: 36 Scrafty whips his tail out in front of him. A good special-cancellable poke Most reliable combo ender due to its range
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4A	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 1 0 Mid Special - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 8 10 13 0 [-5] - Total: 30 Scrafty kicks up some dust. Fast and generally safe on whiff or block Primarily used to anti air, but can be used in combos where 5A would not hit Lacks horizontal range to the point of having less range than their own throw
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6A	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 2+2 2+1 High C-Cancel - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 21 10 20 10 [-6] - Total: 50 An overhead hitting headbutt. Great combo starter, especially against opponents blocking low. Safe on block, allowing you to do defensive RPS.
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2A	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 4 (2 far) 2 Mid 2A2A - Knockdown Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 11 26 33 +34 [-27] - Total: 69 Scrafty lunges forward headfirst. Can be spaced to be safe, allowing Scrafty to confirm on hit while representing little risk. Scrafty's fastest way to move forward on the ground, a solid tool for escaping the corner.
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2A2A	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 4 2 Mid - - Knockdown Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 5 14 32 +73 [-14] - Total: 50 Scrafty launches off the ground in an upward headbutt. Can whiff on far connects of 2A. A fantastic anti-air if you catch the opponent neutral jumping. Enables great juggle combos on counterhit (when frame-trapped from 2A)
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3A	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 1 1 Low - - Knockdown Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 8 10 28 55 [-20] - Total: 45 Scrafty grabs at the opponent's feet to trip them. Enables a juggle combo on hit, essential part of Scrafty's offensive RPS as his only low. Only builds a bar if Scrafty does not do the juggle combo.
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j5A	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 3 0 High - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 9 28 8 +18 [+9] - Total: 44 Scrafty kicks out in the air. Can be used as an overhead-hitting safe jump when used with jB.
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j2A	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 2+2 0 High - - Knockdown (first hit) Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 13, 26 4, 5 8 +49 [+8] - Total: 55 Scrafty kicks out twice at the ground beneath him. First hit knocks down and pauses momentum. Can enable juggle combos when only the first hit connects close to the ground.
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Specials

Contraband 5B How's he run with all that stuff in there!? How's he run with all that stuff in there!?	Cancel Invul Property Startup Recovery Cost crouch (1,2,3) - - 17 16 - Scrafty rifles through his pants in search of a smuggled item. Cycles through 9 different items, all of which have their own unique uses Pressing down cancels the search and stores the item you want for later

Smuggled Stash 5B Instant OTG Instant OTG	Cancel Invul Property Startup Recovery Cost crouch (1,2,3) - - 17 16 1 Almost exactly the same as 5B. Cycle starts from Spring and removes any items from before it. It also has its own queue from 5B. Cancelling the animation to store the item uses meter, but using the item does not. This means that scrafty can use five springs back to back, one from 5B, one store from 24B, and three from raw 24B.

Air Balloon 5B	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 1 - - - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 34 ∞ 35 - - The only happy birthday you'll get in a 1v1 fighter. Only hits airborne opponents, but hangs in the air long enough to dissuade your opponent from jumping.

Lucky Punch 5B	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 5 - - - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 16 36 35 +22[-32] - Total: 86 A good ranged springloaded punch that deals good guard damage. Scrafty's most reliable frame-trap after blocked 6B. Combos in corner. Destroys projectiles

Smoke Ball 5B Chaos Chaos

Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property - - - - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 21 281 (smoke active frames) 26 - - Total: 47 Why does Scrafty have a smoke ball? Who gave it to them? Where'd it come from? Overhead in smoke? This item has your back. Want to get meter from a sweep or throw? This is the item for you. Harder to play around without game audio, especially after getting hit.

Poison Barb 5B	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 1 - - - - poison Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 13 250 (poison barb active time) 35 +49[+40] - Total: 48 Scrafty throws a poison barb into the air. Similar to Chesnaught's spike, except it deals poison damage as well.

Eject Button 5B i heard you liked combos i heard you liked combos	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 2 - - - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 15 5 28 +106[+5] - Total: 47 Scrafty hits a suspicious button which summons an equally suspicious spring from the ground beneath the opponent. The go to combo extender that hits OTG

Iron Ball 5B Screw it, we Screw it, we	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 3 - - - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 6, 38 5, infinite 25 +103[+33] - Total: 35 Ball. After Scrafty swings the iron ball around, it rolls along the ground until it's completely until it reaches the corner of the screen. Great combo extender, especially when used with 2A. Frame chart refers to the initial throwing of the iron ball.

Light Ball 5B Do NOT go towards the light Do NOT go towards the light	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 5x3 - - - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 99,128,157 8,8,8 35 (Scrafty's recovery) +134[40] - Total: 35 Another ball Scrafty throws an electrifying ball into the air which strikes downwards 3 times Slows down near the combo, allowing for extended pressure.

Flame Orb 5B	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 10,9 - - - - Knockdown, OTG Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 9,185 75,40 35 (Scrafty's recovery) +134[54] - Total: 35 Ha, you thought I'd say ball again, but this one is an orb. Great combo extender tool that deals good damage, but only works with the correct setup Can hit OTG, enabling you to combo this move off of options like Throw

Leftovers 5B	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property - - - - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 60 - 23 - - Total: 82 Scrafty eats lunch. Heals Scrafty 6 health alongside some endurance.

Scraggy Swing 6B SCRAGGY NOOOO SCRAGGY NOOOO	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 3,3 - Mid 5B - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 22,38 5,23 50 58[-17] - Total: 50 Scrafty swings a Scraggy into the opponent. Can be cancelled into 5B, enabling new combos and frametraps with whatever item he pulls out.
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Double Feint 2B	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 6 - Mid 4C/6C Full - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 37 11 34 48[-20] - Total: 81 Scrafty dodges on the spot, swinging back with his pants. Completely invulnerable (starting on frame 3), Scrafty's best meterless reversal Can be cancelled into throw after the spotdodge animation to catch people waiting to block the hit
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Shedded Chute jB	Cancel Invul Property Startup Recovery Cost down (1,2,3) - - - - - Scrafty pulls out a parachute to slow his descent. Can influence direction by holding forwards to backwards Can cancel the chute by holding down or pressing jB again Great for safe jumps and pressure

Hyper Moves

Knock-It-Off! 22B Nice meter you got there Nice meter you got there	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 9 - Mid - - Knockdown, Armor, Meter Deplete Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 44 5 41 +73[-7] 1 Total: 89 For one meter, Scrafty headbutts the opponent, depleting their meter by one. Armor activates at frame one, Scrafty's best reversal. Does not beat throws, but freezes the screen like parry. Can be combo'd into from Eject Button.
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Super

Beat Up 426B GET EM' BOYS GET EM' BOYS

Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 12 - Unblockable - - Knockdown Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 75 [-68] 5 50 128 2 Total: 185 Scrafty summons the Scraggy Squad at mid-screen to beat up the opponent Acts as a mid-screen command grab super that can be used to whiff punish the opponent After the frame 8 screen freeze, the opponent remains frozen until the hitbox lands and cannot be jumped Scrafty can move and even store items while the Scraggy does the dirty work. Gives just enough time to pull Eject Button to enable a follow-up combo.

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Throws

Forward Throw 6C	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 2 - Unblockable - - Knockdown Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 8 2 61 - - Total: 70 Applies Poison status on opponent if Leftovers is eaten before-hand, drastically increasing the reward.
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Back Throw 4C	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 2 - Unblockable - - Knockdown Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost 8 2 61 - - Total: 70
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Combos

A = normal attack, B = special attack, cc = C-cancel, xx = cancel, jc = jump cancel, edr = ender. Check the ender category for routes to finish combos with.

Combo Theory:
Scrafty is unique in the sense that he can store items with Contraband to use later in combos, with the main item used being the spring. It has the ability to extend combos by OTGing. He can also use one bar of meter to get an instant spring with Smuggled Stash. Iron Ball, Light Ball, and Flame Orb are all good meaty setups in the corner. With strong confirmes off of any of them. The main combo loop that will be used is Scraggy Swing into either a meaty setup or Spring OTG for a combo extension.

Midscreen:

6A, 3A Gains 1 meter
6A, 3A, Contraband: Spring, Scraggy Swing (you can replace Scraggy Swing with jc, j2A)
6A, 5A, Scraggy Swing

Corner Contraband Combos, you will need specific items stored from Contraband:

Spring:
6A, 5A, Scraggy Swing, Contraband: Spring OTG, Contraband: Balloon, edr

Iron Ball:
jA, 5A, Scraggy Swing, Contraband: Iron Ball (damage)
5A, Scraggy Swing, Contraband: Iron Ball (meaty setup)
Contraband: Iron Ball, Scraggy Swing, Smuggled Stash: Spring OTG, Contraband: Balloon, edr (1 meter)

Flame Orb:
jA, 5A, Scraggy Swing, Contraband: Flame Orb (meaty setup)
6A, 5A, Scraggy Swing, Flame Orb Explosion, Smuggled Stash: Spring OTG, Contraband: Balloon, edr (1 meter, immediate follow up combo after Flame Orb meaty setup)

Enders:

After Contraband: Balloon:
,2A, 2A2A
,Double Feint
,jc, j2A

Colors

A

B

C