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Advance Pacman Guide
This guide will be edited in the near future. Anyone may suggest adding anything related to Pacman to this guide. If I do not respond just contact me on twitter @joequarters. I always forget to check smash boards. Please keep in mind this is an advance guide and not a guide that just says advanced; it will not go over the basics! Note: I am not good with computers so if I do anything wrong message me on twitter and tell me to fix it.
This guide will be edited in the near future. Anyone may suggest adding anything related to Pacman to this guide. If I do not respond just contact me on twitter @joequarters. I always forget to check smash boards. Please keep in mind this is an advance guide and not a guide that just says advanced; it will not go over the basics! Note: I am not good with computers so if I do anything wrong message me on twitter and tell me to fix it.
Pacman's Bonus fruit is one of his best tools. It is used for zoning and for racking up damage. Bonus fruit is not affected by rage. This guide will go over each fruit individually, tricks and combos will be added to the end.
Cherry
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Pacman's Cherry is the first fruit he pulls out when using the move Bonus fruit. It does four damage and has little knock back. This fruit is best while it is in hand and if you z-drop it. The Cherry has some nice combos if you glide-toss it. Here is a link to a video on youtube By: My smash corner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3_vOtY5kCc. ( More information will be provided in the future)
Strawberry
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Pacman's Strawberry is the second fruit in his arsenal. It does 6 damage and has little knock back. Just like the Cherry, it is most useful when Pacman Z-drops it onto an opponents or glide tosses it into any follow up. ( More information will be provided in the future)
Orange
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Pacman's Orange is third in line while charging the Bonus fruit. It does 8 damage and is a good pressuring tool. It may be used to hit opponents that are off stage into the blast zone for a kill. You can also turn around and throw it to hit them against the stage. The Orange, like almost all his fruit, will bounce against the stage in different angles. The Orange is one of I would say four ( The others being Apple, Melon, and Key) fruits to be thrown against the stage to hit an
opponents trying to recover. The Orange is also a good tech chasing tool. It covers a huge area which may cover all options if your opponent missed their tech. Beware- This fruit and a couple other fruits may be shielded by your opponent and right after it is blocked will be caught by jumping into it and hitting z or air dodging. (More information will be provided in the future).
Apple
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Pacman's Apple is the fourth fruit in line while charging the Bonus Fruit and it does 9 damage. It has amazing knock-back and is one of Pacman's kill options. It travels at a 45 degree angle ( like every commentator says when they see it Kappa) and may catch your opponent off guard. The Apple may be caught by either throwing it against the water or throwing it at the hydrant to catch it. The Apple, if it is the last hit to launch the hydrant, will send the hydrant really high; this may also surprise your opponent. The Apple is very good when you have it in hand. Z-dropping the Apple is a good way to finish off your opponent. Also if you throw it upward, it will remain bounce for a long time, thus retaining its hit-box. This may gimp opponents on certain stages like Battle-Field. Because the hit-box will hit though the lip of the stage, the Apple will stage spike them. The Apple, like all the other fruit, may be launched by the water when Z-dropped to surprise opponents and send them out of the Blast-zone ( I will post a link near the end of this Bonus fruit section showcasing that). ( More information will be provided in the future).
Melon
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Pacman's Melon is the fifth fruit of Bonus fruit. It has extremely good knock back and does 12 damage. The Melon is one of Pacman's kill moves, but it suffers from being too slow. You may boost the speed of the Melon using the water ( This applies to all the fruits).
Bonus Fruit speed/ range boost Link- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8DjScLCKpw. The Melon's slowness may be an advantage though. Since it falls and moves slowly in the direction it was thrown you can set up traps like throwing the fruit upward. Then set a trampoline below, people bounce into it and will hit the Melon. This is very useful on the ledge and off the stage. You may also throw it up with a glide-toss, grab an opponent, then throw them into the Melon. The Melon is also a good fruit to Z-drop. It is one of the easier fruits to catch and with its knock back it will help you send your opponent pass the Blast-zone.
Galaxian
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The Galaxian is Pacman's go to fruit when it comes to damaging and it is the 6th fruit of Bonus fruit. It does 9 damage and may hit multiple times. Galaxian is also good for pressuring your opponent with hit-boxes. There are many combos with the Galaxian. I will leave some general fruit combos at the end my explaining all the fruit. Also here is a link for a couple of combos just Galaxian.
Abadongo's Galaxian combo link-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXgEUmNSwkA
Xj9's jab lock into Galaxian combo link-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZlISbVPR5I
( More information will be provided in the future).
Bell
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The Bell is one of Pacman's most tricky fruits. It stuns so it leaves your opponent defenseless and open them to smash attacks. The higher the percent the longer the Bell stuns. At low percents the Bell stun does not last to long, but may still open up your opponent for combos. There are many tricks that Pacman can do with the Bell in hand or he can just throw it out of the move Bonus Fruit. Pacman can reverse all his fruits using the water. Here is a link to show that and all the Bell combos. The second link has most of the traps you can do with Pacman. There are still plenty more so do not be affair to experiment.
Reverse Bonus Fruit tech Link-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPBMfkc1mhM
Pepespain Pacman's traps video Link-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br3nKDDzhgA
( More information will be provided in the future)
Key
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The Key is Pacman's strongest fruit damage wise ( Doing 15%) and knock back wise. This fruit is one of Pacman's best kill options. The Key flies fast and may catch your opponent off guard. Pacman can catch the key by throwing it against the stage and using action that can catch items like aerials, air dodges, or just pressing Z. Here are some links on how to catch the Key and how to the Key, Z drop for kills and great amounts of damage.
Pepespain's how to recover the Key video Link-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vn4-amdC_g
Pepespain's Z-drop Key video Link-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE2KcKONrCU
The Key may also be Z-dropped when you coming off from the ledge. This trick will get you out of rough situations and may land you a surprise kill. Here is a link showing that.
Thereflexwonderful's Buffer Item Drop out of Ledge Jump video Link- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGbrjSkgzuM
(More information will be provided in the future)
Pacman Bonus fruit combos
I am not going to go in writing in detail unless someone wants to do me a solid and test out every percent and make a chart ( I would love if someone did something like this for each of Pacman's moves). Here are links to videos that show off Bonus fruit combos in general. Also if you would like to do that move-list thing I stated above please contact me and also check out Thereflexwonderful video on how to test things out for smash. Also if you have more videos about combos for Pacman or know of any, send me a link on twitter or leave it in the discussion ( I always forget to check the discussions unless I'm editing this).
EOE'S Bonus Fruit combo video Link-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn8OkI7wnIU
Cherry
Pacman's Cherry is the first fruit he pulls out when using the move Bonus fruit. It does four damage and has little knock back. This fruit is best while it is in hand and if you z-drop it. The Cherry has some nice combos if you glide-toss it. Here is a link to a video on youtube By: My smash corner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3_vOtY5kCc. ( More information will be provided in the future)
Strawberry
Pacman's Strawberry is the second fruit in his arsenal. It does 6 damage and has little knock back. Just like the Cherry, it is most useful when Pacman Z-drops it onto an opponents or glide tosses it into any follow up. ( More information will be provided in the future)
Orange
Pacman's Orange is third in line while charging the Bonus fruit. It does 8 damage and is a good pressuring tool. It may be used to hit opponents that are off stage into the blast zone for a kill. You can also turn around and throw it to hit them against the stage. The Orange, like almost all his fruit, will bounce against the stage in different angles. The Orange is one of I would say four ( The others being Apple, Melon, and Key) fruits to be thrown against the stage to hit an
opponents trying to recover. The Orange is also a good tech chasing tool. It covers a huge area which may cover all options if your opponent missed their tech. Beware- This fruit and a couple other fruits may be shielded by your opponent and right after it is blocked will be caught by jumping into it and hitting z or air dodging. (More information will be provided in the future).
Apple
Pacman's Apple is the fourth fruit in line while charging the Bonus Fruit and it does 9 damage. It has amazing knock-back and is one of Pacman's kill options. It travels at a 45 degree angle ( like every commentator says when they see it Kappa) and may catch your opponent off guard. The Apple may be caught by either throwing it against the water or throwing it at the hydrant to catch it. The Apple, if it is the last hit to launch the hydrant, will send the hydrant really high; this may also surprise your opponent. The Apple is very good when you have it in hand. Z-dropping the Apple is a good way to finish off your opponent. Also if you throw it upward, it will remain bounce for a long time, thus retaining its hit-box. This may gimp opponents on certain stages like Battle-Field. Because the hit-box will hit though the lip of the stage, the Apple will stage spike them. The Apple, like all the other fruit, may be launched by the water when Z-dropped to surprise opponents and send them out of the Blast-zone ( I will post a link near the end of this Bonus fruit section showcasing that). ( More information will be provided in the future).
Melon
Pacman's Melon is the fifth fruit of Bonus fruit. It has extremely good knock back and does 12 damage. The Melon is one of Pacman's kill moves, but it suffers from being too slow. You may boost the speed of the Melon using the water ( This applies to all the fruits).
Bonus Fruit speed/ range boost Link- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8DjScLCKpw. The Melon's slowness may be an advantage though. Since it falls and moves slowly in the direction it was thrown you can set up traps like throwing the fruit upward. Then set a trampoline below, people bounce into it and will hit the Melon. This is very useful on the ledge and off the stage. You may also throw it up with a glide-toss, grab an opponent, then throw them into the Melon. The Melon is also a good fruit to Z-drop. It is one of the easier fruits to catch and with its knock back it will help you send your opponent pass the Blast-zone.
Galaxian
The Galaxian is Pacman's go to fruit when it comes to damaging and it is the 6th fruit of Bonus fruit. It does 9 damage and may hit multiple times. Galaxian is also good for pressuring your opponent with hit-boxes. There are many combos with the Galaxian. I will leave some general fruit combos at the end my explaining all the fruit. Also here is a link for a couple of combos just Galaxian.
Abadongo's Galaxian combo link-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXgEUmNSwkA
Xj9's jab lock into Galaxian combo link-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZlISbVPR5I
( More information will be provided in the future).
Bell
The Bell is one of Pacman's most tricky fruits. It stuns so it leaves your opponent defenseless and open them to smash attacks. The higher the percent the longer the Bell stuns. At low percents the Bell stun does not last to long, but may still open up your opponent for combos. There are many tricks that Pacman can do with the Bell in hand or he can just throw it out of the move Bonus Fruit. Pacman can reverse all his fruits using the water. Here is a link to show that and all the Bell combos. The second link has most of the traps you can do with Pacman. There are still plenty more so do not be affair to experiment.
Reverse Bonus Fruit tech Link-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPBMfkc1mhM
Pepespain Pacman's traps video Link-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br3nKDDzhgA
( More information will be provided in the future)
Key
The Key is Pacman's strongest fruit damage wise ( Doing 15%) and knock back wise. This fruit is one of Pacman's best kill options. The Key flies fast and may catch your opponent off guard. Pacman can catch the key by throwing it against the stage and using action that can catch items like aerials, air dodges, or just pressing Z. Here are some links on how to catch the Key and how to the Key, Z drop for kills and great amounts of damage.
Pepespain's how to recover the Key video Link-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vn4-amdC_g
Pepespain's Z-drop Key video Link-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE2KcKONrCU
The Key may also be Z-dropped when you coming off from the ledge. This trick will get you out of rough situations and may land you a surprise kill. Here is a link showing that.
Thereflexwonderful's Buffer Item Drop out of Ledge Jump video Link- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGbrjSkgzuM
(More information will be provided in the future)
Pacman Bonus fruit combos
I am not going to go in writing in detail unless someone wants to do me a solid and test out every percent and make a chart ( I would love if someone did something like this for each of Pacman's moves). Here are links to videos that show off Bonus fruit combos in general. Also if you would like to do that move-list thing I stated above please contact me and also check out Thereflexwonderful video on how to test things out for smash. Also if you have more videos about combos for Pacman or know of any, send me a link on twitter or leave it in the discussion ( I always forget to check the discussions unless I'm editing this).
EOE'S Bonus Fruit combo video Link-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn8OkI7wnIU
Pacman's Side B
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Side B for Pacman is a very powerful move. It has super armor and only should be used when you know it is going to hit. Pacman can mix up his angle of the Side B using the water from the hydrant in a certain way. A link will be posted at the end of this paragraph should what i said above. Pacman may also use Side B on stage onto the ledge to hit recovering players ( There will be a link of this too). If you mess up the timing or use when they are already on the ledge you may get a ledge trump out of it. Pacman can also use Side B to block projectiles and eat the pellet after to heal 2%. The pellet on the ground blocks projectiles like Mario's fire ball.
Pepespain's U-turn Pellet link-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAd_Yul51-o
Side B for Pacman is a very powerful move. It has super armor and only should be used when you know it is going to hit. Pacman can mix up his angle of the Side B using the water from the hydrant in a certain way. A link will be posted at the end of this paragraph should what i said above. Pacman may also use Side B on stage onto the ledge to hit recovering players ( There will be a link of this too). If you mess up the timing or use when they are already on the ledge you may get a ledge trump out of it. Pacman can also use Side B to block projectiles and eat the pellet after to heal 2%. The pellet on the ground blocks projectiles like Mario's fire ball.
Pepespain's U-turn Pellet link-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAd_Yul51-o
Pacman's Hydrant
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Pacman's Hydrant is one of his best moves. It allows Pacman to space his opponents out, opens up a ton of mix ups and it is one of Pacman's kill options. The Hydrant has 13 hp and does 9 damage if you get hit by it while it is falling. The Hydrant also does 10 damage right when it lands and 13 damage when it is launch. The Hydrant is launch when the Hydrant has taken 13 damage. It flies in different angle depending on the move you use ( A link is below this paragraph showing the different angles that Pacman can launch it in). The Hydrant may be launch by you or your opponent; who ever had the move that launched the Hydrant will not get hit by it. Only the people who didn't get the launching hit may get hit by the Hydrant. The Hydrant angles are very important part of Pacman's zoning and approaching game. Certain angles, like the lauching hit being up air, allow the Hydrant to become a slow moving hit-box which you can use to combo or to defend. A good option to do is using up air launch,while the hydrant is approaching your opponent, when they are shielding to block it is just to grab them. Then either they get hit by the Hydrant or you can throw them into the Hydrant for 13 damage and possibly get a kill. Also Diddy's peanuts and Fox's laser do not damage the Hydrant. I do not know why those moves do not damage it ( if anyone wants to tell me why please do
). Note- The Hydrant's hit-box can be stopped by using a move and clanking with it.
Hydrant angles link-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdo320ZiL7U
ESAM's Deal With it Pacman link- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZB1N5IZ7mw
Pacman's Water ( From the Hydrant)
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The water from the Hydrant is another very important part of Pacman's tool set. The water allows Pacman to speed up/ alter moves like Pacman's grab and Bonus Fruit. Pacman can also z drop the bonus fruits on the hydrant and hit the hydrant with an aerial; doing this will launch the Hydrant and Pacman will catch the Bonus fruit when he does the aerial with the property. Here is a link showing Pacman using the water.
EverythingSmash's Pacman highlight video link-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZB1N5IZ7mw
( More information will be provided in the future).
Pacman's Hydrant is one of his best moves. It allows Pacman to space his opponents out, opens up a ton of mix ups and it is one of Pacman's kill options. The Hydrant has 13 hp and does 9 damage if you get hit by it while it is falling. The Hydrant also does 10 damage right when it lands and 13 damage when it is launch. The Hydrant is launch when the Hydrant has taken 13 damage. It flies in different angle depending on the move you use ( A link is below this paragraph showing the different angles that Pacman can launch it in). The Hydrant may be launch by you or your opponent; who ever had the move that launched the Hydrant will not get hit by it. Only the people who didn't get the launching hit may get hit by the Hydrant. The Hydrant angles are very important part of Pacman's zoning and approaching game. Certain angles, like the lauching hit being up air, allow the Hydrant to become a slow moving hit-box which you can use to combo or to defend. A good option to do is using up air launch,while the hydrant is approaching your opponent, when they are shielding to block it is just to grab them. Then either they get hit by the Hydrant or you can throw them into the Hydrant for 13 damage and possibly get a kill. Also Diddy's peanuts and Fox's laser do not damage the Hydrant. I do not know why those moves do not damage it ( if anyone wants to tell me why please do
). Note- The Hydrant's hit-box can be stopped by using a move and clanking with it.Hydrant angles link-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdo320ZiL7U
ESAM's Deal With it Pacman link- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZB1N5IZ7mw
Pacman's Water ( From the Hydrant)
The water from the Hydrant is another very important part of Pacman's tool set. The water allows Pacman to speed up/ alter moves like Pacman's grab and Bonus Fruit. Pacman can also z drop the bonus fruits on the hydrant and hit the hydrant with an aerial; doing this will launch the Hydrant and Pacman will catch the Bonus fruit when he does the aerial with the property. Here is a link showing Pacman using the water.
EverythingSmash's Pacman highlight video link-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZB1N5IZ7mw
( More information will be provided in the future).
Pacman's Up B
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Pacman's Trampoline is a great tool. It is used as part of his recovery and has a special properties. Pacman's Up B is unblock-able if done right. Because the Trampoline bounces players upward,it can not be shielded. The Trampoline may also be placed by the ledge to make sure the opponent is forced to bounce on it to get back onto the stage. The Trampoline may be used to bounce opponents into some of your Bonus Fruits. Pacman may also use the Trampoline to bounce players into the Hydrant. Here are some links showing different possibilities with Trampoline.
http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/10-22-2015/z29pYp.mp4
http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/10-22-2015/JRnuBC.mp4
http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/10-27-2015/xZUr02.mp4
Pacman's Trampoline is a great tool. It is used as part of his recovery and has a special properties. Pacman's Up B is unblock-able if done right. Because the Trampoline bounces players upward,it can not be shielded. The Trampoline may also be placed by the ledge to make sure the opponent is forced to bounce on it to get back onto the stage. The Trampoline may be used to bounce opponents into some of your Bonus Fruits. Pacman may also use the Trampoline to bounce players into the Hydrant. Here are some links showing different possibilities with Trampoline.
http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/10-22-2015/z29pYp.mp4
http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/10-22-2015/JRnuBC.mp4
http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/10-27-2015/xZUr02.mp4
