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- Smash 3DS
Welcome, one and all to my official beginner's guide to Charizard! I absolutely love the changes they've made to Charizard in this game, and now he is one of my two mains, the other being Villager. Before I start, I just want to let you all know a few things: To fully understand this guide you will need to know some of the basics of Smash: how to tilt, what lag is, what hitboxes are, etc. There will likely be guides about all of those at some point. Sometimes during the moveset analysis I will have a single letter next to the type of move. D means Down, F means Forward, B means Back, and N means neutral. I know this is common knowledge for most, but this is a beginner's guide and I don't want anyone to be confused. Also, I have yet to collect all of Charizard's Custom Special Moves, so if anyone can give me info on them I'll cite your username at the end of the guide. So without further ado, I will begin going over the moves:
Jab: Charizard's jab is a three hit combo with his claws and wings. The first hit does 3%, the second does 4%, and the third does 5%. It's similar to Ike's jab in other incarnations of Smash.
Dash Attack: Charizard runs up and then slides in leg first knocking opponents into the air. It does 11% but it has some moderate ending lag.
F-Tilt: He whips his tail around and slaps the opponent in the face. It does 7% and comes out exremely fast. It can be slightly angled up or down, but it doesn't help that much.
Up-Tilt: Charizard's up tilt is an odd move. He thrusts his wings up into the air doing 8%. It comes out fast and has minimal lag, but it has NO horizontal hitbox, and can only be used against opponents in the air.
D-Tilt: Charizard swings his head out in front of him along the ground, doing 10% and knocking the opponent back horizontally. Due to the new ledge mechanics, characters don't get invincibility when grabbing the ledge for the second time. When your opponent does that, D-Tilt is your best bet to knock them away.
F-Smash: When Charizard winds this move up, enemies should run screaming. This monster skull bash does 17%-23% and can kill extremely early, at the cost of some severe ending lag.
Up-Smash: This is one of my favorite moves in the game. Charizard flaps his wings and anyone caught in the attack will be sent flying. It is a two hit attack: The first hit putting you in position for the second. This move deals between 16%-22%. However is is near impossible to avoid the second hit after being hit by the first.
D-Smash: He smashes his wings into the ground, making a sonic wave knocking up anyone in the near vicinity, and dealing 16%-22%. Startup time is OK, but it has some ending lag.
If you see this line of text, just know that this guide is a work in progress and will be updated frequently, so there will likely be more data the next time you check!
Jab: Charizard's jab is a three hit combo with his claws and wings. The first hit does 3%, the second does 4%, and the third does 5%. It's similar to Ike's jab in other incarnations of Smash.
Dash Attack: Charizard runs up and then slides in leg first knocking opponents into the air. It does 11% but it has some moderate ending lag.
F-Tilt: He whips his tail around and slaps the opponent in the face. It does 7% and comes out exremely fast. It can be slightly angled up or down, but it doesn't help that much.
Up-Tilt: Charizard's up tilt is an odd move. He thrusts his wings up into the air doing 8%. It comes out fast and has minimal lag, but it has NO horizontal hitbox, and can only be used against opponents in the air.
D-Tilt: Charizard swings his head out in front of him along the ground, doing 10% and knocking the opponent back horizontally. Due to the new ledge mechanics, characters don't get invincibility when grabbing the ledge for the second time. When your opponent does that, D-Tilt is your best bet to knock them away.
F-Smash: When Charizard winds this move up, enemies should run screaming. This monster skull bash does 17%-23% and can kill extremely early, at the cost of some severe ending lag.
Up-Smash: This is one of my favorite moves in the game. Charizard flaps his wings and anyone caught in the attack will be sent flying. It is a two hit attack: The first hit putting you in position for the second. This move deals between 16%-22%. However is is near impossible to avoid the second hit after being hit by the first.
D-Smash: He smashes his wings into the ground, making a sonic wave knocking up anyone in the near vicinity, and dealing 16%-22%. Startup time is OK, but it has some ending lag.
If you see this line of text, just know that this guide is a work in progress and will be updated frequently, so there will likely be more data the next time you check!
