Cortex Moveset (Credit to AdamGregory03)
Neutral Special: Blaster Ray
Cortex fires a shot of dark purple energy from his ray gun, which will then hover around the stage for a few seconds before dissipating. However, there is a one in five chance for him to instead shoot a larger, slower, green variation of these projectiles, which deals more damage and knockback, but can simply be attacked to send it flying back toward Cortex, who can only fight back against it through use of his down special.
Side Special: Cortex Mines
Cortex pulls out a mine and tosses it out, which will explode after a few seconds or if it makes contact with an opponent. By holding down the input for a bit, Cortex will instead throw out three mines in front of him. Cortex can also set off these mines if he gets too close to them, which will then damage himself.
Up Special: Hoverboard
Cortex spawns his hoverboard, of which he’s able to freely but slowly fly around upon a set distance away from the starting point it was activated. While flying on the hoverboard, Cortex can input either neutral or side special to use any of those respective moves, but no other attacks. The hoverboard can be cancelled at any time through inputting Up B again, but whether Cortex does that or lets it run out naturally, he goes into freefall after.
Down Special: Force Field
Cortex conjures a force field around himself that makes him impervious to attacks, but can be brought down easily by either five weaker attacks, three average attacks, or one strong attack. The forcefield will also be immediately brought down if Cortex’s green blast is redirected at him or if he comes into contact with his own mine.
Final Smash: N Brio's Secret Stash
Cortex pulls out a beaker of N. Brio’s mutation formula and chugs it down, transforming into his mutant form from Mind Over Mutant. While in this form, Cortex goes on a rampage across the stage, wildly swinging his arms in wide arcs while he moves forward, each dealing great damage and knockback. After five swings, Cortex reverts back to normal.
