Perkilator
Smash Legend
Who is Tabuu?
As any Brawl player would know, Tabuu is the final boss and main antagonist of The Subspace Emissary. To put it briefly, here’s a bit of backstory surrounding Tabuu:
Tabuu is the true embodiment of Subspace. His plan was to cut World of Trophies into pieces and take them to Subspace for his world. However, he himself cannot leave Subspace, which is why he created the Subspace Army to act in his stead. According to the Ancient Ministertrophy, Tabuu took over the Isle of the Ancients, the home of the R.O.B.s, and forced them to serve him under the threat of annihilation. Tabuu first discovered that Mr. Game & Watch had Shadow Bugs in him and captured him to harness the power, and thus the Subspace Army was born. Tabuu studied and took control of the master of the World of Trophies, Master Hand, who he in turn used to enlist the help of Ganondorf, Bowser and Wario. These three were sent to hunt down any fighters that would stand in the way of Tabuu's plans.
But why should a Final Boss be playable?
Ridley, being a boss in Brawl and Smash 4, would also become playable in Ultimate, as we saw at E3 this year. This means that bosses can, in fact, be playable.
But what would his moveset be?
Well, after watching a video of his battle, here’s the moveset I created:
Intro: Tabuu comes in through a Subspace portal in thin air.
Notable Palette Swaps: Primid, Fire Primid, Metal Primid, Galleom, Duon, Ancient Minister, Master/Crazy Hand
Main Weapon: Subspace powers…or something.
Idle Animation: Tabuu shows his wings and flaps them.
Grab: Tabuu throws his Chain of Light (which travels slightly farther than the Belmonts’ whips) towards the player and grabs them.
Pummel: Tabuu shoots the opponent with his laser eyes.
F-Throw: Tabuu shoots several lasers from his hand, followed by a fireball.
U-Throw: Several orbs of energy surround Tabuu and flurry around him.
D-Throw: Tabuu becomes a pair of brackets, flies up, and then flies back to down.
B-Throw: Tabuu throws the opponent to behind him, and then performs a diving attack with his left arm.
Special Moves:
B : Dragon Breath; Tabuu takes the shape of a dragon’s head and charges a powerful laser.
B + Forwards : Rocket Slash; Tabuu becomes a spear-like object and charges forward, dealing a good amount of damage.
B + Up : Flash Warp; Tabuu teleports four times and each time leaves behind a small cloud of energy that damages whoever touches it.
B + Down : Subspace Shuriken; Tabuu summons a spinning disc and throws it across the ground, rapidly hitting the opponent and possibly even KO’ing them if they don’t get out of it.
Final Smash: Off Waves; Tabuu spawns three giant waves of energy. The first two deal 20% damage, and the last one deals twice as much, with a high chance of KO’ing everyone in the area. The only one to escape any of them is to dodge them.
Taunts:
1: “Tsk, tsk.” Tabuu wags his left index finger.
2: Tabuu grows tremendously, and then returns to normal size quickly.
1+2: Tabuu creates a projection of Master Hand in his right hand, and then crushes it.
Winposes:
1: Tabuu closes his wings, and then flaps them.
2: The dark ring of energy surrounding Tabuu in “The Crushing, Ruinous Defeat” appears while he controls Master Hand.
3: Tabuu commands an army of Primids, which the camera pans down on.
Icon: The Subspace emblem
Victory Music: The beginning of Tabuu’s theme from Brawl.
Kirby Hat: Tabuu’s skin.
Notable Palette Swaps: Primid, Fire Primid, Metal Primid, Galleom, Duon, Ancient Minister, Master/Crazy Hand
Main Weapon: Subspace powers…or something.
Idle Animation: Tabuu shows his wings and flaps them.
Grab: Tabuu throws his Chain of Light (which travels slightly farther than the Belmonts’ whips) towards the player and grabs them.
Pummel: Tabuu shoots the opponent with his laser eyes.
F-Throw: Tabuu shoots several lasers from his hand, followed by a fireball.
U-Throw: Several orbs of energy surround Tabuu and flurry around him.
D-Throw: Tabuu becomes a pair of brackets, flies up, and then flies back to down.
B-Throw: Tabuu throws the opponent to behind him, and then performs a diving attack with his left arm.
Special Moves:
B : Dragon Breath; Tabuu takes the shape of a dragon’s head and charges a powerful laser.
B + Forwards : Rocket Slash; Tabuu becomes a spear-like object and charges forward, dealing a good amount of damage.
B + Up : Flash Warp; Tabuu teleports four times and each time leaves behind a small cloud of energy that damages whoever touches it.
B + Down : Subspace Shuriken; Tabuu summons a spinning disc and throws it across the ground, rapidly hitting the opponent and possibly even KO’ing them if they don’t get out of it.
Final Smash: Off Waves; Tabuu spawns three giant waves of energy. The first two deal 20% damage, and the last one deals twice as much, with a high chance of KO’ing everyone in the area. The only one to escape any of them is to dodge them.
Taunts:
1: “Tsk, tsk.” Tabuu wags his left index finger.
2: Tabuu grows tremendously, and then returns to normal size quickly.
1+2: Tabuu creates a projection of Master Hand in his right hand, and then crushes it.
Winposes:
1: Tabuu closes his wings, and then flaps them.
2: The dark ring of energy surrounding Tabuu in “The Crushing, Ruinous Defeat” appears while he controls Master Hand.
3: Tabuu commands an army of Primids, which the camera pans down on.
Icon: The Subspace emblem
Victory Music: The beginning of Tabuu’s theme from Brawl.
Kirby Hat: Tabuu’s skin.
So, what do you think?
