Make Your Move 5

KingK.Rool said:

DownB: Poo concentrates for a few seconds, then shouts and becomes a copy of his enemy, with all their attacks. He stays in that form for five seconds or so, then transforms back into his regular form. He can only transform into someone he's fighting. If there are multiple enemies, he becomes one of them at random.

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If I do say so myself, that isn't really a bad idea. It could be interesting, although the randomizer could be fixed.

The rest is sh*t, though it's to be expected.

Lip



Originally appearing as major character in the first installment of the Panel de Pon-series (outside of Japan Tetris Attack), Lip is the fairy of flowers. Her magic resolves around nature and flowers. But don't underestimate this young girl, as she is fairly strong. Only few people can compete with her when it comes to magical power, so keep an eye out!

Stats
Size: She is about the same height like Olimar (without Antenna), maybe a bit taller
Weight: Only Jigglypuff and G&W are lighter than Lip
Speed: She walks and runs pretty much as fast as Peach
Power: She has little knockback in most of her attacks like Metaknight, but those being fairly strong will be told in the moves-section
First Jump: Her first jump is comparable to Lucas'
Second Jump: Her second jump is comparable to Link's
Fall Speed: Wario-ish kind of floaty
Crouch: She can get even smaller by crouching and so dodge most projectiles, but she cannot crawl

Standard Attacks
A, A - Lip slaps, first normally, then backhanded. It comes out fast, but does not much damage or knockback
Ftilt - A bit stronger backhand slap, the knockback is, for a tilt, fairly decent, but the damage is low and she needs a little recover from being so vicious!
Utilt - She raises her hand upwards and throws some kind of fairy dust, which takes a triangle form, in the air. The range of this attack is good, but knockback and damage are not that high.
Dtilt - Finally, Lip's Stick makes an entrance. Like Wario's fingersticking, Lip points her stick in the direction she is looking it. The attack comes out extremely fast and flowers the enemy, however, it does not much damage but nice knockback. The range is decently good.

Fsmash - She plainly bats with her own rod and hits the enemy like other characters do if using her stick as an item, however, it has better knockback than the item. If she carries a Lip's Stick-item, she will use her own, however, the flower takes the size of two hits.
Usmash - Once again a hit with her staff. It's straight upwards. If she stabbed her rod upwards, a small cloud of magic will come out to make a second blow. The first hit does more damage but has low knockback, the second hit does the knockback, but only low damage.
Dsmash - Lip's worst smash attack, she tilts her hips to both sides. It has extremely low range, only mediocre damage and knockback, but is useful for clearing space if getting attacked by more than one person.

Aerials
Nair - Much like Zelda, Lip turns around in the air, using magic coming out from her hands. It's a bit slower than Zelda's attack and has less range, but more damage and knock-back
Fair - Lip does an elegant sweep with her right hand and the coming out magic. Fast with good knockback, but bad range.
Bair - Lip kicks behind her. This move has a sweetspot, which would be her toetip. If she connects with it, the move is comparable to Falcon's Knee of Judgement. If she doesn't, the move is utter crap.
Uair - Lip sweeps her magiced hand above her head. It's much like Fair, just upwards.
Dair - First Lip "drills" her legs down, and then does a split with them. This attack has incredible range (well, for Lip's small body, anyway) and comes out incredibly fast, but, with most of her attacks, the knockback and damage are mediocre.

Situational Attacks
Dash Attack - Lip bats her stick in front of her like some beginner a sword. Compared to most of her other attacks, it's pretty good, but it comes out slow and needs much recovery - the knockback and damage are fairly good, though
Ledge Sweep (under 100%) - Lip backflips onto the ledge, kicking whoever stands too close
Ledge Sweep (over 100%) - She pulls herself up and bellyslides over the ground, clawing around with her hand
Get up Attack (under 100%) - Lip hops onto her feet, punching in both directions and then turning sidewards again.
Get up Attack (over 100%) - Sweeping with a magiced hand, she struggles herself back up to her feet.

Specials
B - Panel -- Lip sweeps her stick, summoning a Panel flying in a ballistic curve into the direction. The effect of the block depends on what colour it has, and some are more seen than others:
Yellow (Star, 40%) - No element, does low damage
Green (Circle, 20%) - No element, does low damage, however, flowers
Purple (Diamond, 20%) - Dark element, poisons, medium damage
Red (Heart, 10%) - Fire element, explodes on contact, high knockback when exploding, however, low damage
Cyan (Triangle, 10%) - Ice element, freezes enemy on contact, high damage
Like Peach's veggies, the Panels can be grabbed by an opponent in the air, and thrown back. Other than that, the Panels work the same like said vegetables.

B side - Fairy Dust -- Lip blows a cloud of fairy dust. It flies slowly and slightly above the ground. It has the aprroximate range of one of Luigi's fireballs, and pretty much works kinda the same.

B up - Flower Glide -- Lip pulls out her stick, turning it into a giant blowball while jumping into the air, and slowly glides umbrella-esque down. This move does no damage.

B down - Garbage Block -- Lip calls down a small garbage block from the air. This move is simalar to Pikachu's thunder mixed with Kirby's stone. It lands and breaks on the first obstacle it hits, doing nearly the same damage as Kirby's stone. Only Lip herself can't be damaged by it. It needs some time to come down and is for this a bit weak, but if used right Lip is able to knock out her enemy.

Grabs, Throws
Grab and Pummel - Lip grabs her opponent at their collar and slaps them.
F throw - Lip pulls her enemy close and bats them with her stick.
B throw - Same as F Throw, just with Lip turning herself around while batting.
U throw - Lip simply grabs the enemy, pulls them closer and throws them up.
D throw - Lip pulls her opponent closer, throws them down and jumps onto them, hopping off of them like off a trampoline.

Misc. Animations
Sleeping - She curls up like an infant and dozes cutely. Awww...
Dizzy - She stands, shaky, while moaning painfully

Final Smash - Tetris Attack - Yes, I know the name is oh-so-witty, but come on, Super Dragon isn't that good either! Anyway. Lips makes a cute little battlecry and jumps in the air. It starts raining Garbage Blocks and Panels in random colours, however, these cannot be grabbed. Due to the high amount of Panels falling, of course there are more rare Panels there, as well! The Final Smash is finished with Cordelia, the final boss of Panel de Pon, appearing in the background, and blowing a comet onto the stage, which explodes. After this, Lip appears again where she was standing.

Taunts
Up - Lip does a little victory dance.
Side - Lip turns around to look at the back of her skirt, wiping some dust off.
Down - She puts up her thumb and says "Yay!"

Entrance
A big yellow flower appears and Lip jumps out of it, the flower then disappearing.

Alt costumes
Yellow Shirt, pink skirt and bow in her hair, brown boots, reddish brown hair (default)
Red shirt and hairbow, light pink skirt and boots, blonde hair ("Barbie Lip", set for Red Team)
Green shirt and skirt, orange-green bow in her hair, brown boots, mud brown hair (resembling Forest Fairy Thiana from Panel de Pon, set for Green Team)
White shirt, skirt, and boots, deep blue hair, purple hairbow (resembling Water Fairy Elias from Panel de Pon, set for Blue Team)
Purple skirt and shirt, white hairbow, green hair, purple boots (resembling Ocean Fairy Neris from Panel de Pon)
Black shirt, boots and hair, red hairbow and gray skirt. ("Emo Lip")

Victory Poses
Up - Lips spins around several times, then hops, saying "Yatta!". The hopping is looped.
Down - Lip sits on her big yellow flower (as in the menu in Panel de Pon), winking at the viewer and giggling.
Side - Lip smiles, holding up her stick, which is blooming and glowing slightly

Codec Converation
Snake: Mei Ling. There's a small girl wielding a giant flower.
Mei Ling: That's Lip, Snake. She's the fairy of flowers, and what she uses is her magical wand.
Snake: A fairy? This place sure gets odder every second I'm here.
Mei Ling: Watch out for her attacks. Her magic contains parasitic flowers which will drain your lifeforce.
Snake: So you mean she uses vampire plants?
Mei Ling: Yes. Be careful, Snake. She also will shoot blocks at you, which can on occasion explode.
Snake: Cute little girls having such vicious flowers as pets and throwing bombs in block form. I should get myself used to seeing a lot of strange and surprising things here.

SSE
Slight changes are made to the existing SSE.
When Olimar gets attacked by the giant R.O.B., Lip first wants to help the small guy, but Captain Falcon is too fast. Lip stands next to Olimar and the one single Pikmin when they look at the half genocide Falcon did with his move. She joins these two, then.

Items
Lip's Stick, duh

Assist Trophies
Windy (the Fairy of Air)
Windy will come out and fly into the air, starting to blow strong gusts over the battlefield (like Whispy Woods). She will occasionally change the directions of the wind. The user of the AT is not affected by the gusts.

Stages
Lip's Flower Garden

Basically, this stage is set up on a platform like Final Destination. There already are blocks randomly set on the ground of the stage, and others will descend from above. If the battle field is pretty high, the rows start to slide into the ground. This stage is like a Panel de Pon screen, just without walls caging the players. However, someone is "playing" on this stage, as well, a cursor (which is no obstacle) slides around and swaps out the panels, changing the stage constantly as much as the descending blocks do.

Logo
Simply a Panel with a heart shape in it.

Music
Panel de Pon - Lip's Theme
Panel de Pon - Forest Stage
Panel de Pon - Water Stage
Dr. Mario - Chill
Planet Puzzle League - Stage 3
Planet Puzzle League - Stage 4
Tetris - Type A
Super Mario Land - Muda Kingdom

That's my first moveset ever... So yea. ^_^

I always thought Lip would be a great character, Spade...perhaps you should expand on this moveset and post it again?

And LMFAO @ K.Rool and Poo. The moveset certainly lives up to its name, I'll give it that.

Tanookie said:

I always thought Lip would be a great character, Spade...perhaps you should expand on this moveset and post it again?

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I already spiced her up a little in MYM3, and I'm honestly a little tired of working on her... Expect a remade MYM3 set from me, though.

Smash Daddy said:

# Zant by Condog
Fits the character well with the magic and crazy arm motions like from DragonBall or something, but it needs moar detail and less generosity with moves to really be up there. I mean, a few of the attacks seem generic. It's very good for a relatively, completely new guy.

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What do you mean by less generosity? As in, making some of them slower, less damaging, etc? And yeah, i'm sloowly going back and addingdetail to his moves lol

Thanks for the review!

BKupa666 said:

We discussed it...as a K.Rool fan, he said he would do it, even though it would get ignored. I sent it through a different source to arouse more attention. I E-Mailed K.Rool in particular cause he is a shoe-in for SSB4 and needs to be portrayed as original.

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Oh, well that's all cool then!

I don't care how many heads it has...nothing's going to stop us now!


[Character Biography]

Mia is a kind young woman (age 17 by the start of Golden Sun) who was presumably born and raised in the wintry town of Imil in the continent Angara’s northernmost region, along with fellow Mercury Adept, Alex. The two of them are, at least by the present age when the events of Golden Sun begins, the last known living descendants of the ancient Mercury Clan who once lived in the region to guard the nearby Elemental Lighthouse of Water, Mercury Lighthouse.

As Mercury Clan members, Alex and Mia are Mercury Adepts and share the abilities of healing and the conjuring of watery and chilling Psynergy-driven magic, and they are the only two individuals on Angara able to enter and exit the normally sealed-off Lighthouse at will. As the upholders of their bloodline's decree to ensure the Mercury Lighthouse is never activated, Alex and Mia lived in Imil together to support Imil’s populace year-in and year-out, taking care of the ill and battling the regular cold and flu epidemics that Imil experiences annually. In addition, Mia lives with and is deeply close to two child apprentices.

Mia's ability to use the Ply healing Psynergy has ended up earning her a degree of fame across portions of Angara (who of course have no idea about the art of Psynergy in general), with people calling her an “angel” both as an endearing nickname and, in some cases, as acknowledgment that Mia must be some sort of angelic entity in human form because of her powers.

[S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Mechanic: Mercury Djinn]

Golden Sun and its sequel were widely acclaimed titles—not so much for their storyline or characters (as both were rather shallow), but for its unique battle system. This system utilized little critters known as Djinn, which are spirits that embody a particular element: Venus (Earth), Mars (Fire), Jupiter (Wind), or Mercury (Water). By mixing and matching Djinn in the game, you could alter your character’s class and available Psynergy. This gave the game a huge variety of class combinations, leading to innovative battles that were never the same twice. In Smash, Mia brings in her own Water Djinn, which in-game would bolster her stats and allow her to summon powerful creatures specific to each element.

When you use a Mercury Djinni—her Neutral Special—you use an effect randomly associated with that Djinni (Mia will call the Djinni’s name out to let you know which one you are using) and the Djinni in question goes into “Standby” mode. You can look at the number of Standby Djinn you have by looking at beneath your own stocks; a series of Djinni-face icons will be down there, the number indicating how many you have used. The maximum number of Djinn you can have on Standby is seven. When you have Djinn on Standby, your stats will suffer according to the chart below:

Therefore, if you want to play conservatively, be sure to use Djinni sparingly. If you want to “Set” a Djinni (take it off Standby), press B while shielding. This randomly Sets one Djinni, increasing your stats if applicable. This effect takes about one second, and gives Mia super armor while doing so. The number of Djinn on Standby determines the variety of creatures you can summon when using Mia’s Final Smash; after the Final Smash, the number of Djinn you use go into “Recovery” mode, meaning that they will not return to Set mode until a certain amount of time: 5 seconds per Djinni—a Djinni in Recovery mode is indicated by a grayish icon on Mia’s damage meter. Each time a Djinni leaves Recovery, a quick blue light flashes in front of Mia and the Djinni’s icon disappears from Mia’s damage meter.

Just in case you missed (or didn’t want to read) that whole monologue, here’s a quick rundown on the different Djinn Stages:

• Set: No icon on Mia’s damage meter. All Set Djinn have an equal chance of appearing when Mia’s Neutral B is activated.
• Standby: One icon on Mia’s damage meter for each Standby Djinni. Standby Djinni decrease your stats depending on the number, and they are directly related to your Final Smash; the more Standby Djinn you have, the more options you have when summoning (see Final Smash for more information).
• Recovery: Indicated by a grayed-out Djinni icon on Mia’s damage meter. After being used for a summon, Standby Djinn switch to Recovery Mode, during which time they cannot be Set or used at all. Each Recovery Djinn takes five seconds to automatically set itself to Mia. When a Djinni is set, Mia will flash blue momentarily and the icon will disappear.

Power: 6 - Mia’s strength alone is not very high, but her Psynergy helps compensate for that. However, even that isn’t too strong, as Mercury Psynergy has a reputation for being the weakest offensive element.
Size: 5 - Mia is an average human with average human height. Nothing much to say here…
Weight: 3 - As a young woman without much girth behind her, Mia is understandably light. This also gives her a mid-slow falling speed.
Speed: 4 - She’s definitely not made for speed. Mia’s dash is only slightly faster than Link, showing her lack of athleticism.
Range: 8 - Many of Mia’s moves reach clear across the stage, and her smash attacks have large hitboxes as well.
First Jump: 4 - Mia jumps into the air. Nothing special, really…
Second Jump: 4 - Once again, nothing too fancy. Mia spins upward into the air, gaining some extra height. She’s a below-average jumper.
Recovery: 5 - Since Mia’s recovery gives her both jumps back, it’s quite useful. However, it doesn’t help her recovery any distance on its own.
Traction: 8 - Her warm boots are used for travel in the snow and on ice, and as such she has excellent traction.



[Neutral Special - DJINNI UNLEASH]

Ah, here we are…the cornerstone of Mia’s play style. When you use this move, the outline of a blue Mercury Djinni appears in front of Mia and she raises her ankh to the sky; one of the following effects will then randomly occur after half a second, during which time Mia shouts the Djinni’s name. Once an effect has occurred, that Djinni goes to Standby Mode and the effect cannot occur again until the Djinni in question is Set. All of these attacks have low ending lag. Since Mia calls out the Djinni’s name before using it, you can hit the shield button during this time to cancel the attack. The Djinni in question will then be moved to a random place in the lineup.

• Hail: Large, spherical ice crystals rain down in a diagonal trajectory, starting from one character length above Mia and falling a distance equal to half of Battlefield. Each crystal does around 15% damage, and there are ten crystals total. However, once a player is hit by one crystal, they are dealt backwards knockback, making it hard to connect with more than one hit. Mia is immobile while the attack is performing, and is given super armor.
• Sleet: A small, thin line of water droplets and snow shoots out straight in front of Mia, going forward an indefinite distance for three seconds. Like in Hail, this attack gives Mia super armor. The water jet has a very small hitbox and deals only 8% damage, but if it strikes an opponent, all of their attacks do 3% less damage for thirty seconds afterward.
• Mist: When this Djinni’s power is unleashed, a thick white fog spreads outward from Mia’s body, extending a distance equal to one Battlefield platform along the ground. The fog will disappear if it falls off the edge of a stage. This white fog is very thick, so that you can see nothing in it; however, this property is redundant, since the mist causes sleep upon contact (this effect, obviously, does not apply to Mia and her teammates). The amount of time spent asleep is proportional to damage taken (higher damage equals higher time asleep). The fog fades away after ten seconds.
• Fizz: This was Mia’s first Djinni, so she shares a special bond with it…of course, that has nothing to do with gameplay. Fizz heals in game, and this effect carries over into Smash. When summoned, Fizz appears over Mia’s head and quickly releases a small amount of blue sparkles that fly into Mia’s body, restoring her for 10% damage. This attack obviously, cannot be spammed, since it is completely random and puts the Djinni on Standby. While the Djinni is healing Mia, she can move around—if she is hit while being healed, the move is cancelled but Fizz still goes into Standby.
• Rime: When summoned, a purple, triangular seal briefly appears in front of Mia before coming into being above the nearest opponent—the opponent must be no more than three stage builder blocks away. The purple seal appears above the player’s head, spinning in place for ten seconds. While that seal is active, the person affected by it cannot use any special moves.
• Shade: This is a defensively focused move. Shade solidifies above Mia and is absorbed into her body, surrounding the Adept with a light blue glow that follows the outline of her body. This aura appears instantaneously, and lasts for five seconds. During that time, Mia can move around freely, and is given super armor. Enjoy!
• Serac: The final Mercury Djinni found in-game, it is also the most powerful. This Djinni summons a large icicle beneath the closest opponent less than three Stage Builder Blocks away, giving it a good range. The icicle is about the size of Mia herself, and shoots out of the ground instantaneously. The opponent is caught in the ice, taking 12% in the process, and the icicle then radiates with blue light before exploding, giving great knockback and dealing 10% more damage. It’s one of Mia’s better KO moves, as it deals good knockback and damage. Unfortunately, its randomness makes it hard to rely on.

[Up Special - ICE PILLAR]

A water geyser shoots up from the nearest solid ground (over a gap, it will come up from the body of the screen). The water deals 12% to anyone who touches it. Once it touches Mia’s feet, it catches her and quickly freezes in place, so when the move is complete, you are left with a frozen pillar of ice that acts as a normal solid surface. From this ice platform, Mia can use her two jumps again, although she cannot use her recovery again. Once the geyser freezes, the pillar lasts for ten seconds before melting down into the ground. It can be used by anybody during that time as a platform or wall (for wall jumping/clinging), although it has no ledges. The water moves very quickly as it shoots up, but you stand the chance of losing some distance before it catches you. Be sure to time this move right, and you will succeed! If you use this move while standing on the ground, the pillar will be two Stage Builder Blocks high, making it a handy move for dodging and blocking certain projectiles.

[Side Special - DELUGE]

Once you input the command, Mia begins to hold her staff in a charging position, blue sparkles of light swirling around her. You must charge this attack for a minimum of 2 seconds; particles of blue light will shine from Mia’s ankh when the charge is complete. Like DK’s giant punch, the charge is carried around with you once you’ve finished charging. If you input the command again, Mia will hold her staff up and a wave of water slightly taller than Bowser appears in front of her, rushing forward the entire distance of whatever platform you’re on. This attack doesn’t do any damage, but it serves the same purpose as a Piplup Pokéball, pushing opponents back with incredible aquatic force. When it reaches the edge of the stage, it forces opponents off with a large amount of knockback as the wave crashes.

If you have more than four Djinn on Standby when this move is used, it does not suffer from lower damage and knockback, since it deals none of the former and a fixed amount of the latter. Instead, the wave’s size is cut in half, putting it at about Mario’s height. This makes the wave slower and easier to dodge.

[Down Special - PLY]

Part of the most well-known healing Psynergy moves in Golden Sun, Mia brings in her signature spell: Ply! This attack takes a moment to use; like Deluge, Mia takes on a casting pose, but this attack needs to be charged for a bit longer at 2.5 seconds—you can carry the charge around with you. When you finish casting, a small fairy flies out of Mia’s body, hovering above her head and sprinkling glittering blue dust onto her over a span of five seconds. During this time, Mia is healed for an amount equal to the last attack she took prior to activating the spell (not charging). Meaning, if she just took 10% from an attack before activating the spell, the attack will heal her that amount over the same time. If you take any damage during this time, the healing effect will stop and you will not be healed the full amount. This can help you restore a lot of damage and effectively cancel out whatever kind of attack just hit you, but you need to be sure to stay away while being healed! Healing Varies.



[Neutral Combo - FLURRY]

This is an infinite combo. As long as you hold down the A button, Mia holds her ankh out, releasing a small gust of sky-blue wind full of snow and ice crystals. The total hitbox is around half Mia’s size, as she holds the staff out at waist height. This wind can trap opponents for rapid hits of 1%, but unfortunately it’s also quite simple to DI out of. The attack’s main advantage is the fact that with every hit, your chance of freezing goes up until it automatically freezes your opponent once it causes 10% in one attack.

[Dash Attack - LEECH LIFE]

No, this isn’t a Pokémon attack. Mia pauses momentarily as she runs, her ankh gathering energy as she swings it downward for an extra-powerful physical strike that deals 9% but low knockback. In addition, there is a 20% chance that Mia’s ankh will release its special ability, in which it steals life from the opponent, sapping away 5% more damage and restoring Mia for the same amount. Both Mia and the opponent are immobile while this effect takes place; it resembles a large mass of white orbs flying from the opponent’s body into Mia’s. The startup lag of this attack makes it very situational.

[Forward Tilt - BUBBLE]

Mia releases a small water bubble about the size of a Smash Ball that floats around the stage, slowly increasing in size until it reaches the size of Bowser, taking approximately fifteen seconds to do so. The bubble bounces off solid surfaces and cannot be broken. During this time, the bubble will trap anything if it comes into contact with it, immediately appearing around them and preventing them from moving—the amount of time in the bubble depends on the damage the opponent has as well as the size of the bubble. While the opponent is trapped, you have a perfect opportunity to run in and strike then with a smash attack. Once the bubble reaches its maximum size, it pops, dealing 5% damage and low knockback. The move has almost no starting lag, making it a viable trapping option; you should always have one of these on the stage.

[Up Tilt - WISH]

This is another of Mia’s famous healing maneuvers. When activated, Mia sweeps her ankh 180° above her, releasing a wave of sky blue sparkles that slowly float to the ground. The sparkles fly to the closest Brawler (which is almost always Mia) and fly into their bodies, briefly surrounding Mia in a brief glow. The next time Mia is hit with an attack that deals knockback—with the exception of Final Smashes—she is healed for half the original damage of that attack. She is still dealt the normal amount of knockback, however, so you can’t rely on it to save you from death. Be forewarned that, like in the games, Mia will not have access to this move if she has more than three Djinn on Standby; also, the move can affect an opponent if they knock you out of the way and touch the sparkles instead. Mia cannot use this attack while she is under the influence of a previous Wish.

[Down Tilt - TUNDRA]

Two horizontal waves of blue energy quickly shoot outwards from Mia’s body, expanding to the length of one stage builder block in both directions. If an opponent is hit by this energy, they take 6% damage and a bit of hitstun. The energy then is absorbed in the ground, coating it in ice (the ground Mia stands on is also covered as well). When an opponent steps on this ice, they have a 70% chance to trip and slide forward, and a 30% chance to freeze upon contact, dealing 10% damage. Mia and characters like the Ice Climbers are not affected by this terrain change. The ice lasts for twenty seconds before it melts, allowing you to use the move once more. The entire move takes about 1.5 seconds from start to finish, but Mia can move after the snow begins to fall.

≈ SMASHES ≈​

[Forward Smash - ICE MISSILE]

Mia quickly thrusts her ankh forward, summoning a large icicle that is half her height, floating in midair. Its length is about half of a Battlefield platform. For two seconds afterwards, this icicle just floats in midair, always facing the same direction no matter where Mia moves. After two seconds is up, the icicle shoots forward, its speed proportional to the amount of time spent charging—the longer you charge, the faster it moves (its maximum speed is roughly that of ZSS). When the icicle hits an opponent, they are sent flying back with great horizontal knockback and take 25%. This would be a great killing move because of its insane amounts of knockback, if it weren't for the two second wait time. You must time it carefully if you want it to connect.

[Up Smash - FROTH SPIRAL]

Mia lifts her staff up, and an inverted cone of bubbles begin to swirl above her for 1-2 seconds, depending on how long the move is charged. If an opponent comes into contact with these bubbles, they are caught for the full duration of the move, sucked into the center of the vortex and held there while they take countless hits from the spiraling bubbles; in total, the opponent takes 28% damage. At the end of the move, opponents are sucked downwards, actually moving them towards the ground instead of away from it. Therefore, although this attack deals good damage, it has absolutely no killing potential. Use it wisely. This move has high ending and starting lag, so you can’t combo out of it.

[Down Smash - MEGACOOL]

This is undoubtedly Mia’s best Smash Attack. When the smash attack is released, Mia throws her arms out to the sides, facing forward, and a wave of icicles one character length in size pop out of the ground one Stage Builder Block on both sides. The icicles’ sizes vary, although this is a purely aesthetic property; the entire attack has one large hitbox (excluding Mia’s body). The icicles have high priority while coming out, and appear at a reasonable speed. The icicles deal about 26% damage and upwards knockback when coming out; for two seconds after the attack is over, the icicles remain in place, dealing half the amount of damage but the same knockback; it’s as if the opponent walked into a bed of spikes. This property makes it an all-around solid attack, save the beginning and ending lag that comes with it.



[Neutral Air - SNOWFLAKE]

Ice crystals swirl into being around Mia, creating eight spikes that extend in the eight cardinal directions over a span of .5 seconds. These spikes are about the length of Marth’s sword, and touching any part of them will send the opponent flying back with medium knockback in the direction the spike is pointing, as well as 11% damage. These spikes stay out for one second and then shrink in size, disappearing back into Mia’s body. Once you’ve used it once, you cannot use this move again until you get back in the air again. Although this move looks like it covers Mia completely, some of the smaller fighters might be able to get in between the spikes…it’s highly unlikely, but it’s also possible.

If you have more than four Djinn on Standby when you use this move, these icicles have their length cut in half.

[Forward Air - BOREAL BREATH]

Mia inhales and blows out, releasing blue winds. It takes a moment for Mia to inhale and exhale, but this move’s range is quite large—it extends one and a half stage builder blocks in front of her, pushing back any and all opponents much like her Deluge attack. However, once this wind pushes an opponent back (the maximum distance possible is that of Battlefield and your opponents can break free), it swirls around them quickly, dealing 8% damage and then disappearing. The fact that it damages opponents after knocking them away makes it a great boon to Mia, who can concern herself with other matters knowing that her opponent is taken care of.

[Back Air - DEEP FREEZE]

Mia reaches backward and summons a small glittering snowflake that’s half the size of a Pokéball. The snowflake appears almost instantly but only remains out for about half a second. When the snowflake appears, it quickly shines with a blue light one time; if an opponent touches this snowflake during this period, they are automatically frozen and sent flying high into the air in their encasement, taking 19% damage in the process. If an opponent touches the snowflake at any other time, they take a split second of hitstun and only 2% damage. This is one of Mia’s few killing moves, but one that requires timing to use properly. But when it connects…ah, there’s no better feeling.

[Up Air - ICE TORNADO]

A circle of blue wind appears around Mia, quickly flying upward in a tight spiral, extending outward much like a funnel. If an opponent touches this wind, they are trapped and take several rapid hits of 2%, making a total of 12% if the entire attack connects. This move acts very similar to Mia’s down aerial in that she freezes in place (or rather, moves downward very slowly) while this attack is going on, and it makes for a good damage-racking technique. This attack does not send enemies flying up—rather they fly off to the side a surprisingly good distance. The ice tornado is out for about one second, but comes out and has noticeable ending lag as the wind slowly goes away.

[Down Air - DOWNPOUR]

Mia makes no special animation for this move, so it actually comes out rather quickly. Mia freezes in midair, rising slightly as a stream of high-pressure water shoots downward from her body, going down in a straight line and not stopping until it hits the ground. The water column is as wide as Mia is, and if it connects with the opponent, it forces them to the ground for the duration of the attack, which is about one second. It causes rapid hits of 2%, causing 14% in total if the entire attack connects. This move could, in theory, be used as a stall tactic, but since you can only use it once while in the air, its usefulness in that regard is limited. It’s mostly used as an edgeguarding move.

≈ THROWS ≈​

[Grab Attack - NIP]

Mia blows a puff of white, snowy air into the opponent’s face, coating their face in ice and dealing 2%. This ice remains on opponent’s face for thirty seconds or until they are attacked (including throws). During that time, the opponent has a 50% higher chance of tripping, and their attacks gain 50% more start-up lag. You can only use this pummel once per grab—pressing A again will simply release the opponent.

[Forward Throw - NORTH WINDS]

This move is an interesting one, mostly because you can control the trajectory of the throw! When you press forward while holding an opponent, a light blue wind quickly blows in from the side of the stage, flying past Mia and wrapping around an opponent. The wind carries the opponent out of Mia’s arms and into the air, hanging there until the player moves the control stick around. Doing so moves the wind around, effectively controlling where the opponent goes at about the speed of Jigglypuff. Unfortunately, you cannot maneuver your opponent under the stage since the opponent is merely hovering off the ground,. If the wind goes off of the ledge of the stage then it disappears and the opponent regains control. After two seconds, the wind dies down and your opponent falls where s/he is. When the opponent is finally thrown, they take about 10% damage.

[Back Throw - DROWN]

Mia surrounds the opponent with water, tossing them back and covering them in a globe of water. The opponent floats slightly behind and above Mia, taking constant damage as the water suffocates them, dealing in total 14% damage before the water falls down on top of Mia. Now, you may be thinking this throw is broken, but there is a drawback: as the water falls down from the globe, Mia takes 5% damage from the pressure and then spends 1.5 seconds wiping herself off; in addition, this throw does no knockback, as the opponent merely falls to the ground with complete access to all their aerials and jumps. This makes it very easy for an opponent to gimp Mia after she uses this, so be careful. Please note that while the opponent is in the water globe, Mia cannot move, leaving her vulnerable to assault—not only after the attack, but during as well.

[Up Throw - PLUME EDGE]

This attack has two outcomes, depending on what you do after the initial control input. A short water geyser erupts from beneath the opponent; the total height covered is about equal to Mia’s first jump. The geyser remains in place for two seconds; during that time, you can do one of two things: hit the B button or the A button. If you hit B, then the geyser shoots upward once more, launching the opponent up and dealing 8% damage. If you hit A, on the other hand, Mia will leap into the air and strike the opponent with her ankh, sending them flying at a downwards trajectory and dealing them 9% damage instead (if they land on the ground due to the throw, they take an additional 2% from the force). If you do nothing after two seconds, the geyser simply falls back down and the opponent regains control.

[Down Throw - GLACIER]

Mia throws her opponent down on the ground, and ice suddenly materializes all over them, freezing them in a block of ice. As the many ice particles cover the opponent, they take a total of 11% damage. This throw does not actually throw the opponent, but instead freezes them in place; the main intention for this move is to let Mia attack the opponent while they’re encased in the ice, as whichever attack shatters the ice will have its knockback increased by 25% (the total damage needed to break the ice is about 20%). This makes it a very handy KO move, but it is also a great move if Mia needs to get away from her opponents. Please note that while the opponent is in the glacier, they will NOT take damage from other attacks.

≈ FINAL SMASH ≈​

[Final Smash - SUMMON]

This is where your Djinn come into play: when you active Mia’s final smash, the battle action pauses and the camera focuses on Mia, who is surrounded by a bright blue glow. She says, “Hmm, how many?” That’s your cue to press the B button up to seven times—for each tap of the B button, Mia uses one more of her Standby Djinni—their icon will disappear from the screen to indicate this. You have three seconds to tap out how many Djinn you want to use for your summon; the number of Djinn, obviously, changes the function of your summon. After three seconds have passed, Mia rises into the air, her arms outstretched and face serene. The screen then flashes bright blue as the summon takes place. The summons are as follows:

This is the most basic summon. The blue faded silhouette of a Mercury Djinni appears behind Mia, facing the same direction as her. The spirit flies forward, moving erratically up and down and releasing three large orbs of blue energy that fly straight forward at high speeds. These orbs deal 10% damage each, and if you get hit by one, expect to get hit by at least two more. The orbs do not deal any knockback and home in slightly on opponents. Note that while this attack is going on, the battle can resume as normal.

Mia disappears, and in her place is a young woman perched on the back of a turtle. In total, this figure takes up about half of Battlefield in width and is a little taller than the lower platforms on it. This summon is completely stationary, but you can control its attacks. By pressing A, the girl slaps forward with her large fan, dealing 2% per strike; you can quickly perform a number of these strikes, very similar to using the fan item. If you press B, Nereid releases a large water geyser that is as wide as a Battlefield platform from any solid part of the stage that is no more than two Stage Builder Blocks away from her. These geysers do about 20% damage and great vertical knockback—however, this attack cannot be spammed. This Summon’s main advantage is its raw power, although it cannot move. The Summon lasts fifteen seconds. This Summon’s effectiveness is, obviously, dependent on the size of the stage.

When activated, a large whale suddenly appears from the background, releasing a blue beam that causes water to fall on the screen until it fills up halfway; any player touching the water as it falls in a line down the middle of the screen takes 20% and is given great side knockback. Each player can swim infinitely in the water, although they move slowly and cannot dive down. They can jump as well, though at a rather low height. Mia is in the background, floating in the air with her eyes closed. The whale then begins to swim about in the water below the players, rising upward at random intervals, striking players upwards and dealing 15% damage. However, the chance to KO is high, killing middleweights at about 80-90%. The other effect is more rare—approximately 1 out of 5 times, Neptune will instead swim up and grab an opponent in its jaws, pulling him or her underwater and instantly KO’ing them. This summon lasts ten seconds; once it is over, the whale and the water slowly sink back down off the screen, and Mia returns to the fray.

This is one of the more powerful options for Mia’s Final Smash, since it causes a great deal of damage over a wide area. This Final Smash is also more cinematic than the others. When this creature is summoned, we get a glimpse of a large iceberg encasing some sort of machine. The ice chips away, revealing what appears to be some sort of alien snow-cone machine. A large block of ice falls into the machine, and Mia appears to turn the lever, which sends billions of ice crystals flying at the opponent. The action then returns to the stage, where a ferocious blizzard begins to blow from the right side of the screen. The blizzard pushes opponents back with great force (Mia is once again in the background), and deals constant damage to them, for a total of 30% damage over ten seconds. The opponents are forced to combat the mighty winds, unable to prevent damage done to them; of course, it’s still rather difficult for them to die, since the wind doesn’t move THAT fast. As the blizzard dies away (a.k.a. the last three seconds of the move), all the opponents are frozen solid.

Ooh, this Final Smash is highly interactive. When activated Mia floats into the air, and an enormous horned, white creature appears beneath her. The creature roars and stands expectantly; Mia then descends onto the creature’s back, riding it as her own personal steed. For fifteen seconds, you control Moloch, who is half the size of Giga Bowser and moves at a slightly faster speed. Since Moloch is a powerful magical being, he is unable to be damaged or KO’ed unless he falls off the stage—his jumps are not exactly stellar. Moloch has several powerful commands at his disposal:

• Neutral A - Bites with a short range, dealing 15% and good knockback. This attack comes out somewhat quickly, making it a solid attack option.
• Forward Smash - Moloch stabs forward with his horn, dealing 25% damage and high knockback. It’s a wonderful killing move, although its slow speed and small hitbox makes its usefulness limited against smaller and/or quicker opponents.
• Neutral Special - Breathes an icy wind with a height slightly shorter than Moloch itself, that traps opponents in it for 20% damage and has a 75% chance to freeze the opponent with good upwards knockback. This wind can last up to five seconds and will need three more seconds to recharge.

Contrary to the other Final Smashes, this summon is restorative in nature, which makes sense because Mercury Psynergy and Djinn are most revered for their healing powers. When summoned, the fight freezes and the stage background switches to underwater. Numerous bubbles float around and a trio of magical seals appear, merging together before turning into a woman wearing elegant clothing adorned with bells. Coatlicue then creates a large spiral of bubbles around her body, which spins around and flies up the screen to Mia. The bubbles fly around the screen for a moment and are then absorbed into Mia’s body. This heals Mia’s damage meter completely.

The ultimate water summon in TLA, although that isn’t always the case in Smash. When this summon is activated, the stage switches to an underwater background, like in Coatlicue. A large, blue serpentine dragon appears, its body moving around in waves. It then heads towards the fighter closest to Mia, swimming around him and any other opponents close to him (roughly two stage builder blocks away). Opponents can swim away while the dragon speeds toward them, although this is a mostly futile effort. Azul will swim rapidly around the fighters, creating a whirlpool that traps them in place and deals 10% damage. Azul then summons a large orb of blue energy, firing it at the disoriented and dizzy fighters. The orb explodes with immense pressure, dealing no knockback but 50% damage. Azul then swims off the bottom of the screen and the water disappears. This Final Smash, obviously needs timing since it only hits those trapped inside the whirlpool.



Although Mia is a healer in Golden Sun, that obviously wouldn’t translate very well to the world of Smash. However, since healing and restoration is such an integral part of her character, she still has a wide variety of healing techniques—moreso than almost any other character. This gives Mia a distinctly defensive fee, although her prowess over the element of water allows her to perform a wide variety of maneuvers that can restore and destroy. Rather than defensive, her style could be described as mercurial: ever-changing and ultra-adaptable—hehe, aren’t puns fun?

Being able to adapt is especially important with Mia’s highly volatile and random Djinni Unleash attack. Since it is constantly affecting your already low damage and KO output, you have to be sure that you are in a position where you can afford to lose 2% damage on all attacks. Even though Mia has to deal with her own randomness, it’s even harder for her opponents, which is in itself one of her greatest strengths. A good Mia player can unleash a random Djinni and know exactly what to follow up with. Like the element she wields, Mia can cover a wide variety of combat areas.

Unfortunately, while Mia can hold her own in many categories, she doesn’t shine in many of them, except for defense. Ply, Wish, Fizz, and Leech Life all help keep Mia in tiptop shape, and Shade and Ice Pillar help keep her protected. And even though most of her moves cause damage (like most other Smash characters), most of them are just made for racking damage or inflicting status effects—several of her Djinn like Mist and Sleet come to mind. She’s got a big bag of tricks, and it’s up to you, the player, to choose how to use them.

She’s only got two moves with real potential as KO moves: Deluge and Megacool. Deluge is one of those attacks you should always have charged, as its large size makes it a perfect choice for spacing and getting rid of opponents. Plus, using it gives Mia prime opportunity to take advantage of her main gimping move, Downpour. A simple, yet effective combo to try is to charge up a Deluge, use Froth Spiral to bring the opponent right to your side, and then force them off the stage with your Deluge. To make sure they don’t come back, use Downpour to block their ascent.

Another thing you need to learn as a Mia player is balancing your Djinn: none of their various effects are harmful to you, but you should still be careful when using them, as you don’t want to realize you’ve already decreased your damage output further than it needs to go. Although you can always re-Set your Djinn, the fact that it takes a long time means you need a significant opening (luckily, you can’t be KO’ed while Setting a Djinni, though you can take damage). If you’re playing with Smash Balls turned on, it makes Mia’s choices even harder—should you risk the lack of offense for the chances of an Azul Final Smash? However, since all of Mia’s Final Smashes are unique and powerful, it’s really up to you how many Djinn you should have on Standby. I’d suggest having two or three on Standby and then work on using more when the Smash Ball shows up: it keeps your opponents away and gives you more options.

Mia’s throw game is pretty good as well, although many of the more potent throws (Drown and North Winds) often leave her vulnerable for assault. This is a characteristic for many of Mia’s moves, but it does not that the Water Adept is much more at home in a 1-on-1 as opposed to a chaotic free-for-all. Even though most of her moves are slow and powerful, she has various moves with a wide area of effect that mess with opponent’s gameplay and makes their efforts more difficult—a good Mia player always has a Bubble out on the field and makes sure a part of the stage is covered in ice. As long as you follow those general guidelines (keep a quick mind and a quicker finger), you’ll be fine and victory will be yours.



Up Taunt: Mia waves her ankh in an arc above her head, releasing a small shower of snowflakes that flutter to the ground.
Side Taunt: Clutching her ankh to her chest, Mia gives her opponents a concerned look, warning them to “Please be careful!”
Down Taunt: Mia spins in a circle, holding her ankh out and leaving a trail of water behind that stays in a spiral for a second before falling to the ground.

Victory Act 1: A small blue Mercury Djinni skips around Mia happily, who is on her knees on the ground. She smiles and picks it up, nuzzling it playfully and cooing.
Victory Act 2: Mia floats into the air, arms outstretched as water and ice spins around her. Suddenly she flashes with a blue light and disappears.
Victory Act 3: Mia casts a spell, she holds her ankh out as a series of ice pillars appear behind her, forming an intricate ice sculpture behind her that blocks out the losers. She smiles and blushes at her own handiwork.

Losing Act: Mia claps politely for her opponent, occasionally healing a small wound on herself with some blue sparkles.

Victory Theme: Golden Sun Series - Victory!



Kirby Hat: Kirby gains Mia’s outlandish blue hair, and the ability to use Deluge as his Neutral Special—since he can’t steal all of Mia’s Djinn.

Symbol: A multi-pointed sun (minus the spiral).



Entrance Animation: A series of large raindrops fall at Mia’s opening position, forming her shape; her color changes from a single shade of blue to her normal colors. She then performs a flourish with her ankh as seven small blue stars sparkle around her momentarily.

Wiimote Selection Sound: Mia’s voice crying “Water!” followed by the crashing sound of a wave.

Credits Song for Single Player: The Lost Age - Aqua Rock

Snake CODEC Conversation:

SNAKE // *Sigh* Mei Ling…I’m tired of fighting all these pretty girls.
MEI LING // Well, I don’t think Mia will have any qualms about fighting YOU, Snake. She’s a Mercury Adept, meaning she can effortlessly control water in all its phases.
SNAKE // Is that so? I hope she realizes that getting me all wet won’t do much other than make me angry.
MEI LING // She also fights with magical beings known as Djinn, which apparently serve as guardians of their element. Not only that, but it says that she can use these Djinn to summon powerful creatures like dragons and whales.
SNAKE // Well, that’s not good…but something that powerful has to have some sort of drawback, right?
MEI LING // Right: according to our intel, using these Djinn decrease Mia’s attack power. It shouldn’t be hard to take advantage of that weakness…

Unlocking Mia:

• Swim without drowning for 10 seconds during a regular Brawl.
• Play 415 Brawls.
• Get Mia to join your party in the Subspace Emissary.

SATUROS HP: 550
MENARDI HP: 500
MUSIC: Battle! Saturos and Menardi

Saturos (right) and Menardi (left) fight as a duo, each with their own attacks. You fight them at once, and they each have their own HP meter: Saturos’ is blue, and Menardi’s is red. Fortunately, their individual meters are slightly lower in number to make up for this fact. Saturos has a bit more HP than Menardi does, so keep that in mind when choosing your first victim. Your battle platform is about the height of Final Destination, with the light of the lighthouse shining in the background. There are two floating platforms at both ends of the stage. Saturos and Menardi announce all of their attacks, but since they speak as the spells are being cast, it doesn’t help you much in terms of avoiding the attacks.


1) Physical Attack - Saturos leaps into the air and swings down with his sword, dealing 17% damage and low horizontal knockback. Saturos comes down rather quickly, but the starting leap is easy to see, so it’s also easy to dodge.

2) Heat Flash - After charging for a brief moment, Saturos rushes forward half the distance of the stage, engulfed in fire. If he connects, he swings his sword up, dealing 22% fire damage and sending you flying upwards with a lot of diagonal knockback. This attack is a lot faster and much more formidable. When you see him glowing with red energy, be sure to jump out of the way! This attack also has a 45% chance of giving your character delusion, reversing your controls for five seconds.

3) Eruption - Raising his hand, Saturos summons a pillar of lava beneath your character, knocking them up into the air and dealing 25% damage. The startup time for this is negligible: there is only a brief flash of light around Saturos’ hand to warn you. If you move out of the way fast enough, it can miss, but you have to move quick.

4) Fireball - This has the same starting animation as Eruption, making it difficult to tell which spell he’s using. When Saturos unleashes this spell, a trio of large fireballs (about the size of Party Balls and formed into a close triangle) come out of Saturos’ body and fly towards you at about the speed of a gliding Meta Knight. Each fireball deals 8%, so if you get hit by all three at once (which is highly likely), you’ll take 24% damage.

5) Protect - This has a quick, instantaneous cast time, much like the rest of Saturos’ spells. An ethereal barrier flashes around Saturos and Menardi briefly, and then they are both protected for approximately 30 seconds. During that time, all of your attacks do 3% less damage.

Added at 50% Health

6) Inferno - This replaces Fireball. It has the same startup time and animation, but instead of three fireballs, Saturos releases six fireballs, all of which are slightly increased in size. Each fireball deals 10% damage this time around, and Saturos releases them in two rounds of three; unfortunately, the hitstun between the trios is just enough so that you can easily get hit by all six if you’re not careful. Their air speed is also increased by 50%, making them harder to dodge.

7) Cure - This has a much longer startup time than Saturos’ other spells, so you can tell it’s coming. Be sure you attack before Saturos finishes casting, though, as it will heal either him or Menardi for 50 HP. The cast time is roughly 2.5 seconds, though, so you’ll have more than enough time.

Added at 25% Health

8) Heat Wave - Leaping into the air and screaming “Take this!”, Saturos plunges down with his sword, stabbing it into the ground and releasing a rolling wave of fire that spreads from both sides all across the stage. The fire is only about as high as Mario but it travels quickly; if you get hit by it you take 30% damage and be pushed along with the rest of the fire. Just jump out of the way and be sure to get to Saturos quickly, since he takes a moment to pull his sword out of the ground.

Added at 5% Health

9) Pyroclasm - This replaces Eruption and has the same cast time and animation. Saturos releases a series of four volcanic eruptions beneath you, each one dealing 10% damage, totaling 40% damage. Since they’re all beneath you, if you get hit by one, you get hit by all. This is Saturos’ most powerful technique and a sign that he’s getting desperate.

~ MENARDI ATTACKS ~​

1) Physical Attack - Menardi darts forward, swinging her scythe up and dealing 13% damage with low upwards knockback. It’s slightly weaker than Saturos’ attack, but it’s much faster. Menardi uses this attack often, so you should always be on your toes.

2) Death Size - Menardi uses this attack rarely at first, but begins to use it more as she loses more health. After a moment of charging, Menardi rushes forward and slashes with her scythe; if it connects, you see the faded outline of the Grim Reaper, and then you take 28% damage and horizontal knockback. In addition, there’s a 45% chance that your character will be instantly KO’ed. This is an extremely powerful attack and one you should take care to avoid.

3) Flare Wall - Menardi raises her hand and quickly releases a line of fire that shoots forward and quickly covers half of the stage. If you get hit by it, you take no knockback but are charred for a rough 26% damage.

4) Blast - Like every other spell Menardi has, this has the same quick cast animation. This creates a small explosion of fire at your character’s feet, sending you flying diagonally upwards and taking 24% damage.

5) Impact - Raising her hand, an ethereal sword surrounds Menardi and Saturos briefly, boosting the power of their physical attacks (and Death Size/Heat Flash) by 3% for thirty seconds. Like Saturos with Protect, Menardi uses this attack often.

Added at 50% Health

6) Flare Storm - This replaces Flare Wall. This releases a line of fire like the last one, but when it touches, you, the fire spins around you and explodes from within, giving you 31% damage but no knockback. Like before, just jump to avoid it.

7) Wish - Wait…a Mars Adept using a Mercury technique? Apparently Menardi doesn’t care, as after a slower cast time than the rest of her spells, she creates a spiral of blue sparkles, healing both her and Saturos for 30 HP. Like Saturos and Cure, this will make Menardi extra vulnerable if you attack her while she’s casting this.

Added at 25% Health

8) Flaming Valkyrie - Menardi flies into the air and screams “You’re finished!”, surrounding her body in fire and effectively turning herself into a miniature comet. She then begins flying around the screen at wild speeds (equal to those of Volt Tackle) for approximately five seconds. If you get hit by Menardi during this time, you take 28% and knockback in whatever direction Menardi was flying.

Added at 5% Health

9) Supernova - This is Menardi’s most powerful attack and has the same cast time as the rest of her spells. A small flash of light appears above you for a split second, before turning into an enormous explosion that takes up half of the stage. If you are hit by this (which is highly likely), you will take 40% damage and high knockback.


...After the battle is over, Saturos and Menardi lie on the lighthouse aerie, battered and bruised. However, as your characters revel in their victory, the light from the lighthouse begins to shine, casting its glow over the two Mars Adepts. They suddenly rise into the air, totally and completely restored! As your characters marvel at this amazing turn of events, Saturos and Menardi glance at each other, exchanging evil smirks. The time has come to reveal their most powerful technique! The two Adepts float towards each other, fusing together into a terrifying monstrosity: the Fusion Dragon!


DRAGON HP: 1300
MUSIC: Battle! Fusion Dragon

This battle is extremely difficult, and it’s not made any easier by the fact that you have to fight with whatever characters you have left from the last battle—there’s no rest in between! Fortunately, the Fusion Dragon does not move a lot, but it does take up roughly half of the Lighthouse Aerie. The background sky has turned an ominous red and the surface of the lighthouse has cracked all over with the immense power.

Starting Attacks

1) Physical Attack - Fusion Dragon’s two heads lunge forward, each biting once, one after the other. Each bite deals a hefty 20% damage, so try to dodge both if you can; you can do this by staying out of reach and attacking from far away. Of course, the dragon doesn’t do this attack much, as it has many more powerful moves at its disposal.

2) Evil Blessing - Without moving at all, the Fusion Dragon glows brightly before releasing a mass of screeching spirits, which fly towards your character and swirl around them, absorbing into their body and dealing 22% damage. In addition, your overall speed (movement, attack, and jump) will be cut by half for fifteen seconds.

3) Deadly Gas - The Fusion Dragon breathes a mass of green gas, which reaches across a quarter of the stage and is about half of the dragon’s height. This gas only causes around 18% damage, but for the rest of match, you will take 5% damage every five seconds. This effect does not carry over to your other characters.

4) Dual Pyre - The Fusion Dragon opens both of its mouths, and both release a purple fireball that takes up its respective half of the screen and moves at a relatively fast speed. The lower head fires first, and then the upper head. Each fireball deals 32% damage and upwards knockback.

Added at 75% Health

5) Drain Fang - The maw of the Dragon’s lower head grows a menacing red, and lunges forward slightly. The Dragon chomps three times in quick succession, dealing 10% for each bite. Your character freezes once they are attacked, red orbs flying from their body to the Dragon’s as the attack takes place. The Dragon is healed ten times amount you take—meaning it can be healed up to 300%! Fortunately, this attack has low range, so keep back when you see it glowing.

6) Severe Blow - The Dragon spends approximately 1.5 seconds charging, and then its entire body is surrounded in a purple aura: it rushes forward across the stage, dealing 40% damage and very high side knockback. This is almost always a KO, so when you see the dragon charging, jump into the air and stay in the air!

Added at 50% Health

7) Dragon Driver - The dragon releases a wave of small purple fireballs, each dealing 8% (there are about ten of them) before spewing a wave of purple fire that spreads into a large cone across the screen, dealing 38% damage but no knockback. This is a quick attack and one that is very hard to dodge; luckily it can’t kill you.

8) Outer Space - Fusion Dragon leaps into the sky, which suddenly turns dark. Purple meteors shoot around in the background, and you can see the dragon covered in purple fire, slowly growing in size as it approaches the stage. The dragon then flies down onto the stage, slowly crushing you into the ground, dealing 55% damage, but no knockback. Instead, once the attack is done and the dragon steps back to its usual position, you will be completely embedded in the ground (like being hit by DK’s Side B). The Dragon uses this attack infrequently at first, but begins to use it more as it loses health.

Added at 25% Health

9) Ferocious Roar - Signifying its loss of health, the dragon releases a deafening roar, manifested in the form of a series of circular shockwaves that radiate all the way throughout the stage. You cannot dodge these, and it stuns your character for the entire duration of the attack. You stay stunned for five seconds after the attack, during which time the Dragon unleashes a Severe Blow attack. This will occur once more when the Dragon reaches 5% health.

Added at 0% Health

10) Wrath of Mars - Once the dragon dies, it roars in agony for several seconds before gathering the last of its energy reserves in the form of a glowing ball of red energy. After 1.5 seconds, the orb explodes, covering the entire stage in fire, instantly KO’ing whatever character you have out at the moment. I hope you have at least one other stock left, otherwise…well, you’re screwed.

That was a great move set Tanookie!

A lot of the moves were simple but clever. I liked up special and ftilt. The FSmash also looked like a move I would have a lot fun messing around with.

Tanookie....

Very, very great moveset. That went beyond from what I expected. The use of her Psynergy attacks in most or all of her attacks was pure genius. And that is exactly what I assumed you would do with her Final Smashes. It could only have been the Mercury summons.

And Saturos and Menardi was like a moveset itself. Omgosh this totally encourages me alot more.

wow mia is awesome tanookie! I've never played golden sun, but this set really makes me want to ~ the Djinn-centric playstyle seems really cool (not to mention very fitting for the character)

like HR said, her attacks are relatively simple but you make them sound really fun. The healing moves were quite awesome, and I loved all the effects of the neutral special and the FS. The other specials and the throws were very creative and kind of summed up this set for me.

This is definitely one of the best sets posted so far, & I really enjoyed reading it. xd

Wow Tanookie! Great job on Mia, I was really excited for Mia and this is way better than I expected. Since I played all of the Golden Sun games, I loved reading the Neutral B and Final Smash to see how you incorporated all of the aspects of the game, and in every way you did it! Also the subtle things, like Sleet decreasing attack power was awesome. I really enjoyed it as a moveset. It really inspires me to make a GS moveset. Isn't Jenna taken already? Cause if she isn't, I would wanna make a moveset for her.

Also: To tide you guys over for Allegretto, I'll release one of my Org. XIII Boss movesets tommorow

EDIT: First person of my Organization XIII moveset will be tommorow, not tonight.

Mia was a great moveset. The Djinni mechanic was brillaint and yet totally true to game. Rime was my favorite of the Djinni. Overall, it seems pretty well-balanced.

Tornadith said:

Wow Tanookie! Great job on Mia, I was really excited for Mia and this is way better than I expected. Since I played all of the Golden Sun games, I loved reading the Neutral B and Final Smash to see how you incorporated all of the aspects of the game, and in every way you did it! Also the subtle things, like Sleet decreasing attack power was awesome. I really enjoyed it as a moveset. It really inspires me to make a GS moveset. Isn't Jenna taken already? Cause if she isn't, I would wanna make a moveset for her.

Also: To tide you guys over for Allegretto, I'll release one of my Org. XIII Boss movesets tommorow

EDIT: First person of my Organization XIII moveset will be tommorow, not tonight.

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You're doing Yuna? Oh awesome sauce. I cant wait to see what you do with her.

Condog said:

What do you mean by less generosity? As in, making some of them slower, less damaging, etc? And yeah, i'm sloowly going back and addingdetail to his moves lol

Thanks for the review!

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I mean that you need more of the moves to be related to the character, rather than off-shoots... although I realise the hypocrisy when most characters in Smash have generic moves.

Good one nonetheless.

Edit: Whoops, sorry to have missed Mia - was quoting from the last page. At a glance, I love the presentation and it looks interesting, time to tuck in, as it were.

Smash Daddy said:

I mean that you need more of the moves to be related to the character, rather than off-shoots... although I realise the hypocrisy when most characters in Smash have generic moves.

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Ah okay. Which most specifically do you think need redoing?

Condog said:

Ah okay. Which most specifically do you think need redoing?

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Generally, I think the specials fit the character the best, while the rest of the moves are fitting, but do not yield enough Zelda references. Symbolism or straight-and-stated plagiarism would make it more effective.

Tanookie that there was super special awesome. Although I think POO P might just give Mia A run for your money. I'm doing a magic set as well and this has got me back after a little hiatus. (I think thats right context. Grammar NAZI is that right) JK JK JK Poo was no where near as good as Mia. Win.

Finally, Mia is posted! It was worth the wait.

Megacool is the best name for an attack in all MYM history.

And K Rool, you have disgraced Poo. BAD.

Tanookie said:

And LMFAO @ K.Rool and Poo. The moveset certainly lives up to its name, I'll give it that.

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Well, quite.

Spadefox said:

Oh sorry, didn't read the paragraph below... disregard that. D:

I maybe should get out Lip...

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Awww, man, now I'm curious to see what you had to say before you realized it was a repost of an ancient moveset of mine.

Scyphozoa said:

What was the point of that, K.Rool?

That's horrible.

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Indeed it is. To be fair, though, that before Brawl came out was well above the norm. After posting that, I got quite a few congratulatory comments saying how good my moveset was. XD

Baloo said:

And K Rool, you have disgraced Poo. BAD.

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I disgraced him two years ago or so, so I think I could maybe be forgiven.

MIA! Finally! *reads*

Mia was awesome, Tanookie.

@Tanookie: Great moveset, and very true to the character. Just a couple of nit-picking from my part. First off, the side special should probably be named Deluge (after the actual psynergy, since Tidal Wave is not an actual move). Second, the throws are also kind of broken. You said that one of the draw backs of the back throw is that is doesn't cause knockback. Have you heard of tech chasing? This is actually considered an advantage by most players, as you could rack of some serious damage chaining this throw into more throws or just another attack by reading the opponent. It's not guaranteed, but still very, very powerful. If you want to see it in action, watch the first match of this vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOZGCmBUAZg&feature=related . Second, the down throw does 11% AND gives you a free high-knockback move? If Mia grabs anyone at around 85%, they are dead (pummel - > throw -> attack). I think you should cut the percents back on both moves to make them a little bit more balanced.

P.S.: Looking back, you said it the back throw leaves here vulnerable? I think you should clarify exactly how this move works a bit more, because I'm confused about several things. Does the opponent just dropping leave them standing up, or in knockdown? What's the ending lag like? During which part of the move is she vulnerable (if it's only during the attack duration, that's only relevant in teams)?

P.P.S.: I have a Down Special on a character I'm working on that is very similar to Mia's ply. Mind if I still use it?

Yay for comments! I think it's a good thing we don't spam anymore...makes it easier to find comments and critique.

Skyshroud said:

@Tanookie: Great moveset, and very true to the character. Just a couple of nit-picking from my part. First off, the side special should probably be named Deluge (after the actual psynergy, since Tidal Wave is not an actual move). Second, the throws are also kind of broken. You said that one of the draw backs of the back throw is that is doesn't cause knockback. Have you heard of tech chasing? This is actually considered an advantage by most players, as you could rack of some serious damage chaining this throw into more throws or just another attack by reading the opponent. It's not guaranteed, but still very, very powerful. If you want to see it in action, watch the first match of this vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOZGCmBUAZg&feature=related . Second, the down throw does 11% AND gives you a free high-knockback move? If Mia grabs anyone at around 85%, they are dead (pummel - > throw -> attack). I think you should cut the percents back on both moves to make them a little bit more balanced.

P.S.: Looking back, you said it the back throw leaves here vulnerable? I think you should clarify exactly how this move works a bit more, because I'm confused about several things. Does the opponent just dropping leave them standing up, or in knockdown? What's the ending lag like? During which part of the move is she vulnerable (if it's only during the attack duration, that's only relevant in teams)?

P.P.S.: I have a Down Special on a character I'm working on that is very similar to Mia's ply. Mind if I still use it?

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Especially Skyshroud...I've never heard of tech chasing. With Mia's back throw, the opponent begins falling, but they have access to all of their aerials and jumps. Since Mia takes a second or two stunned from the damage she takes, it's really easy for opponents to simply fall on top of her and attack her with an aerial. And with the Dthrow, I'll tone back the damage and knockback. Deluge sounds much better, actually, I'll change it. And yes, of course you can. ^_^

Heartz said:

And Saturos and Menardi was like a moveset itself. Omgosh this totally encourages me alot more.

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I'm glad you like the bosses. I always thought making bosses was a ton of fun.

Hm, Mia was a very good moveset! I found all of the attacks original. I didn't fully understand the Djinni (sp?) mechanic, but sounds awesome. Great job.

Mia was a very good set, and well worth the wait.
It had lots of interesting features that don't get too complex, and could work well in the actual games.
Well done Tanookie.

I should have something ready for tonight .

Wow, Klaraan is very interseting with all the combos but, without his first jump, how can he move around Norfair? It seems he has to be perfect with his Up-B.

Also, you do know that Dedede's chain grab never stops right? It does pretty much the same knockback whether you are at 0% or 999%. So he couldn't break out at 50%.

That was a cool move set Chris.

However, I feel concerned about all his special mechanics. It makes me feel like he's just the gameplay from his own game with Smash Bros stuff slapped onto them. I've never played his game, so maybe I'm missing something, but it's something I felt I should point out. Even Arthas at least stuck to Smash Bros inputs for creating acolytes and whatnot.

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That was a cool move set Chris.

However, I feel concerned about all his special mechanics. It makes me feel like he's just the gameplay from his own game with Smash Bros stuff slapped onto them. I've never played his game, so maybe I'm missing something, but it's something I felt I should point out. Even Arthas at least stuck to Smash Bros inputs for creating acolytes and whatnot.

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I wouldn't worry about that, seeing as he comes from a Hack and Slash game. The game works with a full explorable map. Even without that difference he isn't exactly the same. All of his A moves, B moves and grabs are creative influence. Ninety Nine Nights characters can only single jump, so if that were canon, Klarrann would have no jumps at all. It took a lot of time to translate the X + Y attacks into a Smash form.

As for the Norfair comment, stages like that are obviously counterpicks against Klarrann. Up B is his only real means of getting around in these stages.

Hm, awesome moveset! 99 seems like a lot of hits to get in, though.

I know that looks really big for an announcement, but I wanted it to be great, cause I hope our moveset will be great. This will be posted during MYM5, no fears to have.

Nice moveset Chris! Awesome job as always! As you said, it's not as great as Arthas, but atleast it fits Smash better. I love the mini Aerial mechanic. The Warcraft Nerd is happy to see you used some WC moves!

Tanookie, Mia is pure greatness! I was expecting something like that from you and I was hyped up for this, but it's even better than what I thinked. The multiple FS are really good. Can't wait to see Hypno! ( 5th favorite Pokémon )

Klarrann was definitely an interesting read, though I have to echo HR a bit. I feel like he's a little forced. His moves are all fun and creative and everything, but the lack of a ground jump and combos (kind of specific to a GameCube controller, too) feel a bit un-Smash-like. Aside from that, though, I really love the moveset. It's definitely fun, interesting, and creative, just seems a bit forced into the Smash setting.

I accidentally posted something I shouldn't have. DX

BKupa666 said:

Someone post two more posts, I have a massive set for the next page.

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I can't believe, you, out of all people as an AUTHORITY OF THIS CONTEST are asking for spam in this very thread although you EXACTLY KNOW that we are trying to cut down the spam and ESPECIALLY want the "countdowns" to stop. I'm VERY disappointed in you, Kupa. And I reported you. Expect me to talk to MasterWarlord about this matter... I can not and will not tolerate this.

It looks like a good set Chris, while the mechanics are intresting, I think his game would be cramped, IDK, anyone whose played me on Brawl would probably say I <3 the air, and that's how I move towards the opponent and approach the enemy. Not having that option would make me loathe to play as him, just for the fact he can't jump. Everything else is pretty much what De3Minion and HR has said. Everything else is great though!

@Kupa: *waggles finger* Tut tut tut tut tut tut

BKupa, don't do posts for post count! ( Please, or we'll have to, report you!

Birdon soon has attacks done!

I might report my OC to MYM6, we'll see but, I need him to be in my SM and, I need a drawer.

This is random but HR, I can't wait for Bass & Treble

Awesome moveset. The attacks seem original, but the mechanic seems a bit unoriginal... still awesome, though.

Like with Iago and Zasu in MYM4, you did a great job of incorporating random scenes from the movie into attacks. Great job!

edit: @Trophy Master: Bass and Treble should be posted tommorow, or even tonight If I feel up to it.