Editing Wolf (PM)

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|name         = Wolf

|image       = [[Image:Wolf SSBB.jpg|250px]]

|mod         = Project M

|base         = ssbb

|moveset1     = Wolf (SSBB)

|altcostume   = [[lylatwiki::File:WolfSF2Headshot.png|Classic Wolf]]

'''Wolf''' is a playable character in the ''[[Brawl]]'' mod ''[[Project M]]''. He has been given better combo options than his ''Brawl'' version for his appearance in ''Project M''.<!--tier position paragraph-->

 

Like the other [[space animals]], Wolf is a glass cannon. He has among the best movement speed in the game and many offensive tools such as his back aerial and forward aerial sourspot. He also has among the best vertical endurance in ''Project M'' due to being the heaviest of the three space animals (albeit still a lightweight) and having the fastest [[falling speed]] in ''Project M''. The latter point also grants him a useful [[SHFFL]]. Wolf also has many useful KO options such as his up and side smash attacks. His biggest strength, however, is his deadly [[shine]]. It allows for deadly juggles like {{PM|Falco}}, which when combined with his aforementioned useful offensive maneuvers, gives him one of the most versatile combos in the game.

However, Wolf has a number of weaknesses. One of his prominent weaknesses is his very poor recovery. Despite his fast air speed, Wolf's fast falling speed significantly lowers his potential distance. His two recovery options are also linear and predictable, not having mixups like the other space animals. Additionally, his horizontal endurance is very poor due to his extremely light weight and aforementioned falling speed. The latter also makes him one of the easiest characters to combo.

Wolf is overall a character who must play very aggressively using his many offensive tools as he is at significant risk when playing defensively.

*{{buff|Wolf's [[dashing]] speed has been drastically improved; he now runs nearly as fast as Fox.}}

*{{buff|Wolf is the character that has benefited the most from the standarized [[meteor cancel]] delay of 16 frames; this allows him to act out much faster than with the previous 60 frames he had to wait, leaving him much less vulnerable to meteor smashes and thus enhancing his vertical recovery.}}

*{{buff|Relative to the cast, Wolf falls faster, going from being the 4th fastest faller of 39 characters to the fastest faller of 41 in ''Project M''; this acts as a massive aid to his vertical survivability, especially considering that falling speed once again has a big impact on vertical knockback like in ''Melee'' and unlike in ''Brawl''. It also provides for him an excellent [[SHFFL]], similar to {{PM|Fox}} and {{PM|Falco}}.}}

*{{change|Wolf is significantly [[Weight|lighter]], which, along with his weakened defensive maneuvers, causes his already poor survivability to be even worse. Fortunately, he is now light enough to be knocked down by Fox's shine, thus inhibiting the latter's waveshine combos against the former.}}

*{{buff|Jab 1 deals slightly more damage.}}

*{{buff|Forward tilt has much less hitlag and has slighty more KO potential.}}

*{{buff|Up tilt has less knockback and with ''Project M''{{'}}s physics make it a better follow-up move that combos into itself at lower percents.}}

*{{buff|Dash attack is now a frontal claw uppercut, which covers a larger area in front of Wolf and conserves forward momentum, while functioning similarly to its ''Brawl'' equivalent.}}

*{{nerf|New up smash deals much less damage, and has slower start-up.}}

*{{nerf|Can no longer [[Gatling Combo]].}}

*{{buff|Forward aerial has less endlag and now has a sweetspot which does much more damage and knockback, and the sourspot has weak knockback which allows for follow-ups especially at higher percents.}}

*{{buff|Back aerial deals slightly more damage and has slightly higher KO potential.}}

*{{buff|Up aerial has horizontal knockback which can make it an effective offstage KO option.}}

*{{buff|Down aerial has slightly faster start-up, and the sourspot does slightly more damage. The attack is also capable of [[spike|spiking]] grounded opponents, allowing Wolf to combo into aerials, but can only [[meteor smash]] those in midair.}}

*{{nerf|Up aerial does slightly less damage and has a sourspot.}}

===Grabs and Throws===

*{{buff|All throws are better for comboing, and has a new back throw which is faster than his old back throw.}}

*{{buff|Pummel deals higher damage making it more effective at racking up damage.}}  

*{{nerf|Forward, down, and new back throw deal less damage.}}

*{{nerf|Pummel is slower.}}

*{{buff|[[Fire Wolf]] now has a single hit that lasts throughout the move's entire duration, which also causes [[tumbling]] at higher percentages, making it more effective at [[guard break]]ing, but hindering its offensive utility on land.}}

*{{buff|[[Reflector]] now sends opponents in a diagonally upward trajectory, along with considerably increased damage, and can be [[jump-cancel]]ed like those of Fox and Falco, allowing for potentially deadly juggling combos. It can now be cancelled even after reflecting a projectile, which prevents a shine lock from characters with fast projectiles. This also allows reflected projectiles to be followed up on via a [[waveshine]] or other move out of a jump, and Shine can be jumped out of, and can do combos with his shine that other spacies cannot do.}}

*{{buff|[[Wolf Flash]] has been changed so that if Wolf hits a foe with the end of the animation, he won't fall [[helpless]], allowing him to then use another recovery move to get back on stage, and the sweetspot does more knockback and does slighty more damage.}}

*{{buff|[[Blaster (Wolf)|Blaster's]] endlag can be cancelled with an airdodge, which can increase his mobility between shots by wavelanding, and the tip of the gun deals slightly higher damage.}}

*{{nerf|Blaster moves slower and does less damage, and is the Blaster is no longer [[transcendent]]}}

*{{nerf|Reflector no longer has [[intangibility]].}}

*{{change|Grounded [[Wolf Flash]] ending, such as when [[Wolf Flash]] is used into an upward slope, is capable of sliding off of edges.}}

*{{change|Grounded [[Wolf Flash]] ending is able to hit with the sweetspot hit when shortened.}}

*{{change|[[Wolf Flash]] being able to pass through Final Destination's and Yoshi's Island's walls near the edge and fall through the stage has been fixed.}}

*{{nerf|Dash attack has smaller hitbox and more endlag.}}

*{{change|Up aerial tail hitbox has been removed.}}

| rowspan=3 | || 4% || rowspan=3 | Wolf slashes with one arm, then the other, and bites on the third hit. Very low start up and ending lag and decent knockback, while being good for starting up combos. The thrid hit moves Wolf a great distance forward.

| [[Wolf Flash]] || 3% (sourspot), 16% (sweetspot) || Wolf quickly propels himself diagonally upwards at a 35° angle. The sourspot of the move causes low knockback and sends opponents upwards, but the sweetspot deals strong knockback and does not cause Wolf to become [[helpless]], allowing him to use another recovery move to get back on stage.

===Notable players===

*{{Sm|5-1|USA}}

*{{Sm|Chillin|USA}}

*{{Sm|Neon|USA}}

*{{Sm|Rat|USA}}

*{{Sm|Scythe|USA}}

*{{Sm|Silent Wolf|USA}}

Wolf's Red, Green and White costumes were edited (looking solid and polished) to be more noticeable.

|colspan=8|[[Image:Wolf Palette (PM).png|frame|center|Wolf's alternate costumes in PM]]

*Wolf is the only {{uv|Star Fox}} character whose down aerial cannot [[spike]] in a normal fashion, due to it only working on grounded opponents.

*He is also one of the two characters possessing a spike that only works on grounded opponents, aside from {{PM|Mario}}'s late up smash.

*[http://projectmgame.com/en/characters/wolf Project M character page]