Roy (PM): Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Character Mod

|name = Roy

|mod = Project M

|base = SSBM

|altcostume = Awakening Roy (''[[Project+]]'')

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==Attributes==

Roy maintains the same archetype from ''Melee'', being a nimble fighter with relatively strong and fast attacks, an uncommon combination for a lightweight. He retains many of his attributes from ''Melee'', including a fast dash, a fast falling speed (the same as the significantly heavier {{PM|Donkey Kong}}), and an average air speed. As a swordsman, Roy's [[List of swords#Binding Blade|Binding Blade]] gives his attacks disjointed hitboxes, allowing him to carefully space between him and his opponents. Many of his attacks were heavily buffed in his transition from ''Melee'', becoming stronger, faster, better for comboing, easier to land due to increased reach, and better for finishing. Roy's greatest change, however, is his drastically improved aerial game (which was arguably the worst in ''Melee''). For instance, his sweetspotted down aerial is much stronger and now a [[spike]] as opposed to a [[meteor smash]], and his back aerial is a powerful finisher due to its significantly increased knockback.

However, Roy is not without his flaws. He retains his disjointed hitboxes' primary flaw from ''Melee'': the poor hitbox placements, as the tipper hitboxes of most attacks (neutral aerial and up smash are a few exceptions), retain their roles as the sourspots of his attacks, meaning that Roy is still forced to come up close to his opponents in order to be most efficient. However, because they are easier to land as a result of their increased range, this flaw does not adversely affect Roy nearly as much as it did in ''Melee''. Roy's primary flaws, however, are his susceptibility to combos despite his light weight, due to his fast falling speed, which also exacerbates his poor and easily [[gimp]]ed recovery, his other major flaw. On the upside, Roy can aid his recovery by using his side special, the [[Double-Edge Dance]], as the first hit grants him slightly more vertical distance and longer airborne time. Also, his fast falling speed enhances his vertical endurance, making him moderately difficult to KO vertically. Despite this, Roy's vertical endurance is only average relative to the cast (18th overall, which is relatively worse than in ''Melee'') due to being lighter than many other characters. In conclusion, Roy can be considered a rush-down glass cannon like the [[space animal]]s, because while he possesses devastatingly powerful attacks in his repertoire in addition to an effective combo game, his survivability is below average due to being an easy-to-combo lightweight with a lackluster recovery.

Roy has been heavily [[buff]]ed from ''Melee'' to PM and has been reworked to be more of a semi-clone of {{PM|Marth}}, rather than a [[clone]], in terms of animations and attack functions. In addition, his buffs have increased his overall KO potential and made him become on par Marth as opposed to weaker.

*{{change|Roy no longer says "{{ja|そこ!|Soko!}}" ("There!") when he counters an attack.}}

==Revisions==

===v3.01===

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==In [[competitive play]]==

===Notable players===

==Alternate costumes==

PMDT had [https://twitter.com/ProjectMGame/status/625787345514721282 confirmed] on their Twitter account that Roy would have an alternate costume based off his appearance in ''Fire Emblem: Awakening'' in a future version of Project M. While it never made it into the mod officially, it was later released on the [http://forums.kc-mm.com/Gallery/BrawlView.php?Number=212204 Brawl Vault].

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*'''Purple''': A costume added in version 3.5. The color scheme makes a reference to [[:File:Roy Awakening.png|his appearance in ''Fire Emblem: Awakening'']].

==Trivia==

[[File:RoyCongratulationsPM.png|thumb|Roy's congratulations screen in ''Project M'']]

*Like Mewtwo, anything that would normally be exclusive to Roy (namely, trophies, Congratulations video and a [[Codec Conversations|codec conversation]]) reuses that of {{PM|Mario}}'s.

**Despite this, he now has his own congratulations screen.

**In addition, when accessing [[replay]]s in ''Brawl'', Roy shows up as {{SSBB|Mario}}.

*If Roy is under the effects of a Turbo and performs his neutral aerial right after using [[Blazer]] on a large character such as {{PM|Bowser}}, Roy will launch high up into the air. A similar situation applies to Marth.

*Roy is one of the only two characters to have two [[spike]]s; the other is {{PM|Donkey Kong}}. Coincidentally, they share the same falling speed.

==External links==

{{Project M}}

[[Category:Roy]]

[[Category:Characters (PM)]]