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|availability = [[Unlockable character|Unlockable]] | |availability = [[Unlockable character|Unlockable]] | ||
|tier = A | |tier = A- | ||
|ranking = | |ranking = 24 | ||
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'''Ivysaur''' ({{ja|フシギソウ|Fushigisō}}, ''Fushigisou'') is a playable character in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. It was confirmed on June 12th, 2018. Along with the Pokémon Trainer, Ivysaur is classified as [[Fighter number|Fighter #34]]. | '''Ivysaur''' ({{ja|フシギソウ|Fushigisō}}, ''Fushigisou'') is a playable character in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. It was confirmed on June 12th, 2018. Along with the Pokémon Trainer, Ivysaur is classified as [[Fighter number|Fighter #34]]. | ||
As with other playable characters from the ''Pokémon'' franchise, Ivysaur is voiced by several voice actors in different languages, each of them reprising their roles from the respective dubs for ''Pokémon the Series: XY''. The voice actors are as follows: | |||
*Justin Anselmi in English, succeeding Craig Blair's portrayal from ''Brawl''. | |||
*Inuko Inuyama in Japanese, succeeding Tomoko Kawakami's portrayal also from ''Brawl''. | |||
*Jean-Marc Delhausse in French. | |||
*Achim Barrenstein in German. | |||
==How to unlock== | |||
Unlocked as part of {{SSBU|Pokémon Trainer}} alongside {{SSBU|Charizard}} and {{SSBU|Squirtle}}. | |||
==Attributes== | ==Attributes== | ||
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Altogether, Ivysaur fills the "zoner" role for Pokemon Trainer's lineup, with its long range, disjointed attacks, and projectile allowing it to excel at keeping opponents out. It is the middle of the three in weight, and is usually used around mid-high percent because of its strong advantage state, combos, and zoning ability. | Altogether, Ivysaur fills the "zoner" role for Pokemon Trainer's lineup, with its long range, disjointed attacks, and projectile allowing it to excel at keeping opponents out. It is the middle of the three in weight, and is usually used around mid-high percent because of its strong advantage state, combos, and zoning ability. | ||
If the player wishes to centralize their gameplan around Ivysaur, knowledge of Charizard is recommended. Charizard's immense power in combination with their similar range to Ivysaur's allows a player to switch between a defensive zoner and offensive aerial gameplan that allows them to keep control over the pace of a battle with ease. Additionally, Charizard's wealth of recovery options and additional mid-air jump covers Ivysaur's lackluster recovery, and their super heavyweight status gives them an edge when staying alive for as long as possible is required. | |||
==Changes from ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''== | ==Changes from ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''== | ||
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Ivysaur was previously considered the worst Pokémon in the {{SSBU|Pokémon Trainer}}'s party and one of the worst characters in ''Brawl'' (especially if judged as a standalone fighter), due to its large amount of significant weaknesses, namely poor damage outputs on its attacks, notable KO problems due to laggy finishers, | REMINDER: Our Manual of Style states that all Pokémon are to use gender-neutral pronouns. | ||
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Ivysaur was previously considered the worst Pokémon in the {{SSBU|Pokémon Trainer}}'s party and one of the worst characters in ''Brawl'' (especially if judged as a standalone fighter), due to its large amount of significant weaknesses, namely poor damage outputs on its attacks, notable KO problems due to laggy finishers, bad aerial game, even worse recovery, and one of the worst special movesets in the game. Most likely in an attempt to create a higher balance within the team, Ivysaur has been heavily buffed in the transition to ''Ultimate'', and is by far the most buffed Pokémon in the Pokémon Trainer's party. | |||
Ivysaur's biggest buffs come from the adjustments to the Pokémon Trainer's mechanics alongside universal gameplay changes. The [[type effectiveness]] mechanic, which previously gave Ivysaur a disproportionate weakness to the common [[flame]]-type attacks throughout the cast, has been removed, while the elimination of [[Pokémon Change#Stamina|stamina]] allows Ivysaur to stay in the fight without weakening its moves. The universal increase to mobility benefits Ivysaur, significantly improving its [[air speed]]. The universally decreased [[landing lag]] on aerials fixes its poor aerial approach, and now grants its moves combo potential, which is especially bolstered by the changes to [[hitstun canceling]]. However, and most notably, the removal of [[edgehogging]] in favor of ledge trumping considerably improves its exploitable recovery, allowing [[Vine Whip]] to grab the ledge. This is further helped by the ability to use [[Pokémon Change]] in the air, allowing Ivysaur to gain access to {{SSBU|Charizard}}'s better recovery in case it's not able to teturn to the stage. | |||
Ivysaur's | A large part of Ivysaur's moveset has been modified and is significantly more useful overall. The addition of a finisher and the changes to neutral infinites makes its [[neutral attack]] more reliable for racking up damage, while [[down tilt]] consists of a single hit that [[semi-spike]]s. Some of Ivysaur's notoriously weak attacks, such as [[down smash]] and [[back aerial]], have had their damage and knockback considerably increased, with down smash gaining a sweetspot that can KO at realistic percents. Tying in with its improved air physics, Ivysaur's aerial game has received several enhancements: it has a new, disjointed [[neutral aerial]] that performs much better than its old one, due to its [[autolink angle]] and the weakening of [[SDI]] from ''Brawl'' enabling it to connect much more reliably. [[Up aerial|Up]] and [[down aerial]]s' momentum changes are less extreme, and down aerial has been heavily buffed, as its small meteor smash sweetspot deals more damage and is slightly larger, and its large sourspot now meteor smashes as well, turning the move into a powerful edgeguarding tool. | ||
In addition, Ivysaur's throw game is vastly more useful; it now has a more reliable KO throw in its [[back throw]], alongside reliable combos from [[up throw]] and [[down throw]], while it is also one of the characters to be the least affected by the universal nerfs to [[grab]]s, as only its pivot grab's lag was increased, and all grabs except its dash grab have more range. Lastly, its entire special moveset has been improved in several ways: [[Bullet Seed]] has gained a finisher (though the move remains situational overall), [[Razor Leaf]] is noticeably more useful as a [[projectile]] due to its previously unreliable trajectory being more consistent and the changes to histun canceling granting it extreme combo potential, and Vine Whip has faster startup, can be angled, and no longer causes helplessness, giving Ivysaur a powerful combo finisher and more opportunities to recover. Altogether, these changes immensely improve Ivysaur's neutral game, damage racking, and zoning abilities, putting them more in line with the rest of the cast. | |||
However, Ivysaur did receive a few notable nerfs | However, Ivysaur did receive a few notable nerfs. Ivysaur's [[weight]] has been decreased, which combined with the removal of [[momentum canceling]] hinders its survivability. Although [[forward tilt]] connects much more reliably due to the weakening of SDI, it has noticeably more startup, while it retains high ending lag and a lack of KO power. Some of Ivysaur's KO options were toned down as well, such as [[dash attack]], [[forward smash]], [[forward aerial]], and its notorious up aerial and [[up smash]], with the latter no longer being the strongest in the game. Most importantly, however, Bullet Seed has slower startup with no intangibility, and racks up a significantly lower amount of damage due to its shortened duration, greatly reducing its utility despite the new finisher. As a result, Ivysaur is more reliant on racking up damage with its various buffed moves to KO effectively, which is exacerbated by all its aerials except neutral and down aerial launching at upward angles that are ineffective for edgeguarding, often compelling the player to switch to Charizard and utilize its greater KO potential once opponents are at high percents. | ||
All in all, Ivysaur has become a drastically better character since its introduction in ''Brawl'', especially relative to the rest of the cast. While it has been retooled to fit more in line as the zoner the Pokémon Trainer's party, and it has received nerfs in game updates, Ivysaur is now considered to be the most useful Pokémon of the three, with traits like decent weight, disjointed attacks, a conventional projectile, and combos and setups into its most powerful moves, allowing Ivysaur to fill in the gaps its partners lack, namely Squirtle's lack of power at the cost of attack speed, Charizard's slow moveset in detriment of power, and both Pokemon's melee range in exchange for slower movement speed. | |||
{{SSB4 to SSBU changelist|char=Ivysaur}} | {{SSB4 to SSBU changelist|char=Ivysaur}} | ||
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|fsdmg=0.2% (Solar Beam), 5% (Finisher) | |fsdmg=0.2% (Solar Beam), 5% (Finisher) | ||
|fsdesc=The {{SSBU|Pokémon Trainer}} sends out both {{SSBU|Squirtle}} and {{SSBU|Charizard}}, and all three Pokémon perform a combination attack involving powerful trapping attacks with long horizontal range. For Ivysaur's contribution to the attack, it uses {{iw|bulbapedia|Solar Beam|move}}, a long beam of solar energy that traps opponents for repeated damage. Serves as the finisher and traps opponents that may be at the far end of the beam. Deals damage every 5 frames. | |fsdesc=The {{SSBU|Pokémon Trainer}} sends out both {{SSBU|Squirtle}} and {{SSBU|Charizard}}, and all three Pokémon perform a combination attack involving powerful trapping attacks with long horizontal range. For Ivysaur's contribution to the attack, it uses {{iw|bulbapedia|Solar Beam|move}}, a long beam of solar energy that traps opponents for repeated damage. Serves as the finisher and traps opponents that may be at the far end of the beam. Deals damage every 5 frames. | ||
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===Stats=== | |||
{{Attributes | |||
| cast=89 | |||
| weight=96 | rweight=40-43 | |||
| dash=1.903 | rdash=46 | |||
| run=1.595 | rrun=61-65 | |||
| walk=1.103 | rwalk=47-48 | |||
| trac=0.121 | rtrac=17-18 | |||
| airfric=0.014 | rairfric=31-33 | |||
| air=0.998 | rair=61 | |||
| baseaccel=0.01 | rbaseaccel=15-87 | |||
| addaccel=0.085 | raddaccel=12-15 | |||
| gravity=0.082 | rgravity=62-64 | |||
| fall=1.38 | rfall=68-69 | |||
| ff=2.208 | rff=68-69 | |||
| jumpsquat=3 | rjumpsquat=1-88 | |||
| jumpheight=32.25 | rjumpheight=49 | |||
| shorthop=15.58 | rshorthop=53 | |||
| djump=32.25 | rdjump=58 | |||
}} | }} | ||
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*Looks around, then shakes its body. | *Looks around, then shakes its body. | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
SSBUIvysaurIdle1.gif|Ivysaur's first idle pose | SSBUIvysaurIdle1.gif|Ivysaur's first idle pose. | ||
SSBUIvysaurIdle2.gif|Ivysaur's second idle pose | SSBUIvysaurIdle2.gif|Ivysaur's second idle pose. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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! colspan=4|Spirit | ! colspan=4|Spirit | ||
! colspan=7|Battle parameters | ! colspan=7|Battle parameters | ||
! colspan=1|Inspiration | |||
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! style="width:5%;"|No. | ! style="width:5%;"|No. | ||
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! Conditions | ! Conditions | ||
! Music | ! Music | ||
! Character | |||
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|•The enemy is giant | |•The enemy is giant | ||
|{{SSBUMusicLink|Super Mario Bros.|Country Field: Away Team}} | |{{SSBUMusicLink|Super Mario Bros.|Country Field: Away Team}} | ||
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|- | |- | ||
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|•The enemy loves to jump | |•The enemy loves to jump | ||
|{{SSBUMusicLink|The Legend of Zelda|Overworld Theme - The Legend of Zelda}} | |{{SSBUMusicLink|The Legend of Zelda|Overworld Theme - The Legend of Zelda}} | ||
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|•The floor is sticky<br>•The enemy is easily distracted by items<br>•The enemy has increased move speed | |•The floor is sticky<br>•The enemy is easily distracted by items<br>•The enemy has increased move speed | ||
|{{SSBUMusicLink|Metroid|Brinstar (Melee)}} | |{{SSBUMusicLink|Metroid|Brinstar (Melee)}} | ||
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|•The floor is poisonous<br>•The enemy is giant | |•The floor is poisonous<br>•The enemy is giant | ||
|{{SSBUMusicLink|Pokémon|Main Theme - Pokémon Red & Pokémon Blue (Brawl)}} | |{{SSBUMusicLink|Pokémon|Main Theme - Pokémon Red & Pokémon Blue (Brawl)}} | ||
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|•The floor is sleep-inducing<br>•The enemy can unleash powerful critical hits at random | |•The floor is sleep-inducing<br>•The enemy can unleash powerful critical hits at random | ||
|{{SSBUMusicLink|Pokémon|Pokémon Gold / Pokémon Silver Medley}} | |{{SSBUMusicLink|Pokémon|Pokémon Gold / Pokémon Silver Medley}} | ||
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|517 | |517 | ||
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|•You constantly take minor damage | |•You constantly take minor damage | ||
|{{SSBUMusicLink|Pokémon|Route 209 - Pokémon Diamond / Pokémon Pearl}} | |{{SSBUMusicLink|Pokémon|Route 209 - Pokémon Diamond / Pokémon Pearl}} | ||
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|538 | |538 | ||
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|•The enemy favors neutral specials<br>•Only certain Pokémon will emerge from Poké Balls (Chespin) | |•The enemy favors neutral specials<br>•Only certain Pokémon will emerge from Poké Balls (Chespin) | ||
|{{SSBUMusicLink|Pokémon|Battle! (Wild Pokémon) - Pokémon X / Pokémon Y}} | |{{SSBUMusicLink|Pokémon|Battle! (Wild Pokémon) - Pokémon X / Pokémon Y}} | ||
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|551 | |551 | ||
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|•Dangerously high winds are in effect<br>•The enemy favors side specials | |•Dangerously high winds are in effect<br>•The enemy favors side specials | ||
|{{SSBUMusicLink|Pokémon|Battle! (Trainer) - Pokémon Sun / Pokémon Moon}} | |{{SSBUMusicLink|Pokémon|Battle! (Trainer) - Pokémon Sun / Pokémon Moon}} | ||
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|{{SpiritTableName|Sprigatito, Fuecoco, & Quaxly|size=64}} | |||
|''Pokémon'' Series | |||
|•{{SSBU|Ivysaur}} {{Head|Ivysaur|g=SSBU|s=20px|cl=Yellow}}<br>•{{SSBU|Squirtle}} {{Head|Squirtle|g=SSBU|s=20px|cl=White}}<br>•{{SSBU|Kirby}} {{Head|Kirby|g=SSBU|s=20px|cl=Red}} | |||
|{{SpiritType|Neutral}} | |||
|3,700 | |||
|[[Delfino Plaza]] (Courtyard) | |||
|N/A | |||
|•The enemy favors side specials | |||
|{{SSBUMusicLink|Pokémon|Battle! (Trainer) - Pokémon Sun / Pokémon Moon}} | |||
|{{iw|bulbapedia|Sprigatito}} | |||
|} | |} | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Ivysaur, {{SSBU|Byleth}}, and {{SSBU|Min Min}} are the only three playable characters in ''Ultimate'' whose up special is solely a [[tether recovery]]. | *Ivysaur, {{SSBU|Byleth}}, and {{SSBU|Min Min}} are the only three playable characters in ''Ultimate'' whose up special is solely a [[tether recovery]]. | ||
*With [[Vine Whip]] no longer causing it to experience [[helplessness]], Ivysaur is now one of the few fighters in the game that is unable to put itself in a helpless state without touching a red trampoline from [[Pac-Jump]]. | *With [[Vine Whip]] no longer causing it to experience [[helplessness]], Ivysaur is now one of the few fighters in the game that is unable to put itself in a helpless state without touching a red trampoline from [[Pac-Jump]]. | ||
*Ivysaur's [[Star KO]] voice clip seems to have an error at the beginning, as it starts with a noticeable pause. This trait is shared with {{SSBU|Young Link}}. | *Ivysaur's [[Star KO]] voice clip seems to have an error at the beginning, as it starts with a noticeable pause. This trait is shared with {{SSBU|Young Link}}. | ||
*If Ivysaur is the fighter with the highest score/stock count at the end of a match in a [[team battle]] consisting of three or more fighters, it can still be heard despite not being present. | *If Ivysaur is the fighter with the highest score/stock count at the end of a match in a [[team battle]] consisting of three or more fighters, it can still be heard despite not being present. | ||
*Ivysaur and {{SSBU|Squirtle}} are the only characters not to have an announcer voice clip by Xander Mobus. | *Ivysaur and {{SSBU|Squirtle}} are the only characters not to have an announcer voice clip by Xander Mobus. | ||
*Whenever Ivysaur performs a ledge jump, it is briefly seen holding onto the ledge with its right foot (left foot when facing left). This is possibly due to being an animation carryover from ''Brawl''. | *Whenever Ivysaur performs a ledge jump, it is briefly seen holding onto the ledge with its right foot (left foot when facing left). This is possibly due to being an animation carryover from ''Brawl''. | ||