Shulk (SSB4)

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Shulk in Super Smash Bros. 4
Universe	Xenoblade Chronicles
Availability	Starter
Final Smash	Chain Attack

“	Shulk Foresees a Fight!	”
—Introduction Tagline

Shulk was unofficially revealed as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. 4 alongside Bowser Jr. and Ganondorf via leaked videos from footage used by ESRB to rate the game before being formally confirmed on August 29th, 2014. His official reveal came along with the announcement of the "new" Nintendo 3DS port of his game Xenoblade Chronicles.

Prior his official reveal, Shulk's English voice actor, Adam Howden, had tweeted on 19 May 2014 that he had performed voiceover work for a game he was not allowed to speak about.

Moveset

Shulk performing Back Slash on Mario, then on King Dedede.

Shulk uses the Monado as his main weapon, which can attack from long range using its beam properties.

Standard Attacks

• Neutral combo - A punch, kick, slash combo. Very similar to Ike's Neutral Combo.
• Up tilt - A fast, overhead sword swipe
• Down tilt - A reasonably fast downward swipe.

Aerial Attacks

• Forward air - An overhead forward Monado swipe.
• Back air - A quick backwards slash, much like Ike's.
• Down air - Shulk holds the Monado below him, as he continues to fall.

Smash Attacks

• Up smash - Shulk smashes the hilt of the Monado to the ground, causing the beam to strike upward.
• Side smash - A long stab using the Monado's beam.
• Down smash - An attack with long start-up and ending lag, but is a high range spinning slash.

Special Attacks

• Monado Arts - Shulk uses these arts (which display kanji characters behind him when in use) to enhance his abilities. The arts, which activate via his neutral special, are:
  • 翔 (Jump): Higher jumps, lower defense.
  • 疾 (Speed): Faster movement, weaker attacks.
  • 盾 (Shield): Higher defense, slower movement.
  • 斬 (Buster): Stronger attacks, weaker launch ability.
  • 撃 (Smash): Stronger launch ability, weaker attacks, lower defense against launching.

• Air Slash - Shulk's up special move, which works very similarly to Dolphin Slash albeit with two sword strikes.
• Back Slash - Shulk's side special move, which hits harder if the opponent's back is facing him.
• Vision - A counterattack much like those of Fire Emblem characters. It is a down special move.
• Final Smash - Shulk summons Dunban and Riki to perform a Chain Attack on his opponents, before finishing them off with a strong Monado slash.

Shulk's special moves

Neutral special	Monado Arts
Side special	Back Slash
Up special	Air Slash
Down special	Vision
Final Smash	Chain Attack

Special Move	Custom 1	Custom 2	Custom 3
Neutral Special	Monado Arts	Deceiving Monado Arts	Extreme Monado Arts
Side Special	Back Slash	Jumping Back Slash	Enduring Back Slash
Up Special	Air Slash	Forward Air Slash	Strong Air Slash
Down Special	Vision	Dash Vision	Powerful Vision
Final Smash	unnamed	-	-

Reveal trailer

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Palette Swaps

• Red: Based on Shulk's official art for Xenoblade Chronicles.
• White: Somewhat resembles Fiora's color scheme.
• Black: Somewhat resembles the color scheme of Dunban's outfit.
• Brown: Resembles Reyn's color scheme.
• Blue: Somewhat resembles Sharla's color scheme.
• Lavender: Resembles Melia's color scheme.
• Yellow: Resembles Riki's color scheme.
• Trunks: Based on Shulk's swimsuit armor set from Xenoblade Chronicles.

Gallery

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  Shulk's poster.

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  Splash art of Shulk.

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  Swimsuit costume for Shulk.

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  More palette swaps for Shulk.

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  Pic of the Day, when Shulk was revealed.

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  Shulk in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

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  Shulk activates the Smash Monado Art.

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  Forward air.

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  Shulk's Final Smash, featuring Dunban and Riki.

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  Shulk posing with Riki.

Trivia

• The title of Shulk's trailer is the line he says in Xenoblade Chronicles when the party is about to face a powerful enemy.
  • Due to said line having no obvious connection to the trailer, some fans believe it is in reference to the ESRB leak.
• Shulk is the only fighter leaked by the ESRB leak to be a starter character.