Mewtwo (SSBM)

Origins

Mewtwo made his debut in 1996, on the Pokémon series of games and animé. He was the 150th Pokémon in the Pokédex and can be caught only after beating the game. He resides in the Unknown Dungeon next to Cerulean City. He has also starred in his own movie, providing his backstory as the genetic clone of Mew.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Superbly long and safe recovery
Throws that can combo and kill
Long wavedash
Fast tilts with combo capacity
Can edge-guard faraway opponents by jumping off the ledge because his long recovery ensures a safe return
Can double jump cancel
A Mewtwo player is such a novelty that few players know how to play against him effectively.
Airdodge turns him invisisble, making it impossible to tell which direction he is going in (This is especially useful for confusing opponents when wavedashing).
Can moonwalk

Cons

Very big target
Easily KO'ed due to his light weight and floatiness
Exceedingly poor approach, due to lack of fast defensive options
Poor spot dodge

Metagame and Tier Ranking

Mewtwo is considered, played at the highest metagame, the worst character. He is last place on the current tier list.

Basic 1v1

Versus Fast Fallers

Fast fallers are the easiest characters to combo in the game. They include Fox, Falco, Captain Falcon, and in some cases Roy. A lot of combos carry over and work on most of the characters in this category. Here are some of the basic setups for these characters:
Downtilt
A downtilt can start up many combos at varying percentages against fast fallers. It combos into more downtilts and then into grabs. Usually you can get in two downtilts and follow up with a grab at low percents. At high percents it can set up for aerials.
Uptilt
An uptilt is an awkward but effective setup. It's generally used to interupt an aerial attack, but it, like the downtilt, can combo into itself. It sets up nicely for aerial attacks.
Upthrow
Although mostly effective against Fox and Falco, this usually leads to juggles at low percents.
Downthrow
While never providing any "true" combos, this will set up for combos if your opponent DI's incorrectly. If they DI towards you then you can grab them again, or begin a downtilt assault into a grab. If they do DI properly you still have the option of tech chasing, something that Mewtwo is very capable of due to his excellent wavedash.
Forward Air
The Mewtwo standard juggle for fast fallers, and one of many Mewtwo players' favorite move. This sets up for multiple fairs at low percents and at least two fairs at moderate percents. It also sets up for upairs, or tilts if you perform it close to the ground or perform an instant DJC.
Up Air
Another great juggling aerial. Often underrated due to Mewtwo's fair, but in a lot of situations it's better. Combo's into itself and other aerials with ease.

Versus Floaties

Character Specific Matchups

Fox

Falco

Marth

Sheik

Peach

Captain Falcon

Samus

Jigglypuff

Mario/Doc

Luigi

Statistics

General

Taunt

Total time: 120 frames
First moment of laughter ("HMHMHMHMHMH!"): 1

Weight

Mewtwo is tied for the 17th heaviest character in the game, along with Young Link and Roy.

Speed

Mewtwo is ranked 16th place in walking speed.
He is tied for 17th place in dashing speed.

Falling speed

Mewtwo is ranked as the 19th fastest in average falling speed and 21st at maximum falling speed.

Traction

Mewtwo has the 3rd lowest traction in the game; this means he slides further when shielding an enemy attack and when wavedashing.

Jump

Frame Data:

Airborne on frame 6
Air time: 60 frames
Earliest possible time to fastfall: 31 frames
Air time (including fastfall): 44 frames

Short hop

Short hop air time: 35 frames
Earliest possible time to fastfall after short jump: 20 frames
Short hop air time (including fastfall): 24 frames

Double jump

Earliest possible time to fastfall after second jump: 48 frames

Mewtwo can gain extra height on his second jump by performing an attack late in his jump. 34 frames after double jumping, Mewtwo's attacks will cause the greatest change in height. Attacking after 33 frames causes him to jump almost as high, and attacking before or after this optimal time will cause Mewtwo's second jump to be extended less and less.

Air dodge

Visible: frames 1-3, 30-33
Invisible (and invincible): frames 4-29
Total time: 39 frames

Mewtwo is the only character that disappears when he air dodges, though the purple fire from a charged Shadow Ball is still visible when he air dodges.

Sidestep

Invulnerable frames 2-21 out of 37

Mewtwo has the 4th slowest sidestep. Thus, if Mewtwo dodges an attack, enemies will often still be able to punish him during the lag of his dodge. This means that his slow sidestep is often unuseful in evading quick attacks, although it does allow him to avoid all the hits of longer multihit attacks, like Peach's down smash.

Roll

Invulnerable frames 4-19 out of 37
Mewtwo can roll much farther than any other character in the game.

Landing Lag

4 frames

Dash

Dash becomes run at frame 19
Turn around time (when running): 37 frames

When turning, Mewtwo first faces the other direction on frame 22

Ledge Properties

Ledge stand below 100%
Total time: 33 frames
Invincible frames 1-30
Ledge stand above 100%
Total time: 59 frames
Invincible frames 1-55
Ledge roll below 100%
Total time: 49 frames
Invincible frames 1-27
Ledge roll above 100%
Total time: 79 frames
Invincible frames 1-74
Ledge attack below 100%
Total time: 55 frames
Invulnerable frames 1-22
Hits on frames 26-30
Ledge attack above 100%
Total time: 69 frames
Invulnerable frames 1-46
Hits on frames 50-52
Ledge jump below 100%
Total time: 52 frames
Invulnerable frames 1-15
Soonest possible fastfall: frame 46
Ledge jump above 100%
Total time: 67 frames
Invincible frames: 1-21
Soonest possible fastfall: frame 52
NOTE: The time at which his invincibility ends is also the time at which Mewtwo no longer occupies the edge, and it can be grabbed by other characters.

A Attacks

Neutral A

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Mewtwo's Neutral A.

3-6% damage
Frame Data:

Total time: 29 frames
Hits on frame 8
Rapid A can be started any time during frames 3-28

Rapid A

1-2% damage
Frame Data:

Total time: 79 frames
Hits on frames 13, 20, 27, 34, 41, 48, 55, 65

Dash attack

3-9% damage
Frame Data:

Total time: 49 frames
Hits on frames 10-29
IASA frame 38

Forward tilt

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Mewtwo's Forward Tilt

2-10% damage
Can be angled up or down
Frame Data:

Total time: 31 frames
Hits on frames 6-8
IASA frame 29

Up tilt

2-10% damage
Frame Data:

Total time: 31 frames
Hits on frames 6-11
IASA frame 28

Down tilt

2-9% damage
Frame Data:

Total time: 29 frames
Hits on frames 5-7

Forward smash

6-27% damage
Frame Data:

Total time: 59 frames
Hits on frames 18-19
Starts charging on frame 14
IASA frame 52

Down smash

8-20% damage
Frame Data:

Total time: 59 frames
Hits on frames 20-21
Starts charging on frame 17
IASA frame 38

Up smash

1-20% damage
Frame Data:

Total time: 79 frames
Hits on frames 9-10, 13-14, 17-18, 21-22, 25-26, 29-30, and 33-34
Starts charging on frame 2
IASA frame 70

Aerial Attacks

Neutral aerial

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Mewtwo's Neutral Aerial.

1-16% damage
Frame Data:

Total time: 54 frames
Hits on frames 5-6, 9-10, 13-14, 17-18, 21-22, 25-26, 29-30, 33-34, 37-38
IASA frame 42
Landing before frame 4 or after frame 39 of this attack causes the move the auto cancel.
Landing while using this attack results in 1 frame of damage
Lag when landing: 26 frames
Lag when landing (l-canceled): 13 frames

Forward aerial

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Mewtwo's Forward Aerial.

7-14% damage
Frame Data:

Total time: 39 frames
Hit on frames 5-7
IASA frame 36
Landing after frame 35 of this attack causes the move to auto cancel
Lag when landing: 26 frames
Lag when landing (l-canceled): 12 frames

Back aerial

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Mewtwo's Back Aerial.

4-13% damage
Frame Data:

Total time: 31 frames
Hits on frames 12-15
Landing before frame 2 or after frame 35 of this attack causes the move to auto cancel
Lag when landing: 28 frames
Lag when landing (l-canceled): 14 frames

Up aerial

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Mewtwo's Up Aerial.

5-12% damage
Frame Data:

Total time: 37 frames
Hits on frames 9-11
IASA frame 35
Landing before frame 3 or after frame 33 of this attack causes the move to auto cancel
Lag when landing: 20 frames
Lag when landing (l-canceled): 10 frames

Down aerial

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Mewtwo's Down Aerial.

7-16% damage
Frame Data:

Total time: 57 frames
Hits on frames 18-21
IASA frame 47
Landing before frame 5 or after frame 45 of this attack causes the move to auto cancel
Lag when landing: 28 frames
Lag when landing (l-canceled): 14 frames

Grab and Throws

Mewtwo has the 12th longest grab range.

Standing Grab

Total time: 30 frames
Grabs on frames 7-8

Running grab

Total time: 40 frames
Grabs on frames 9-10

Throws

Grab attack: 1-3% damage
Forward throw: 1-8% damage (roughly doubles if the opponent is pinned against a wall)
Back throw: 6-11% damage
Up throw: 6-17% damage
Down throw: 6-17% damage

B Moves

Shadow Ball (Neutral B)

Uncharged 2% damage
Full Charged 25% damage
Frame Data:

Charging

Starts charging: 18
Full charge achieved at frame 119
When charging, hits during the first 2 frames of damage, then loops in a pattern of 2 frames without damage and 3 frames with damage
Rolling from charging the Shadow Ball occurs immediately (1 frame)
L/R to stop charging: 8 frames lag

Shooting the Shadow Ball from charging

Total time: 24 frames
Projectile is released frame 9

Shooting a fully charged Shadow Ball

Total time: 41 frames
Projectile is released frame 26
Shadow Ball lasts 69 frames before disappearing

Confusion (Forward B)

10% damage
Frame Data:

Total time: 55 frames
Grabs on frames 12-15
Reflects projectiles on frames 12-38

Disable (Down B)

1% damage
Causes the enemy to enter a state of weariness (similar to that of a character breaking his shield)
Frame Data:

Total time: 39 frames
Disabling eye spark comes out frame 15
Eye spark lasts 7 frames

Teleport (Up B)

Does not damage the opponent
Frame Data:

Total time (if Mewtwo teleports to a mid-air location): 32 frames
Total time (if Mewtwo teleports to the ground): 46 frames
Invincible frames 8-17
Lag when landing: 30 frames
Lag when landing (after finishing his teleport): 4 frames

Mewtwo Videos

Azen

Azen vs. Chu Dat(Samus): This video, made in 2003, is dated; however, it's still a showcase of good Mewtwo play.

Germ

Germ vs. Zelgadis(Falcon)

MookieRah

MookieRah: Believe in Yourself

Taj

UmbreonMow

External links