Incineroar (SSBU)

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Incineroar in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Universe	Pokémon
Availability	Unlockable
Final Smash	Max Malicious Moonsault

“	Incineroar Enters the Ring!	”
—Introduction Tagline

“	A fighter with many special moves that appear to come from the world of pro wrestling. Incineroar has many moves from its original game, like Darkest Lariat, Cross Chop, and Revenge. Its Final Smash is Max Malicious Moonsault. Let the Z-Power explode and deliver a powerful blow!	”
—Super Smash Blog, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site

Incineroar (ガオガエン, Gaogaen) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It was confirmed as a playable character alongside Ken and Piranha Plant on November 1, 2018. Incineroar is classified as fighter #69.

Unshō Ishizuka, who passed away before Incineroar's reveal, voices the Pokémon in Japanese.

Attributes

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• Incineroar mainly utilizes moves from professional wrestling, most notably having powerful throws.
• Incineroar will show various animations after using certain attacks, striking a boastful pose if it hits or expressing frustration if it misses. These animations can be cancelled.
• Incineroar is a super heavyweight, and is a fast-faller with incredibly slow grounded and aerial mobility; only Piranha Plant has slower grounded mobility than Incineroar itself. This is compensated for with many of its attacks having high damage and knockback, with several attacks such as Darkest Lariat having transcendent priority.
• Incineroar takes continuous damage when swimming. It shares this with Charizard, Sonic, and Inkling.

Known moveset

Ground attacks

• A knee strike dash attack, similar to Zero Suit Samus's.
• A neutral attack combo consisting of a throat thrust (potentially based on its former signature move, Throat Chop), a knee strike, and an uppercut with the forearm.
• A knifehand jab as its side tilt. This move can be angled.
• A headbutt up tilt.
• A leg sweep down tilt.

Smash attacks

• A standing dropkick forward smash, similar to Bowser's.
• A double axe handle up smash.
• A splash down smash, similar to King K. Rool's.

Aerial attacks

• A splash neutral aerial. Visually distinct from other splash neutral aerials like those of Wario, King Dedede and King K. Rool, as Incineroar's torso faces primarily downwards as opposed to mostly facing the camera at an angle.
• A dropkick forward aerial, similar to those of Inkling and King K. Rool.
• A roundhouse kick back aerial, similar to Falco's.
• An arching leg sweep up aerial, comparable to the Mii Brawler's.
• A stomp kick down aerial, similar to Captain Falcon and Ganondorf's equivalent moves, where Incineroar does a quick somersault before thrusting its legs out straight down. Is a meteor smash.

Grab attacks

• Forward throw - A giant swing, similar to Mario and Wario's back throws.
• Back throw - A German suplex.
• Up throw - An Argentine backbreaker rack.
• Down throw - A chokeslam.

Special Moves

Incineroar's special moves

Neutral special	Darkest Lariat
Side special	Alolan Whip
Up special	Cross Chop
Down special	Revenge
Final Smash	Max Malicious Moonsault

On-screen appearance

• Emerges from a Poké Ball, strutting antagonistically like a wrestler.

Taunts

• Points to the sky as its flame belt ignites.
• Kneels and poses with its arms out.
• Pounds its chest then raises its fist triumphantly.

Idle poses

• Flexes its muscles.

Victory poses

• Roars as its flame belt ignites, then punches.
• Raises a Champion belt in the air, then makes a beckoning gesture.
• Performs a throwing motion, then roars.

Role in World of Light

Incineroar was absent in the World of Light trailer, though it presumably became a spirit alongside the rest of the galaxy (excluding Kirby) when Galeem unleashed its beams of light.

Alternate costumes

Reveal trailer

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Gallery

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  Incineroar's splash art.

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  Incineroar's fighter card.

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  Incineroar on Kongo Falls.

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  Attacking Little Mac on Big Blue.

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  Using Alolan Whip on Falco on Pirate Ship.

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  Posing with multiple Pikachu and Pichu on Paper Mario.

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  Reaching for a ball of yarn on Wii Fit Studio.

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  Using Revenge on Mushroom Kingdom U.

Character Showcase Video

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Trivia

• Masahiro Sakurai references Red Cyclone, the nickname of Street Fighter wrestling character Zangief, when explaining Incineroar's neutral special, Darkest Lariat.
• Incineroar is currently the fighter in Ultimate with the most recent game of origin, Pokémon Sun and Moon, which was released on November 18, 2016 for the Nintendo 3DS.
• Unshō Ishizuka provided the Japanese voice for Incineroar in Ultimate before his unexpected passing on August 13, 2018. Ishizuka recorded all of his voice clips for the game before his death.
• Incineroar is the only playable Pokémon that doesn't have a special move based on a Pokémon move of its primary type.
• Incineroar is the second character revealed for Ultimate to share a reveal trailer with a character not from the same franchise, having been revealed in the same trailer as Ken and being the second character revealed within that trailer.
• Incineroar is the only first-party newcomer in Ultimate who was not represented in any way in previous Super Smash Bros. installments.
• Due to an error on the American official site blog, Incineroar is the only character that does not have a link to its respective page on the website through its blog post.
• When choosing characters, Sakurai wanted to pick a character from a newer game, and chose Incineroar because a Pokémon "slot" was left open after Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon was released, and because he has never done a wrestling fighter before.