R.O.B. (PM)

R.O.B. in Project M
Universe	R.O.B.
Base game appearance	Brawl
Moveset inspiration	R.O.B. (SSBB)
Alternate costume	Virtual Boy R.O.B. Mario Kart DS R.O.B. Wii R.O.B.

R.O.B. is a playable character in the Brawl mod Project M. He has been slightly improved upon his appearance in the mod.

Attributes

R.O.B.'s Virtual Boy alternate costume in Version 3.5.

R.O.B.'s Mario Kart DS alternate costume in Version 3.6.

R.O.B.'s Wii alternate costume in Version 3.6.

Changes from Brawl to PM

In transition from Brawl to PM, his aerial game has been greatly improved; all of his aerial attacks execute much faster and he now has a new recovery. R.O.B.'s no longer has to stay on the ground to recharge his recovery, making his aerial game safer than before. It has been broken into 3 segments. R.O.B.'s side-B now funtions as a horizontal recovery segment in the air, while works as a quicker version of Arm Rotor that lunges forward on the ground. R.O.B.'s new Up Aerial has a wide reach and is also a finisher. R.O.B.'s poor KO ability in brawl has been well addressed overall. As a whole, R.O.B. has been buffed in PM.

Aesthetics

• Has a helpless animation for his air dodge, in which he falls looking down while flicking his arms slowly, as if he was powered off.

Attributes

• Dashing speed is faster, making him a much faster character, combined with his recovery and Project M physics.
• R.O.B. is slightly lighter. (106 → 104)

Ground Attacks

• Forward tilt does more damage and has more knockback.
• Up tilt has increased knockback.
• Forward smash does more damage and knockback.
• Up Smash does more damage and has slightly more knockback, and hits grounded foes more leniently.
• Dash attack does more damage.
• Down tilt’s IASA frames occur later.
• Down smash does slightly less damage is slightly less of a KO move.

Aerial Attacks

• Back air does more damage and has more KO potential.
• Neutral air does much more damage and more knockback.
• Down aerial no longer haults R.O.B's momentum, making the move more mobile and giving it more flexibility.
• Up aerial is an eyeblast, similar to his forward smash, that arcs quickly over his head dealing up to 19% acting as a launcher having more utility than his previous up aerial.

Grabs and Throws

• Down throw is better at following up with combos.
• Up throw KO power is increased.
• Down throw does less damage.

Special Moves

• Robo Burner and aerial Arm Rotors have been replaced with Robo-Booster. R.O.B. can quickly boost himself sideways or upwards. He can boost three times before he must land, and landing replenishes all his boosts instantly, he can use an aerial attack right out of it which increases his aerial game and approach options. It also leaves him less vulnerable than his old recovery due to having 3 different directions to choose from, and it being faster in general. Grabbing the edge will only give him one boost back if he has run out. R.O.B.'s grounded Arm Rotor is similar to its Brawl incarnation, but moves him forward more quickly, and always aims diagonally downwards instead of having a changeable angle.
• Robo Beam's charge time has been shortened.
• Gyro no longer fades when it hits a shield, and now shoots out with significantly less velocity, greatly enhances its uses for stage control, and also allowing R.O.B. to pick it up quicker.
• Gyro shooting out with significantly less velocity hinders its ability to be used at long range, and making it much less effective for camping,and the fully charged gyro does less damage now doing with less knockback.

Revision

v2.5b

• All of R.O.B's thruster-based attacks now do slightly more shield damage.
• Can now DACUS.
• Forward smash damage and knockback increased, hitboxes match the animation better, and it comes out slightly later.
• Up smash damage increased, hitboxes match the animation better, and it now also has a launcher hitbox (pre-charge).
• Neutral air damage and knockback slightly increased.
• Back air damage and knockback slightly increased.
• Down air endlag decreased.
• Up throw adjusted to allow better follow-ups.
• Grounded Arm Rotor no longer goes half the normal distance when used out of a Run.
• Gets a boost back when grabbed if he has none.
• Gyro shooting endlag reduced.
• Down air no longer has aerial mobility disabled during part of the move.
• Down throw adjusted to not chaingrab fastfallers as harshly, and does slightly less damage.
• Gyro charge cancel no longer goes into air dodge in the air.
• Now gets horizontal momentum from running jumps and on horizontal air jumps.
• Forward tilt's sweetspot hitboxes have priority over the sourspot hitboxes.
• Back air no longer has aerial mobility disabled during part of the move.
• Up air hitlag slightly decreased.
• Grounded Arm Rotor retains its momentum during the startup.
• Grounded Arm Rotor hitboxes start earlier to match the animation.
• Aerial Arm Rotor retains horizontal and vertical momentum during the startup.
• Robo-Booster upward vertical momentum is retained during startup.
• Gets all boosts back when hitting the ground during tumble.

v2.6b

• Dash is now slightly faster and transitions into Run later, increasing dash-dance range.
• Down throw has been slightly increased in knockback growth.
• All three Boosts are returned to R.O.B if hit out of a techroll or techstand.
• Aerial Arm Rotor resets all momentum during the startup, allowing for it to be used lower to the ground.
• Down air subtracts horizontal momentum and hits slightly earlier.
• Neutral air angles all adjusted to be the same trajectory and has decreased slightly in knockback growth.
• Back air no longer sets vertical momentum and hitbox adjusted to not be out for as long.
• Down aerial does slightly less damage
• Up air is now multihit, damage slightly lowered with knockback compensated.
• Grounded Arm Rotor aesthetics cleaned up and reflects slightly earlier.

v3.0

• Back air vertical momentum canceling returned (reverted to 2.5).
• Down airs after the first give a smaller vertical boost, do 2 less damage, and have slightly smaller hitboxes. Refreshes upon landing on stage.

v3.5

• Up air boosted damage decreased on all hits from +2 to +1.
• Down air initial momentum stall decreased by ~23%
• Robo Beam damage increased from 9 to 13. This will not affect knockback.
• Robo-booster grounded endlag increased by 5 frames.
• Removed the ability to airdodge when you have no Robo-booster charges left.
• Shield size increased by 10%.
• Vertical ledge grab range decreased from 12.5 to 8.0.

v3.6

• As an aesthetic for the Mario Kart DS costume, when R.O.B. uses the Gyro, he will instead shoot Item Boxes similar to those seen in the Mario Kart series.

Moveset

Up to date as of version 3.6.

	Name	Damage	Description
Neutral attack		3%	R.O.B. does a quick swing with each arm.
		3%
Forward tilt		5% (body), 6% (arm), 8% (arm tip)	Leans forward and does a left hook punch with impressive range. This move can be aimed up or down.
Up tilt		3% (hit 1), 6% (hit 2 body), 5% (hit 2 arms tip)	Throws both arms upwards. Can hit twice, with the first hit having set knockback and the second hit launching enemies upwards. The first hit can lock most fastfallers and heavyweights.
Down tilt		5% (arms), 4% (arms tip)	Quickly pushes both arms forward along the ground. Quick, produces opportunity for multiple hits.
Dash attack		Clean: 7% (arms), 6% (arms tip) Late: 5% (arms), 4% (arms tip)	R.O.B. performs a two-handed downwards swing with both arms.
Forward smash	S3	16% (close), 15% (mid), 13% (far)	R.O.B. shoots a short beam from his eyes. May be considered a projectile, due to the fact that it can't break a Metal Box. Does average knockback. This move can be angled up or down, KOing at 95% fully charged when angled up.
Up smash		4% (startup), 14% (base), 15% (mid), 16% (tip)	R.O.B. plants both his arms on the ground and does a handstand, shooting boosters out of his base upwards. Very high knockback, but is slow and predictable. There are hitboxes at R.O.B.'s arms that drag enemiess into the main hitbox. When sweetspotted and fully charged, it KOs at 100%.
Down smash		2% (hits 1-4), 4% (hit 5)	R.O.B. spins his arms around in a low-angled corkscrewing motion. Low damage and knockback, but decent range and hits multiple times.
Neutral aerial		14% (clean), 12% (late)	R.O.B. pauses for a second, then performs a somersault with his thrusters ablaze. Has good knockback. Despite it's start-up lag, this move can autocancel from a short hop.
Forward aerial		10% (clean), 6% (late)	R.O.B. swings both arms downward in a clobbering strike. It's fast, strong and has good duration, working as an excellent wall-of-pain move.
Back aerial		13%	R.O.B. aims his base backwards and fires his boosters. Pushes R.O.B. forward a little bit, although while he keeps the knockback after getting hit, it does nothing to increase or reduce momentum. The hitbox affects targets both in front of and behind R.O.B., each with decent knockback. This move can be used for recovery in between Robo-Boosters, creating virtually one of the longest horizontal recovery moves in the game along with Pound and gliding.
Up aerial		6% (hits 1-3 beam), 7% (hits 1-3 head)	R.O.B. fires a short beam from his eyes overhead.
Down aerial		11% (base), 9% (mid), 5% (tip)	R.O.B. fires a blast form his boosters downwards. It's powerful, yet slow and can meteor smash. This move boosts R.O.B. a small distance upwards and keeps him stationary in the air for a short time, although he can fast fall with it.
Grab		—
Pummel		3%	Squeezes the opponent with his hands.
Forward throw		10%	Tosses the opponent forward. Very fast.
Back throw		10%	Quickly swings the opponent backwards. Can KO around 165%, if used very close to the ledge.
Up throw		10%	R.O.B. hovers into the air and pile-drives the opponent into the ground. This is R.O.B.´s strongest throw, knockback-wise. Can KO around 150%.
Down throw		8%	R.O.B. drills the opponent's head into the ground.
Floor attack (front)		6%	R.O.B. quickly gets up and spins with both arms extended, hitting both sides of himself.
Floor attack (back)		6%	R.O.B. quickly gets up and hammers both arms extended in each direction.
Floor attack (trip)		5%	R.O.B. lowers his torso, withdraws his left arm and extends his right arm to sweep the floor around.
Edge attack (fast)		7%	R.O.B. climbs onto the stage and does an overhead swing with both arms.
Edge attack (slow)		10%	R.O.B. slowly climbs onto the stage and lunges his left arm forward.
Neutral special	Robo Beam	7% (uncharged), 5% (charged), 13% (fully charged)	R.O.B fires a small pink laser that deals a small amount of damage and stuns an enemy for a second. The shots can be angled up or down and reflect off of walls and floors. It should also be noted that this attack does not stop when it hits an enemy, allowing the player to hit multiple foes. R.O.B. must wait one second for the laser to recharge, or he will shoot a weak, short-range laser. When the laser is charging, the red light on R.O.B.'s head will begin to flash. There are actually two levels of charge and if the beam is left alone for 20 seconds, it will become a Super Robo Beam. Super Robo Beam is much stronger and thicker and has increased range (enough to travel all the way across any stage), though it is significantly slower than a normal Robo Beam.
Side special	Arm Rotor / Robo-Booster	2% (per hit) 0% (air)	Arm Rotor: R.O.B. spins with his arms outstretched, hitting multiple times. This attack can also reflect any incoming projectiles that hit the outstretched arms. The move can be bit difficult to use as a reflector, as there is bit of delay before R.O.B. starts to spin his arms, thus requiring more accurate timing than the other faster reflectors. Robo-Booster: R.O.B boosts himself forward. This move can used up to three consecutive times without touching the ground. Even after using all three three boosts, R.O.B. can still perform a midair jump if one hasn't been consumed. However, he cannot perform an air dodge. Using any aerial attacks during each boost increases their damage.
Up special	Robo-Booster	—	R.O.B boosts himself upwards. This move has three boosts that are automatically replenished when R.O.B touches the ground. Whenever R.O.B. grabs a ledge when out of fuel, he will only regain one boost. Using any aerial attacks during each boost increases their damage.
Down special	Gyro	4-15% (shoot), 2-5% (idle), 8% (thrown), 9% (dash thrown), 3-7% (dropped)	R.O.B. fires a spinning top at the opponent, which acts as a projectile. This move can be charged, which increased the power, speed, and distance the top is thrown. After being launched, the top can be picked up and thrown as a regular item. R.O.B. can only have one top on the stage at a time.
Final Smash	Diffusion Beam	2% (close range) 4% (long range) 15% (hard hit laser)	R.O.B. begins firing a spiral-shaped beam from his eyes. This Final Smash operates similarly to the Superspicy Curry, as R.O.B.'s entire moveset, excluding Robo Beam, is usable in addition to items. Foes caught in the beam will gradually take damage, but the beam itself deals no knockback. However, there is also a powerful laser that appears instead of the spiral-shaped beam at points, which deals strong knockback. As the move's hitbox is directly related to the space in front of R.O.B.'s eyes, the beam can be directed at foes through the use of unorthodox methods, such as taunts. R.O.B. himself is completely invincible while the Diffusion Beam is active.

In competitive play

Notable players

•  Alpha Dash
•  Bstuk
•  DrinkingFood
•  JCaesar
•  Jitty
•  JJVirus
•  KirkQ
•  Oracle
•  Timi
•  Carso

Alternate costumes

R.O.B. now has an alternate costume designed to look like a fusion of the Robotic Operating Buddy and the Virtual Boy, a costume based on his appearance in Mario Kart DS, and one inspired by the Wii.

R.O.B.'s alternate costumes in PM

Trivia

• If one looks inside the lenses of the Virtual Boy R.O.B., one can vaguely see a moment from the original Mario's Tennis.
• R.O.B.'s Virtual Boy alternate costume contains the current phone number of Nintendo of America.
• Although there are several characters who cannot fall helpless in Brawl, R.O.B. was the only one to not have a helpless state animation present in Brawl's files (the game will freeze should the player access R.O.B.'s helpless form). With the reintroduction of Melee's air dodging, R.O.B. now sports a custom made helpless animation in which he slowly waves his arms in a circle to the sides of him as he looks down.
• If R.O.B. is hit in his Wii alternate costume, a Brawl disc will pop out.