Wario (PM)

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Wario in Project M and Project+
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Universe	Wario
Base game appearance	Brawl

Wario is a playable character in the Brawl mod Project M. Wario was changed heavily from Brawl to PM, with many of his moves being replaced with moves paying homage to the Wario Land series. While he has been aided by better aerials, improved special moves and grab games, his ground game is still hampered with slow rolls, a laggy forward smash and the removal of Wario Bike.

Attributes

Changes from Brawl to PM

As explained above, many of Wario's moves have been changed. He received slight buffs and nerfs from Brawl to PM as well.

• Forward tilt can be delayed for about 30 frames by holding the attack button, thus increasing its damage. It remains angle-able as well.
• Down tilt can be interrupted quicker, and also propels Wario forward with each use, allowing him to pseudo-crawl and hit repeatedly with the attack.
• Forward aerial is significantly stronger in both knockback and damage, which when combined with Wario's great air speed allows him to efficiently execute pseudo-walls of pain.
• Back aerial has been replaced with a back punch, similar to his forward tilt, which has slightly more startup, but is much stronger, has longer range and lasts for longer.
• Forward smash has longer range.
• Hitboxes of up smash now link better thanks to Project M's physics.
• New down smash: Wario punches the ground to create an earthquake similar to Charizard's down smash, and inspired by Wario Land: Shake It!, which has set knockback and a meteor smash angle. It has generally more utility than his previously-unviable down smash, having less ending lag and setting up combos better.
• Chomp can now be used to throw enemies backwards after biting them. When performing the move in the air it keeps momentum.
• Corkscrew has more control going left and right when flying up. It also hits more times and much faster, dealing higher damage.
• Can move sideways whilst using back throw (now his original forward throw).
• Dash grab looks like the new side special (explained below) for increased mindgames. Wario can also go a further distance by holding the grab button.
• Neutral combo inflicts less knockback and damage.
• Up aerial now not only has a sourspot, but even the sweetspot deals less damage than the original move.
• Forward smash no longer has launch resistance, and posseses higher ending lag (now being the laggiest forward smash).
• Chomp hold duration reduced. It now also bites just once before throwing, always dealing 13% damage.
• Wario Waft is now capped at 1:05 seconds, so it charges up faster but can only deal a maximum of 22% damage (18% less).
• Back throw deals less damage (9%, compared to 12% of Brawl's f-throw).
• Default costume is now plumber's outfit as opposed to biker's outfit.
• New walking and dashing animations.
• Up aerial's sweetspot posseses a slash effect.
• Down aerial replaced with a Ground Pound, which launches Wario downwards and meteor smashes opponents. If it connects, Wario will bounce off his opponent, allowing for deadlier edge-guards and safer recoveries if used offstage.
• Forward smash is now a front kick, with a lot of ending lag as Wario attempts to regain balance.
• Pummel has the coin effect.
• Forward throw is replaced with a simple single-handed throw that is similar to the throws from Wario Land 4. Uniquely, this throw can also be charged by holding attack while pressing forward, similar to a smash attack. Charging increases its knockback, but because the charge takes time, the thrown opponent gets more time to react with appropriate DI.
• Back throw is now his old forward throw.
• Wario Bike has been completely replaced with a Wario Land-style Shoulder Bash. The Shoulder Bash makes Wario dash forward similar to his old forward smash, dealing more damage as he travels. Wario can jump while dashing to continue the attack in the air. The move covers a much shorter distance and renders Wario helpless if initiated in the air, and causes him to bounce off walls he hits (for reduced height each time). Depending on dash distance, it deals damage from 11% to 20%, inversely - hitting with the end of the charge deals the most damage and knockback. The aerial version is always counted as medium distance.
• Farting victory pose replaced with posing from Wario Land 4.

Moveset

Up to date as of version 3.0.

	Name	Damage	Description
Neutral attack	Double Punch	3% then 6%; 9% total
Forward tilt	Power Punch	11%-14%
Up tilt	Palm Rush	10%
Down tilt	Ground Poke	8%
Dash attack	Dive	7%
Forward smash	Power Kick	15%
Up smash	Head Swirl
Down smash	Earth Smash	18%
Neutral aerial	Wonky Spin	9% then 4%
Forward aerial	Drop Kick	11%
Back aerial	Air Wrecker	16%
Up aerial	High Clap	14%, 11% (sourspot)
Down aerial	Ground Pound	14%
Grab	Shoulder Fake-out
Pummel	Gold Digger	3%
Forward throw	Launcher	7%-10%
Back throw	Swing-a-Ding	9%
Up throw	Vertical Chuck
Down throw	Gravity Pound	12% total
Floor attack (front)	Double Poke
Floor attack (back)	Spin Punch
Floor attack (trip)	Clap Kick
Edge attack (fast)	Grounded Headbutt
Edge attack (slow)	Quick Punch
Neutral special	Chomp	13% total
Side special	Shoulder Bash	11%-20% (ground), 15% (air)
Up special	Corkscrew	13 hits, 19% total
Down special	Wario Waft	11%-22%
Final Smash	Wario-Man	Varies

In competitive play

Notable players

• Ace
•  Strong Bad
•  TheReflexWonder

External links

• Project M character page