R.O.B. (PM)

R.O.B. in Project M and Project+
Universe	R.O.B.
Base game appearance	Brawl
Moveset inspiration	R.O.B. (SSBB)
Alternate costume	Virtual Boy R.O.B.

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R.O.B. is a playable character in the Brawl mod Project M. The recreation of Nintendo's toy has been buffed between Brawl and Project M.

Attributes

Changes from Brawl to PM

• Dashing speed is faster, making him a much faster character combined with his recovery, and Project M physics.
• Foward smash does 2% more damage now doing 16% and has more knockback.
• Foward tilt does 2% more damage now doing 8% and has more knockback.
• Up throw KO power has increased.
• Up Smash does more damage and has slightly more knockback.
• Back air does 2% more damage now doing 13% and has more knockback.
• Neutral air does 4% more damage and has more knockback.
• Up tilt has increased knockback growth.
• Dash attack does 2% more damage now doing 7%.
• Gyro no longer fades when it hits a shield.
• Down throw is better at follow-ups
• Down aerial is more mobile and has more flexibility.
• The time required to fully charge Robo Beam has been shortened.
• Gyro 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Up Smash can hit grounded opponents more leniently.
• Gyro shooting out with significantly less velocity hinders its ability to be used at long range, and making it much less effective for camping.
• Fully charged gyro does 3% less damage now doing 15% with less knockback.
• Down tilts IASA frames occur later.
• Back throw has very slightly less knockback growth.
• Down smash does 1% less damage now doing 12% and is slightly less of a KO move.
• Down throw does 2% less damage now doing 8%.
• Has a helpless animation for his air dodge, in which he falls looking down while flicking his arms slowly.

In terms of cosmetics, R.O.B. now has an alternate costume designed to look like a fusion of the Robotic Operating Buddy and the Virtual Boy.

Revision

2.5b

• 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 throw adjusted to not chaingrab fastfallers as harshly, and does slightly less damage.
• 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.
• Down air no longer has aerial mobility disabled during part of the move.
• Grounded Side B 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.
• Gyro charge cancel no longer goes into air dodge in the air.

2.6b

• 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.
• 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.
• Up air is now multihit, damage slightly lowered with knockback compensated.
• Down air subtracts horizontal momentum, hits slightly earlier, and damage has been adjusted.
• Aerial Arm Rotor resets all momentum during the startup, allowing for it to be used lower to the ground.
• Grounded Arm Rotor aesthetics cleaned up and reflects slightly earlier.

3.0

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

Moveset

R.O.B.'s alternate costume.

Up to date as of version 3.0.

	Name	Damage	Description
Neutral attack		2% then 4%
Forward tilt		8% (arms) 5% (body)
Up tilt		9% (hands) 3% (arms)
Down tilt		4% (hands) 5% (arms)
Dash attack		7% (clean) 4% (late)
Forward smash		16% (sweetspot) 13% (sourspot)
Up smash		4% (hit 1) 16% (hit 2)
Down smash		2% (4 hits) 4% (hit 5)
Neutral aerial		14%
Forward aerial		10% (arms) 6% (hands)
Back aerial		13%
Up aerial		6-14%	Fires a short beam from his eyes overhead.
Down aerial		9%
Grab		—
Pummel		3%
Forward throw		10%
Back throw		10%
Up throw		10%
Down throw		8%
Floor attack (front)		6%
Floor attack (back)		6%
Floor attack (trip)		5%
Edge attack (fast)		7%
Edge attack (slow)		10%
Neutral special	Robo Beam	5-9% (beam) 7% (uncharged short beam)
Side special	Arm Rotor (ground); Robo-Booster (aerial)	2% (per hit)(ground) 0% (air)
Up special	Robo-Booster	0%
Down special	Gyro	5-15% 2-5% (on ground) 8% (thrown) 9% (dash thrown) 6% (dropped)
Final Smash	Diffusion Beam	2% (close range) 4% (long range) 15% (hard hit laser)

In competitive play

Notable players

•  Bstuk
•  JCaesar
•  Oracle

Palette swaps

R.O.B.'s palette swaps 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.

External links

• Project M character page