Editing Snake (PM)

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|name         = Snake

|image       = [[Image:Snake SSBB.jpg|200px]]

|mod         = Project M

|base         = ssbb

|moveset1    = Snake (SSBB)

|altcostume   = Big Boss Snake

|ranking      = 12

'''Snake''' is a playable character in the ''[[Brawl]]'' mod ''[[Project M]]''. He has been given new moves and several buffs as well as nerfs for his ''Project M'' showing.

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==Changes from ''Brawl'' to PM==

Snake received [[buff]]s, [[nerf]]s, and general changes from ''Brawl'' to PM. The range of his tilts have been scaled down to their physical appearance and have had their monstrous disjoints removed in exchange for more powerful explosives and an overall more solid offense and combo game.

[[File:PM_Big_Boss_Alt.png|thumb|right|Snake's Big Boss palette swap.]]

*{{change|Up taunt has been changed to a taunt where Snake briefly smokes, taking 1% damage when he does so. He then drops the cigarette in front of him, causing 4% [[flame]] damage to nearby opponents. It is the longest taunt in the game.}}

*{{change|Down taunt is still his Cardboard Box, but has the speed of the former up taunt.}}

*{{nerf|The general new physics of ''Project M'', which include enhanced air movements and the re-introduction of techniques such as [[wavedash]]ing, increase the pace of many characters' playstyles, allowing most of the cast to overcome Snake's metagame, which was one of the most powerful in ''Brawl''. Like Meta Knight, Snake does not benefit as much from these techniques other than L-canceling, compared to other characters.}}

*{{nerf|Significantly lighter; Snake now is only slightly heavier than {{PM|Captain Falcon}} and {{PM|Link}} and weighs the same as {{PM|Ike}}. Nonetheless, he is still a heavyweight.}}

*{{nerf|[[Grab release glitch]] from ''Brawl'' has not been removed.}}

*{{buff|First hit of forward tilt now causes grounded opponents to bounce upwards, allowing the second hit to connect more reliably and is faster on hit due to less hitlag.}}

*{{buff|Dash attack sourspot does more damage.}}

*{{buff|Jab combo does slightly more damage.}}

*{{buff|Down tilt does slightly more damage, and has better combo set ups than ''Brawl'' at lower percents, allowing it to set up for a grab.}}

*{{buff|Forward smash is replaced with a knife combo, where Snake slashes twice in front of him, then performs a third stronger slash with a second press of the attack button. It is much faster than his previous forward smash and can efficiently rack up damage at low percentages, with the third hit gaining KO potential.}}

*{{buff|Up smash's mortars deal more damage, and their horizontal angle is no longer random; instead, the player can control it similar to {{PM|Ivysaur}}'s Seed Bomb.}}

*{{buff|Down smash has less ending lag, and mines can now KO at lower percentages along with having a larger detection radius.}}

*{{buff|Snake can now drag [[grab]]bed enemies sideways by using the left and right taunt buttons.}}

*{{buff|Has a different attack while crawling as opposed to just crouching: he will stab using a knife instead of performing a spin kick. This deals low damage and knockback, allowing it to set up for combos at high percents.}}

*{{nerf|Down tilt is weaker.}}

*{{nerf|Jab combo has less KO potential.}}

*{{nerf|New up tilt inflicts less damage, has significantly less range and decreased KO potential.}}

*{{nerf|New forward smash has less KO potential, and the third hit is easy to [[DI]] out of at high percents.}}

*{{nerf|Second hit of forward tilt combo was slightly weakened, doing 10% damage instead of 12%.}}

*{{nerf|Can no longer [[Gatling Combo]].}}

*{{change|Up tilt has been replaced with an uppercut that can combo well at low percentages, similar to Captain Falcon's up smash from ''Smash 64''.}}

**{{nerf|This means that the disjointed hitboxes of the previous up tilt, which were extremely useful to Snake in ''Brawl'', have been removed.}}  

*{{buff|Neutral aerial hits three times (as opposed to four), allowing all kicks to connect in a [[short hop]] and rack up damage to launch the opponent afterwards.}}

*{{buff|Tip of forward aerial now [[spike]]s, making it a deadlier [[edge-guard]]ing move when spaced correctly, and now does slightly more damage. The sweetspot makes it a stronger KO move, especially on the ground.}}

*{{buff|Down aerial is faster and its last stomp is now a [[meteor smash]], also acting better as an edge-guarding move.}}

*{{nerf|Back air has less KO potential.}}

*{{nerf|Neutral aerial causes less damage, and the last kick also deals less knockback.}}

*{{nerf|Down aerial deals drastically less damage, and can no longer KO onstage opponents properly.}}

*{{buff|Down throw deals more damage and ends faster, forcing the opponent to act faster and racking up more damage as a [[tech-chasing]] move.}}

*{{nerf|Forward and back throws are worse at KOing by themselves.}}

*{{change|Forward and back throws now have very little knockback growth, but can used to throw opponents into mines and C4s.}}

*{{buff|Grenades explode much faster after thrown and do slightly more damage when thrown at the opponent.}}

*{{buff|Snake can now roll his grenades forward by tilting down as he is about to throw them. This is useful if the player needs the Grenade to travel less distance.}}

*{{buff|Down special after placing a C4 can be bluffed, allowing for mindgames.}}

*{{buff|[[Nikita]] has been replaced with a Tranquilizer Gun: Snake shoots a small tranquilizing projectile that puts a grounded opponent to sleep for one instant and causes airborne opponents to flinch, all while causing 1% damage. It can be fired three times, but the fourth time will be a reload to be able to fire three shots again. Snake can alternatively reload at any point by pressing a Shield button during the first few frames of the animation. It has more utility than the Nikita, being much faster and allowing Snake to easily [[punish]] foes affected by the attack.}}

*{{buff|[[C4]]s produce more vertical knockback to compensate for the faster falling speeds. In addition, they don't disappear unless Snake dies or sets them off, and the detonation animation can be canceled by holding the special button for some sort of feint.}}

*{{nerf|Grenades no longer come out on frame 1.}}

*{{nerf|Cypher gains less vertical distance, and it no longer gives [[launch resistance]] to Snake.}}

*{{change|C4 no longer transfers between players, and Snake says "There!" upon sticking it to a character.}}

*{{buff|Forward tilt 2 is stronger.}}

*{{buff|Neutral air last hit is stronger.}}

*{{change|[[Cypher]] hitboxes are closer in to him.}}

*{{change|[[Cypher]] adjusted in knockback and angle.}}

*{{change|C4 explosion hitbox shifted upwards to match the graphic and hits slightly longer.}}

*{{nerf|Up throw has slightly more endlag.}}

*{{change|Up smash comes out slightly faster.}}

*{{change|Up smash is angleable; hold the direction left or right to control the direction of where the mortar goes.}}

*{{change|Turn Grab has a bit more startup to match other turn grabs.}}

*{{change|[[Hand Grenade]] has a new throw option, a low throw which Snake "rolls" the grenade on the ground.}}

*{{change|[[Hand Grenade]] Back throw of the grenade has been changed to an "Up" input instead of a "Back" input.}}

*{{change|[[Cypher]] is now wavebounceable.}}

*{{change|Up Tilt reanimated for polish.}}

*{{change|Forward Smash reanimated for polish.}}

*{{change|Forward Smash start up very slightly decreased.}}

*{{change|Neutral air's last hit sends at a slightly lower angle.}}

*{{change|Tranquilizer gun has a 3 dart clip that can be reloaded prematurely by holding shield within six frames starting side B.}}

*{{change|Up taunt replaced with a cigarette smoking taunt.}}

*{{change|Forward smash no longer displays all of Snake's facial expressions at once.}}

*{{change|Fixed graphical issues during forward smash 2.}}

*{{change|Snake can now reload tranq gun even when he hasn't taken any shots.}}

*{{buff|Back air now deals 14%/13%/12% based on hitbox, instead of having sex kick properties.}}

Up to date as of version 3.5.

!Neutral attack

| || 4% (hit 1), 3% (hit 2), 8% (hit 3) (15% total) || Punch, Punch, Spinkick. A natural combo. The final kick has high knockback but can be powershielded, even if the combo is done as fast as possible. This is the attack combo from Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Solid games. 1st jab can also be canceled into a f-tilt or grab.

| || 8% (hit 1), 10% (hit 2) (18% total) || Does a knee-thrust forward and, if A is pressed again, an overhead swing of both arms. A natural combo. This move is seen during a cutscene in Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes when Snake fights Grey Fox. The first hitbox has extremely fast start-up and good horizontal reach. On grounded opponents, it bounces them upward with set knockback, causing hitstun but no knockback, which allows Snake to link the opponent into the second hitbox. Since the knee hitbox bounces grounded enemies upward it can set up an up tilt. The second hitbox has fast start-up as well. The f-tilt can be used for general damage racking, as a punishing move, for KOing, and it is also a useful out of shield option, as it takes hardly any frames for the hitbox to come out. Can be power shielded out of the knee hitbox to avoid the swing hitbox however. 

| || 12% (clean), 10% (late) || Snake punches one hand upward. It has low start-up, great vertical reach, and surprisingly good horizontal reach, as well as great vertical knockback. Capable of KOing lightweights around 120% while KOing heavyweights around 160%. Higher knockback when the hit connects earlier on in the attack, though the sourspot will still reliably KO under 150%.

| || 11% (clean), 10% (late) || Snake is fully prone while crouching, and he sweeps his legs around. While it is fast and has good vertical knockback, it is not as good as his forward and up tilt, due to having less reach than the f-tilt, and much less knockback than the up tilt. It can be used as a surprise KO move since it's usually fresh when used.

| || 5% || Stabs a small dagger out on the ground in front of him.

| || 11% (clean), 8% (late) || Snake does a somersault forward, and ends up half-crouching at the end. Easily transitions to crouching/crawling. The somersault and subsequent transition to crouching are visually identical to those moves used by Snake in the Metal Gear Solid series.  

| || {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|6}} (hits 1-2), {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|12}} (hit 3) ({{ChargedSmashDmgSSBB|24}} total) || Pulls out his small dagger and holds it back before slashing upward in front of him. By pressing the attack button two more times he will do two more slashes downward then upward again while moving forward a little, with the third slash dealing more damage than the first two. However due to knockback of the first two hits it will be often hard if not almost impossible for the third slash to hit the opponent, preventing all three hits from being a three hit combo.

| || 4% (slam), 14% (mortar shot) || Snake slams a mortar (MGS4) in front of himself and fires a shell into the air. The movement of the shell can be directed by pushing the control stick in the desired direction. The shell has low base knockback but not much knockback scaling, making it unreliable as a KO move. Charging the up smash does not increase its power, but it increases the speed at which the shell is fired, making it go higher. When fully charged it travels great distances, almost the entire height of the 'large' stage builder area, making it have by far the greatest vertical reach of any attack. The shell explodes if it makes contact with a ceiling, an opponent, a wall or the ground no matter what direction it's moving in. The action of slamming down the mortar has a hitbox that produces very weak vertical knockback that knocks opponents into the mortar's line of fire. The shell cannot damage Snake unless it hits a Reflector.

| || {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|14}} || Snake crouches and starts digging a hole in the ground as he charges, and sets a landmine. This is taken from Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. This down smash has slow start-up and does not actually deal any damage right away. Almost immediately after planting the mine, it becomes active, and will detonate if anyone (including Snake) steps on it. If the platform the mine is set on disappears (such as on Rainbow Cruise or Delfino Plaza) the mine falls down and if it makes contact with anything, even the ground, it explodes. Players can't plant more than one mine at a time, but it can be moved by using the attack again, which removes it from its previous position and plants it at Snake's current position. After a while, or if Snake dies, the mine will blow up by itself.

| || 3% (hit 1), 5% (hit 2), 7% (hit 3) (15% total) || Performs three kicks in quick succession. The first kick has very fast start-up, but the whole move itself has slightly long duration with slight ending lag, making it punishable. All three kicks combo well into each other and is best performed high in the air, but all three kicks can come out in a short hop. Best used against airborne and large characters.  

| || 15% (foot), 14% (leg) || Snake lifts a leg to head height and axe-drops it down. Has slow start-up and some ending lag, but it is a good meteor smash with great vertical and horizontal reach. Connection with the foot results in a very powerful meteor smash while connection with the leg results in some vertical knockback that can star KO opponents over 100%. When the spacing for meteor smashing with the forward aerial is mastered, this is a surprisingly easy meteor smash to land.  

| || 12%/13%/14% (clean body/leg/foot), 10% (late) || Snake kicks his legs out behind him, making him plank in the air. Has fairly fast start-up along with good reach and good horizontal knockback when sweetspotted. Has Sex Kick properties, meaning its hitbox has a long duration and is stronger at the beginning of the attack. It has some ending lag and never auto-cancels, so it is very punishable if it is not canceled by pressing the shield button. This move is useful for edgeguarding.

| || 12%/13%/14% (clean body/leg/foot), 10% (late) || Thrusts his legs straight upwards, similar to his back aerial except upwards. Fairly fast start-up with good vertical reach and powerful vertical knockback, but it has considerable ending lag. The up aerial is useful for star KOing airborne opponents that are above 100%.

| || 4% (hits 1-4) (16% total) || Like his neutral aerial, except with four stomps below instead. With a quick start-up, all four stomps can be performed in a short hop. The last stomp has very high vertical knockback. While somewhat laggy and punishable, this attack is good against shields, and is a great punishing move if Snake can predict where an opponent may end up after his opponent performs a roll dodge. Unlike the neutral aerial, it is generally better against grounded opponents.

| || &mdash; || Grabs and holds his opponent in a restraining chokehold, which is a grabbing position unique to Snake. In Project M Snake can move horizontally using the left and right taunt buttons during a grab.

| || 3% || Tightens his chokehold.

| || 9% || Flips them over and drops them (scoop slam).  

| || 9% || Throws opponent over his knee. The same type of throw is also seen in the MGS games.  

| || 10% || Back suplex, similar to Jigglypuff's back throw. Can setup for his up tilt at low percentages.

| || 14% || Lays opponent on the floor, putting the opponent into the downed status. One of the best tech-chase moves in the game and lets Snake get an addition grab or hit if he can predict how the enemy will recover.

| || 6% || Rotates his body around with both his feet sticking out and gets up.

| || 6% || Rotates his body around with both his feet sticking out and gets up.

| || 5% || Does a swirling kick while getting up.

| || 6% (body), 8% (leg) || Picks himself up and swirls his leg forward.

| || 8%/9% (body/hip), 10% (leg) || Slowly gets up and kicks forward.  

| [[Hand Grenade]] || 2-4% (throw), 12% (explosion) || When the special button is pressed Snake pulls out a grenade and then pulls out the pin, releasing the button will cause him to throw it. The type of throw used can be controlled by pressing forward, upwards, downwards, or pressing no direction at all. The grenade will explode after 1.5 seconds of being out and only one grenade can be out at once, another one can't be produced until it explodes.  

| Tranquilizer || 1% || Snake shoots a small tranquilizing projectile that puts a grounded opponent to sleep. Allowing for easy follow-ups and starting combos. If the target is not on the ground, the target will get 1% damage. Reloads after 3 shots.

| [[Cypher]] || 6% (2 hits), 5% (camera) || Snake grabs onto a flying reconnaissance camera to recover. It will not make him helpless, but will take away his mid-air jump. One can cancel the ride early by performing any attack (excluding the up special), or by pressing down, upon which the Cypher will become an upward projectile. Despite the large amount of vertical distance this move covers, Snake is very vulnerable to edgeguarding even though the move now has two damaging electric hitboxes until either Snake cancels the move or he is hit out of it.  

| [[C4]] || 16% || Snake bends down a plants a C4 on the ground where he's standing. However the C4 can also be planted on an enemy, where he will say "There". By using the move a second time, he takes out a remote with a flourish and exclaims "Now!" as he presses the button, detonating the explosive, which can KO at around 100%. The detonation can be cancelled if Snake is attacked before he presses the button.  

| [[Grenade Launcher]] || 18% (12 shots) || Snake catches a helicopter which brings him to the foreground. A grenade launcher is pulled out with enough ammunition for two rounds.

===Notable players===

*{{Sm|Azer|USA}}

*{{Sm|FlashingFire|USA}}

*{{Sm|Jonny Westside|USA}}

*{{Sm|MVD|USA}}

*{{Sm|Professor Pro|UK}}

*{{Sm|Rolex|USA}}

*{{Sm|Sago|USA}}

Snake's blue costume from ''Brawl'' has been replaced with a more distinctive one, making it more noticeable on [[Team Battle]]s. In addition, he now has a costume based off of his father, Big Boss, aka Naked Snake.

|colspan=8|[[Image:Snake Palette (PM).png|frame|center|Snake's alternate costumes in PM]]

|[[Image:SnakeHeadSSBB.png]]

|[[Image:SnakeHeadRedSSBB.png]]

|[[Image:SnakeHeadBlueSSBB.png]]

|[[Image:SnakeHeadWhiteSSBB.png]]

|[[Image:SnakeHeadGreenSSBB.png]]

|[[Image:SnakeHeadBrownSSBB.png]]

|[[Image:SnakeHeadBigBossPM.png]]

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