Zelda (PM)

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Zelda in Project M and Project+
Universe	The Legend of Zelda
Base game appearance	Brawl

Zelda is a playable character in the Brawl mod Project M.

Attributes

Similar to Bowser, Zelda was one of the most buffed characters from Melee and Brawl to Project M, making her a reliable fighter without need of Sheik. General buffs include better KO power for her magic moves, as well as increased combo potential for weak moves, plus her special moves are more efficient and can be canceled earlier.

Changes from Melee to PM

• Neutral aerial's multiple hits link into each other much better (an improvement that is also seen on the rest of her moveset) and the hitboxes are larger.
• Zelda's Lightning Kicks have two sweetspots: a larger Melee sized one that is weaker than in Melee but still deals good knockback and damage, and Brawl sized sweetspots that are extremely powerful. They deal 18% and 22% damage, respectively. They also have an electric flub sourspot (15%) and a body hitbox sourspot (8%), so the move is still effective at either damaging or KOing no matter where it hits.
• Up aerial has an early hitbox at the base of her fingertips which deals 3% electric damage and links into her up air sweetspot. The explosion also deals 18% if it hits at the center (3% more).
• Down aerial has also been made to sweetspot on grounded opponents in addition to aerial opponents. While sourspot deals stronger damage, sweetspot is significantly stronger than in Brawl, and both are more powerful on aerial foes.
• Nayru's Love is land cancelable after the attack frames end, and while the ground version has no such cancel, it posseses improved invulnerability.
• Din's Fire no longer enforces helplessness.
• Farore's Wind can air dodge to interrupt teleporting from the ground, giving Zelda the ability to waveland or pseudo-wavedash any time during the duration of the move. The disappearing hitbox also has its Melee power.
• Can act out of Transform sooner, like Sheik.
• Pummel now does 4% damage (1% more) per use, racking up damage better.
• Up throw can now be used to chaingrab opponents.
• Down throw is stronger, dealing 16% damage (6% more).
• Up air has a sourspot at the bottom that deals 12% damage (3% less).
• Up throw has weaker damage (9%) and knockback.
• Din's Fire functions significantly differently. Upon releasing a fireball, instead of quickly exploding it stops and hangs in the air for several seconds before exploding. Touching a suspended fireball does 8% damage. Using the move again resets the timer on fireballs that already exist (up to three can exist at once). In addition to these changes, the control of fireballs is massively increased to the point where fireballs can almost loop in circles. After the fireballs are suspended for too long, they explode (like the original attack), possesing wide hitboxes that deal 12% damage each with strong knockback.
• Most magic attacks were given additional sparkles, denoting their increased strength.
• Sidestep has a magic effect.
• Down taunt now emits the "Puzzle Solved" jingle.

Moveset

Up to date as of version 3.0.

	Name	Damage	Description
Neutral attack	Short Flash
Forward tilt	Mystic Swipe
Up tilt	Protective Sweep
Down tilt	Trip
Dash attack	Magical Push
Forward smash	Shining Palm
Up smash	Power Sweep
Down smash	Compass Spin
Neutral aerial	Magic Spin
Forward aerial	Lightning Kick
Back aerial	Reverse Lightning Kick
Up aerial	Condensed Blast
Down aerial	Meteor Heel
Grab	Magical Hold	—
Pummel	Hex
Forward throw	Levitation
Back throw	Reverse Levitation
Up throw	Levitation Launch
Down throw	Plasma Beat
Floor attack (front)	Floor Spin
Floor attack (back)	Back Spin
Floor attack (trip)	Sit Spin
Edge attack (fast)	Quick Kick
Edge attack (slow)	Slow Swipe
Neutral special	Nayru's Love
Side special	Din's Fire
Up special	Farore's Wind
Down special	Transform
Final Smash	Light Arrow

In competitive play

Notable players

• Ryoko
• Zhime
• blondie

External links

• Project M character page