Squirtle (PM)

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Squirtle in Project M and Project+
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Universe	Pokémon
Base game appearance	Brawl

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

Attributes

Changes from Brawl to PM

Squirtle has been buffed noticeably from Brawl to PM.

• Shellshifting has been retained and Squirtle now has even more follow up options, most notably a long jump canceled grab.
• Pivot now has a hitbox that deals 3% damage and weakly launches enemies away with high base knockback, leading better into shellshift techniques, most notably the Hydroplane for a KO.
• All attacks involving Squirtle's shell have heavy armor. The stronger the attack, the heavier the armor.
• Neutral aerial now posseses gimping potential, having a better knockback scaling and a semi-spike angle.
• Down aerial is better at damaging, and on grounded opponents it acts as a locking meteor smash akin to Jigglypuff's down air.
• Forward smash has its knockback increased.
• First hit of up smash is now on Squirtle's jump, with the pumps hitting just once. This allows the first hit to link better with the second.
• Down smash hits consecutively and deals more damage, with the first hits meteoring the foe.
• Water Gun now deals consecutive damage and can clash with other projectiles. It can deal up to 6% damage if not charged, and 14% if fully charged.
• Withdraw is now immune to projectiles and can change directions. When hitting an opponent, it also makes Squirtle bounce and then cancels, leading better into aerials.
• Waterfall is now stronger and can reliably KO.
• Pokémon Change has been replaced by a new move called Bubble, which trips ground opponents and can gimp aerial ones. It has three hits of 3% damage each. Like Water Gun, Bubble can be reflected, or absorbed by PSI Magnet or Oil Panic.
• Keeps momentum upon grabbing opponents, which when combined with shellshifting causes throws to KO more easily, especially down throw.
• Down throw is stronger in terms of damage, dealing 14% with a water effect. It also keeps its powerful knockback from Brawl.
• Water Gun can now be absorbed.
• Waterfall was given some start-up lag.
• Down tilt now hits just twice.
• Neutral aerial now features a vertical shell spin rather than horizontal.
• Withdraw can be canceled into a fast damaging jump called Aqua Jet by using the attack button, dealing damage from 12% to 9%, though Squirtle falls helpless after this.
• New on-screen appearance: Squirtle comes on using Withdraw.
• More significant palette swaps, including a yellow one that gives it the color scheme of a Koopa Troopa, and a Green Team one that makes it more resemblant to a real-life turtle or a Turtwig. Squirtle now uses its default costume for the Blue Team.
• Pokémon Trainer victory pose replaced: Squirtle squirts water in an arc and then poses.
• Pressing the B button just before Squirtle lands from his up-taunt results in it getting black sunglasses based on the Squirtle Squad from the Pokémon anime. The glasses shatter if Squirtle is attacked.

Moveset

Up to date as of version 3.0.

	Name	Damage	Description
Neutral attack		3% then 2% then 6%
Forward tilt		8%
Up tilt		7%
Down tilt		2% then 8%
Crawl attack		3%
Dash attack		9% (clean) 7% (late)
Forward smash		16%
Up smash		3% then 14%
Down smash		3% (2 hits) 6% (1 hit)
Neutral aerial		11% (clean) 8% (late)
Forward aerial		13% (clean) 8% (late)
Back aerial		12% (clean) 8% (late)
Up aerial		11% (body) 6% (tail)
Down aerial		2% (4 hits) 5% (1 hit)
Grab		—
Pummel		3%
Forward throw		6%
Back throw		10%
Up throw		7%
Down throw		14%
Floor attack (front)		6%
Floor attack (back)		6%
Floor attack (trip)		5%
Edge attack (fast)		8%
Edge attack (slow)		10%
Neutral special	Water Gun	1-14%
Side special	Withdraw	8-9%
Up special	Waterfall	4% then 3% then 9%
Down special	Bubble	3% (3 hits)
Final Smash	None (yet)		Along with Charizard and Ivysaur, Squirtle doesn't have a Final Smash for the current version of Project M. Getting a Smash Ball with it will just cause it to shatter without any effect.

In competitive play

Notable players

•  Bwett
•  Burnsy
•  Zwarm
•  JewChainz
•  TKBreezy

External links

• Project M character page