Charizard (PM)

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

Charizard is a playable character in the Brawl mod Project M. It has been separated from the Pokémon Trainer and so fights alone.

Attributes

Changes from Brawl to PM

Charizard has been noticeably buffed from Brawl to PM, while also receiving many new moves and changes.

• Forward tilt is now a powerful bite that can be angled and deals 12% damage if sweetspotted. It has longer range and is a better launcher than the previous forward tilt.
• Up tilt and the sourspot of neutral aerial have better knockback.
• Forward aerial has been replaced with a flaming claw move akin to Mewtwo's forward aerial, with deals 17% damage (6% more) with powerful diagonal knockback. It lasts longer than Mewtwo's f-air, but has a sourspot. It is overall better at KOing than its previous forward air.
• Up aerial now has a sweetspot at Charizard's teeth, dealing 12% damage with a slash effect and having better KO potential.
• Down smash is now a meteor smash, allowing Charizard to follow up better into other attacks when used on grounded opponents.
• Up special deals higher damage and links better.
• Pokémon Change has been replaced with a different version of Fly. It causes Charizard to crouch and then leap into the air higher than any jump. The move can be charged to fly higher. When used in the air, Charizard instantly glides, and can use a glide attack afterwards.
• Glide attack is stronger, dealing consecutive hits that sum up to 17% damage, with strong knockback and a flame effect.
• New up throw: Seismic Toss from the Pokémon anime, where it flies with its opponent upwards and then slams down, creating a huge explosion. Deals 15% damage (5% more) with very powerful knockback.
• Down tilt is harder to KO with.
• Gliding can no longer be performed by holding the jump button; Charizard must use its down special to do so.
• Super armor of up special is replaced with medium armor.
• Neutral attack is now a single swing of its wing, dealing 7% damage. It also has a sweetspot at the tip of the wing that deals 9% damage.
• Down tilt is now his old forward tilt.
• Down throw is now a meteor smash that knockes foes down on the floor, akin to Fox and Falco's down throws. It can be teched instantly, though, but still acts as a tech-chaser.
• Rock Smash has been replaced with a new move called Heat Wave, using a similar animation to its old forward aerial. It provides backwards momentum when used in the air. Like the Brawl forward aerial, it is stronger up close, and the middle hits produce no knockback. It hits consecutively and can deal up to 25% damage if close enough to the foe.
• Forward smash and Fly now have an actual flame effect, the latter being renamed as the Fire Spin.
• Charizard now has more significant alternate costumes, including a grey one similar to its Shiny coloration, and a Blue Team one that makes it resemble a Golbat. It now uses its default color for the Red Team.
• New on-screen appearance: Charizard comes flying from above and quickly lands stomping the ground.
• "Pokémon Trainer petting" victory pose is replaced with another one, where Charizard lazily yawns and takes a nap on the floor in a burly manner; reminiscent of Ash's Charizard in the Pokémon anime, who tended to cease fighting and take naps on serious battles, disobeying all orders (which can also happen in the actual Pokémon games).

Like Squirtle and Ivysaur, Charizard is now a separate character from the Pokémon Trainer, no longer using a Stamina system. Pokémon Trainer is completely absent, no longer appearing during battles nor victory poses.

Moveset

Up to date as of [version].

	Name	Damage	Description
Neutral attack
Forward tilt
Up tilt
Down tilt
Dash attack
Forward smash
Up smash
Down smash
Neutral aerial
Forward aerial
Back aerial
Up aerial
Down aerial
Grab		—
Pummel
Forward throw
Back throw
Up throw
Down throw
Floor attack (front)
Floor attack (back)
Floor attack (trip)
Edge attack (fast)
Edge attack (slow)
Neutral special
Side special
Up special
Down special
Final Smash

In competitive play

Notable players

•  Metroid
•  Oracle
•  Spartamus
•  Yomi

Trivia

• Other than regular VS. battles, while Pokémon Trainer won't appear alongside Charizard in Classic or Stadium modes, he will in Event Matches, Subspace Emissary and Tourney mode. Charizard will still have its usual modded moves, and when using down special, the trainer will shout "Get back!" but it will still perform Fly. Using Charizard for too long in this state will cause the game to freeze. A similar thing happens to Squirtle and Ivysaur.
  • Additionally, during the Pokémon battle in All-Star mode, three Charizards will appear.
• Records with Charizard in Project M won't be saved anywhere.

External links

• Project M character page