Squirtle (PM)

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Squirtle in Project M and Project+
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Universe	Pokémon
Base game appearance	Brawl
Moveset inspiration	Squirtle (SSBB)

Squirtle is a playable character in the Brawl mod Project M. Like Ivysaur and Charizard, it has been separated from the Pokémon Trainer and so fights alone.

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.
• Down tilt now hits just twice, while dealing nearly the same damage, making it faster and harder to escape.
• All attacks involving Squirtle's shell have launch resistance. The stronger the attack, the heavier the armor.
• Neutral aerial is now a vertical shell spin with more gimping potential, having a better knockback scaling and a semi-spike angle.
• With the faster-paced physics and enhanced aerial combos, Squirtle's aerial attacks are generally more useful, with its up aerial easily juggling fastfallers and heavyweights, and its forward and back aerials having increased gimping potential and giving Squirtle a pseudo-wall of pain.
• 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, allowing 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. The move now shoots a stream of water even when uncharged, has faster startup for shooting in all levels of charge, and retains its push effect so that Squirtle is left less vulnerable if the move whiffs.
• Withdraw is now completely immune to projectiles and can change directions, along with traveling faster and having a slightly extended duration. When hitting an opponent, Squirtle bounces and cancels the move, leading better into aerials.
• Waterfall travels faster and has increased KO potential.
• Pokémon Change has been replaced by a new move called Bubble; a fast, short-ranged projectile with multiple hits that trips grounded opponents (for tech-chases), and has an horizontal angle on aerial targets that can easily gimp them.
• Squirtle keeps momentum upon grabbing opponents, which when combined with shellshifting causes throws to KO more easily, especially down throw.
• Down throw is much stronger in terms of damage while keeping its powerful knockback from Brawl, with Squirtle now having the strongest throw of all lightweights in the game.
• Neutral aerial has slightly slower startup.
• Water Gun can now be absorbed.
• Waterfall was given more startup lag, and its hits no longer link properly.
• Down throw now has a water effect.
• Withdraw can be canceled into a fast damaging jump called Aqua Jet by using the attack button, which has long range and is faster and stronger, but leaves Squirtle helpless, and therefore easily prone to self-destructs if used near edges.
• New on-screen appearance: Squirtle comes on using Withdraw.
• Like Ivysaur and Charizard, Squirtle has got more significant palette swaps, these being: a Red Team one with color scheme and eyes based on Charmander, a yellow one that gives it the color scheme of a Koopa Troopa, a Green Team one resembling a Turtwig, a pink one similar to a Lickitung, and finally a purple one. 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 a special button just before Squirtle lands from his up taunt results in it getting black sunglasses based on those wore by the leader of the Squirtle Squad in the Pokémon anime. The glasses shatter if Squirtle is attacked.

Moveset

Up to date as of version 3.0.

	Name	Damage	Description
Neutral attack	Jab, Kick, Pound	3%, 2% then 6% (11% total)
Forward tilt	Tail Flick	8%
Up tilt	Hopping Headbutt	7%
Down tilt	Rapid Spin	2% then 8% (10% total)
Crawl attack		3%
Dash attack	Tackle	9% (clean), 7% (late)
Forward smash	Shell Smash	16%
Up smash	Hydro Pump	3% then 14% (17% total)
Down smash	Water Sport	2 hits of 3%, then 6% (12% total)
Neutral aerial	Aqua Wheel	11% (clean), 8% (late)
Forward aerial	Jump Kick	13% (clean), 8% (late)
Back aerial	Tail Poke	12% (clean), 8% (late)
Up aerial	Turtle Flip	11% (body), 6% (tail)
Down aerial	Whirlpool	4 hits of 2%, then 5% (13% total)
Grab		—
Pummel	Head Rattle	3%
Forward throw	Kick Toss	6%
Back throw	Reverse Kick Toss	10%
Up throw	Shell Shuttle	7%
Down throw	Hydro Slam	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	6%-14%
Side special	Withdraw	8-9% (slide), 12%-9% (Aqua Jet)
Up special	Waterfall	4%, 3% then 9% (16% total)
Down special	Bubble	3 hits of 3% (9% total)
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