Pokémon Trainer (SSBU)

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Pokémon Trainer in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Universe	Pokémon
Shares character slot with	Charizard Ivysaur Squirtle
Other playable appearance	in Brawl
Availability	Unlockable
Final Smash	Triple Finish

Pokémon Trainer (ポケモントレーナー, Pokémon Trainer) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He was confirmed on June 12th, 2018.

Changes from Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Aesthetics

• Leaf, the female Pokémon Trainer from FireRed/LeafGreen, makes her first appearance as an alternate costume.
• The trainer now turns in battle to face the direction of the fight.
• Squirtle has a new dash animation that involves surfing on a water wave.
• Squirtle has a more upright stance.
• Squirtle no longer leaps up during its up smash.
• Triple Finish has a different text box and animations, making it identical to how they appear in the Generation VII games.
• The trainer now claps on the results screen.

Attributes

• The Stamina mechanic has been removed, eliminating the necessity of switching out Pokémon to restore their power.
• Squirtle has a much faster running speed.

Normal Moves

• Squirtle's forward aerial now has additional water effects alongside the kick.
• Squirtle's full jab combo does slightly more damage (9% → 9.4).
• Squirtle's forward tilt does slightly more damage (6% → 6.2%).
• Squirtle has a new down tilt. While it only hits once, has further reach and is much stronger (5% → 10.1%).
• Squirtle's up smash activates faster and reaches much higher, along with being slightly stronger.
• Squirtle's forward smash is much stronger, even when uncharged (14% → 19.3%).
• Ivysaur's forward tilt reaches further and does far more damage.
• Ivysaur's down smash has greatly increased reach.
• Ivysaur's neutral aerial has a new animation where it points its bulb towards the screen and spins its leaves, hitting 6 times.

Special Moves

• Bullet Seed now has a finishing blow.
• Water Gun charges much faster and covers significantly more distance, able to reach the entirety of Battlefield when fully charged and having enough pushing force to KO off-stage opponents by pushing them into the blast zone.
• Withdraw is much faster and stronger (8% → 11%).
  • Withdraw now stops on impact, preventing it from racking up further damage.
• Pokémon Change can now be used in the air and is much quicker. Like in Brawl, it also offers brief invincibility upon switching out, though the quicker switch time allows it to potentially combo into another Pokémon's moves, or function somewhat as an alternative "air dodge". It also allows the user to essentially choose the recovery that suits a situation best.
  • After taking any hitstun-inducing hit, Pokémon Change can only be used if the Pokémon lands first, preventing exploiting of the move's intangibility. Similarly, spamming Pokémon Change will grant no invincibility frames for a period of time.

Changes from Super Smash Bros. 4

These changes only affect Charizard, who was a single fighter in the previous game.

Attributes

• Charizard's mid air jumps carry it higher than before.

Ground attacks

• Charizard's jab combo now requires specific timing of each input to deal maximum damage.
• Charizard's up tilt has lower vertical range.
• Charizard's forward smash is slightly stronger (17% → 19%).

Aerial attacks

• Neutral aerial causes Charizard's tail flame to grow, making it easier to sweetspot. Its overall speed and power has also been increased (sweetspot/sourspot: 12% → 15% / 9% → 12%).
• Charizard's back aerial has greatly decreased start up.
• Charizard's down aerial has increased ending lag.

Special Moves

• Flamethrower has a significantly larger hitbox. Additionally, its size does not decrease as fast, and it is still usable at its smallest.
• Flare Blitz is significantly stronger (19% → 26%) and deals even more knockback.
• Flare Blitz causes Charizard to enter a tumble animation for a longer period of time after impact.
• Fly's distance has greatly increased, allowing Charizard to recover to the ledge of Battlefield from the stage's lowest point.
• Now that it is once again part of the Pokémon Trainer rotation, Charizard's down special, Rock Smash, has been replaced with Pokémon Change, effectively eliminating Rock Smash from its moveset.
• Charizard's Final Smash has been reverted from Mega Charizard X to Triple Finish.