Brawler

= "Let's see what you're made of." -Brawler =

Overview
The Brawler is a class that focuses mainly on getting up-close to the opponent and performing long-lasting combos that stack up damage quickly. Although Brawler is the starter class during the tutorial, they are somewhat hard to master due to how limited their attack range is.

Appearance
Brawler appears to be a humanoid person with light-yellow skin and minimal armor, wearing only a red tanktop shirt, cloth wraps around the hands and wrists, and light red pants. He also wears a red headband, presumably to prevent sweat from reaching his face.

Light attacks
Neutral (Moving and Standing): Jab Combo

The Brawler throws his left hand forward, dealing 3 damage.

The Brawler throws his right hand forward, dealing 3 damage again.

The Brawler finishes with an overhead kick, dealing 4 damage, low knockback and low hitstun. Even though this is a basic combo finisher, it is one of the worst, as its low hitstun leaves you open for punishes.

Aerial Neutral: Backflip Kick

The Brawler, as the name says, backflips and kicks opponents upwards in the air, dealing 9 damage and decent knockback.

Aerial Forward: Dropkick

The Brawler kicks forward, dealing 7 damage and knocks opponents away from you in one direction. Even though it is a great combo finisher, it has been changed to have less endlag, and can now be used as a combo starter as well.

Crouch: Sweeping Kick

The Brawler spins and sweeps the ground in front of him with his left leg, dealing 4 damage and knocking opponents upwards with a decent amount of hitstun.

Dashing: Speed Kick

A generic kick that stops most of the momentum of the dash. Deals 4.6 damage and stuns long enough to get a full combo off of.

Heavy Attacks
Standing: Overhead Slam

The Brawler grabs the opponent and swings them over his head, slamming them into the floor and dealing 5 damage and throwing them upwards.

Forward: Condensed Air Break

The Brawler draws in air around him, and stands still. This can be charged, and once released, he condenses the air around him into his elbow and thrusts forward. This deals 25 damage completely uncharged, and 45~50 damage if charged fully. The knockback also scales a bit with the charge, but if the move is overcharged, the move will be canceled completely.

Aerial Forward: Dragon's Flight

The Brawler takes the power inside of him and concentrates it to jump back and attack whoever's in the way of his 'flight' path. The attack itself deals 14 damage and knocks opponents back a good distance.

Crouching: Rising Dragon

The Brawler jumps up with a spinning uppercut to the enemy that ends in a kick that sends the opponent flying, no pun intended. This deals 14 damage, totals up to 25~34 damage with the final kick. Even though this move has great killing power, the connectivity of the move is a problem in and of itself. It is common to see the final hit not connect when using it at lower damage.

Strengths and Weaknesses
Strengths


 * Combo Monster: Brawler's combos consistently deal over 50% damage when fully optimized, and have great KO power. If he gets a clean hit he can wipe the floor with his opponent.
 * Powerful Moves: Rising Dragon and Overhead Slam are very powerful moves, especially when used in combos. Rising Dragon is a very powerful finisher, and Overhead Slam extends your combo for more damage.
 * The Bottom Line: Brawler benefits from all of the game's universal mechanics, even most of the advanced ones. While not exactly the most beginner friendly, getting a good grasp of Brawler is a great way to effectively pick up the more complicated parts of the game.
 * Higher Skill Ceiling: Brawler, when played at his best, hits like a truck and can constantly push his gameplan in neutral. Compared to most other characters he has a lot to do in terms of optimization and creativity.

Weaknesses


 * Poor Range: Brawler has the shortest range out of every character in the game. His only ranged tool is his Condensed Air Break, and the projectile itself isn't the most useful.
 * Poor Aerials: Both of the Brawler's aerials aren't the greatest. Neutral Aerial has a somewhat odd hitbox and slow startup, and Forward Aerial has a lot of endlag, a short-lasting hitbox, and not much use in combos, as there are better alternatives.
 * High Skill Floor: Many of Brawler's more widely known combos aren't actually fully true, notable in Rising Dragon. If the opponent is fast enough, they can dash out of the move and completely avoid the more powerful hit of the special. To play Brawler well, you need a good grasp of how the game works, some patience, and some time in practice mode.
 * Punished Easily: Brawler can be punished very easily, as he needs to take risks to push his gameplan. A wrong step can spell serious harm to him.

Combos

 * JC (Jab Combo) 1-2 + Overhead Slam (Easy)
 * JC 1-2 + Rising Dragon (Easy)
 * JC 1-2 + Compressed Air Break (Easy)
 * Sweeping Kick + Jab Combo (Easy, true at lower damage)
 * Sweeping Kick + Backflip Kick/Dropkick (Easy)
 * JC 1-2 + Sweeping Kick + JC 3 (Easy)
 * Dropkick + JC 1-2 + Sweeping Kick + Backflip Kick (Medium)
 * Sweeping Kick + JC 1-2 + Overhead Slam + Rising Dragon (Medium, true at lower percents)
 * Overhead Slam + JC 1-2 + Rising Dragon (Hard)
 * Sweeping Kick + JC 1-2 + Rising Dragon (Connect whiff) + JC (Catches opponents off-guard, still Hard)
 * JC 1 + Sweeping Kick + JC 2 + Overhead Slam + Rising Dragon (Insane)

Skins



 * Sensei Brawler (500 Gems, currently unobtainable)
 * Picnic Brawler (200 Gems, currently unobtainable)
 * Demon Brawler (3000 Gems)
 * Flavortown Brawler (1500 Gems)
 * Veteran Brawler (Possibly requires 500 kills, or through the owner giving it to you.)

Trivia

 * The Flavortown Brawler is a direct reference to Food Channel's Guy Fieri, who refers to Flavortown multiple times.
 * The Demon Brawler is another direct reference to Akuma from the Street Fighter series.
 * The Picnic Brawler is a possible reference to Monkey D. Luffy from the One Piece anime.
 * The sound played during the Overhead Slam is used from Super Smash Bros. Melee's Fox's Down Special, known as the Reflector or Shine.