GODZILLA: Ceaseless Combat/Varan

Varan is a playable character in GODZILLA: Ceaseless Combat. His design takes multiple elements from all of his designs, but is particularly influenced by his appearance in the original Varan(1958) and his scrapped appearance from the original draft for the Millennium film Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack(2001).
==BACKSTORY==
An ancient reptile from millions of years ago in the Triassic, Varan was hailed and feared as a God. He escaped extinction by hibernating at the bottom of a lake for quite some time. Legends began of a lake creature who would herald and bring forth the beginning of the end, the start of a world-consuming apocalypse. Indeed, when scientists woke him up while conducting tests and research in the area, he cut a swath of destruction through Japan, but was quickly stopped. Now, however, he rises again. Still information on Varan remains relatively rare, but what is known is that Varan is capable of traversing land, sea, and sky without any difficulty, and has fast-paced movements in conjunction with sonar to scramble the senses of foes. One question stands, though: with Varan reawakening as a result of the crystal plague, was the apocalypse of myth referring to this?
==GAMEPLAY==
Varan is overall well-balanced in quite a few respects, offering decent offenses in both fields and tremendous agility. He's surprisingly very resistant to melee blows, though weapons give him a bit more trouble. In addition, his unique ability to glide does offer some upsides and downsides to traditional flying; he glides faster than most monsters can fly, going much faster than he does by walking, although he is harder to steer and he slowly descends to the ground, although some attacks can help keep him up for a bit longer. Quite a few attacks can easily combo into each other too; when the Harbinger brings the Apocalypse down on you, don't expect to get away too easily.
==STATS==
Stat 						Value					
Strength 						 					7
Durability						 					9
Power 						 					6
Resistance						 					6
Agility 						 					9
==ELEMENT MATCHUP==
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==MOVESET==
*Varan can glide. Unlike flying and hovering monsters, Varan does not maintain his current altitude while gliding and slowly returns to the ground.
Input 	Name 	Element	Type 	Energy Cost 	Description
High Attack 	Punch 	 	Melee 	-- 	A decently-ranged, sharp-clawed punch serves as Varan's basic high attack. The attack can be done in faster succession while walking.
High Up 	Claw Fury 	 	Melee 	-- 	For a minimum of two seconds and as long as the button is held, Varan lashes out with his claws in rapid succession, slashing up those he hits.
High Down 	Reverse Arm Double 	 	Melee 	-- 	Rolling forwards quickly, Varan lashes out with his hands. Should he make contact, he grabs onto the foe's legs and uses them to lift him high up. He then does a flip and brings both his arms down on their head before following up with his feet and kicking them away.
High Left/Right 	Fierce Glide 	 	Melee 	-- 	Varan simply glides forwards a short distance, damaging anyone he runs into.
Low Attack 	Kick 	 	Melee 	-- 	Varan does a simple kick.
Low Up 	Falling Spiral Crash	 	Melee 	-- 	Varan glides upwards, before rocketing down and curling into a ball right before impact. Does more damage if started while gliding.
Low Down 	Glide Flip 	 	Melee 	-- 	Varan makes a big leap forwards(but not covering much vertical distance) and cartwheels in midair.
Low Left/Right 	Glide Bomber 	 	Melee 	-- 	Gliding low to the ground with his claws outstretched, Varan lunges upwards with his snapping jaws.
Strong Attack 	Tail Cutter of Pale 	 	Melee 	25% 	Varan does a flip with his tail extended and emitting a pale teal glow, before doing another flip in the opposite rotation direction. Does more damage the more Health the target has in their current Health Cell.
Strong Up 	Stark Snow Spear 	 	Melee 	20% 	The creature winds back and throws a series of stabs with his arms forwards before lashing out with his tail a long distance like a spear, all of which glow white and gold. Does slight damage over time to anyone it hits.
Strong Down 	Red Crescent Cutlass	 	Melee 	20% 	While a red manifestation of a blade briefly flickers on his arm, Varan does a flip and swings downwards with his claws.
Strong Left/Right 	Black Saw 	 	Melee 	20% 	While gliding forwards a short distance, Varan rolls into a ball and spins rapidly while his spines glow black, quickly falling to the ground. If he hits a wall or a large building he will rebound off it.
Primary Weapon 1 	Sensory Abuse 	 	Weapon	33% 	Varan fires a blast of dark sonar energy from his mouth. Upon hitting a foe, they will freeze in place and slowly lose Energy; if playing Online their screen also starts to warp and swirl.
Primary Weapon 2 	Sonar Overload 	 	Weapon	 	Charging up, Varan roars and unleashes a giant shockwave in every direction. It freezes foes in place and does slight damage over time for a few seconds. Regardless of amount of Energy left, it consumes all of it at once(it needs at least two thirds of the bar), doing more damage the more Energy was spent.
Continuous Breath Weapon 	Shadow Sonar 	 	Weapon	25% per second	Varan unleashes a beam of combined sonar and shadows from his jaws.
While grabbing foe, Throw 	Bite 	 	Melee 	-- 	Varan delivers a series of fast bites to the foe's neck before leaping off of them.
While grabbing foe, Throw Up/Down/Left/Right	Roll 	 	Melee 	-- 	The creature kicks his foe to the ground, then jumps on their chest and rolls rapidly, stabbing them with his spikes. Interestingly, every single hit of this attack can remove a Health Cell, so Varan can remove a Cell partway through the attack and then start shaving off the next during the throw.
Rage Attack 	Godshredder 	 	Melee 	-- 	Roaring loudly, Varan lunges and begins to glide out of control, dicing up everyone as he rapidly glides by through the arena. The last hit freezes everyone in midair; Varan then slides along the ground past them before turning around and charging at the foe with the highest Health, throwing them to the ground and shredding them repeatedly with his spines, tail, jaws, and hands.
==TRIVIA==
*Varan's Strong attacks are based on the Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The default is based on Death(the pale horse), the up-inputted attack is based on Conquest(the white horse), the down-inputted attack on War(the red horse), and the left/right-inputted attack on Famine(the black horse).
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