Maleficent (SSBU)

Maleficent () is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
==Attributes==
Compared to Hades, Maleficent is a heavy middleweight that largely focuses on zoning her opponent with dark magic. Despite her impressive damage, she suffers from having low jumps and a slow dashing speed.
==Moveset==
*On 2v2 matches, Maleficent's ally will have a dark aura surrounding ther body, which increases everytime they or she knocked the opponent, raising their stat at 0.5x until the third time, where the ally will have 3x the stat for the rest of the match, even when knocked out.
*Maleficent has a passive shield that blocks projectiles when idle or walking, automatically summoning some kind of magical barrier in front of her. Unlike other passive shields though, it has a reflective effect that doubles the projectile's power up to 2.
*Maleficent can float for 2.3 seconds.
=== Ground attacks ===
Attack 	Name	Description 	Damage
Standard attack	 	Swings her staff twice, one left, one right, then attacks the opponent with repetead bursts of darkness, followed by an explosive one. 	,2%, 2%, 0.55% (loop), 6% (final)
Forward tilt 	 	Thrusts her staff forward while it is surrounded by dark green aura. Deals three hits and can be angled. 	2.2% (hits 1-2), 3.% (hit 3)
Up tilt 	 	Lifts her staff upward quickly to release a small burst of green darkness. The sourspot deals large knockback. 	9%, 11.2% (sourspot)
Down tilt 	 	Swings her hand forward, clawing the opponent with her fingers. If hit, it will inflict Poison damage. Is a bit slow for a tilt, but her hand has invincibility frames of 10. 	7.2%
Dash attack 	 	Summons her pet raven, Diablo to perform a drill peck attack while she sidesteps forward. 	1.1% (hits 1-5), 4% (hit 6)
Forward smash 	 	Holds her staff forward to produce a huge explosive burst, dealing multiple hits and damage. 	(hits 1-3), (hit 4)
Up smash 	 	Holds her staff upward, conjuring a dark sign above her that shoots lightning bolts in a circle. The beginning part can hitstun the opponent if close 	(hitstun bolt),
Down smash 	 	Stabs her staff into the ground, unleashing a short-ranged wave of fire around her. In the fully charged version, the waves are much larger, hitting any aerial opponent that tried to attack her.	
=== Aerial attacks ===
Attack 	Name	Description 	Damage
Neutral aerial	 	Surrounds herself in a aura of flames, dealing multiple damage to anyone close to her, similar to Mewtwo's. 	0.5% (hits 1-6), 7% (hit 7)
Forward aerial	 	Summons spiky thorns from her staff. The tip of the sweetspot deals more damage. 	12% (clean), 9.2% (late), 14.7% (tip, clean), 11.4% (tip, late)
Back aerial 	 	Thrust her staff foward while briefly turning her body 	13.3%
Up aerial 	 	Shoots a lighting bolt diagonlly upwards, dealing electric damage. 	11.2%
Down aerial 	 	Turns upside down and spins herself while holding her staff down, emmiting a brief flaming aura around her. The tip of the staff can metor smash the opponent at 45%.	10.2% (early), 14% (clean), 8.3% (late)
=== Grab and throws ===
Attack 	Name	Description 	Damage
Grab 	 	Emits a short flash from her eyes. If done, the opponent will be stand still hypnotized. 	-
Pummel 	 	Summons thorn vines from the ground, squeezing the opponent 	1.1%
Forward throw	 	Diablo swoops in to kick them multiple times. The last one, launches them forward. 	1.1% (hits 1-5), 5% (hit 6)
Back throw 	 	Teleports behind them and summons a vine thorn to whip them in the back. 	12%
Up throw 	 	Summons a small geyser of fire from the ground to shoot them upwards. 	11%
Down throw 	 	Puts the opponent to the ground and summons three lance-like fireballs, hitting them one by one.	2% (hits 1-2), 8% (hit 3)
=== Other attacks ===
Attack 	Name	Description 	Damage
Normal 	 	 	
Floor attack (front)	 	Swings her staff forward, then backwards as she gets up. 	7%
Floor attack (back) 	 	Swings her staff forward, then backwards as she gets up. 	7%
Floor attack (trip) 	 	Dissapears and reappears, surrounded by her flames for a brief moment that damages them.	5%
Edge attack 	 	Diablo performs a dashing peck as Maleficent climbs. 	9%
=== Special attacks ===
Attack 	Name 	Description 	Damage
Standard special move	Lightning Strike	Maleficent thrusts her staff forward as she charges magic to fire a lighting bolt straight at a medium range. The player can held the button down to increase its damage and range, dealing decent knockback. It can also be angled up or down, the latter emmits a small shockwave. When holding up while charging, she will summon lighting bolts from the sky one by one very quickly. If close, the bolt will automatically lock-on the opponent.	8%, 9% (up), 6% (down), 14% (charge)
Side special move 	Fire Barrier 	Maleficent casts 4 green fireballs, circling around her for a while. During this state, the fireballs will protect Maleficent from incoming attack. If its hit, one of them will dissapear. After 6 seconds, the fireballs will home on one or two opponents. By holding the button while in the state allows Maleficent to form the fireballs into one big projectile, which she shoots very quickly. 	2.2% (each fireball), 13% (explosion)
Up special move 	Galaxy Trip 	Maleficent forms into a pinwheel-like cloud of dark energy as she moves forwards, dealing multiple hits to anyone close to her. It will also inflict the Curse status. She can also move back, up or down by sticking the controller in that direction. If up is performed, she will come down in an arc and crashes into the ground, generating both waves of fire left and right. 	2.3% (hits 1-3), 7% (hit 3), 1.2% (fire wave, per hit)
Down special move 	Eternal Sleep 	Maleficent will try to grab the opponent's arm with her hand. If done, she summons a cursed Spinning Wheel and let the opponent touch the spindle, putting them into sleep for a long period of time. The more damage the opponent received, the effect will last longer. If is performed in the air, a floating platform will be summoned. If the opponent its above 100% of health, they will be instantly KOed. 	5%
Final Smash 	Dragon's Breath 	Maleficent summons a meteor from the sky, crushing down. If it hits one or three opponents, they will be taken by a thorn-infested bridge and Maleficent transforms into her dragon form, shooting a huge flamethrower at them, ending the move. If its on a 2v2 match, the ally will be instantly at 3x the power. 	45%
=== Misc. ===
Misc. 	Description 	Description 	Description 	
On-screen appearance	Teleports in as flames are summoned into the ground. 	Teleports in as flames are summoned into the ground. 	Teleports in as flames are summoned into the ground.	
Idle Poses 	Stomps her staff twice while making a mean look 	Stomps her staff twice while making a mean look 	 	
Idle Poses 	Turns her head while looking forward. Diablo will look in all over the directions.	Turns her head while looking forward. Diablo will look in all over the directions.	 	
Taunts 	Standard 	Raises both arms as she laughs while briefly surrounded by a flame aura. 	 	
Taunts 	Side 	Holds her staff forwards as she exclaims "You will be put into death!" 	 	
Taunts 	Down/Up 	Pets Diablo from her left shoulder as he makes screeching sounds. 	 	
Taunts 	Victory theme 	 	 	
Taunts 	Victory Standard 	 	 	
Victory Side 	 	 	 	
Victory Up/Down 	 	 	 	
==Classic Mode: The Mitress of All Evil==
Maleficent's Classic Mode route consists of characters, who have swords for weapons, a reference to Prince Phillip and his Sword of Truth. She has a random CPU ally by her side, referencing her influence to Riku in Kingdom Hearts and Terra in Birth by Sleep. The name of the Classic Mode is a reference to one of her iconic quotes said by Maleficent.
Round 	Opponent 	Stage 	Music 	Notes
1 	Pikachu, Lucario and Zero Suit Samus	Coliseum 	Battle! (Champion) / Champion Cynthia 	N/A
2 	Mario, Luigi and Peach 	Coliseum (Battlefield form) 	Tough Guy Alert! 	N/A
3 	Link, Zelda and Young Link 	Coliseum (Ω form) 	Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 Trailer BGM 	N/A
4 	Koopalings 	The Underworld 	This is Minion Turf! 	The Koopalings are fought in the order Bowser Jr. fought and recruit them in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside + Bowser Jr.'s Journey.
5 	Ganondorf and King K. Rool 	The Underworld (Battlefield form)	Calamity Ganon Battle - Second Form 	N/A
6 	Ridley and Mewtwo 		The Underworld (Ω form) 	Vs. Meta Ridley 	N/A
Bonus Stage	Bonus Stage 	Bonus Stage 	Bonus Stage 	Bonus Stage
Final 	Bowser, then Giga Bowser 		The Underworld (Ω form) 	King Bowser - Super Mario Bros. 3, then The Grand Finale	A Maxim Tomato spawns on the stage after Bowser is KO'd.
Credits roll after completing Classic Mode. Completing it as Hades has What Lies Beneath accompany the credits.
==Alternate Costumes==
All of Maleficent's colors (except her violet and white) only swaps the colors of her inside cape.
Purple	Based on her appearance in Sleeping Beauty
Red 	Resembles her final concept art look
Blue 	N/A
Green 	Based on the colors to one of the promotional covers of Sleeping Beauty
Brown 	Resembles the colors of her goons.
Grey 	N/A
White 	Resembles her appearance in Maleficent and Maleficent: Mitress of All Evil
Violet	Resembles her appearance in Descendants
==Fighter Spirit==
No.	Image	Alternate Artwork	Name 	Origin Game 	Acquisition
???	 	 	Maleficent (Fighter)	Sleeping Beauty	•Complete Classic Mode with Maleficent•Purchase from the Vault Shop for 300G (after unlocking Maleficent)
==Trivia==
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