Ivysaur (SSS)

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Ivysaur is a playable character on Super Smash Stadium. It debuted alongside Poké-Floats halfway through the show's 10th season, along with Charizard and Squirtle as part of Pokémon Trainer's team.
==In its own universe==
Ivysaur is one of the original three "Starter Pokémon". Evolving from Bulbasaur at Level 16, it further evolves into Venusaur at Level 32. The trend of Starter Pokémon is to start out pure-typed and then gain a second type on evolution; Ivysaur bucks this trend by virtue of Bulbasaur also being Grass/Poison. Also notable for not being a Pokémon that Red's famous animé counterpart, , ever owned; in fact, in , his Bulbasaur famously tried to resist evolving.
The entire line essentially represents the growth cycle of a plant. Whereas Bulbasaur had a bulb on its back, with Ivysaur, that bulb has now bloomed into a bud. When it evolves into Venusaur, the bulb will bloom further into a fully-developed flower.
==Attributes==
Ivysaur is supposed to be the "middle" of Pokémon Trainer's three Pokémon. As such, it's stronger but heavier and slower than Squirtle, while weaker but lighter and faster than Charizard. In practice, however, Ivysaur was originally one of the Trainer's worst Pokémon, and may have been one of the worst characters in the entire game. In Season 39, however, Ivysaur was buffed quite a bit, possibly making it the best option.
Being a Grass Pokémon that fights primarily with its vines, Ivysaur has been relegated to the "zoner" role. Its best attacks are with its vines, giving it range comparable to the swordfighters. The attacks that use its bud are also extremely powerful if you can get past their lag; in particular, its down air may be the second strongest Meteor Smash ever behind Ganondorf's DAir.
===Changes===
In addition to what was noted above:
*Season 31: Became available as a standalone character due to Pokémon Trainer's retirement. This also took away its two most problematic elements, shared with the Trainer's other Pokémon: the "stamina" mechanic (where it would get tired if used for too long, making it weaker), and a "type effectiveness" mechanic that made it take more damage from fire moves, but that the other Pokémon didn't seem to suffer from, in part due to fire-based moves being much more common. It could resist Water moves, but Squirtle was the only one using them until Season 36, when Mario began using FLUDD for his down special.
*Season 37: Pokémon Trainer returned; however, Ivysaur can still be chosen as a standalone Pokémon.
===Moveset===
Entrance: Comes out of a Poké-Ball. (If Pokémon Trainer is with it, he'll say "Go, Ivysaur!")
Move Name	Description 	Description	Description
Neutral Special:
Bullet Seed	Ivysaur spews seeds from its bud for as long as you hold , up to three seconds. The seeds do very little knockback, but they can rack up damage on an opponent very quickly. Before Season 36, the move was Leech Seed, and left a flower on opponents' heads, with its size being determined by how hard they were hit.
Cannot kill.	Ivysaur spews seeds from its bud for as long as you hold , up to three seconds. The seeds do very little knockback, but they can rack up damage on an opponent very quickly. Before Season 36, the move was Leech Seed, and left a flower on opponents' heads, with its size being determined by how hard they were hit.
Cannot kill.	Ivysaur spews seeds from its bud for as long as you hold , up to three seconds. The seeds do very little knockback, but they can rack up damage on an opponent very quickly. Before Season 36, the move was Leech Seed, and left a flower on opponents' heads, with its size being determined by how hard they were hit.
Cannot kill.
Side Special:
Razor Leaf	Ivysaur flings out a leaf which acts like a boomerang. Deals just enough knockback to enable Ivysaur to combo opponents.
Cannot kill.	Ivysaur flings out a leaf which acts like a boomerang. Deals just enough knockback to enable Ivysaur to combo opponents.
Cannot kill.	Ivysaur flings out a leaf which acts like a boomerang. Deals just enough knockback to enable Ivysaur to combo opponents.
Cannot kill.
Up Special:
Vine Whip	Ivysaur extends its vines upward; you can use to steer them forward. Primarily used as a tether recovery, the move doesn't cause helplessness and can be spammed in the air. Hit opponents with the tip of the vine to do 13% and severe knockback.
Kills at 85%.	Ivysaur extends its vines upward; you can use to steer them forward. Primarily used as a tether recovery, the move doesn't cause helplessness and can be spammed in the air. Hit opponents with the tip of the vine to do 13% and severe knockback.
Kills at 85%.	Ivysaur extends its vines upward; you can use to steer them forward. Primarily used as a tether recovery, the move doesn't cause helplessness and can be spammed in the air. Hit opponents with the tip of the vine to do 13% and severe knockback.
Kills at 85%.
Down Special:
With Pokémon Trainer:
Pokémon Change	The Pokémon Trainer switches to Charizard.	Without Pokémon Trainer:
Solarbeam	Ivysaur fires a harsh beam of light forward that fries any opponent hit for 30%. Similar to the Wario Waft, the move's power is determined by how long you've gone without using it, with full power being reached in three minutes.
*The "base" move hardly does anything, but can induce tripping on opponents.
*The "Level 1" move, reached after one minute of charging, does 10% and little knockback.
*The "Level 2" move, reached after two minutes of charging, does 20% but more knockback than the full-power move.
Kills at 75% at full power; 60% at Level 2.
Final Smash:
With Pokémon Trainer:
Triple Finish	Ivysaur uses Solarbeam, while Charizard uses Fire Blast and Squirtle uses Hydro Pump. The combined attack traps anyone hit and does close to 45%.
Kills at 65%.	Without Pokémon Trainer:
Bloom Doom ("Frenzy Plant" before Season 45)	Ivysaur plants roots all over the stage. When these roots detect an opponent, a massive tree will shoot out for them, dealing 75% and massive knockback; however, there's a window of a half second where they can dodge. The name was changed to Bloom Doom in Season 45 (referencing the then-new Z-Moves in the process) because Ivysaur can't legally learn Frenzy Plant, only Venusaur.
Kills at 65%.
===Taunts===
*Up Taunt: Shakes itself off, its plant spinning in the process.
*Side Taunt: Stands on its front legs and spins, yelling "Ivy! Ivy! IVY!"; it will trip over at the end but quickly get back up.
*Down Taunt: Dances with its vines out, saying "Saur, ivy, ivy!" in the process.
===Victory===
*Pose, with Pokémon Trainer: The Trainer cuddles Ivysaur, saying "You did great, Ivysaur!" in the process.
*Pose, without Pokémon Trainer: Whips its vines several times, then poses with them still out.
*Theme: Team Pokémon's victory theme.
*"No Contest"/Loss Theme: Team Pokémon's loss theme.
==Costumes==
*Default
*Shiny
*All-Green
*Inverted colors
*White bud
*Black bud
*Purple bud
*Game Boy Chic: Ivysaur in its original Japanese Red/Green appearance, with a monochrome color scheme.
Category:Starter Pokémon
Category:Grass Pokémon
Category:Poison Pokémon