Baxter Ewers (SSB16)

Baxter Ewers is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. OC 2016. Baxter fights in his Magiquest moveset in the game despite lacking it for months, Baxter also has his appearance mixed between his Normal look and the belt he obtaines in MagiQuest 2:Shadow Clan. He retains mostly all of his runes and his final smash as well with some minor changes in his moveset.
==Attributes==
Baxter is a moderate heavy character who posses fast attacks with strong knockback but it long ending lag at the same time. Most of his attacks though possess high damage, high knockback, and good range, giving Baxter excellent KO potential at low damages. Baxter is also one of the best characters to crouch-cancel a jab with, as the move can accrue upwards of 20% on opponents when crouch-canceling the original hit into another jab a few times. Baxter works best when playing the range game, best maximized by using his forward aerial whenever retreating. His forward aerial has the distinction of having the most horizontal attack range of any normal aerial in the game. Though Baxter himself is slow, his attacks will surprise opponents when hitting from maximum range. Baxter also has a special mechanic that allows him to change runes using Rune Change and using a specific rune for Rune Use, his main one while not using Rune Change is Ice Arrow, Ice Arrow has a pretty good distance when holding it long, Ice Arrow can also freeze opponents at higher percent damages. Lightning Rune is great at Stunning his opponents so he can hit the opponent while the opponent is stunned, Also Lightning Rune works the same as Thunder from Robin. Rune of Healing works as a move to heal up baxter's damage percent by 2% if timed correctly. Fire Rune works as a chargable fireball that can be shot at anytime, It's great if you charge it all the way up and shoot it to KO opponents. And finally the Great Wolf Rune allows Baxter to summon a Gray Wolf, Timber Wolf or a Dark Wolf at his opponents as the Wolfs can jump at his opponents and letting the wolfs bite huge damage to the opponent before disappearing. Baxter has devastating KO moves in all Smash attacks, side tilt, Dash attack, Neutral Ariel, forward ariel, back ariel, up ariel, back throw, down throw, Rune Use and Portal Rune. Crystal Shield works as a Reflector, Portal Rune helps him to disappear and reappear damaging opponents, It's also one of the best recovery moves in the game.
However Baxter definitely has his drawbacks. His dash speed is fairly slow, and he is a somewhat a tall target. Baxter's Crystal Shield can break after a opponent hits it hard thus baxter must wait for about 10 seconds to reduce it back. Baxter is also a open hit box during Portal Rune so one hit during his recovery move then he goes helpless. Still, he is vulnerable to edgehogging as it does not grab the ledge until he is descending with the attack and most characters have at least one attack that can knock baxter out of Portal Rune. It is also vulnerable to gimps from moves that push others away.
==Moveset==
Attack 	Name 	Damage 	Description
Neutral Attack 	 	2%, 2%, 1% (per hit), 4% finisher 	Baxter jabs left, then right and uses his wand with serious slashes in a combo, finishing it off with a explosion from it.
Side Tilt 	 	3%, 6% 	Baxter winds up his right fist before punching downwards, hitting twice quickly
Up Tilt 	 	4% 	Baxter swipes over his head with his wand making a bit of flare out.
Down Tilt 	Master Magi Rune 	7%, 5% 	Baxter points his wand downwards and shoots out stars and stones that inflicts good amount of damage.
Dash Attack 	Shoulder Charge 	9% 	Baxter does a shoulder bash.
Side Smash 	Stone of Galdor 	22%, 18% 	Baxter summons and controls the ancient winds draining an opponent, and also blows away the opponent due to it having a wind effect and push effect.
Up Smash 	Rune of Protection	19%, 15% 	Baxter smashes the hilt of the Wand to the ground, causing the beam to strike and reveal itself upward and also the beam surrounding baxter to protect himself from being hit.
Down Smash 	Distract Rune 	10% 	Baxter thrusts his wand side to side that does dark magic to the opponent.
Neutral Ariel 	 	5% 	Baxter performs a sex kick infront of him
Forward Ariel 	Shadow Sword 	16% 	Baxter summons a Dark Sword and slams it infront of him in a arc and it disappears. He actually got it from the Main Antagonist "Xavier" after defeating him in MagiQuest 2:Shadow Clan.
Back Ariel 	 	11% 	Baxter kicks backwards.
Up Ariel 	Celestial Rune 	10% 	Baxter shoots upwards a Sun projectile from the Wand.
Down Ariel 	 	10% 	Baxter extends his foot downwards fast, making a meteor spike.
Forward Throw 	 	5% 	Baxter kicks the opponent forward.
Back Throw 	Rune of Freezing 	15% 	Baxter throws his opponent backwards and shoots out a Ice projectile that freezes the opponent.
Up Throw 	 	14% 	Baxter throws his opponent high in the air.
Down Throw 	Potion Rune 	4%, 1% 	Baxter thrusts in the Wand and shoots in poison at the opponent poisoning them for about 5 seconds. The Opponent takes small amount of damage.
Neutral Special	Rune Use 	4% (Ice Arrow), 10% (Lightning Rune), 0% (Rune of Healing, 4-10% (Fire Rune), 14% (Great Wolf Rune).	Baxter's main weapon the Ice Arrow allows him to shoot a Projectile, at higher percentages it freezes opponents. Lightning Rune allows him to shoot and charge up a Bolt of Lightning, Fully Charge makes the opponent stunned so baxter can go for a free hit. Rune of Healing allows baxter to recover damage. Fire Rune works identical to his Lighting Rune but on the Second stage it makes multiple hits and full charge can KO an opponent at low damage. Great Wolf Rune allows Baxter to summon a wolf to attack his opponents.
Side Special 	Crystal Shield 	2% 	Baxter gets out the Crystal Shield that can be hold indifinity but it can break after an Opponent hits it strong or uses a smash attack on it.
Up Special 	Portal Rune 	5% 	Baxter teleports out and reappears in a different area.
Down Special 	Rune Change 	0% 	Baxter switches each rune element there is.
Final Smash 	5 Crystal Rune 	3%, 40% 	Baxter fires out a Black Hole from the Reveal Rune which explodes in front of him. If anyone falls into it, the Final Smash begins. The Opponents are trapped in the air surrounded by 5 Crystals, Red, Blue, Yellow, White and Purple as Baxter is standing at the edge as he charges up his wand and shoots out a massive laser with all element runes on it at the Crystals to charge them up and zap his opponents with heavy damage targeting whoever fell into the black hole.
===Taunts===
*Up: Throws up his wand and catches it saying "Come on!"
*Side: Takes out a Dungeon Eyeball and shows it infront of the opponent and puts it away
*Down: Warps out of the stage and back in
===On-Screen Apperance===
*Enters from the Portal Gates into the Stage.
===Idle Poses===
*Adjusts his Wand.
*Raises his wand up looking up and back to the direction he's facing.
===Victory Poses===
*Punches forward while walking forward many times and raises his fist up saying "Never test a Master Magi!"
*Shoots out the Fire Rune and Rune of Freezing each side and poses.
*Baxter jumps into the Portal Games and says "See you on the next one!" and Leaves.
==In Competitive Play==
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