Shulk (Rave)

Shulk (シュルク, Shulk) is the main protagonist of Xenoblade Chronicles and appears as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Rave.
He is voiced by Adam Howden in English and Shintaro Asanuma in Japanese, both via reused voice clips from Smash 4.
==Attributes==
Shulk is a middleweight swordsman with average mobility, and his attacks have disjointed range from his sword, the Monado, which has a sweetspot on the blade itself and a sourspot on the beam.
His damage outputs and knockack can be manipulated by the Monado Arts.
==Moveset==
===Ground Attacks===
Neutral attack	Does a jab, then a roundhouse kick and then an upward slash.
Forward tilt 	Does an inward slash.
Up tilt 	Slashes overhead at an arc.
Down tilt 	Kneels and does an inward slash.
Dash attack 	Lunges with an inward slash.
Forward smash 	Does a forward thrust, making the Monado reveal its beam blade.
Up smash 	Squats and slams the Monado's hilt onto the ground, making its beam blade thrust upward.
Down smash 	Does a series of circular slashes around himself, spinning in a full circle three times.
===Air Attacks===
Neutral aerial	Does a circular slash around himself.
Forward aerial	Does a downward slash.
Back aerial 	Does a delayed reverse gripped thrust behind himself.
Up aerial 	Performs an upward thrust, making the Monado reveal its beam blade.
Down aerial 	Performs a downward thrust, making the Monado reveal its beam blade.
===Grabs & Throws===
Grab 	Reaches out with his left arm.
Pummel 	Hits the opponent with the pommel of the Monado.
Forward throw	Does an upward slash, sending the opponent forward.
Back throw 	Pulls the opponent behind himself before performing a reversed gripped thrust.
Up throw 	Heaves the opponent in the air, then he performs a kneeling upward thrust.
Down throw 	Pins the opponent on the ground before performing a jumping downward thrust.
===Recovery Attacks===
Floor attack	Slashes around himself as he gets up.
Edge attack 	Performs an inward slash as he climbs up.
===Special Moves===
Neutral special	Monado Arts: Activates one of five Monado Arts:
* Jump: Improves aerial mobility, but his defense is lowered.
* Speed: Improves his mobility and combo ability, but his damage output is lowered.
* Shield: Improves his defense and survivability, but lowers his speed, damage output and recovery.
* Buster: Allows him to deal high damage in a short amount of time, but lowers his KO power and damage defense.
* Smash: Improves his KO options and edgeguarding potential, but his damage output is reduced.
Side special 	Back Slash: Leaps forward with a downward slash while occasionally saying "Back Slash!", dealing more damage towards the opponent's back.
Up special 	Air Slash: Does a jumping upward slash while occasionally yelling "Air Slash!", and also does an outward slash if the special button is pressed again.
Down special 	Vision: Braces himself while holding the Monado near his face, foreseeing an attack. If he is hit, then he counterattacks with a slow yet powerful, long-ranged slash.
Final Smash 	Chain Attack: Emits a bright in front of himself while he may either yell out "Dunban!", "Riki!", or "Fiora!", and upon trapping opponents, he summons the three to perform a Chain Attack on the opponent hit, then he finishes the attack with a powerful slash.
==On-Screen Appearance==
*Jumps down onto the stage while performing a downward slash with the Monado, then he quickly turns his back to the screen before placing the Monado on his back while Buster's symbol flashes briefly.
==Taunts==
Up taunt 	Holds his right hand out, shakes his head and says "Now its Shulk time!".
Side taunt	Grips the Monado's handle with his right hand triumphantly, pumping his left fist and says "I'm really feeling it!".
Down taunt	Grips the Monado with both of his hands before activating it and poses while saying "This is the Monado's power!".
==Idle Poses==
*Taps his foot while thinking.
*Tenses before quickly looking behind himself, then in front of himself and then he eases up.
==Victory Poses==
Left 	Raises the Monado, activates it, then he swings it in an outward, downward arc before deactivating it and places it on his back, either saying "I got through that pretty good!" or "This is a good result!"
Up 	Swings the Monado twice while it is active, first inward with both hands, then outward with his right arm. He then holds it level to his head as it deactivates and either says "The future is ours to decide." or "I've got a good rhythm flowing!"
Right	Bows down with the Mondo being held lengthwise, then it is activated before he holds it in a reverse grip, then he says either "I can feel the power!" or "I can change the future."
Victory Theme: The second half of the riff of "You Will Know Our Names" from Xenoblade Chronicles, slightly sped up.
==Alternate Costumes==
Red 	His appearance from Xenoblade Chronicles while wearing the Colony Type I set.
White 	Mecha-Fiora
Black 	Dunban
Orange 	Reyn
Blue 	Sharla
Lavender	Melia
Yellow 	Riki
Trunks 	His Ecru Type armor set.
Category:Characters
Category:Super Smash Bros. Rave