Daisy (Smash Plus)

Daisy is a playable character in Super Smash Brothers Plus for the Nintendo Switch Plus. Representing the Super Mario Bros universe, Daisy is listed as Fighter #4 in Smash's modified numbering system and is classified as a lightweight fighter. She is hidden at the start of the game, but can be unlocked through random encounters in Versus Mode, or by defeating Classic Mode with Peach.
Daisy is one of the Echo Fighters from Smash Ultimate who has been "upgraded" into becoming a full fledged character in their own right. As such, she has changed dramatically from her appearance in the previous Smash Title. Daisy's moveset is based on her appearances in the Mario Sports titles, as well as other Mario spinoff titles. She is faster and far less floaty than Peach as a character, and her attacks hit stronger as well. On the downside though, she lacks Peach's aerial mobility and her signature floating ability. She also retains Peach's lightweight status (in fact Daisy weighs slightly less than Peach overall) and thus is able to be knocked away relatively easily. This means Daisy is a fast, hard-hitting character who looks to score the knockout early, because she's not going to survive against the heavy hitters for very long. Daisy has two jumps and is capable of wall jumping.
==Moveset==
===Basic Attacks===
*Neutral Jab- Daisy would perform a three hit combo of a slap, jab, and then a hip check attack to knock foes away.
*Side Tilt- Daisy performs a high angle jump kick that grants her a little elevation off the ground. With enough timing, can lead into aerial combos at low percentages.
*Up Tilt- Daisy performs a simple jumping hand attack, like she's setting a volleyball in the air, that knocks foes straight into the air.
*Down Tilt- Daisy performs a low angle sweep kick directly in front of herself that has a chance of tripping foes.
*Dash Attack- Daisy temporarily dons roller skates and spins around three times while wearing them, the skates vanishing immediately after the attack. The first hit of the dash attack does the most damage, with each subsequent spin cutting the damage and knockback in half.
*Grab & Pummel- Daisy grabs foes with both hands and pummels with a smack from her tennis racket. She has relatively the same grab range as Peach.
*Forward Throw- Daisy spins around twice and then tosses the opponent forward a good distance, as if tossing her dance partner.
*Back Throw- Similar to her front throw, only tossing them behind her rather than in front of her. Her back throw also does significantly more damage than her forward throw.
*Up Throw- Daisy pops the opponent up into the air, leaps up and then spikes them down with a headbutt attack similar to a header shot in soccer.
*Down Throw- Daisy performs an axe kick that bounces the opponent off the ground directly in front of Daisy. She then smacks them with a forehand shot from her tennis racket to knock them away.
*Neutral Air- Daisy creates a magical aura of a Daisy around herself that hits on all sides and has a lingering hitbox, though the damage is highest when the attack first comes out.
*Forward Air- Daisy performs a flying kick that has good launch power, but only when it is initiated, it sourspots otherwise.
*Back Air- Daisy performs a backhand with her tennis racket, launching foes away from her.
*Up Air- Daisy twirls a gymnastics ribbon high above her head for a few seconds, dealing multi-hitting damage.
*Down Air- Daisy performs midair splits and slams down to the ground, similar to Bayonetta's down air, with the move being able to spike foes upon its initial launch.
===Smash Attacks===
*Side Smash- Daisy performs a high angle roundhouse kick directly in front of her, creating a small explosion of flowers at the end of her foot. The sweetspot of the attack is right as the explosion happens, with the size of the hitbox being determined on how much the attack was charged.
*Up Smash- Daisy will perform a single overhead punch attack as she jumps upward, also creating an explosion of flowers at the end of her first that, like her side smash, sweetspots just as the explosion happens. The move sends foes straight up into the air and does decent knockback, but little average damage otherwise.
*Down Smash- Daisy performs a breakdance legsweep, hitting opponents both in front of and behind herself. The hits in front of her will do more damage and knockback than the attacks directly behind her.
===Special Moves===
*Neutral Special: Tennis Serve- Daisy will toss a tennis ball into the air and, upon the player releasing the special button, perform an overhead serve with her tennis racket, sending the tennis ball flying forwards. The ball does only minor damage, with the tennis racket smash dealing far more damage and knockback to opponents if it hits. Trying to charge this move too long will end in failure, causing a momentary amount of endlag on the move.
*Side Special: Flower Swing-Daisy pulls out a baseball bat and swings away with the attack. Unlike other baseball bats attacks in the game, a flower will appear on the edge of the bat, growing bigger as the attack is charged (up to a limit). Connect with the edge of the bat on the attack, and the flower will transfer to the person hit by the swing, causing them to slowly take damage over a period of time. The attack has significant endlag if it misses though.
*Up Special: Pole Vault- Pulling out a pole from the Olympic Games titles, Daisy will pole vault high into the air, entering freefall after reaching the apex of her jump. This move grants a lot of vertical recovery but does almost no damage to opponents. If you do manage to footstool an opponent with the pole, though, it will do major damage and meteor foes to the ground, but the window for this attack is very small.
*Down Special: Goal Kick- Daisy will cause a soccer ball to appear on the ground in front of her and begin charging a powerful kick. When the special button is released, Daisy will kick the ball forward, treating it like the Soccer Ball item that is found in the game. If fully charged, the soccer ball will turn into a crystal projectile and will freeze the first opponent hit by it. Unlike normal soccer ball items, this ball disappears after it reaches the end of its trajectory. The goal kick also does decent damage if it manages to hit opponents.
*Final Smash: Crystal Mega Strike- Daisy will jump high into the air and initiate her Mega Strike attack from Super Mario Strikes. She will blast an enlarged soccer ball in her crystalline form, causing it to split into six smaller (but still large) projectiles that rain down to the stage. Any player hit by the balls will be sent flying. After the last ball clears the stage, Daisy returns to her normal form and resumes the battle.
===Miscellaneous===
*Entry Animation- Daisy runs onto the stage waving at the nonexistent crowd while saying "Yeah! Let's Go!"
*Idle Animation 1- Daisy briefly pulls out either a tennis racket or a baseball bat and admires it briefly.
*Idle Animation 2- Daisy stretches out her calf muscles briefly.
*Side Taunt- Daisy puts her finger on her hip and emits a "ssss" sound, giving a "Hot Stuff!" taunt similar to the one in Mario Strikers.
*Up Taunt- Daisy puts her hands on her hips in her classic pose and gives out a satisfied "Mmm-hmm" taunt towards the camera.
*Down Taunt- Daisy jumps up and down in place, shouting out a "Go Daisy!" in self-congratulations.
*Victory Animation 1- Daisy jumps up and down three times, before performing a fist bump and shouting "Yeah! Alright! Woohoo!"
*Victory Animation 2- Daisy walks towards the camera with a sassy look on her face and puts her leg on a soccer ball saying "That was fun!" in a taunting manner.
*Victory Animation 3- Daisy either kicks a soccer ball, hits a tennis ball, or shoots a golf ball off into the distance while yelling "She shoots, SHE SCORES!"
==How to Unlock==
Daisy can be unlocked in the game any of the following ways:
*Playing Versus Matches until she randomly shows up as a "Challenger Approaching" fight. Defeat her to unlock her.
*Defeat Classic Mode with Peach on starting difficulty 3.0 or higher.
*Defeat her in the Finale of World of Light to unlock her.
*Paying 1,000 gold in a shop, where she can randomly appear (though rarely).
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