Shantae (SSBU)

Shantae (シャンタエ, Shantae) is a playable newcomer to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Along with Quote, she was confirmed to the game two months before the game's official release. She is voiced by Cristina Vee in all versions of the game.
Shantae takes most of her design cues from Shantae: Half Genie Hero and Pirate's Curse, but her other games are signified too. She is considered as a "spell caster" using her special attacks to build up damage and finish it off with a strong attack. She has quite the skill curve to master, but once you do, she can be one of the most dangerous characters in the game.
== Attributes ==
Shantae has a mix of different stats. She has an above average weight, fall speed, and dashing speed. Her walk is slow, and her jumps are pretty high. She has a good mix of mobility, but nothing too extravagant.
Her biggest strength relies in her KO power. Shantae has fantastic moves that cover a bunch of niches and situations she might be in. She has a good projectile, a great zoning tool in the form of her Storm Puff special, and a fantastic protection skill and combo starter with her Pike Ball move. Along with her excellent pokes, Shantae can be one of the most scariest characters to battle against.
However, Shantae is heavy, allowing her to be easily combo'd by other characters if she gets off stage. Some of her most useful attacks need to be charged up before she can use it as well, which hurts her ability to zone if a faster character locks her out of her most potent moves.
== Attacks ==
===Ground Attacks===
Attack 	Name 	Description 	Damage
Jab 	Hair Whip	Shantae whips her hair forwards. This can be repeated similarly to Villager's jab attack. This attack has a spark at the tip of her ponytail, having a sweetspot that does more damage and knockback.	2%, 5% (Sweetspot)
Dash Attack 	Cuff 	Shantae hops a bit, and leaps forward with her elbow. Does more damage at the start of the attack. Reference to the "Cuff" ability. 	6% (Beginning), 3% (Late)
Side Tilt 	 	Shantae leaps forwards a bit and kicks. Reference a move she does in the Shantae: Pirate's Curse trailer. 	7%
Up Tilt 	 	Shantae throws a magic lamp in the air that sucks in enemies, projectiles and items towards it's area. This attack does damage only when it rises. It stays in effect for about 4 seconds. 	3%
Down Tilt 	 	Similar to her Jab, only crouching. 	1%, 4% (Sweetspot)
Forward Smash	 	Shantae charges, and swings a right hook forwards. 	8%
Up Smash 	 	The "Boot" ability from Shantae. Shantae does a backflip while doing two kicks directly upward. This move puts her into the air at about half her full hop height, where she can do aerial attacks. 	4%, 5%, 5%
Down Smash 	 	Shantae spings in a circle, sweeping the ground with her hair. 	10%-15%
===Air Attacks===
Attack 	Name	Description 	Damage
Neutral Air	 	Shantae spins in a circle, similar to Pikachu's, Sonic's or Wolf's. 	6% (Early), 2% (Late)
Forward Air	 	Shantae whips her hair forwards. Longer than her Jab, but it's much less spammable. 	4%, 9% (Sweetspot)
Back Air 	 	Similar to her Forward Air, except Shantae bends her body backwards. This attack is much more laggier. 	3%, 7% (Sweetspot)
Up Air 	 	Shantae flips upside down, and performs a spinning kick upwards. One of her stronger attacks. 	10%
Down Air 	 	Shantae spins and does a divekick at a diagonal angle. Refrences her "Sash" attack. If Shantae hits ANYTHING, either it be projectile, opponent, or platform, she'll bounce back in a backflip.	8% (Early), 3% (Late)
===Grab Attack===
Attacks 	Description 	Damage
Pummel 	Shantae smashes her hip into her opponent. About the same speed as Mario's.	3%
Forward Throw	Knocks them forwards using her hip. 	7%
Back Throw 	Tosses the opponent behind her, and knocks her bottom at them. 	9%
Down Throw 	Stomps on them while they're on the ground. 	5%
Up Throw 	Throws them straight upward. 	6%
=== On-Screen Appearance ===
Sparkles of energy converge making up Shantae who is performing a teleportation Belly Dance she finishes with a pose as the sparkles that once made up her silhouette fly off as she says "Ret-2-go!"
=== Taunts ===
Side - Shantae performs her "Idle Dance". This is her dance she performs when waiting for an input in Shantae: 1/2 Genie Hero.
Up - Shantae spins in place as sparkles circle around her. References her animation when she gets an Magic Seal in Pirate's Curse.
Down - Shantae will face the screen, fold her arms above her chest and nod her head- as if granting a wish. She'll then tap her head, nod it, and enter her fighter stance.
=== Idle Poses ===
* Bounces back and forth happily. Reference to one of her Idle animations in her games.
== Victory ==
=== Theme ===
A flourished remix of her victory theme in Shantae.
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=== Poses ===
* Shantae crosses her arms, and winks at the screen while saying, "That was easy-peasy!"
* Shantae floats and performs a pose similar to her offical artwork on Shantae (Game Boy), while saying, "Wait, until I tell Bolo about this!"
* Shantae falls on her bottom while sighing, and says, "I hope I don't get fired for this." Refrencing a running joke where she constantly gets fired in her games.
== Alternate Costumes ==
				
				
				
Red 	Based on her normal design, mostly her appearance in Shantae: 1/2 Genie Hero.
Blue 	Based off a Exclusive DLC costume given to backers of the Shantae: 1/2 Genie Hero Kickstarter.
Green 	Based off of Rottytops.
Lavander 	Based off of Nega Shantae.
Navy Blue 	
Based off of Shantae's uncle, Mimic.
Orange 	Based off of her rival, Holly Lingerbean.
Violet 	Based off of her archnemisis, Risky Boots.
Sky Blue 	Based off of Sky.
Yellow 	Seems to resemble her appearance in Shantae when a color glitch occurs.
Indigo 	Resembles Bolo's color scheme.
White 	Her pajama attire whenever she is seen in her home.
Light Brown	Shantae's swimsuit attire seen in Shantae: 1/2 Genie Hero, when the player gets 100% completion.
==Trophies==
===Shantae===
A half-genie who lives on the shore of Scuttletown. Being the Guardian Genie of Scuttletown, she is a bit nervous of the townspeople finding out she isn't a full Genie, but that doesn't stop her from hanging out with her friends, and taking down the Lady-Pirate, Risky Boots and her army of Tinkerbats.
===Shantae (Smash)===
Shantae is fitted with a bunch of skills in her basket. Her Spitfire attack can be charged into a dangerous KO move, and her Pike Balls can be charged so up to 3 are protecting her at one time!
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