Viola

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Viola is the fourteenth playable character revealed in Smash Bros Lawl Beatdown.
==Character description==
Viola is the main protagonist of the RPG maker horror game, The Witch's House. She is a 13-year old girl of sweet demeanor. One day, Viola wakes up in the woods with the only way out being blocked off by roses. This resorted her in going into a mysterious house, guided by a black cat. Once she steps into a mysterious room that transforms into the entire first floor, her adventure begins.
===Role in the Beatdown Lore===
Taken off the heels of the true ending of The Witch's House, "Viola" has long escaped the house and had been living with her father. Viola's Beatdown invitation was intercepted by the Black Cat, who pushed for Viola to join due to the powerful gathering of souls and how Viola "owes" him. Viola walked to the Mansion, where she came across Dr. Watts and Dr. Rosalene giving Frisk their intro tour. Once recognizing her as a new fighter, Watts and Rosalene bring Viola into the tour to discover the mansion.
The tour is interrupted by a phone call for Rosalene, which detailed the injury Dan Backslide sustained while his invite was delivered. During the discussion, Frisk could sense a dark presence towards Viola, as they were caught staring at her. As Rosalene went to guide Frisk to their room, Watts continued on with Viola while telling her she will enjoy mansion life. This was interrupted by the sounds of destruction, as Watts took Viola along to investigate the freakout destruction being caused by Stephen Quire and Psycho Dad.
Viola was also present during the first Beatdown Direct, meeting PeanutButterGamer with the rest of the fighters, as well as the newcomers from the Training Colosseum. Viola would also return to the Colosseum during mandated training matches, being in the audience of Karkat Vantas and Psycho Dad's match, which was interrupted and overtaken by newcomer Gary Oak. While Viola was spectating the incident, The Batter, who was also training, took a look over at the commotion, glancing at Viola as he did so.
During one rainy night, while Frisk felt a presence (which ends up being Chara), they get into a defensive stance that is broken by Viola, who noticed Frisk's apparent paranoia. Viola tells the child that she noticed all the times Frisk had been suspicious of her. Viola makes a warning that she won't hesitate to kill Frisk if they get too nosey, but not before Markiplier walks in on the conversation. Viola leaves, as Mark begins to feel uneasy about Viola. Because of this rocky relationship, Viola does not properly talk with Frisk in BeatdownBound, instead acting hostile towards them when spoken to. Unbeknownst to Viola and Mark, Chara would secretly be revealed to be in cahoots with Ellen (the real Viola) and Darkiplier from within The Upside-Down, with the three planning to exact revenge on the both of them.
Viola would casually point out Mrs. Mavilda's flawed logic in forcing fighters to work when there's nothing to do, even laughing at Mavilda due to PBG's comment. Viola was also in attendance at the world premiere of Dangeresque: 4 REAL This Time!, taking pleasure in seeing Mrs. Mavilda be injured as a stunt double.
Later on, after heading to her room with the Black Cat, Viola is s by the Cat for not making any progress with their plan. Viola argues that the souls of everyone in the mansion are too powerful, and that it would be too risky to take all of them at once. But just then, The Batter enters Viola's room. Although seeming threatening at first, he soon pledges that she is the one to guide him on his mission, and confides that he is in need of someone to guide his purifying hand. Although she's very confused at first, after realizing she needs help to satisfy The Cat, she accepts his help. She later joins the Batter in meeting Čeda Čedović in the colosseum, with the pair witnessing him massacre a bunch of Training Dummies. After making small talk, Viola quickly warns Čeda that if he isn't careful, he would end up in a realm of horror and pain, before she leaves with The Batter.
==Moveset==
===Playstyle===
Viola has been through so many trials throughout The Witch's House, but in combat she unleashes her true nature. As the game incorporates chase scenes frequently, Viola excels at pressuring opponents with various move setups. By utilizing her unique Souls mechanic, she can increase her offensive power even further in order to back opponents into a corner. Viola players need to be mindful of how many Souls they have at a time, trade them for the correct moves for each situation, and let the opponent fall to their superior pressuring power.
===Souls===
Viola has a special mechanic where she has to gain Souls by fighting enemies in order to exchange them for new powers and upgrades. Her Smash Attacks each have an upgrade variant.
=== Ground attacks ===
Attack 	Description 	Damage
Neutral attack 	Viola swings Ellen's Knife forward. 	
Down tilt 	 	
Down smash [1] 	Spikes shoot out from the ground around her. 	TBA
Down smash [2] 	 	TBA
Forward tilt 	The Giant Snake lunges and bites forward. 	
Forward smash [1]	A toy soldier shoots forward. 	
Forward smash [2]	Viola's Father shoots forward. 	
Up tilt 	A suit of armor pokes his spear upwards. 	
Up smash [1] 	A bottle drops down from above Viola as she steps backward to avoid it.	
Up smash [2] 	 	TBA
Dash attack 	 	
=== Aerial attack ===
Attack 	Description 	Damage
Neutral aerial	Viola swings a set of books tied in a noose around her body.	
Forward aerial	 	
Back aerial 	 	
Up aerial 	 	
Down aerial 	 	
=== Grab and throw ===
Attack 	Description 	Damage
Grab 	A giant black hand reaches up and grabs anyone in front of Viola. 	
Pummel 	 	
Forward throw	 	
Back throw 	The giant hand sinks down into the ground, launching the opponent upwards.	
Up throw 	 	
Down throw 	 	
=== Other attacks ===
Attack 	Description	Damage
Floor attack	 	
Trip attack 	 	
Ledge attack	 	
=== Special moves ===
Attack 	Name 	Description
Standard special	Deal with a Demon 	Viola exchanges souls earned in battle with The Cat for new Smash attacks, Side Special Creatures or general powerups.
Side special 	Creatures of Havoc	Viola summons a monster bought with souls to put pressure onto opponents by chasing them, each with different effects.
Up special 	One Eye Open 	Viola gets into the mouth of a mysterious face, which spits her into the air. The direction is changed depending on which eye is open.
Down special 	Frog Friend 	Viola puts down her frog friend, who attacks whoever approaches and guards over items.
Final Smash 	Statue Darkness 	The stage goes dark as opponents must get to Viola or avoid getting hit by statues or else they'll suffer a terrible fate...
=== Misc. ===
Misc. 	Description 	Description 	Description
On-Screen Appearance	The Cat wakes up Viola as she sits up and looks around.	The Cat wakes up Viola as she sits up and looks around. 	The Cat wakes up Viola as she sits up and looks around.
Taunts 	Up 	The Frog Friend hops on top of Viola's head. 	
Taunts 	Side 	Viola twirls around two Yellow Flowers. 	
Taunts 	Down 	Viola bangs on a hollow pumpkin. Every time the taunt button is pressed, a different tune is played.	
Idle poses 	 	 	
Victory theme 	 	 	
Victory pose 	1 	Viola walks off-screen with her father, giggling before she leaves. 	
Victory pose 	2 	Viola reads the Book of Death and starts rubbing her eyes until they bleed. 	
Victory pose 	3 	Viola looks at the Cat and walks off, while the Cat slowly fades away. 	
Lose pose 	Viola lays on the ground, mouth bleeding. 	Viola lays on the ground, mouth bleeding. 	Viola lays on the ground, mouth bleeding.
===Extras===
Extras 	Description 	Description 	Description
Sleep 	TBA 	TBA 	TBA
Dance 	Viola dances with the glass slippers on. 	Viola dances with the glass slippers on. 	Viola dances with the glass slippers on.
Attraction 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
Stun/Shield Break 	TBA 	TBA 	TBA
Lawl Food 	TBA 	TBA 	TBA
Memory Distortion 	
* Portraits of Ellen's parents.
* Viola walking across a black void.
* Viola leaving the forest.
* Viola being chased by Ellen.
* Viola and her father leaving Ellen's corpse.
During this distortion, Watts will say "...this isn't Viola."	
* Portraits of Ellen's parents.
* Viola walking across a black void.
* Viola leaving the forest.
* Viola being chased by Ellen.
* Viola and her father leaving Ellen's corpse.
During this distortion, Watts will say "...this isn't Viola."	
* Portraits of Ellen's parents.
* Viola walking across a black void.
* Viola leaving the forest.
* Viola being chased by Ellen.
* Viola and her father leaving Ellen's corpse.
During this distortion, Watts will say "...this isn't Viola."
Mobius Double Reacharound 	Viola pulls out a modern smartphone which brings out the virus. 	Viola pulls out a modern smartphone which brings out the virus. 	Viola pulls out a modern smartphone which brings out the virus.
Rejuvenated Form 	Viola’s old sprites from the original release of The Witch’s House.	Viola’s old sprites from the original release of The Witch’s House.	Viola’s old sprites from the original release of The Witch’s House.
Animal Form (Lawl Nova) 	Black Cat 	The Cat can move freely, but pressing B has it lay down a corpse. 	
Art (Lawl Nova) 	Follow the Eyes 	The yellow haired Mona Lisa painting. 	
Joel’s Bob Ross Art (Lawl Nova)	 	 	
==Gallery==
===Palette swaps===
# "Just For A Day?" Standard
# "Keeper of Time" Based on the stopwatch death
# "TASTE POISON" Based on the poison death
# "Viola?" Based on Viola's Father
# "Women of the Region" Based on the Yellow Hair woman
# "Painting Come to Life" Based on the Mona Lisa painting
# "Silver Maiden" Based on the Silver Haired woman
# "Concealed Orbs" Based on the Red Haired woman
# "You Don't Know some of the Words" Based on Ib from Ib
# "Old Doll" Based on Aya Drevis from Mad Father
===Screenshots===
ViolaSplash.png
File:ViolaTrophy.png|Viola's Trophy.
File:StatueDarknessTrophy.png|Statue Darkness Trophy.
==Video==
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==Trivia==
* Depending on the stage, the Black Cat will be standing on different things. The ones seen so far are:
** Abraham Lincoln's Grave (Tokyo City)
** A Chopped-down Tree (Ellen's House)
** A Bench (Anya)
** Colonel Sassacre's Daunting Text of Magical Frivolity and Practical Japery (John's Home)
** A Pizza Box from "The Pizz" (Strong Badia)
** A Tree Trunk (Ridgeway Residence)
** A Fancy Desk (A Very Potter Hogwarts)
** A Box with the Sgrub Logo on it (The Dreambubbles)
** A Table with a piece of cheese on it (New Home)
** A "You must be this size" Sign (ASDF Land)
** A Rock (The Dreambubbles)
** A Simple Rectangular Table (Durdum Lane)
** A pool chair (Quire Family Backyard)
** A Short Wooden Crate (The Field)
** A Large, Round Table (Matsuno Household)
* Viola's lose pose was first revealed as a character cameo in Lawl Demic's Sabitsuki Moveset.
** Meanwhile, Sabitsuki and L-Neo's Jyushimatsu both appear as cameo in the video, while the latter was a cameo as an opponent.
* Viola's true Nationality is unknown, as it's unknown where exactly The Witch's House is set in. However, she is listed as hailing from Germany in Beatdown. This also applies to Ellen.
* Viola is one of the 4 characters in Beatdown who have a special moveset mechanic. The others being Matt, Ellen and Spamton.
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