Psychedelic Taco/Spider-Man

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Spider-ManThe Amazing Spider-Man
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Spider-Man (AKA Peter Parker) is one of the 40 starting characters in Psychedelic Taco, and is a dream drawn from the Marvel Universe, being mainly inspired by the iterations seen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the 2018 Spider-Man game. He was chosen to join Psychedelic Taco because while GG originally disliked him to his overrepresentation, he has grown to be one of GG's favourite characters in recent years due to his diverse powerset, general characterisation, and being one of the most influential characters in comic book history. Spider-Man is known for being a 'friendly neighbourhood' super hero, and a core member of the Marvel universe.
Raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben, high schooler Peter Parker gained super-powers after being bitten by a radioactive spider. Designing his own costume and custom web-blasters, Peter Parker became the friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man!
To battle Spider-Man, the Chaos brought forth his old enemy the Kingpin. One of the first villains he ever faced, and the most formidable, Kingpin is a villain faced by both Peter Parker and Spider-Man.
==Gameplay==
Spider-Man is a fast paced grappler who is able to move quickly both on land and through the air. While his ranged attacks do barely any damage, they allow Spider-Man to keep his opponents open to further attacks. His melee attacks are of average damage, but his high attack speed allows him to quickly chain combos together, barely giving his opponents time to punish him. Combined with his Spider-Sense, this can make Spider-Man incredibly difficult to pin down.
Spider-Man's agility and evasiveness make him a difficult opponent to defeat, but his lack of true defense means that anybody able to catch him will be able to deal serious damage. For this purpose, Geralt or Alex Mercer are strong choices. Alternatively, an anti-air character such as Soldier: 76 or Red Hood can force him onto the ground, making him slightly easier to deal with.
Spider-Man is best paired with an ally who will chase down his opponents to force them into choosing between fighting the ally or Spider-Man. Janet, Red Death and Daredevil all achieve this purpose. 
Spider-Man has two traits, the first is Spider-Sense. Instead of blocking, Spider-Man dodges attacks completely, meaning he takes no chip damage from weaker attacks. Spider-Man's chance to be immediately killed by a finisher when below 0 health is also a bit lower than other characters.
His second trait is Wall-Crawler. Spider-Man is able to stick to walls and celings, moving along them as if they were an ordinary surface. He is able to use all his abilities while clinging to walls, though the animations are usually different.
==Moveset==
*Neutral Special: Web Shot - Spider-Man fires a web shot. Each Web Shot applies a stacking debuff that decreases jump height and movement speed by 1%, up to 20%.The Web Shot's can be fired in quick succession and have a reasonable travel speed, making them fairly difficult to avoid. Five stacks are cleared every five seconds.
*Side Special: Slingshot - Spider-Man fires a web string forwards and then pulls himself towards it, kicking the first thing he connects with. Slingshot will blockbreak anyone who isn't a heavyweight.
*Up Special: Web Zip - Spider-Man fires straight into the air, flinging himself upwards. Until he reaches the height of his leap, Spider-Man will kick anyone he contacts downwards.
*Down Special: Web Trap - Spider-Man fires a web in front of himself that sticks to surfaces. If an opponent gets too close to the Web Trap, it explodes, briefly trapping them in a web cocoon.
*Reality Break: The Amazing Spider-Man - Spider-Man fires what appears to be a normal Web Zip. When it connects, however, he unleashes a string of combos that ends with him flinging his opponent away. This attack can be chained to multiple opponents, with each enemy finished by it extending it's duration.
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Design NotesSpider-Man is a character I was really excited to add, but ultimately I found his movelist a bit difficult. Web Zip also could have been a Swing Kick, but other than that and Web Shot it was difficult deciding on moves. I'd intially wanted to use some of the different gadgets from the 2018 game, but there didn't really seem to be much point in having four different types of web shot.
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