Psychedelic Taco/Nico Minoru

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Nico MinoruRunaways (Marvel Comics)
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Nico Minoru is one of the 40 starting characters in Psychedelic Taco and a powerful witch fighting for the dreamer. She is the leader of the Runaways, a team of young vigilantes from Marvel Comics. She was added to the roster as the Runaways are one of the creators favourite comics and Marvel characters.After Nico and her friends discover that their parents belong to a mystical cult worshipping ancient gods who wish to remake the world, Nico and her friends flee and start a rebellion against their own parents. They each discover that their parent's fulfil a certain role within the Gibborim's circle: the thieves, the outcats, the wisemen, the colonists, the travelers, and Nico's parents, the Magicians. Nico then inherits the Staff of One, a powerful magical artificat, and leads her friends in their new lives after they are betrayed by Alex Wilder and defeat their parents.Nico's nightmare counterpart is Vecna, a powerful lich who seeks ultimate power for himself and once sought to remake the world in his own image, not unlike the Gibborim.
==Gameplay==
Nico is a slow, mid-range controller with average athletic stats. She is light and easily knocked back, but she hits hard in return. Her combos are quite fast and consist magical blasts of energy and the occasional swing of her staff.
Her passive is the Staff of One. After using one of her specials, a cooldown will begin. If that special is used again before the cooldown is finished, a random effect will occur. Using a different special ability before the cooldown is finished will reduce the time on the cooldown. The more cooldowns currently active on her spells, the more damage her spells deal.
*Neutral Special: Gunshot - Fires an extremely long range, medium damage projectile of magical energy.
**Back Up - Repels anybody in front of Nico.
**Acid Rain - Summons a cloud of acid rain that lingers for a brief period, damagin enemies.
**Black Magic - Summons a cloud of mystic smoke that damages enemies.
**Brain Freeze! - Launches a bolt of ice that slows enemies and deals damage.
**Freeze to the Exact Temperature and Aesthetic Appearance of a Cheap Popsicle from a 7-11 - Incredibly powerful freeze spell on anybody in front of Nico.
**Freeze - Sends out several pelicans which deal damage to anyone they hit.
**Fumigation - Summons a toxic cloud.
**Hellfire! - Shoots hellfire in a short blast in front of Nico.
**Mud - Launches a ball of mud that deals no damage, but knocks enemies back slightly.
**Punish - A high damage bolt of energy.
**Thunderstruck - Fires a bolt of lightning forwards.
**Rockstars - Fires magical rocks forwards.
*Side Special: Fallout - Creates a stone barrier a metre away from Nico.
**Caffeine Injection - Boosts the speed and jump height of Nico and nearby allies. Also resets the cooldown on all Staff of One abilities.
**Gangster's Shoes - Encases the feet of of any enemies in front of Nico in concrete, greatly reducing their speed and jump height temporarily.
**Get Lost! - Confuses enemies in front of Nico.
**Oily - Launches an oil slick forwards. May cause enemies to trip, and can be lit on fire.
**Pop - Completely breaks the block of an opponent in front of Nico.
**Quicksand - Creates a pool of quicksand in front of her that slows enemies.
**Solar Flare - Launches a flare upwards that damages opponents.
**Applause! - Summons a giant hand that pushes enemies away. At the end of its range, another hand appears and they clap together, damaging anybody between them.
*Up Special: Float On - Nico flies straight upwards.
**Away - Nico teleports away in a puff of smoke. The direction she reappears in can be controlled.
**Backdraft - Nico summons a gust of wind that pushes her upwards slightly and pushes away enemies.
**Giant Killer - Summons a giant beanstalk that carries Nico up and wraps around enemies, damaging them.
**Going Down - Launches Nico straight down, through solid objects. When she falls of the map, she reappears at the top of the screen.
**Waterproof - Puts Nico in a bubble that carries her upwards.
**Wings! - Nico sprouts wings and flies upwards. Faster than most of her other up spells.
**Scatter - Acts like Away, but also teleports anybody nearby randomly across the screen.
*Down Special: Delector Shields - Nico summons a yellow shield that reflects projectiles.
**Be Still - Stuns nearby enemies briefly.
**Bondage - Chains appear, tying up any enemies caught by them.
**Bounce House! - Launches everybody around Nico into the air and puts them into freefall.
**Gimme Space - Repels all enemies around Nico.
**Cirque Du Soleil - Trips over nearby enemies.
**Spring is Sprung - Negates any nearby projectiles and spawns flowers.
**Smoke - Creates a smoke screen.
**Disinfect - Heals Nico slightly.
**Fix - Heals Nico and nearby allies.
**Heal - A strong healing spell. Affects herself and nearby allies.
**Pagalingin - A healing spell. Stronger than heal, weaker than New Aorta. Heals Nico and nearby allies.
**New Aorta! - Nico's strongest healing spell. Affects only herself.
**Dirt Nap - Buries nearby enemies in the ground.
*Reality Break: Grim Reaper - Immediately kills anybody below 25% health.
==Deep Rest==
Nico's deep rest partner is Janet.
Having defeated PT, Nico was finally free to return her friends. "Reunite". The staff interpreted the command and summoned the rest of the Runaways to her. Where would they go next? It didn't matter, as long as they were together.
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Design NotesNico isn't my favourite runaway (that's Molly), but I thought she would have the most interesting moveset. I tried to make all of her alternate spells roughly fit into 'categories' so that they weren't too random, and I think I did okay in that regard. I think I balanced the ability quite well to be honest, I'm really happy with Nico.
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==Trivia==
*Every single one of Nico's abilities is an actual spell she cast in the comics.
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