Nexus Heroes / Undyne

Undyne is a playable character in Nexus Heroes, hailing from Undertale.
==Who is Undyne?==
===THE UNYIELDING GUARDIAN===
Undyne is the relentless and combat-ready head of the Royal Guard of the Underground, the realm in which monsters were banished after their alliance and peaceful coexistence with mankind came to a bitter end. As hot-headed as skilled in a battle, this piscine protector of the innocents may not look as friendly as some of the other inhabitants of the land below the surface, but she has a heart of gold beneath her heavy suit of armor and scaly skin, and would not hesitate to give her own life to protect each and every monster of her realm.
==Gameplay==
===Overview===
Undyne is a tall heavyweight fighter which struggles with mobility and speed, but has range and durability that are well above average to compensate. 
Her spear, which she uses as her primary tool in battle, serves both as a deadly projectile or an extremely long ranged sword, meaning that Undyne has little issues in keeping opponents at a distance. Her damage output is also not to scoff at, as she can count on many powerful KO options, although she's a bit lackluster on the side of combos. Undyne aims at hitting foes with precise strikes and finishing them off whenever she finds an opening. However, there's one other trick up her sleeves, in the form of her unique mechanic : Determination. Next to her DDI, Undyne has a small bar that exclusively fills up as she takes damage or is KOed. This is her Determination bar. Once full, Undyne will be able to transform into her Undyning form, gaining a boost to her speed and damage output, as well as enhancing her specials. This state does however come at a cost : upon activation, Undyne will take 50% of recoil damage, so this transformation is best used when her damage is already pretty high. 
Players must be careful when playing as Undyne, as her stature and poor mobility make her an easy target for combos and juggles, and the considerable start lag on most of her Normals is also a factor to consider when playing as this very particular character. 
*DETERMINATION : When Undyne takes damage or is KOed, a Determination bar on her Damage Display Icon fills up and, once full, it can be activated with the Neutral Attack Button plus the Neutral Special Attack Button. This turns her into The Undying, a powered up version of herself in which her attributes are enhanced and her Specials become stronger. Activating this mode, however, will apply 50% of damage to her, though without any knockback, so it won't result in a self-inflicted KO. In Knockout Mode, where characters have HP, Undyne will automatically reduce her health to a tenth of her current HP, and will be unable to activate this mode if her HP is 1HP or less.
===Movelist ===
  	Name  	Description
Neutral Attack
,,	Rapid Strike 	Stabs twice with her Spear at an high and low angle, then follows up with a frontal, stronger stab.
Dash Attack
Dash,	Heroic Impalement 	Hops up, then stabs her Spear into the ground in front of her. It deals great damage and knockback, but it is very slow to come out.
Side Tilt 	Skewer 	Briefly rotates her Spear, as if charging, then stabs in front of herself. This move has a sweetspot at the tip of the spear, which deals very high damage.
Up Tilt 	Acrobatic Hit 	Stabs her Spear into the ground, then uses it as leverage to hop upward and kick with one leg diagonally upward.
Down Tilt 	Spear Poke 	Stabs forward with her Spear, low to the ground. Has very high reach.
Forward Strong
+	Spear Rush 	Stabs her Spear in front of herself three times, with the third hit causing high knockback.
Up Strong+ 	Death Penalty 	Stabs her Spear right above herself, reaching very high. It has a narrow hitbox, but it's also quite strong.
Down Strong
+ 	Soil of Suffering 	Summons two Spear-like spikes from the ground, one at each of her sides, which hit enemies as they rise upward.
Neutral Aerial
Airborne	Paladin's Whirlwind	Spins her Spear at 360° for multiple hits all around herself.
Forward Aerial
Airborne	Dual Stab 	Stabs her Spear twice in front of herself, in rapid succession.
Back Aerial
Airborne	Death Swing 	Swings her Spear behind herself. It's a bit slower than her Forward Aerial, and its reach is not as high, but has more power.
Up Aerial
Airborne	Multi-Strike 	Holds up her Spear and spins it horizontally, dealing multiple hits above herself.
Down Aerial
Airborne	Million Stabs 	Pokes with her Spear three times below herself, in quick succession.
Grab 	Grab 	Grabs the opponent with her left hand.
Pummel
, 	Knightly Strike 	Hits the opponent with her knee.
Forward Throw
,	Royal Toss 	Lifts up the opponent above her head with both hands, then tosses them forward.
Back Throw
, 	Suplex 	Performs a german suplex on the opponent, slamming them behind herself.
Up Throw
, 	Corkscrew Throw 	Lifts up the opponent above her head with both hands, then makes them spin around in a comical fashion and sends them spinning up into the air.
Down Throw
, 	Mad Stomp 	Slams the opponent into the ground, then angrily stomps them underneath her foot multiple times.
Floor Attack
Grounded >	Whirlwind Attack 	Spins her Spear at 360° before getting up.
Edge Attack
Ledge >	Heroic Kick 	Climbs up and slides forward with a kick.
NEUTRAL SPECIAL	Soul Shatterer 	Performs a slow, but incredibly powerful downward swing of her Spear in front of herself. The startup animation is pretty slow, but it is very effective against shields, potentially destroying them in a single hit.
When Undyne is in her Undying form, the start-up on this attack is much shorter.
SIDE SPECIAL 	Spear Toss 	Rears back, then tosses her Spear in front of herself. It is a very fast and damaging projectile, and it can also be angled in three direction : up, front and down. If the Spear hits an enemy in front of a surface, it'll lock them for a brief moment. This is especially effective when pointing the Spear downward, as it can easily lock enemies on the floor, though this way the Spear will travel a lot less distance.
When Undyne is in her Undying form, the Spear now acts as a projectile which passes through opponents and travels the entire length of the stage, causing great damage to anyone it hits. It is also much faster to come out.
UP SPECIAL 	Impending Doom 	Soars upward with a leap, then rotates her Spear at the apex of her jump and comes crashing back down on the ground, stabbing it into the floor. While it's easy to self-destruct with this move, it's also very powerful, and, like her Neutral Special, it can easily break shields.
When Undyne is in her Undying form, the initial leap goes much higher and also causes damage, and the landing creates a burst of blue flames around herself, which extends the hitbox of the hit.
DOWN SPECIAL 	Resilience 	Rotates her Spear in front of herself, creating a shield. Her Spear turns green while doing this. This move works as a counter for both projectiles and physical hits, deflecting the first and countering with a Spear slash the latter.
When Undyne is in her Undying form, every projectile or hit reflected also heals her a little bit.
FINISHER 	Undying Soul 	A text box appears above her head which reads "MY TURN NOW!!! NGAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" and teleports away. The stage then becomes smaller and pitch black, and all the opponents will be trapped in a box as the stage turns into a recreation of Undertale's Battle UI. Undyne's sprite is seen above, and she'll then summon a large number of spears inside the box with the opponent, hitting them with the many projectiles and causing great damage, before ending with one last, massive spear to finish them off. The initial quote on the text box is not present if Undyne is in her Undying form.
===Intro Animation===
Lands into the stage from above, stabbing the Spear into the ground. She then gets ready to fight.
===Taunt===
*Undyne : Strikes a powerful pose with her Spear while laughing. Her expression during the laugh is modeled after her laughing sprite in Undertale. During the taunt, a text box appears over her head which reads "Fuhuhuhu!".
*The Undying : Rotates her Spear around and scoffs, while the large heart shape on her armor glows of a bright, white light.
===Idle Poses===
*Points her Spear to the sky, in an heroic manner.
*Clenches her fist in anger, then kneels and punches the ground.
===Quotes===
A text box styled like the ones seen in Undertale appears over Undyne's head displaying her quote, rather than speaking it.
====Successful KO====
*" It's almost too easy! "
*" You're just a coward! "
*" You're more valuable as a CORPSE! "
*" What did you expect?! "
*" You're just pathetic! "
*" Yes! Squirm, villain! "
*" Cry all you want! "
*" And stop being so damn resilient! "
====Respawning====
*" We end this right here and right now! "
*" Step forward and face me! "
*" I, Undyne, will knock you DOWN! "
*" Your time is up! "
*" Oh, you think that was fun?!? "
*" En Guarde! "
*" Not bad! "
*" Enough warming up! "
===Victory Poses===
Undyne's Victory Poses change depending on which form she has when winning :
====Undyne====
*UP : Rotates her Spear around in a victorious fashion, then ends with a stoic pose.
*SIDE : Performs a cut-throat sign with her finger while smiling sadistically, then points her Spear at the camera.
*DOWN : Undyne's Spear lands from above into view, and she then leaps in as well, taking her Spear and lifting it up victoriously with a grin.
====The Undying====
*UP : Slashes the air a few times with her Spear, then lifts it up victoriously while several smaller energy spears appear around her.
*SIDE : A small, red heart is seen floating in the Undying's palm, then she crushes it and grins at the camera.
*DOWN : The Undying is seen from the back. She then turns her head to the camera, looking menacingly into it and grinning.
==Arcade Mode==
Undyne fights through a series of matches where she brings justice to characters guilty of taking what she believes to be innocent lives, being the paladin of justice that she is.
Her first two matches pit her against two hunters of monsters and demons : Geralt in the first one and Dante in the second one. She then has to complete a Bonus Stage before moving on with the following two rounds. 
A match against 2B and Chell is up next, with these two being guilty of bringing deaths to many robotic life forms. In both NieR : Automata and Portal, the player is occasionally made to feel bad for taking the lives of machines or inanimate objects, much like in Undertale with monsters. The following round is against Kratos and Cloud, two characters who not only kill lots of monsters, but also gain EXP from it. In Undertale, EXP stands for "Executioner Points", rather than the usual "Experience", which reinforces the idea that killing monsters to grow stronger is wrong.
Finally, before facing her Rival, Undyne faces Master Chief and Gordon, two fighters who are guilty of murdering countless aliens, and whose actions made them infamous in their respective universes for killing so many alien life forms, for better or worse. After this, the last battle before Kerrigan sees Undyne facing Zagreus, her Rival. Their battle is titled "Fighters of the Underworld", as both of them hail from a location below the ground (Zagreus the Underworld and Undyne the Underground), and both are also characters from acclaimed indie titles.
Round 	Opponent 	Stage 	Music 	
1 	Geralt 	Snowdin 	Spear Of Justice 	
2 	Dante 	Green Hill Zone 	Green Hill Zone 	
Bonus Stage 1	Bonus Stage 1	Bonus Stage 1 	Bonus Stage 1 	Bonus Stage 1
3 	2B
 Chell 	Mission 1 	SNOW CAVE OF EVIL 	
4 	Kratos
 Cloud	Syndicate Stronghold	Syndicate Stronghold 	
Bonus Stage 2	Bonus Stage 2	Bonus Stage 2 	Bonus Stage 2 	Bonus Stage 2
5 	Gordon
 Master Chief	Pridemoor Keep 	A Thousand Leagues Below	
6 	Zagreus
(Rival Battle)	Hydra Chamber 	Good Riddance 	
7 	Kerrigan 	Kerrigan's Leviathan	Conscience 	
==Alternates==
===Alternate Color===
*BLUE : Default appearance, based on her design in Undertale.
*WHITE : Based on Alphys, Undyne's love interest.
*YELLOW : Based on Asgore, Undyne's mentor and king of the Underground.
*PURPLE : Based on Susie, a character from Deltarune, another game by Toby Fox.
===Alternate Costume===
File:PN UNDYNE RENDER.png|"Default" Costume
File:PN UNDYNE ALT.png|"Tank Top" Costume
 
*Default : Based on her appearance in Undertale.
*Tank Top : Based on her 'casual' outfit in Undertale.
==Trivia== 
*She is the only character in the base roster of Nexus Heroes that is not playable in her home series at all. This game also marks her first time being a playable character in general.
*According to game designer AlwaysDREGOL, Undyne was chosen as a playable character from Undertale by process of elimination. The Human (also known as Frisk) and Sans were initially considered, though AlwaysDREGOL suggested that neither of them would fit a fighting game. Undyne, with her battle-ready attitude and an easily adaptable moveset, became a natural choice according to him.
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