Psychedelic Taco/Adelle

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AdelleFinal Fantasy Tactics Advance 2: Grimoire of the Rift 
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Adelle is one of the 40 base characters in Psychedelic Taco, and is the dreamer's representative of Final Fantasy. She was added to the game because she is a vital character in one of GG's all time favourite games, and by far his favourite Final Fantasy game. Along with Luso (the player character) and Cid, she is one of the three core heroes, and the only character in the game with the Heritor class, which allows her to use the unique powers of other Heritors. Adelle is intitally encountered as a thief, but eventually joins the party after befriending Luso. She is opportunistic and selfish due to past betrayals, but is ultimately an irreplaceable companion to Luso.
Intially betraying Luso and Cid to sell the spoils of their bounty, she eventually forces her way into their clan and slowly befriends them. After being confronted about her status as a Heritor, she once again abandons her clan, only to rejoin them at the urging of her friends. She accepts her powers and learns to become a powerful Heritor, using her newfound powers to help her friends defeat Illua and restore peace to Ivalice.
Illua was brought into Psychedelic Taco to battle Adelle. As the antagonist of FFTA2, Illua manipulates and eventually hypnotises Adelle, making her fight against her comrades, but is ultimately defeated by Adelle and her friends. 
==Gameplay==
Adelle is a lightning-fast brawler who focuses on hit-and-run tactics to defeat her opponents while avoiding hits herself. Perfectly average air control and jump height means that Adelle is by no means weak in their air, but her high ground speed and attack speed make her prefer ground combat. On the flipside, Adelle's resistance and defense are abnormally low, making her highly susceptible to stun-locking and being knocked off the stage. 
Due to all of these aspects, Adelle is best suited to unleashing combos on opponents and then giving them distance to avoid being counter-attacked, as even at half health being caught in close range can be fatal for Adelle. Characters with strong counters or high defense such as Spider-Man or Comrade Fluffy can potentially overwhelm her, while control characters such as Obi-Wan and David Haller can force her to stay close.
Adelle is best allied with characters who can complement her high speed hit-and-run such as Daredevil or Red Death to put pressure on opponents, or Luke Cage to protect her from opponents, giving her a chance to strike or recover.
Adelle's trait is Theft. Every time Adelle finishes a combo, she steals a small portion of the enemies Reality meter. The more Adelle steals, the larger her Reality Meter becomes, though the amount required to unleash a Reality Break remains the same.
===Deep Rest===
Adelle's assist character is Lulu.
After defeating PT, Adelle used her newfound riches to buy herself an airship. With it, she set off on the horizon to find new adventures across the endless oceans of the Dream.
==Moveset==
Adelle's combos consist of lightning quick dagger strikes and dashing through her opponents. Her combos have average knockback, so she must always remember to keep distance between combos or risk being countered. Her specials allow her to close distance on enemies without fear of being countered and keep enemies away from her. If used after her health bar empties, the damage dealt by Viola is more than enough to stop enemies from getting close.
*Neutral Special: Lennart - A fast moving pulse of light is fired forwards, dealing low damage but staggering anyone hit.
*Side Special: Ljda - Adelle dashes forwards, dealing damage to any enemy she passes through. She can intiate a combo directly from Ldja.
*Up Special: Nesiaam - Adelle strikes once, then leaps into the air at blinding speed.
*Down Special: Viola - Adelle's suffering is manifsted as a small burst of energy that damages everything surrounding her, dealing more damage the lower her own HP is.
*Reality Break: Adelaide - For ten seconds, Adelle's basic attack have increased range and damage, and she constantly regains health.
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Design NotesMost of Adelle's Heritor abilties in the game just apply status effects, meaning they don't really transfer well to a fighting game. Ljda Charm's opponents, Nesiaam is a melee attack that damages and addles targets, and Adelaide applies regen to Adelle or an adjacent ally. Lennart is also Adelle's main attack, dealing a lot more damage than what it does here.
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==Trivia==
*Cid was also considered, but unlike Adelle he does not have a unique class/moveset, making for an ultimately less interesting playstyle.
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