Medusa (Rave)

Medusa (メデューサ, Medusa) is one of the antagonists of the Kid Icarus series and appears as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Rave.
She is voiced by Anairis Quiñones in English and Naomi Shindo in Japanese, with the former replacing Cree Summer due to her being a union actor, while the latter reprises her role as Medusa in Kid Icarus: Uprising.
==Attributes==
Medusa is a tall middleweight who is slow on both the ground and in the air, but she has a variety of tools to keep her opponents away from her.
==Moveset==
===Ground Attacks===
Neutral attack	Stabs her staff forward. If mashed, she repeatedly thrusts her staff forwards before ending with an outward swipe from her staff.
Forward tilt 	Her hands glow red with underworld energy and slashes the air diagonally.
Up tilt 	Has her snakes bite upward simultaneously.
Down tilt 	Kneels and spins her staff on the ground in front of herself.
Dash attack 	Spins her staff like a windmill blade.
Forward smash 	Charges up poison energy in her palm, then extends her palm forward that releases poisonous gas.
Up smash 	The snakes on her hair bite rapidly upwards while she cackles.
Down smash 	Lifts her staff upward, as ruble and stones levitate out of the ground from both sides.
===Air Attacks===
Neutral aerial	Spins her staff in a circle in front of herself.
Forward aerial	The snakes in her hair lash forwards.
Back aerial 	Wields her staff with two hands and stabs it behind herself.
Up aerial 	Three snakes in her hair lash out upwards simultaneously.
Down aerial 	Points her palm downward while releasing an explosion of underworld energy.
===Grabs & Throws===
Grab 	Reaches out with her free hand.
Pummel 	Has her snakes bite the opponent.
Forward throw	Curls herself lightly and then pushes the opponent forward.
Back throw 	Thrusts the end of her staff to the opponent's back, sending them backward.
Up throw 	Heaves the opponent upward and lets her snakes bite them.
Down throw 	Slams the opponent onto the ground before thrusting the end of her staff to their back.
===Recovery Attacks===
Floor attack	Swings her staff in front of herself and behind herself while getting up.
Edge attack 	Swings her staff forward while climbing up.
===Special Moves===
Neutral special	Petrifying Gaze: Lunges forward with her face leading the way, letting out a petrifying glance with sparks that freeze opponents in stone for a few seconds.
Side special 	Thanatos Bomb: Points forward as one of the snakes in her hair lunge outward, launching itself and bounces off the ground and into the air three times before disappearing in a puff of purplish smoke.
Up special 	Underworld Warp: Lifts her staff skyward a she lets out a maniacal laugh while underworld energy surrounds her and disappears before reappearing in the inputted direction and spins her staff upon reappearing.
Down special 	Pentagon Laser: Says "Weaklings!" as she stretches her staff outward, creating a barrier of energy around her and slows her down when using it.
Final Smash 	Monster Medusa: Covers her face with her hands before screaming as she reveals her true form and launches her head forward. If any opponents are hit, they are sent to the Underworld where her head grows before firing several blasts of energy and finishes with powerful beam of energy forward from her middle eye, launching opponents away while she transforms back.
==On-Screen Appearance==
*Walks out of a fiery purple portal and laughs evilly while raising her staff.
==Taunts==
Up taunt 	Waves her staff forward and says "Enough games!".
Side taunt	One snake lowers itself from her hair, then pets it while slightly chuckling.
Down taunt	Stabs her staff to the ground forcefully while she runs her hands through her snake hair as they hiss rabidly.
==Idle Poses==
*One of her snakes hiss forward.
*Curls one of her snakes as if it was her actual hair.
==Victory Poses==
Left 	Chuckles evilly while she runs her hands through her snake hair.
Up 	Performs three slashes with her staff toward the screen while her snakes hiss rabidly.
Right	Covers her face, laughing menacingly as she reveals her true form and she and her snakes hiss at the same time.
Victory Theme: A flourished remix of a small excerpt of the title theme of Kid Icarus, with an original ending.
==Alternate Costumes==
Purple	Her appearance in Kid Icarus: Uprising.
Black 	Hades
Blue 	Pandora
White 	Thanatos
Maroon	Twinbellows
Red 	Viridi
White 	Palutena
Pink 	Her appearance in the original Kid Icarus.
Category:Characters
Category:Super Smash Bros. Rave