Karkat Vantas

Homestuck- Iron Knight

**Karkat Vantas** is the ninth playable character revealed in *Smash Bros Lawl Beatdown*.

## Character Description

Karkat Vantas is one of the twelve Beta Trolls who appear in *Homestuck*, being the hotblooded and loud self described leader. Karkat is a grouchy and loud troll who speaks with "hostile rhetoric" to project himself as louder and bigger than he really is. He hides a lot of his insecurities behind this, including his mutated blood. He, along with most of the other Beta Trolls, troll the four Beta Kids during their Sburb session.

## Moveset

### Playstyle

Hotblooded is a nice way of describing Karkat and how he fights. Being the opposite of John both character and gameplay wise, he's much faster with more brutal attacks at his disposal. He excels in close combat and has the tools to improve his approach options. It's very easy for Karkat to get in the face of foes and relentlessly attack and set up for kills, but is quite susceptible to zoning or stage controlling strategies.

### Ground attacks

(Note: Each standard using a sickle changes the sickle he uses with his Side B)

### Aerial attack

 Forward aerial
 Back aerial

### Grab and throw

 Back throw
 Up throw
 Down throw

### Special moves

 Side special | Sicklekind | Karkat can switch between different four different sickles to throw at his opponents. While holding B, tap A to change them before throwing them. Karkat will also change Sickles upon using a standard attack involving them.
Note these effects only apply when being thrown.
* **Regular Sickle does 10% with no special effects.**
* **Homes** **Smell Ya** **Later is the fastest sickle, dealing 6% and go through opponents upon hit.**
* **Reggisickle deals 7% darkness damage and can hit through projectile reflectors/deflectors.**
 Down special | I'M PUTTING YOU ON SPEAKER CRAB. | Karkat deploys his speaker crab, which marches around on the ground. It will do 3% to the touch and explode after a while if you don't pick it up, dealing 9% damage.
 Final Smash | Mobius Double Reacharound | Karkat has Sollux aim at a opponent with the Mobius Double Reacharound virus, which explodes their computer/device for 60% and great misfortune if they survive. Effects include
* Random Tripping
* Traps may malfunction and will despawn
* Random moves will be disabled or lose power
* Special assist characters and Assist Trophies will randomly die/despawn

The bad luck will go away after 1 minute or after the victim is KOed. The Final Smash will end if Sollux misses.

## Gallery

### Palette swaps

1. 'carcinoGeneticist" Standard
2. "Tag y9ur triggers" Based on Kankri Vantas
3. "The Sufferer" Based on The Signless
4. "CR1M4L" Based on Terezi and her Redglare outfit
5. "welcome to the dark carnival motherfucker" Based on Gamzee and his God Tier outfit
6. "Graveyard Stuffers" Based on B1 Jack Noir
7. "EGBERRRRRRRRT" Based on Dan from *Dan VS*
8. "I AM YOUR LITERAL GOD" Based on the Beta Kids
9. "Bloody Dreams" Based on Karkat's Prospit outfit
10. "Fallen Knight" Karkat's God Tier

### Screenshots

Karkat's victory pose when teamed up with John

## Trivia

* Karkat's idle pose was updated in Frisk's moveset, where he holds the **Homes** **Smell Ya** **Later** in a combat stance.
* In comparison to other non-troll Homestuck characters, Karkat's Final Smash doesn't involve him going God Tier.
	+ Karkat is also the only playable Homestuck character in Beatdown who never reaches God Tier.

Strong Bad · John Egbert · Edd · Markiplier · Mama Umbridge · Stephen Quire · Watts & Rosalene · Frisk · Gary Oak · The Thwomps · PeanutButterGamer · Mrs. Mavilda · The Crystal Gems

Unlockables:

Homestar · **Karkat Vantas** · Vriska Serket · Tom · Matt · Tord · Dan Backslide · Viola · Psycho Dad · Kiran · Stu Pickles · Spamton  · The Batter

*Dangeresque*  · *Eduardo*  · *Darkiplier* ·
*Chara*  · *Ellen*  ·
*Psycho Kid*

Indeterminate:

* **Bosses**: Bec Noir
* **Assist Trophies**: Aradia Megido
	+ **Misc.**: Rose Lalonde · Dave Strider · Sollux Captor · Kanaya Maryam · Terezi Pyrope  · Gamzee Makara · Peregrine Mendicant
* **Stages**: John's Home · The Dreambubbles
* **Items**: Scalemates