Ellen

**Ellen** is a playable character in Smash Bros Lawl Beatdown, appearing as an Echo Fighter for Viola.

## Character Description

Ellen is one of the main characters of *The Witch's House*, appearing as the main antagonist of the game. She is also the titular protagonist of *The Diary of Ellen* novella. Originally from the slums of a medieval time, Ellen was born with a curse which took the form of an incurable, terminal illness which caused her to be shunned by society. After an incident involving burying a black cat and subsequently failing to keep her family together, Ellen killed her mother for apparently abandoning her as well as her father for ignoring her to the bitter end, orphaning herself and inadvertently burning her own house in the process. Having nowhere to go, Ellen opted to pass away in a dark alley outside her former home, the Demon offered her a contract which she accepted, unaware of what she got herself into as well as ignorantly accepting her sickness to be cured in the process. Upon realization that it still progressed inside of her, that she had been deceived and lied to, Ellen was reborn as a Witch.

## In Smash Bros Lawl Beatdown

Ellen originally appeared merely as a Palette swap for Viola. However, she was promoted to being an Echo Fighter for Viola instead.

## Moveset

### Playstyle

Ellen's body is declared the owner of the Witch's House. As much as she could, she is able to manipulate the house in her own ways with the souls paid to the demon. Ellen's display of pressure from the obstacles of the house comes alongside more direct manipulation of the stage. She is able to whittle down opponents and close in with more power kill moves than Viola. While not being able to exchange souls in the same way as Viola, she loses move upgrades for the ability to call forth traps with her Neutral B to let her close in on foes, much like the final chase scene in her game.

### Souls

Ellen has a special mechanic where she has to gain Souls by fighting enemies in order to exchange them for upgrades to her Neutral Special.

Note; Moves in *italics* are not moves shared with Viola.

### Special moves

 Side Special
 Up special
 Down special
 Final Smash

## Palette swap

1. "Because we're friends, right?" Standard
2. "Always lying" Based on the Red Flowers
3. "Most Beautiful" Based on the White Flower
4. "Nothin but Gossip" Based on the Yellow Flowers
5. "Dolled Up" Based on the Blue Doll
6. "Missing Link" Based on the Purple Doll
7. "Vengeful Teddy" Based on the Teddy Bear
8. "Loyalty" Based on the Soldier
9. "Who never loved X?" Based on Ellen's Father
10. "**LEAAAAVEEEEEE**" Based on Mary from *Ib*

## Trivia

* Ellen originally appeared merely as a Palette swap for Viola. However, she was promoted to being an Echo Fighter for Viola instead.
* Ellen is thus far the only Echo Fighter who uses the same Victory Theme as the character she is an Echo Fighter of.
* Ellen is one of the 4 characters in Beatdown who have a special moveset mechanic. The others being Matt, Viola and Spamton.

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:

	+ **Misc**: Black Cat  · Frog Friend  · Viola's Father  · Flowers of the Garden
* **Stages**: Ellen's House