Incineroar

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Incineroar is a Fire/Dark type Pokémon who Originated in the Nintendo 3DS games Pokémon Sun & Pokémon Moon. He is the final evolution of the Fire type starter Litten, and the 69th character to be added to the Super Smash Brothers Ultimate game, being revealed alongside Ken in the final video presentation for the base game.

Incineroar is a grappler archetype with a heavy focus on reading his opponents, making him a fierce opponent to deal with at high level play, many of his moves being sporadic, taking priority, or just command grabs, this is one tricky fighter! Unless he's trying to recover...

## History on SmashFAQs

### Before Reveal

Due to multiple leaks in the community, some from things like Box Theory, and others by popular leaker's such as Vergeben, the final two newcomers were theorized to be Incineroar and Ken from Street Fighter, though many were still skeptical in the community. People believed that if we were to get a Pokémon, it would be Decidueye, or Mimkyu, (more info about such listed below), considering they were more popular than Incineroar, much like Greninja was more popular than the other Kalos starters.

Many described Incineroar as ugly, bait to catch leakers, and even the worst character to add, some going as far to compare him and Bowsette, a popular internet meme, even though he isn't a video game character. Though these predictions and slander would not affect much as the final presentation began to creep up, and everyone watched to see what would happen...

### Reveal

*Nooooo! It's Incineroar! - Hypnofeet*

(wip, in progress heavily)

## Mimikyu & Decidueye

When it was leaked via multiple sources that a Pokémon would be coming as a representative in Super Smash Brothers Ultimate, many were quick to speculate a particular two to be up and running for the title, those being Mimikyu and Decidueye. Mimikyu ranking high in the Pokémon Popularity Poll and Decidueye's pre-evolutionary form being a prominently featured Pokémon in the Pokémon anime, with it's protagonist Ash having a Rowlet who many assumed would evolve into a Decideuye, much like Ash's Froakie did into a Greninja (who would later appear in Smash 4).

However, when Mimikyu was revealed to be a Pokéball Pokémon, and not soon after Incineroar was to be revealed as the Gen 7 representative, many would be shocked and confused that the more popular choices weren't chosen, leading to many making numerous topics listed here about them both, asking if they would've preferred them to be in Smash compared to Incineroar, or similar things of the sort. This topics still continue on to this very day, with Incineroar vs Decidueye in particular being a hot topic of debate among the SmashFAQs community.

## Moveset

### Special Moves

Darkest Lariat
Alolan Whip
Cross Chop
Revenge

### Final Smash

Max Malicious Moonsault

Incineroar is characterized by a slow but strong playstyle. His Down-B, Revenge, is a counter that deals less damage than other counters, but it powers up Incineroar's next attack.

Incineroar is a heavyweight, being the only other heavyweight Pokémon, next to Charizard (both notably bipedal fire types). He excels at heavy bait and punish tactics, with predictable but devastating moves that, if times correctly, can take a stock faster than the opponent can properly react.

## Trivia

* According to a poll by user Brother\_, SmashFAQs' favorite *real* Incineroar quote is when he says "CINEROAR" whilst using his forward Smash.
	+ Though their favorite faux quote of his is him saying, "Pokémon is a low quality franchise.", a reference to the debatable quality of generation's 6, 7, and 8 of the Pokémon franchise.