Safford

**Safford** is mentor of the Wishmere. He has served as the mentor and trainer of the King Elreed's Wishmere for several generations.

He is a legendary master swordsman in servitude to the King of Dreams, Elreed, for thousands of years. He fulfils the role of a Slasher.

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## Biography

Since the beginning of Elreed and Doubt's feud, Safford had always been by Elreed's side. As Doubt's influence over the world grew, Elreed recruited a young Safford into his mission, along with a number of other warriors. These warriors, having seen the carnage and the control Doubt could inflict, began to fear Doubt. Through several skirmishes, many of Elreed's warriors died, leaving Elreed, Safford and a handful of warriors as the only survivors.

They soon discovered that teenagers, who embodied hope, could defeat Doubt, due to their thirst for life and unjaded beliefs. Every generation of Doubt's return, Elreed assembles a fresh Wishmere team and Safford dutifully serves as their trainer. Though he has seen many fall to Doubt, Safford continues to serve until the day comes where a team or individual, absent of malice and darkness, can seal Doubt away for good.

Safford is weathered and hardened, and he dedicates his entire life to stopping Doubt.

## Abilities

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Ilgard ChainNotation: None

With precise timing, Safford can chain his Abilities into each other. The next chained Ability cannot be a repeated input from the Ability currently executed. The exact window of timing is a few frames after Safford fully follows through on his slash.

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DefenderNotation: Y

A spinning slash, dealing 15 damage and knocking an opponent far away.

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ProtectorNotation: d + Y

A spinning slash aimed at the opponent's feet, taking them off their feet and dealing 13 damage.

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GuardianNotation: u + Y

A spinning anti-air slash that pops an opponent into the air, dealing 11 damage. It only hits airborne opponents.

## Super Arts

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Pleiton PierceNotation: LB
Cost: 1 Super Meter
Dashes quickly across the screen, delivering a stab, dealing 30 damage and sending opponents flying backward.

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Wind of ThannorNotation: RB
Cost: 2 Super Meter
Rears back and delivers an array of spinning slashes that takes an opponent off their feet, dealing 70 damage.

## Normal Attack Data

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Thannor CombinationNotation: X, X, X

Standard Attack Combo, dealing 3-3-5 (9 total) damage.

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Swift SeverNotation: ... X

Unsheathes his sword and delivers a downward slash, resulting in a knockdown and dealing 6 damage.

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Lifting LacerationNotation: ... u + X

Unsheathes his sword and slashes upwards, launching the opponent and dealing 6 damage.

## Strategy

Safford is a slower character that utilizes his sword slashes for extra range. Though slow, he can control the pace of a battle by using his Ability knockdowns and chaining them together with his Passive Ability, to both extend his damage bursts and keeping enemies away from him. Safford's comboability is also quite high, though a little slow. Safford's slow movement speed and slower Normal Attacks make him a target in crowded situations, thus he must keep his attacks short and his movement frequent in order to avoid being caught in a crowd.

## Trivia

* Though Safford is human, he is ageless. He is nearly 1,000 years old.
* Safford has trained every generation of Wishmere since it's creation, though never being part of the Wishmere.