Velocispider

Velocispider's character portrait.

**Velocispider** is a character owned by Retro Dreamer and is an unlockable fighter. They appear in their eponymous mobile game, *Velocispider*.

## Character Origin

Velocispider is an half-spider, half-velociraptor creature, with a velociraptor head and spider legs. These **Araknasaurs** have mechanical parts and are equipped with the Head Cannon. In Velocispider, they had to defend their eggs from the Evil Corporation.

## Trophy Quote

> "*Velocispider is a lethally dangerous specimen called an Araknasaur. The evil Robot Seafood Corporation found this out the hard way when they attempted to steal it's coveted eggs with an onslaught of weaponized Aquabots. Nobody messes with Velocispder's eggs.*"
> ― Velocispider's Trophy Description
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> "*This is the price you face when you protect your eggs from the assaulting Aquabots, the reminder of Velocispider's mortality. In Indie Pogo, every fighter has their own unique death animation when their HP reaches zero, recreated from their original games.*"
> ― Skeleton Velocispider's Trophy Description
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## Summary

Velocispider is the first unlockable character. In fact, you can even unlock them right from the start as they only costs 50 coins. As such, they are a really simple character to understand and to play. Their Neutral Aerial and Grounded Charge share the same amount of charge, which is a unique mechanic. Velocispider is about keeping the opponent above them and shoot projectiles before they Pogo them, making it a risky but rewarding character.

### Moveset

**Side Melee** : Velocispider performs a sideways chomp, dealing **3 damage**.

**Up Melee** : Velocispider releases an explosion above them that deals **4 damage**.

**Down Melee** : Velocispider turns upside-down and and fires a downward blast, dealing **4 damage**.

**Grounded Charge / Neutral Special / Side Special | Charge Shot** : Velocispider shoots a blue projectile in the air, dealing **1 damage uncharged** and **10 damage fully charged**. This move can be charged in the air and on the ground, and the hitbox grows in size when charged. While in the air, the player can tilt Velocispider up to 90 degrees to the left or right in order to fire more horizontally.

**Up Special | Plasma Trail** : Velocispider shoots an electric arc that can be aimed. When the button is released, they will teleport to the tip of the arc and cause a round explosion. Velocispider travelling on the arc deals **3 damage**, the explosion deals **6 damage**, and comboing one into the other is pretty easy.

**Down Special | Jet Cannon** : Velocispider drops downward, dealing **6 damage** and spiking the enemy. The move can be used offstage to carry the opponent and do a suicide KO. Opponent can mash out of it.

**SUPER | Omega Laser** : Velocispider shoots a huge laser doing **3 damage** and really good knockback. It covers the whole stage vertically, and they can move during the Super. The Super lasts **5 seconds**. However, Velocispider is vulnerable and cannot double jump during the Super, any jump over a pit will be, in fact, deadly, due to the heavy recoil of the laser.

**Parkour** : Velocispider is able to **walk on walls** using the parkour button. They can also **use their Grounded Charge** while on a wall.

## Alternate Skins

Trevor and Jaron Lowe both said during the Indie Pogo launch day livestream that Velocispider's recolors were based on *Metroid*'s Samus' alternate costume in *Super Smash Bros.*.

## Competitive Play

### Attributes

* **Defense:** Has up melee to protect himself from upwards approaches, and can avoid most pressure with Up Special's I-Frames
* **Side Melee:** Fantastic Neutral Tool that can not only lead into itself multiple times, but also kill off the side.
* **Recovery:** Velocispider's ability to climb on walls grants him a much faster wall climb than most cast members.
* **Downwards Coverage:** Only has Down Special and Down melee to cover the space below him, which can be beaten easily.
* **SUPER:** Has lots of startup, so using it in neutral makes you quite punishable.

## Update History

**Patch 1.0.0.6**

* Rolling Leap hitbox relocated to Velocispider's mouth.

**Patch 1.0.12.0**

* Charge Blast damage reduced from 6-12 to 4-9.

**Patch 1.0.13.0**

* Charge Blast hitbox shape changed from a rectangle to an ellipse.
* Charge Blast and Charge Shot now take longer to fully charge.
* Velocispider can no longer double jump off of a grounded charge.

**Patch 1.0.14.0**

* Velocispider can now double jump off of a grounded charge.
* Charge Blast maximum damage reduced from 9 to 8.

**Patch 1.0.16.0**

* Fixed Velocispider's dodge palette.

**Patch 1.1.0.0**

* Charge Blast maximum damage increased from 8 to 10.

**Patch 1.1.2.0**

* Fixed a bug that caused Velocispider's charge sound to persist after jumping on Welltaro's Heart Balloon.

**Patch 2.0.0.0**

* **Parkour**
	+ Velocispider can now walk freely along walls.
* **Up Melee**
	+ Velocispider's old Neutral Special has been moved to the Up Melee attack.
	+ This move can no longer be charged.
	+ Hitbox sized reduced to more accurately match the spritework.
* **Grounded Charge | Charge Shot**
	+ Neutral Special, Side Special and Grounded Charge all come together as this one move.
	+ Velocispider can rotate to fire more horizontally.
	+ Projectile speed increased.
	+ Ground speed increased.
* **Down Special | Jet Cannon**
	+ The opponent can now mash out of this command grab.
* **SUPER | Omega Laser**
	+ Now has a short startup time upon activation.
	+ Damage reduced from 8 to 3 to compensate for changes to hitstun.

**Patch 2.0.0.3**

* **Grounded Charge/Neutral Special/Side Special | Charge Shot**
	+ Grounded time when landing incorrectly with Charge Shot increased.
	+ Invincibility frames removed from Charge Shot knockdown.

**Patch 2.1.0.0**

* **Grounded Charge/Neutral Special/Side Special | Charge Shot**
	+ Minimum damage decreased from 2 to 1.
	+ Fixed a bug that prevented Velocispider from being punished for landing incorrectly if the player fired a shot immediately before landing.

**Patch 3.0.0.0**

* **General**
	+ Fixed the running sprite for the Skeleton Velocispider skin.
* **Grounded Charge / Neutral / Side Special | Charge Shot**
	+ Fixed a bug that caused Velocispider to fire 2 shots if they released a Charge Shot right before Pogo'ing an opponent.
	+ Velocispider's Pogo hitbox now disappears after turning past a certain point.

**Patch 3.0.1.0**

* **Melee Attacks**
	+ Fixed a bug that allowed Jack to hold onto their melees when touching ground.
	+ Side Melee's damage decreased from 5 to 3.

**Patch 3.0.3.0**

* **Side Melee**
	+ Knockback increased to make chains harder to pull off.

## Trivia

* Indie Pogo isn't the first time where Velocispider crosses over with Blockman, also making a playable cameo in *The Blocks Cometh*.
* The pixel artist of Indie Pogo, Trevor Lowe, said that Velocispider had a "unique character design".
* Velocispider was the 3rd character added to the game.
* Velocispider‘s moveset shares similarities with that of Samus from the *Metroid* series.
	+ Their alternate costumes are all based on Samus' recolors in *Super Smash Bros.*.
	+ Their Grounded Charge is named "Charge Shot", just like Samus' Neutral Special in *Super Smash Bros.*. Both moves share the same utility, being a chargeable blast of energy that can be fired.
	+ Their SUPER move is called "Omega Laser", which shares similarities with Samus' "Zero Laser".

## Gallery

Velocispider's character box, on the Kickstarter pageVelocispider's trophy page, as seen in Indie PogoVelocispider's hard mode trophy, showing Skeleton VelocispiderUnlocking VelocispiderNewest Skin was originally made for Bandana Blue's Mod ProjectVelocispider's playable cameo in *The Blocks Cometh*Original App icon for *Velocispider Zero*
## References

1. ↑ http://www.noodlecake.com/games/velocispider/
2. ↑ https://www.ssbwiki.com/Alternate\_costume\_(SSB)#Samus
3. ↑ It is unclear if the Lowe Bros. wanted to reference Ridley or not, as Trevor said it was the case, but Jaron denied it. Velocispider and Ridley share similarities anyway.
4. ↑ https://gamebanana.com/skins/179263
5. ↑ https://twitter.com/LoweBros/status/984142992251514892
6. ↑ https://twitter.com/LoweBros/status/1017847717719105537
7. ↑ https://www.ssbwiki.com/Charge\_Shot
8. ↑ https://www.ssbwiki.com/Zero\_Laser