Lilac

Lilac's character portrait

**Sash Lilac** is a character owned by GalaxyTrail. She is one of the 6 characters unlocked from the start and comes from the games *Freedom Planet* and *Freedom Planet 2*.

## Character Origin

Sash Lilac is a rare water dragon known for her speed. She is one of the 3 playable characters in Freedom Planet, the others being Carol Tea and Milla. Her signature attack is her cyclone, allowing to her spin in the air and allowing float briefly.

## Trophy Quote

> "*Lilac is a half-water dragon, believed to be the last of her kind. She is known for helping someone in need without hesitation. Along with her best friend Carol Tea, she lives in a treehouse hidden deep within Dragon Valley, stealing off the rich to survive.*"
> ― Lilac's Trophy Description.
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> "*Two years after her first adventure, Lilac is back! This time, she's facing off against a new foe, Merga, who has risen as a result of the Kingdom Stone's destruction. Lilac comes equipped with new moves, and a fashionable outfit.*"
> ― Hanfu Lilac's Trophy Description.
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## Summary

Lilac has a fairly simple moveset. She uses quick attacks, staying true to the fast nature of her game.

### Moveset

**Side Melee**: A move based on Lilac standard kick animation. Deals **5 damage**.

**Up Melee**: Lilac does an uppercut, hitting enemies in an arc with her hair, dealing **5 damage**. This attack can be angled to the right or to the left.

**Down Melee**: Lilac runs in the air, dealing **1 damage up to 6 times** when kicking foes.

**Neutral Special | Cyclone** : Lilac uses her signature cyclone attack, Dragon Cyclone, where she spins using her hair as a weapon. It is a multi-hit attack, and each hit does **1 damage**. It also gives her a small amount of extra airtime and height. It can be held, but this does not boost damage or height.

**Side Special | Blink Dash** : Lilac dashes forward a short distance at light speed, dealing **5 damage** on contact.

**Up Special | Dragon Boost/Boost Breaker** : Lilac's up aerial is her Dragon Boost. She goes into a ball, and then shoots into a direction, going quite far and dealing **1 damage up to 5 times.**. While Lilac is in a ball, the player can pick a direction for Lilac's dash by holding that direction. Dragon Boost bounces off walls and the ground. With Dragon Star active, Dragon Boost goes much further and can hit **up to 10 times**, and the attack button can be pressed again at the end of the move to use Boost Breaker, which deals **5 damage**. Unlike her original games, she is not invincible during this attack.

**Down Special | Dragon Kick** : Lilac performs a Dive Kick to the ground. However, unlike most Down Aerials that slam to the ground, it can be aimed to the left, right, or straight down. The damage is determined by how far she falls, with a **minimum of 4 damage and a maximum of 11 damage**. This kick can be canceled by air dodging. Canceling does not put Lilac into her free-fall state.

**Grounded Charge | Dragon Star** : When fully charged, Lilac jumps through a Time Gate, earning a Dragon Star that orbits her. While active, Dragon Star will power up Lilac's Side Melee and Up Special. Disappears if the latter two are used.

**SUPER | Holodragon Rush** : Lilac summons Holodragon (a hologram projected by Pangu). It deals **7 damage**, and if aimed right can hit multiple times. The Super lasts **3 seconds**. It always appears on the left of Lilac, and fires to the right while shifting up and down. When summoning, Lilac poses for a second before being able to move again. While Lilac is able to move during part of her super, she pays for it by having no invulnerability frames, even while posing, making the Super a risky move up close.

## Competitive Play

### Attributes

* **Offense:** Great Blast Zone Kill Setups granted by Side Special and Down Melee, good combo routes and a great super that is really tricky to avoid.
* **Blink Dash:** One of her best moves, as it's a way to get in, and it's a kill move.
* **Stats:** A decently sized middleweight fighter makes her vulnerable to combos and projectiles.
* **Blink Dash** can be beaten by anti-airs and/or projectiles.

### Techs and Strategies

> "*Lilac became much better after her up-air buff. Pressing the attack button after a Dragon Boost releases a blue flash that deals 5 damage, and counts as a pogo. This means you can deal 11 damage from an up-air time. Because you get a pogo combo from it, you can combo out into any other move, including another Dragon Boost. However, she does have her weaknesses. With arguably the worst charge attack in the game and a predicable kit, Lilac can struggle against top tiers. She especially struggles with anyone who can out range her, as she lacks any projectile of her own and must rely on her speed to close the gap.*"
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## Update History

**Patch 1.0.0.5**

* Lilac is now a default fighter.

**Patch 1.0.0.6**

* Dragon Boost hitbox size increased.

**Patch 1.1.0.0**

* Dragon Kick now interrupts Jack's Burrow.
* Boost Breaker cooldown increased.

**Patch 1.1.1.0**

* Dragon Boost cannot be used until Lilac lands if Boost Breaker is used.
* Dragon Boost startup increased slightly.
* Boost Breaker no longer contributes to Pogo combos.

**Patch 2.0.0.0**

* **Up Melee**
	+ Lilac's old Grounded Charge has been moved to her Up Melee.
	+ Can now be angled to the left.
	+ Damage reduced from 6-9 to 5.
* **Side Special | Blink Dash**
	+ Lilac dashes forward a short distance at light speed, dealing **4 damage** on contact. With Dragon Star active, this move's distance is increased, and it deals **6 damage**.
* **Up Special | Dragon Boost/Boost Breaker**
	+ Damage reduced from 6 to 1, but can hit up to 5 times.
	+ Distance significantly increased with Dragon Star active.
	+ Base travel distance shortened.
	+ Boost Breaker can only be used whith Dragon Star active.
* **Grounded Charge | Dragon Star**
	+ When fully charged, Lilac jumps through a Time Gate, earning a Dragon Star that orbits her. While active, Dragon Star will power up Lilac's Side Melee, Up Special and Side Special. Disappears if the latter two are used.
* **SUPER | Holodragon**
	+ The laser now shifts up and down.
	+ The laser lasts one second shorter.

**Patch 3.0.0.0**

* **Grounded Charge | Dragon Star**
	+ Side Special is no longer empowered by Dragon Star, and thus does not consume it anymore.
* **Neutral Special | Cyclone**
	+ Hitbox size slowly increases by 20% over the course of the attack *(previous hitbox size is now the current minimum size)*.
* **Side Special | Blink Dash**
	+ Damage increased from 4 to 5.
* **Up Special | Dragon Boost / Boost Breaker**
	+ Lilac's hurtbox now properly aligns to the direction she is dashing.
	+ Changed hitbox shape from a rectangle to an ellipse.
* **Down Special | Dragon Kick**
	+ Fixed a bug that caused Lilac's sprite to always face to the left when landing after a stomp.

**Patch 3.0.1.0**

* **Neutral Special | Cyclone**
	+ Fixed a bug that prevented Lilac from doing 5 hits with Neutral Special.

**Patch 3.0.3.0**

* **General**
	+ Overall hurtbox size reduced.
* **Grounded Charge | Dragon Star**
	+ Charge rate increased.

## Trivia

* Lilac is one of two characters to have English voice acting in Indie Pogo, the other being Kick. She is voiced by Dawn M. Bennett.
	+ Zorbié also features voice clips taken from his game, but none with dedicated dialogue (only grunts)
	+ While Crow has voice acting in the launch trailer, he lacks any voice lines in the current game.
* Her source game bares minor similarities to the *Sonic the Hedgehog* franchise. As such, similarities can be seen between Lilac's moves in *Indie Pogo* and Sonic's in *Sonic Battle*.
* Lilac's pose in the credits is her sitting sprite in Freedom Planet.
* Lilac was the 11th character added to the game.
* Lilac was the first character to get buffed; her dragon boost was given a bigger hitbox.
* Originally, the base roster had 4 characters. After a vote in the Indie Pogo discord server, Lilac was added to the starter fighter pool.
	+ If a player already had save data before this patch and didn't unlock Lilac, they would still have to buy Lilac from the shop for one coin.

## Gallery

Lilac's character box, on the Kickstarter pageOfficial Artwork by @JamesTheReggieUnlocking LilacNewest Skin was originally made for Bandana Blue's Mod ProjectLilac's trophy page, as seen in Indie PogoLilac's hard mode trophy, showing Hanfu Lilac
## References

1. ↑ http://freedomplanet.galaxytrail.com/
2. ↑ https://freedomplanet2.com/
3. ↑ https://avalicearchives.miraheze.org/wiki/Sash\_Lilac
4. ↑ https://gamebanana.com/skins/179263
5. ↑ https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/Sonic\_Battle
6. ↑ https://twitter.com/LoweBros/status/1017877144104468480