Raven Beak

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## **Character Info**

Raven Beak is the leader of the Mawkin tribe of Chozo and is one of the Chozo who voluntarily contributed their DNA to be infused into Samus which greatly helped to enhance her fighting prowess and instincts. Despite helping the Thoha seal away the dangerous Metroids, Raven Beak disagreed with their plan to eradicate all Metroids and instead sought to use them to bring order to the galaxy. His plot was put on hold however when chthe X Parasites arrived on SR388 and the subsequent destruction of all Metroids. Raven Beak thought his plan was lost, but when he learned that Samus contained the last strain of Metroid DNA he came up with a new plan to steal it.

## **General Information**

### **Entrance**

Raven Beak will use his wings to fly down onto the stage from above. After he’s landed, Raven Beak will retract his wings back into his body.

### **Kirby Hat**

Kirby will wear Raven Beak’s mask over his face and Raven Beak’s helmet on top of his head.

### **Taunts**

**Up Taunt:** Raven Beak will spread his arms out wide as if both gesturing to his army and also telling his foes to “come at him”.

**Down Taunt:** Raven Beak will pull out the dismantled head of an E.M.M.I. and hold it aloft in front of him in a manner similar to Hamlet holding Yorick’s skull in Hamlet.

**Side Taunt:** Raven Beak will face to the side and beckon towards his opponents as if in a “come on” gesture before crossing his arms against his chest.

### **Victory Poses**

1. A purple X Parasite will drift around Raven Beak’s legs before Raven Beak lifts up a leg and stomps the X Parasite into the ground.
2. Raven Beak will fall from above and perform a superhero landing before standing up and unfurling both of his wings as he stands tall in a power pose.
3. Raven Beak will stand on the victory pose looking furious and with only one wing sprouted from his body. Raven Beak will then proceed to rip his remaining wing off and throw it to the side before pointing his arm cannon at the screen. Raven Beak’s eyes will flash red as he says, “Hadar… sen olmen” which translates to “Power… is everything”.

## **Moveset**

### **Standard Special**

**Dread Orb:** As a parallel to Samus’ Charge Shot, Raven Beak will crouch down and point his arm cannon to the ground as he begins to charge up a sphere of dark energy from it. When Raven Beak launches this projectile he will swing up and fire it diagonally up into the air. The maximum size of the projectile is smaller than Samus’ version and it takes a bit longer to fully charge, but the trade-off is that this attack has a degree of homing to it that Samus’ lacks. This attack will only home in on fighters who get about a Kirby away from it, but if they’re there then the attack will continue to follow them until it either hits something or it fizzles out from existing too long. If no opponent gets near the Dread Orb during then it will follow its normal trajectory and begin to fall downwards in a arc after it was thrown by Raven Beak. When uncharged the attack keeps this same homing capability, but the orb is smaller making it easier to dodge and if it does manage to hit something it deals less damage than its charged form.

### **Side Special**

**Beam Burst:** With his arm cannon stretched outwards Raven Beak will unleash a rapid fire, machine gun-like, storm of tiny energy blasts. This attack has a longer range to it and Raven Beak is capable of performing continuous fire as long as the attack button is held and can adjust the aim omnidirectionally with the control stick. The longer the button is held however the less effective this attack gets. Continuing to fire this attack will cause the range of the attack to shorten and the speed that the beams are fired to become slower. This is similar to Bowser and Charizard’s fire breath attacks peter out over time and require a minor cooldown for the attacks to be back to their full strength.

### **Up Special**

**Flash Shift:** Raven Beak will fade into an ethereal glow and will seem to dash straight up into the air. At this point the player can flick the control stick in any direction to make Raven Beak dash a second time in that direction. Otherwise, Raven Beak will just begin to fall once he reaches the height of his jump. This move causes an afterimage to follow behind Raven Break as he moves faster than light. While making contact with Raven Beak himself won’t harm opponents they will take damage if they make contact with his afterimage.

### **Down Special**

**Lightning Armor:** Streaks of blue lightning will appear over Raven Beak’s armor as he stands still. As long as the attack button is held, this lightning will continue to spark over Raven Beak’s armor and Raven Beak will be unable to move on his own. When energy-based attacks hit Raven Beak he’ll take 3/4ths of the attack's normal damage and the remaining 1/4th of it will get siphoned into Raven Beak’s armor. As Raven Beak takes on damage the electricity will shift from blue to green to red. Letting go of the attack button will allow Raven Beak to move again and if this down special is reactivated the strength of the lightning armor will be retained. While Lightning Armor is active, you can press the Shield button to disperse the lightning in an electric sphere around Raven Beak. The damage and size of this attack is proportional to the color of Raven Beak’s lightning with blue being the weakest and red being the strongest. It takes a fair amount of damage to increase the strength from blue to green and green to red, but once the lightning hits red if Raven Beak takes too much additional damage (which is easy to do) then this attack will backfire against Raven Beak causing high damage to Raven Beak and stunning him.

### **Final Smash**

**Mawkin Beam:** Pink and white energy will charge up in front of Raven Beak’s arm cannon before he fires off a massive beam attack up and diagonal into the air. This laser is huge and works similarly to Samus’ final smash, Hyper Beam, in that it deals multiple hits of damage and stretches across the screen. Raven Beak has limited ability to change the angle of the attack, however it will always start out by being fired diagonally into the air.

### **Extra Skill**

**Storm Missiles:** Raven Beak will point his arm cannon forwards and begin attempting to lock onto anything in front of him. This lock-on field is essentially, but is cone-shaped and extends forward about halfway across Battlefield. Raven Beak must hold down the Extra Skill input in order to lock onto anything. The lock-on process prioritizes things closer to Raven Beak to start before moving forwards. If there are ever multiple things that are judged by the lock-on to be the same distance away then the lock-on will prioritize whatever has taken the most amount of damage. Additionally, the lock-on process will first target other fighters, then Assists/Pokemon that can be KO’d, damageable Items, and then breakable stage elements. The Storm Missiles can only lock on to four targets at a time andonce the fourth has been locked onto the Storm Missiles will automatically fire from Raven Beak’s arm cannon. These missiles are small and they can pass through soft platforms without any issue. The damage they do is middling and they will take the shortest path possible to reach their target. The Storm Missiles can be released early by letting go of the Extra Skill input. If the button is released without anything being locked on then no missiles will be fired. Finally, if one of the locked-on targets is destroyed or has gone beyond the blast zones then the lock-on for it will be gone and you can lock-on to something new in place of them.

## **Unique Traits**

Raven Beak can both Wall Jump and Wall Cling. Raven Beak can perform 2 small additional jumps in midair as he flaps his wings.

## **Alternate Costumes**

1. **Default**
2. **Quiet Robe** - Raven Beak’s armor will be gold while his robe will be blue.
3. **Black** - Raven Beak’s armor will be black while his robe will be pink.
4. **White** - Raven Beak’s armor will be white while his robe will be purple.
5. **Red** - Raven Beak’s armor will be red while his robe will be brown.
6. **Blue** - Raven Beak’s armor will be blue while his robe will be green.
7. **Green** - Raven Beak’s armor will be green while his robe will be white.
8. **Orange** - Raven Beak’s armor will be orange while his robe will be cyan.
9. **Purple** - Raven Beak’s armor will be purple while his robe will be yellow.
10. **Bronze** - Raven Beak’s armor will be bronze while his robe will be black.

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## **Associated Content**

Click Here to watch the episode of the Super Cast Bros podcast where Zantok, Jonno, and Twilix created this moveset!