[-Marigger-] #FusionFighters Entry!

[●○●THE STORY●○●]

After the events of his trailer in Smash 4, Villager took Mario back to Smashville for some...friendly chatter. However, Mario hasn't returned home to the Mushroom Kingdom in weeks! Luigi, Peach, and even Bowser are thrown into panic as they were unsure of Mario's whereabouts. So, in order to cover up his tracks, Villager attempts to take Mario's place. But just how good is the act he plays? Find out now in this blog!

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[●○●Moves●○●]

Fireballs

Super Cape

F.L.U.D.D

Super Jump

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Pocket

Loid Rocket

Planting

Balloon Fighter

Pyro Pocket

Since Villager can't make fireballs come out of his hands like Mario, he has to settle for the next best thing. Setting whatever projectile he is able to pocket on fire! For example, if Marigger was to pocket Bowser Juniors' cannonball he would ignite it to cause fire damage and send it right back out.

However, the fire status only works on physical projectiles. Moves like Samus' charge shot and Mewtwo's ShadowBall will not be ignited. Water based projectiles will actually be weaker, as coming into with the fire will partially vaporize them, but make them move much faster.

Loid Glider

Marigger himself cannot fly without the assistance of a few tools. The first of these tools being his Gyroid and a cape he ...barrowed from Mario. This move can only be used to its full potential when high up in the air.

After hoisting himself onto the rocket, Marigger straps on his trusty cape and can use it to glide with the rocket. Flying would work similar to Super Mario World where moving the direction you face will cause you to go into a dive. Moving the opposite direction will make you rise up to keep flying, the lower you dive the higher the rise will be.

This move could make for two things. A powerful dive bomb move, or a slow moving mixup where you act as if you're coming down for a landing but rise up instead and go further.

F.L.U.D.D. Garden

Marigger decided to ditch his dinky watering can after getting his hands on a new piece of GADD Science! So how does he take advantage of its capabilities? Well, after having his original plant get caped, shined, and batted back at him, Marigger decided maybe a tree wasn't the best means of plant power. So he decides to replace his sapling with a variety of rose seeds! This move will work similar to the tree, having 3 stages. However it has been heavily altered for Mariggers sake.

Planting- This one must be done four times before activating the next stage. Wherever Marriger is standing he will plant a rose seed into the ground. The seed however, will not be visible once planted, so the opponent must where they are to be careful.

Watering- Utilizing it's massive reach, Marigger uses the FLUDD's astounding reach to water a large area around them. The water stream can still be used to push foes back, it just won't be as straight of a shot.

Roses- After a seed gets watered, it will bloom into a beautiful, but very thorny, bed of roses. The roses will do gradual damage to fighters who step in them. (A similar effect to Lip's Stick.) For a bit of RNG, The colors of of the roses will also determine how much damage they do.

Once the roses are planted, they will stay planted in the ground for about ten seconds before wilting and disappearing. However, there is a way to pull them out ahead of time. Using Mariggers' D-Tilt near a rose will pluck it right out of the ground and make an open spot for a new rose.

P-Balloon Fight

Marigger didn't think this was necessary, but he figured if he'd used them it would make his rouse seem more believable. He replaces the balloons on his helmet with P-Balloons, greatly increasing the distance he could ever cover with normal balloons. However, if popped, the balloons magic would take effect and cause Marriger to puff up and float upward slowly for a short period of time. This will leave him open to attack, so it's a high risk recovery.

[●○●The remaining move set!●○●]

[Jab] (Mario's)

Hopefully most of you can agree Mario has a superior jab. Villagers' is good, but it just doesn't land right and can't set up combos. (As far as I'm aware)

[FTilt] (Villager's)

Villagers' F-Tilt has a bit more knockback than Mario's. I find myself using it more than I use Mario's.

[U-Tilt] (Mario's)

....surely this one was obvious, right? Riiiiiight...???

[D-Tilt] (Villager's)

Both fighters DTilt are very good, but for FLUDD Garden to work properly, I had to choose Villagers' over Mario's.

[Up-Smash] (Mario's)

Another move where it's extremely good on both ends, but I have to go with Mario for the super armour during his.

[Down-Smash] (Villager's)

A bit of a risky move, but a lot can happen if you manage to get your opponent buried, so chose this over Mario's.

[Forward-Smash] (Villager)

Another tough choice, but I had to choose Villager's for amazing edge-guarding ability.

[N-Air] (Mario's)

Has better potential for jab-lock combos than Villagers' NEXT!

[F-Air/B-Air] (Villagers')

Okay, Okay, hang on! I know Mario has the all mighty dunk of doom, but using Villagers would make up for a lack of edge-guarding tools.

[D-Air] (Villagers')

This move would substitute for the dunk move. Plus, I enjoy the element of RNG with Villager's turnips a bit more.

[●○●Smaller Details●○●]

-Jumping sound is replaced with Mario's

-Dash Attack now has a Piranha Plant, extending the hit box

-Umbrella is replaced with the Toadstool Umbrella

-Shovel move is replaced with a hammer, still burries foes

-Turnips now have faces from Super Mario Bros. 2.

[●○●Alternate Costumes●○●]

All of Mariggers' friends notice his odd change of costume and decide to in on the fun! Well, at least most of them do. The others decided to skip this cosplay session.

[●○●Teir List Ranking●○●]

Okay, let me start by saying I've got no idea what determines a characters place on the teir list. In my opinion, it's just the communities opinion on whose good or not.

As for Marrigers' placing... I'd say they're MidTeir at least. They have the killing power of Mario, but it's hard to kill with them. They're easily KO'd, but the same can be said for your opponent if you can play him right. Where he has a lack in being able to kill foes, he makes up for in edge-guarding skills and some RNG to back him up.

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[●○●Conclusion!●○●]

Well, it seemed unlikely, but Marigger seems to have fooled the Mushroom Kingdom's inhabitants. Although, now he has to live his life saving Peach 24/7 and constantly hosting events like sports and racing. Looks like he didn't exactly plan this one though. Ah well, until next time!!!