Pokemon: Close Combat/Bewear

Bewear spins and hits the opponent with hits tail.

• Great button to just throw out in neutral due to its low recovery
• Plus on block for pressure, also pushes Bewear forward
• Chains into itself once, though this causes it to become -4 on block
• Can be restaggered without triggering the chain by buffering the move out of prejump
• 5A x delayed 5A is a low-risk frametrap that leads to 2A on CH

Bewear swats the air with its hand.

• Incredible anti-air, can usually combo into 2B for corner carry
• Gives a solid knockdown, pulling an aerial opponent back into Bewear's pressure
• Plus on hit combo starter, being able to be linked to most enders like 2A

Bewear lunges forward with a stiff leg kick.

• Incredibly active, this attack can be spaced to make Bewear very plus on hit or block
• Powerful jump callout if you're close enough, comboing into Bedtime Buster
• Very good meaty, leads to a strike/throw mixup where Bewear can threaten high-reward strikes like 4A
• One of Bewear's best options to spend meter on, guaranteeing a combo on hit and massive plus frames on block via C-Cancel

Bewear swats at the opponent's feet.

• Bewear's fastest normal for challenges
• Quick low, punishes jumps with meter gain but very unsafe on block
• Can easily link out of many starters, such as 6A and counterhit 5A

Bewear rolls into a ball towards the opponent.

• Bewear's best pressure tool, leaving it close & plus
• Good combo starter, long confirm window due to the multihit
• Combos into any normal on counterhit
• Notably unable to combo into 1 bar command grabs, giving it lower damage reward than other normals

Bewear performs a body splash.

• Bewear's most consistent jump-in, fantastic for pressure with its quick startup and long active frames
• Good for grappler jumps due to its range

Bewear flutters its tail mid-air.

• Completely halts Bewear's jumping momentum, baiting antiairs
• Very high damage air-to-air if all hits connect, though the lack of a knockdown means it effectively ends your pressure
• Can be done twice per airtime

Bewear scoops the opponent in their arms and squeezes them.

• Has 20 fewer frames of end lag when it connects; horrible on whiff, but threatens powerful meaties like 6A on hit
• Key pressure special to threaten, an unreactable throw invulnerable command grab
• Use this to condition your opponent into backdashing/jumping on prediction
• Faster & has longer range than standard grabs, letting you better threaten mixups from moves like 5A

Bewear runs and tackles the opponent.

• Useful in threatening a grab at unpredictable ranges
• Very active throw, good for meaties but don't let your opponent react to it
• Armor begins on frame 12
• If the armor absorbs a hit, the opponent is knocked down when they escape
• A 6B that has armored a hit is Bewear's only way to start juggles off a grounded move

Bewear cartwheels forwards.

• Bewear's only meterless special ender
• Mainly used to secure kills, as raw 2A's meter & oki is often preferred
• Does not knockdown on grounded hit, making it an excellent, high damage grounded combo ender that leaves you plus
• Beats projectiles starting on frame 5 so can be used against a zoning opponent, but is unsafe on block/whiff
• Due to dealing 3 endurance damage, cancelling a normal like 2A into it on a low endurance opponent reliably gets you guard breaks

Bewear performs a cartwheel, but in the air.

• Bewear's jump momentum alters when this special is used, potentially baiting anti-airs or changing the side you hit the opponent on
• Aerial approach tool that can be tricky to contest due to its size
• Frame advantage can vary based on which hit of jB hits before Bewear hits the ground

Bewear squeezes the opponent maybe a bit too hard.

• Has 10 fewer frames of end lag when it connects
• Unreactable, deals more damage than 5B while being just as fast
• Invulnerable startup means it can be used as a reversal or to go through attempts to mash through your offense
• Can combo out of states where the opponent is left standing, like after 6A

Bewear leaps into the air to hug the opponent.

• Devastating anti-air with massive range
• Meter-optimal ender whenever available
• Does not hit grounded

Bewear crashes to the ground after whiffing Bedtime Buster.

• Forbidden mix, can hit crossup, difficult to block if right above you
• No way to manually input, only comes out if Bedtime Buster is unsuccessful
• Beats parries, but can be blocked
• Frame data only applies when the move hits as a meaty or against a low-profile opponent

Bewear spins and swings with a huge uppercut.

• Bewear's most expensive and highest damage ender
• Fully invincible reversal
• Highest endurance damage move in the game, though guard breaking with the second hit leaves Bewear punishable

Bewear hugs and repeatedly squeezes the opponent.

• Damage scales with Bewear's remaining health

Bewear throws their opponent overhead & behind them.

Bewear hugs their opponent in mid-air and falls to the ground with them.

• High-reward air-to-air that gains a bar of meter on hit
• Grounded recovery can be C-Cancelled, leading to a juggle combo
• If C-Cancelled, does not gain a bar of meter

Bewear slaps the opponent, twisting away from the camera.