Pokemon: Close Combat/Breloom

Breloom smacks the enemy with their tail.

• Key normal for Breloom, strong neutral check and pressure starter
• Often used for punishes due to its comparatively lenient cancel options
• Links into 6A, 3A, or itself on counterhit
• hit: Sends the seed in a wide arc, hurtling offscreen; mainly useful as an anti-air

Breloom extends a jab upwards.

• Breloom's anti-air normal
• Very reliable from range, but has a deadzone close to their head
• Plus on block, but can whiff on crouching hurtboxes and leaves Breloom too far to threaten frametraps
• Even in the corner, Breloom can at best threaten a trade with 6A

Breloom follows up with an additional upwards jab.

• Whiffs on grounded opponents, making this exclusively a juggle tool
• Juggles into 6B, making Breloom's anti-air substantially more rewarding
• Will whiff after anti-air 4A at certain ranges

Breloom extends a horizontal jab towards the opponent.

• Slightly further range than 5A, with higher reward from range
• Low risk low reward on its own, ideal for baiting out jump-ins

Breloom follows their horizontal jab with another.

• Can be whiff cancelled from 6A, allowing you to control horizontal space for longer
• Can frame-trap with 6B, preventing stolen turns after a blocked poke

Breloom unleashes a flurry of jabs.

• Can be whiff-cancelled from 6AA, allowing you to control space even longer at risk of being very committal
• Unsafe, but difficult to punish when spaced correctly
• Combos into Drain Dart on hit
• Can be C-Cancelled forward for pressure on block or combos (including 3A for meter neutrality) on hit

Breloom charges forward with a headbutt.

• Intended to be spaced due to its active frames
• Ideal to use with 2B or 4B active on screen
• +15 on hit and +2 on block at ideal spacing, integral part of Breloom's grounded keepaway

Breloom sweeps the opponent's leg with their tail.

• Standard sweep that can be linked into with proper meter usage or a well-placed Shroomish
• Cancel immediately to combo into Spore Cannon, or delay it to run knockdown pressure while regaining a bar
• hit: Sends the seed in a slow, small arc

Breloom kicks at the opponent in mid-air.

• Breloom's most standard jump-in, can cross-up and lead into pressure/combos

Breloom swings with their tail in mid-air.

• Ideal air-to-air due to its disjoint
• Slower than j5A, but larger and more advantageous on block
• hit: Spikes the seed toward the opponent at high speeds

Breloom swings their tail, lobbing an explosive seed bomb.

• Key zoning tool for Breloom, enabling their neutral control
• Holding as the seed comes out will angle it upwards for setplay & redirection
• The tail swipe does 5 damage and prevents the projectile from being spawned
• The seed projectile can be redirected by 5A, 3A, j8A, 5B, and jB
• Has a cooldown period during which no projectile will be spawned
• hit: The seed travels in a low arc, covering the ground at the cost of setup time

Breloom cries out and extends their arms, latching onto the opponent.

• Can be extended by pressing during hit animation, spending meter for an additional 2 damage dealt and 2 damage healed for each bar spent
• Difficult to land due to a lack of cancel options, but high reward as it heals Breloom for 3 health
• Large but very committal, best used for combos or long-ranged punishes
• When landed early in a combo and close to the opponent, the knockdown allows for juggle combos afterwards

Breloom hops up and slams down their tail, planting a Shroomish.

• Very safe cancel option which allows Breloom to set up for pressure with the Shroomish followup

Shroomish puffs out a cloud of spores.

• Can be done any time Breloom is not in hitstun, blockstun or knockdown, including during the recovery of 2B itself
• Useful for controlling air space or as a meterless pseudo-C-Cancel

Breloom somersaults forward in mid-air, swinging down with their tail while releasing a seed bomb towards the ground.

• Allows Breloom to threaten the ground while remaining safe
• Generally plus on block if done at the mid-point of their jump-arc or later
• Able to punish certain anti-air attempts, forcing the opponent to respect your air presence
• hit: Spikes seed downward, similar to the move's own projectile but faster

Breloom somersaults forward in mid-air, swinging down with their tail while releasing a seed bomb towards the ground.

• Projectile is only released if the tail does not directly hit the opponent
• There exists a precise sweetspot where the seed and tail both hit, increasing the move's damage and advantage

Breloom shoots their arms out at high speeds, draining the life from their opponent.

• Easier to land than 6B with quicker startup and more cancel options, at the cost of a bar
• Juggles under the same conditions as 6B, and can be extended the same way

Breloom unleashes a slow-moving cloud of spores towards the opponent.

• Infinite duration, but will only connect 5 times before disappearing
• Used to take command of neutral or set up tricky offense
• Comes out instantly, allowing you to trade with the opponent
• Only disappears once parried

Breloom rapidly kicks the opponent, sending them half screen.

• Can combo into 2B's followup or Spore Cannon if they're already on screen when the throw is initiated

Breloom tosses the opponent behind them.

• Can combo into 2B's followup or Spore Cannon if they're already on screen when the throw is initiated

Breloom and its followers strike under cover of darkness.

• Difficult to input without buffering it out of something else (like forward dash)
• Technically Breloom's fastest move, though its convoluted input makes it impractical as a defense tool
• Can be jumped out of on reaction
• Watch out for its input when comboing with Drain Clutch