Pokemon: Close Combat/Great Tusk

Great Tusk rolls around as a ball.
The following inputs cause Great Tusk to enter roll stance:

• 44 or 66
• j2A
• Proto Boosting 4C or 6C
• Parry+6
• C-Cancelling forward

The following inputs and interactions cause Great Tusk to exit roll stance:

• 2
• j2A
• Using an attack (5A hitting, 5B, jA, jB)
• Colliding with a wall
• Getting hit

Colliding with a wall in the air causes Great Tusk to bonk off of it:

• Can be cancelled into aerials, though there's a limited window to do so
• Niche mixup to bait parries

Great Tusk punches forward by straightening their trunk.

• Strong poke in neutral that can be buffered into knockdowns
• Slightly slower mash option than 6B, but far safer on block
• Combo filler after 4A
• Low damage can cause it to hurt combos due to damage scaling

Great Tusk swings their trunk upwards.

• Safe grounded combo starter
• Large anti-air
• Vital juggle tool due to its launcher effect

Great Tusk uppercuts with their tusk.

• High-damage combo filler, cancels from 2A
• Best metered combo extender
• A bit too slow to use as a reliable anti-air

Great Tusk brings their tusk down on the head of the opponent.

• Tusk's grounded overhead, important to threaten as a mixup
• High safety and active frames make it an ideal meaty

Great Tusk sweeps the ground with their trunk.

• Tusk's fastest low
• Severely unsafe on block, but builds Great Tusk a bar on hit
• Excellent follow up to connecting 4A on a grounded opponent

Great Tusk does an aerial slam with their tusk.

• One of Tusk's main mix options
• Large, safe neutral tool
• Combos into either 4A to start Tusk's bread and butter combos

Great Tusk curls into a ball before hitting the ground.

• Enters roll stance as soon as Great Tusk lands
• If j2A is used while rolling, Great Tusk exits roll stance
• Using the move to exit roll stance roughly resembles Tusk's jB animation, making j2A useful as a jump-in mixup
• Best mix options afterward include 6C and 3A

Great Tusk charges forward when rolling.

• High risk, high reward launcher, though usually outclassed by 66B in the corner
• Great Tusk rapidly accelerates in the direction it's facing
• Causes a 3-damage overhead stalactite to fall on the opponent if Great Tusk collides with a wall; as a niche oki option, this can bewilder the opponent into getting ground combo'd by something like 4A
• Often referred to as 66A

Dust sprays violently outwards when Great Tusk makes a sharp turn.

• Safer and more disjointed than other rolling moves, can potentially bait committal options
• Outclassed as a juggle tool by j5A

Great Tusk spins on the spot.

• Reliable meterless reversal, blowing up frametraps
• Can punish opponents expecting an unsafe 6B
• Slow start-up even when armoring means that opponents can potentially dodge a counterattack by doing special cancels on reaction

Great Tusk uses the momentum from their roll to slam down on the opponent.

• Important mixup to threaten low
• Has excellent range
• Can be followed up with 6B, or 6A in the corner
• Often referred to as 66B

Great Tusk charges forward to deliver a devastating three-hit combo.

• Great Tusk's fastest attack and standard combo finisher
• Only the second hit can be C-Cancelled
• Only the final hit can cancel into Headlong Rush

Great Tusk delivers a mid-air stomp to the opponent's dome.

• Triggers when jB is inputted before Tusk has reached the apex of their jump
• Triggering the move's armor will make the move immediately unleash the stomp and hit the opponent
• Armor is broken by dragon punches, so moves like Blaziken's Sky Uppercut beat this option
• Doesn't give proper oki, not recommended for corner pressure

Great Tusk stomps the ground, causing a quake around them.

• Triggers when jB is inputted after Tusk has reached the apex of their jump
• Mixes up the opponent by hitting low

Great Tusk drifts into a spinning U-turn, plowing into anyone in their way.

• Causes a side switch but is punishable on block
• Invulnerability is extended by an additional 45 frames when Tusk gets close enough to an opponent to cross them up

Great Tusk lets out a bellowing roar before charging forward, taking the opponent all the way to the corner and delivering a barrage of blows.

• Reliable combo ender with full corner carry & high damage
• Highest-damage option after every starter except those that immediately combo into 6A
• Combos into 6B if the stomp hits
• Reliable reversal/fireball punish due to its invulnerability
• Damage scales in combos--it will often be doing less damage than the full 21
• If Headlong Rush misses or is blocked, Great Tusk finishes the animation with a stomp (notated above as "whiff ver.")

Great Tusk spins the opponent around before tossing them forward.

• Tusk's throws have high range as a result of its wide hurtbox

Great Tusk spins the opponent around before tossing them up into the air and swapping to roll stance to pursue them.

• Combos in the corner for high damage
• Removes the meter gain from the throw

Great Tusk thumps the opponent into the ground before tossing them backwards.

• Tusk's throws have high range as a result of its wide hurtbox

Great Tusk thumps the opponent into the ground before spinning directly on top of them, swapping into roll stance.

• Holding away from the opponent causes Tusk to roll forward, sometimes allowing you to meaty a 66A stalactite
• Less used than 6CB but does massive immediate damage allowing it to function as a situational finisher
• Removes the meter gain from the throw

Great Tusk turns and slaps the opponent with its tail.