Pokemon: Close Combat/Heracross

Heracross unsheathes her beetle wings and takes to the skies.

• Can be performed from either air or ground
• Vertical trajectory can be changed upward (8) and the flight can be cancelled with 4
• Flight speed is 5.0
• Aerial moves cannot be used if Heracross is flying along the ground
• Aerial moves cancel Flight and carry the instantaneous momentum with the exception of Beetle Dive
• Aerials cancelled out of the air version do not carry momentum

Heracross delivers a quick palm-strike.

• Heracross' fastest normal, making it her best button for abare
• Leads into 3A, gaining meter and letting you corpse hop the opponent if they don't roll
• Just plus enough for tick throws, though you should consider the double endurance refresh this causes

Heracross leans in and swings her horn towards the screen.

• Typical combo starter when you need back charge
• Heracross lowers herself whilst using this move, making it an unsuspecting anti air

Heracross swings her horn away from the screen.

• Combo filler, allowing more time to charge up a Horn Charge
• Cancel into 3A for meter and continued pressure, cancel into [4]6B for damage
• Reduces Horn Charge's startup by 5 frames when canceled into

Heracross jabs forward with her horn.

• Heracross's best midscreen poke, good for everything from special confirms to tick throws to immense CC combos
• Skips the late hit entirely if the early hit connects or is blocked
• Safely meaties off even your worst knockdowns
• Can be buffered into Horn Charge by charging back, then doing 6A 6B

Heracross swings her horn in an arc upwards.

• Preemptive anti-air, can be cancelled into [2]8B for massive damage when you have charge
• On counterhit this move grants Heracross access to strong meterless and stronger metered options, especially in the corner
• Combos out of 6A on CH or CC, but never out of Horn Flurry
• Combos out of j2A, but only the second hit of j5A

Heracross sweeps at the opponent's feet with her horn.

• Standard sweep, builds a bar on hit
• Relatively easy to combo into

Heracross swings wildly while in the air, hitting twice.

• Second hit only comes out if the move is started high enough off the ground, but isn't required to combo into 4A
• It does, however, contain the move's only point of guard damage
• Primary air-to-air, comboing into [4]6B
• Hold back while inputting it to keep your grounded airdash momentum in check

Heracross slams her horn down while in mid-air.

• Incredibly active, can be argued as a superior jump-in when aiming to start a combo
• Ideal meaty after more advantageous knockdowns, can even safejump
• More advantageous and guard damaging than j5A
• Long startup allows it to whiff, giving access to empty jump mixups
• Hold back while inputting it to keep your grounded airdash momentum in check

Heracross jabs at the opponent with her horn 3 times.

• Key pressure tool, as it deals massive endurance damage on block while remaining safe
• All 3 hits will not land unless you are very close to the opponent or have them cornered to mitigate pushback
• On C-Cancel, leads to nearly airtight strike/throw mix with 4A

Heracross launches forward at her opponent.

• Requires backward charge to execute (hold for at least 0.4 seconds)
• Standard headbutt, fantastic at horizontal space control but punishable on block
• High-damage combo ender if you have charge
• Launches Heracross back on hit or block, locking the move's frame advantage at -16 even if hit meaty

Heracross launches skyward, horn-first.

• Requires downward charge to execute (hold for at least 0.4 seconds)
• Heracross has the ability to crawl forward, preserving her downward charge
• Can be input as [1]7B to maintain backward charge
• Faster but riskier anti-air than 2A

Heracross quickly dives towards the ground.

• Key part of Heracross's aerial neutral, allowing her to hit the ground quickly
• Unreactable overhead, forces the opponent to stand-block on a read

Heracross quickly dives towards the ground after Horn Turret.

• Makes Horn Turret safe on block in exchange for 1 meter
• Often more minus than its frame data implies
• Consistent combo ender after Horn Turret

Heracross cancels her charge and swings at the opponent's feet.

• Can be cancelled into when flight from Horn Charge begins
• Invincible neutral skip, high mobility makes it hard to punish even on whiff
• Good in pressure, dodging the opponent's strike & converting into a high-advantage knockdown
• Checks an opponent for walking back

Heracross scoops her opponent, flies up and slams them to the ground.

• Unreactable halfscreen hitgrab
• Rare combo finisher, best used when guaranteeing a kill

Heracross scoops the opponent with her horn and tosses them.

• Can be cancelled into Horn Charge or Mega Horn Flip for 1 or 2 bars of meter respectively
• Cancels can be used to cash out damage on Hera's usually underwhelming throws
• Cancels do not require charge and can be input as 46B and 4646B respectively
• If cancelled, the throw does not gain a bar of meter

Heracross suplexes the opponent.

• Excellent oki into a throw loop if opponent does not roll when getting up