Pokemon: Close Combat/Primeape

Primeape swipes with their hand.

• Primeape's fastest button and most consistent combo starter
• Loops your Ape Rush pressure, beating defensive throws

Primeape swipes with their other hand.

• Combo filler allowing Primeape more time to confirm 5A
• Can be staggered into 5B for a frametrap (loses to parry), giving your pressure an additional RPS point

Primeape kicks above their head.

• Go-to anti-air normal

Primeape punches horizontally twice.

• Only the first hit can be cancelled
• Primeape's best standard horizontal poke, but has lots of recovery due to the second hit always coming out
• Alternative option to loop Ape Rush pressure; loses to throws/frame 8 mash & can't frametrap into 5B, but tacks on extra guard damage & is more rewarding on hit
• High reward CH starter, carrying CH to your specials
• Can be C-Cancelled for a surprising tick throw from what would normally be an uninterruptible blockstring

Primeape launches forward with a kick.

• Incredible active frames makes this move much better when hit later into the animation
• Connecting from afar or as the opponent wakes up allows for pressure on block and combos on hit

Primeape delivers a sweeping kick.

• Standard combo ender off 5AA to build meter
• 5AA 3A is good for catching up-back after Ape Rush

Primeape performs a jumping kick.

• Primeape's go-to jump-in
• Can cancel into jB for additional high hits, or to combo from an air-to-air

Primeape performs a jumping punch.

• Longer range horizontally and faster compared to j5A, albeit less reliable as an air-to-air

Primeape swings their arms while running forward.

• Scales off Primeape's current health, starting with 2 hits and gaining an additional hit at 18, 13, 7, and 2HP
• Combos into normals on counterhit, leading to explosive damage if catching the opponent mid-strike
• On Block frame advantage is "hardcoded," meaning connecting the final hit meaty won't result in additional frame advantage
• The core of Primeape's pressure, leaving it in throw range and only slightly minus
• Parry will beat defensive abare, throw will beat parrying or blocking, and 5A/6A will catch jumps or slower moves
• Once the opponent is conditioned to not mash, you can use 3A and instant jB for a high/low mixup

Primeape launches skyward.

• Anti-air DP as well as Primeape's strongest meterless combo ender above 13 HP
• Combos into itself on counterhit
• Crucial metered combo tool when C-Cancelled
• C-Cancelling on block will leave Primeape very plus

Primeape leaps forward, landing in a cloud of violence on a successful landing.

• Can be aimed mid-flight
• Can be cancelled into jB mid-flight, meterlessly
• Punishing low/throw crush, even moreso with meter for 28B
• Can be sparingly used in neutral but can often be anti-aired

Primeape slams the ground with their fists.

• Halts air momentum, sending Primeape to the ground
• Incredibly quick overhead/throw bait when done immediately after jumping
• C-Cancel is plus on block, allowing Ape to continue its pressure after a successfully blocked overhead

Primeape slams the ground with their fists after an uppercut.

• Makes Primeape's uppercuts safe on block
• Affected by combo scaling, and thus generally outclassed by 28B as an ender, though it gives better oki

Primeape soars upwards, but cooler.

• Primeape's only reversal
• Allows for combos when the move lands late in its active frames, though this is not typically how the move is used

Primeape stomps repeatedly on the head of the opponent.

• Only hits when the opponent is in knockdown state on the ground
• Tags 5 unscaled damage onto virtually any combo
• Prevents endurance regeneration from the knockdown if used quickly enough
• Notably combos out of throw, jB, and 2B
• Can combo off of 6B/623B if hit late enough; consistently links in the corner
• Command grab is preceded by a horizontal flip, allowing for a pseudo-dash jump to surprise the opponent in neutral
• Resets pressure and crosses shorter characters up when cancelled into air normals

Primeape beats his chest, then releases a flurry of punches that ends in an uppercut.

• Can be very strong in pressure, as it deals a lot of uninterruptable endurance damage (assuming the opponent does not have meter for burst)
• Combos when cancelled from 4A, 6A and 5B
• The only way to C-Cancel the final hit is by having three bars before using the move, then causing a Guard Break during it

Primeape lifts the opponent above his head and tosses them forward.

• Requires a meter to be stocked before the throw connects in order to cancel into 28B

Primeape lifts the opponent above his head and tosses them behind him.

• Requires a meter to be stocked before the throw connects in order to cancel into 28B