Pokemon: Close Combat/Toxicroak

Toxicroak ducks down and slips past the opponent.

• Uniquely goes through the opponent, allowing for left/right mix

Toxicroak stretches its leg for a low kick.

• Very fast and far, easily Toxicroak's best button to challenge with in neutral
• Combo/blockstring filler when out of range of 6A, comes in clutch in improperly executed 624B juggles

Toxicroak stretches its leg and strikes downwards with its heel.

• Easier meaty to use than 5B, with less risk of whiffing
• High advantage on hit makes it a great combo starter, even linking into 3A
• Slow but active, rewarding callout in neutral

Toxicroak jabs forward with its wrist claw.

• Combo/blockstring filler, shorter range but more damage than 5A
• Has more blockstun than 5A, creates frametraps with 5B instead of 6B
• Extends its hurtbox later than 5A, making it a workable counterpoke
• C-Cancels on block into an autotimed 5A/throw mixup

Toxicroak raises its leg.

• Primary anti-air, strings into super if hit high enough
• Late hit is air-only
• Good for juggling opponents when extending combos
• Close-range grounded combo starter, juggling into either 624B for a meter dump or 6A x 6B for spaced 5B oki

Toxicroak slides across the ground.

• Travels almost halfscreen, affecting frame data the further this move connects (though it's never quite safe numerically)
• High risk high reward neutral option, good for conditioning combined with tools like j8A and jBB
• Can slide under certain moves, similar to Toxicroak's crouch
• Leaves Tox fairly close, good for 624B checkmates

Toxicroak swipes the air with its wrist claw.

• Toxicroak's main tool for jump-ins, allowing combos on hit and additional pressure on block
• Large, fast, and active, dominating the air

Toxicroak stretches its leg for an upwards angled kick in mid-air.

• Cannot hit a grounded opponent, must land as an air-to-air; advantage is estimated from a standard hit
• Massive air-to-air, walling opponents out and synergizing with grounded 2B
• Causes Toxicroak to fastfall, opening up offense on a grounded opponent late to respond

Toxicroak spits a ball of poison horizontally across the screen.

• Fairly basic fireball, good for controlling space
• Primary meaty option, leaves Toxicroak plus enough for at least 5A
• Leads to meter-neutral extensions on C-Cancel
• Advantage assumes point-blank range
• Applies poison state to opponent on hit
• Inputting as you spit will make the spitball travel faster
• Fast version immediately stuffs out approaches & is reactable at fewer ranges
• Slow version throws off parry timing & controls space for longer, allowing Toxicroak to focus on anti-airing
• Only one spitball can be out at a time; pressing the move again will result in a small, 1 damage attack that also poisons

Toxicroak spits a ball of poison in an upwards arc.

• Advantage assumes point-blank range
• Applies poison state to opponent on hit
• Active anti-air
• Hits on a large delay, good setplay tool

Toxicroak puts both claws above its head and strikes forward.

• Incredibly active with a generous hitbox, can be safe if spaced accordingly
• Main combo ender, stringing out of all special-cancellable normals
• Launches high enough to situationally juggle back into 6A or 5A

Toxicroak sends out a bubble that floats forwards.

• Input with 3B to create a bubble that travels faster and further
• Certain moves, such as 6B and any jumping normal, will immediately detonate
• Bubble will auto-detonate after a set period of time
• Deletes all projectiles that come in contact with it
• Disappears when Toxicroak is hit
• Key zoning tool, allowing Toxicroak to stuff anti-airs and score hard knockdowns

Toxicroak sends out a bubble that floats upwards.

• Air controlling version of 2B
• Stays out longer than 4B, but has to be detonated on reaction
• Longest-lasting bubble in the corner, ideal for setplay

Toxicroak swells its throat, detonating the bubble.

• Very plus even if the bubble whiffs, allowing a parry-safe frametrap with 5A
• Faster than 5A, good mash option if you're on defense with a bubble out
• Bubble pop startup begins on first active frame of the throat swell

Toxicroak's bubble pops.

• Frame data assumes that the bubble pops off of a whiffed 2BB
• Roughly as plus as the throat swell if both hit
• Good whiff punish if the bubble lines up right
• Gives a floaty, combo-extending pop up on hit

Claws overhead, Toxicroaks stalls itself in the air before sending itself forward.

• Change direction traveled by changing the direction you press: j7/8/9B sends you upward, j6B forward, and j1/2/3/4/5B downward
• You can only change direction before the movement starts
• Down-angled version does 2 less damage
• Auto-detonates 2B for a simple combo
• Can be used to escape the corner, especially when angled upwards

Toxicroak fires an extra ball of poison.

• Can double spit any combination of the slow, fast, and upward versions
• Good for blockstring pressure, allowing for additional followups
• Counters certain answers to projectiles

Toxicroak flips backwards on its hand, kicking with its leg as it rotates.

• Great get-off-me tool, invincible on the startup frames and comes out quick
• Easily affords enough time on hit to set up projectiles to advance behind
• Combos into moves like 3A or 6B in the corner
• Attempting to use this move without meter will give 2B

Claws overhead, Toxicroaks launches itself forward in the air

• Faster version of Poison Arrow
• Can mix up opponents due to its speed relative to its non-EX counterpart
• Great combo extender after a j5A or j8A

Toxicroak summons a big bubble that floats forward and up.

• Pops after 6 seconds or when Toxicroak is hit
• Can create a checkmate scenario after hard knockdowns, notably 3A
• Allows for follow-up juggle combos after enveloping opponent
• Opponent can use invincible reversals to attempt to challenge, but usually trade in Toxicroak's favor
• Toxicroak's hurtbox extends forwards during the bubble release animation, allowing the opponent an opportunity to challenge

Toxicroak punts the opponent away.

Toxicroak throws the opponent behind itself.

Toxicroak dodges back and jabs out with its claw.

• Poisons the opponent