Pokemon: Close Combat/Bewear

Archetype:	Grappler
Health:	44
Endurance:	14
Walk Speed:	3.1/-2.3 (5.7 Running)
Prejump Frames:	6
Fastest Attack:	2A, 5B, 624B (7f)

Bewear is a bear. Who let it into this game? Bears can't play footsies.

Introduction

Bewear wants hug! And its powerful grabs ensure that it gets what it wants! Its pressure is incredible, as its Great Big Hugs can deal insane damage and can even end combos with meter! Jumping away won't save you either, as Bewear can simply catch your legs with one of its low attacks - or worse, unleash a devastating Bedtime Buster! Bewear is one beefy bear, sporting the highest health in the game, and with decent speed to boot, it's optimized for tanking hits and more hugging action!

However, it struggles greatly with projectiles and long-ranged attacks from the likes of Falinks and Poliwrath, and its large frame makes it prone to pressure. But Bewear doesn't care! All Bewear wants is fun, and playing it certainly ensures that you can have plenty of fun, too!

Playstyle

Bewear is a tanky grappler with surprisingly decent speed.

Pick if you like

Avoid if you dislike

Powerful Pressure: Bewear has a variety of low and plus-on-block options, easily cracking the opponent open combined with its command grabs. High Damage: Bewear has powerful command grabs, which can be combo'd into with meter. Bulky Bear: Bewear has the highest health in the game (44) and 3rd highest endurance (14), allowing it to take a lot of punishment before tapping out. Surprising Mobility: Despite being a grappler, Bewear is pretty nimble thanks to its run and tools like 2B & jB. Strike/Throw Stomper: Pressuring Bewear can be surprisingly tough thanks to its generous pre-jump window & frame 7, throw invulnerable 5B.

Struggles With Zoning: Bewear's options to deal with projectiles and general keepaway are quite committal, leading to some skewed matchups. Hard Reads: Bewear's best pressure tools leave it wide open to punishes on a successful defensive option from the opponent. Towering Teddy: Bewear's height and size make it vulnerable to instant overheads and other moves that a shorter character could simply duck under. Conversion Ability: Bewear needs to spend meter to convert off its strikes, meaning it often has to settle for meter gain and very poor damage.

Normals

5A

Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 2 0 Mid 5A - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost Unique 9 4 12 +1 [+1] - - Total: 24 Bewear spins and hits the opponent with hits tail. Great button to just throw out in neutral due to its low recovery Plus on block for pressure, also pushes Bewear forward Chains into itself once, though this causes it to become -4 on block Delaying the move past the cancel window allows you to remain plus and catch jumps 5A x delayed 5A is a low-risk frametrap that leads to 2A on CH

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4A

Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 4 2 Mid Special Upper Body Knockdown (Air) Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost Unique 12 8 29 +14 [-6] - - Total: 46 Bewear swats the air with its hand. Incredible anti-air, can usually combo into 2B for corner carry Gives a solid knockdown, pulling an aerial opponent back into Bewear's pressure Plus on hit combo starter, being able to be linked to most enders like 2A

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6A

Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 3 1 Mid Special, C-Cancel - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost Unique 15 20 22 -5 [-4] - - Total: 56 Bewear lunges forward with a stiff leg kick. Incredibly active, this attack can be spaced to make Bewear very plus on hit or block Powerful jump callout if you're close enough, comboing into Bedtime Buster Very good meaty, leads to a strike/throw mixup where Bewear can threaten high-reward strikes like 4A One of Bewear's best options to spend meter on, guaranteeing a combo on hit and massive plus frames on block via C-Cancel

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2A Note the black, soulless eyes Note the black, soulless eyes	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 2 1 Low 2B, 2626B - Sweep Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost Unique 7 5 33 +50 [-20] - - Total: 44 Bewear swats at the opponent's feet. Bewear's fastest normal for challenges Quick low, punishes jumps with meter gain but very unsafe on block Can easily link out of many starters, such as 6A and counterhit 5A
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3A Tuck N' Roll Tuck N' Roll

Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 1, 1 0, 2 Low 2A - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost Unique 16, 7 8, 5 24 +5 [+2] - - Total: 59 Bewear rolls into a ball towards the opponent. Bewear's best pressure tool, leaving it close & plus Good combo starter, long confirm window due to the multihit Combos into any normal on counterhit Notably unable to combo into 1 bar command grabs, giving it lower damage reward than other normals

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j5A	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 4/2/1 2/1 High - - Knockdown (Air) Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost Unique 7 33 6 +19 [+23] - - Total: 45 Bewear performs a body splash. Bewear's most consistent jump-in, fantastic for pressure with its quick startup and long active frames Good for grappler jumps due to its range
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j8A

Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 2, 2, 2 0 High j5A, j5B - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost Unique 7, 6, 5 5, 6, 5 6 +19 [-10] - - Total: 39 Bewear flutters its tail mid-air. Completely halts Bewear's jumping momentum, baiting antiairs Very high damage air-to-air if all hits connect, then starts juggles Cancel into j5A on a low hit & j5B on a high hit Can be done twice per airtime

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Specials

Great Big Hug 5B

Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 9 - Unblockable (Throw) - Throw Knockdown Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost Unique 7 3 60 +34 - - Total: 69 Bewear scoops the opponent in their arms and squeezes them. Has 20 fewer frames of end lag when it connects; horrible on whiff, but threatens powerful meaties like 6A on hit Key pressure special to threaten, an unreactable throw invulnerable command grab Use this to condition your opponent into backdashing/jumping on prediction Faster & has longer range than standard grabs, letting you better threaten mixups from moves like 5A

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Running Bear Hug 6B

Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 7 - Unblockable (Throw) - - Armor 12-54, Knockdown Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost Unique 25 45 64 +16 - - Total: 133 Bewear runs and tackles the opponent. Useful in threatening a grab at unpredictable ranges Very active throw, good for meaties but don't let your opponent react to it If the armor absorbs a hit, the opponent is knocked down when they escape A 6B that has armored a hit is Bewear's only way to start juggles off a grounded move

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Panda Wheel 2B

Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 1, 2, 4 0, 1, 1 Mid 2626B - Anti-Projectile Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost Unique 10; 8; 8 8; 8; 8 27 +2 [-10] - - Total: 76 Bewear cartwheels forwards. Bewear's only meterless special ender Mainly used to secure kills, as raw 2A's meter & oki is often preferred Does not knockdown on grounded hit, making it an excellent, high damage grounded combo ender that leaves you plus Beats projectiles starting on frame 5 so can be used against a zoning opponent, but is unsafe on block/whiff Cancels into super for guard breaks or combos

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Flying Panda Wheel j5B

Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 1x∞ 1x∞ High - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost Unique 22 4x∞ 14 +1 [-2] - - Bewear performs a cartwheel, but in the air. High-reward, long-range jump callout, particularly when done out of a dash Bewear's jump momentum alters when this special is used, potentially baiting anti-airs or changing the side you hit the opponent on Aerial approach tool that can be tricky to contest due to its size Frame advantage can vary based on which hit of jB hits before Bewear hits the ground

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Hyper Moves

And A Great Big Hug 624B DONG. DONG. DONG. DONG.

Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 11 - Unblockable (Throw) - Strike 1-6, Throw 1-10 - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost Unique 7 4 46 +55 1 - Total: 56 Bewear squeezes the opponent maybe a bit too hard. Has 10 fewer frames of end lag when it connects Unreactable, deals more damage than 5B while being just as fast Invulnerable startup means it can be used as a reversal or to go through attempts to mash through your offense Can combo out of states where the opponent is left standing, like after 6A

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Bedtime Buster (Grab) 426B	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 10 - Unblockable (Throw) - Full (13-38) Knockdown Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost Unique 18 20 48 +65 1 - Total: 85 Bewear leaps into the air to hug the opponent. Devastating anti-air with massive range Meter-optimal ender whenever available Does not hit grounded
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Bedtime Buster (Crush) 426B

Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 5 2 High - - Knockdown Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost Unique 87 14 27 +1 [+3] 1 - Total: 127 Bewear crashes to the ground after whiffing Bedtime Buster. Never has to be blocked cross-up No way to manually input, only comes out if Bedtime Buster is unsuccessful Beats parries, but can be blocked Frame data only applies when the move hits as a meaty or against a low-profile opponent

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Super

Stuffed Punch 2626B

Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 8, 8, 1, 1 4, 4, 0, 0 Mid - Full (1-36) Knockdown Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost Unique 16 7,9,5,5 41 +34 [-26] 2 - Total: 88 Bewear spins and swings with a huge uppercut. Bewear's most expensive and highest damage ender Fully invincible reversal Second hit whiffs if the opponent is already in blockstun, meaning the move does 4 guard damage at most

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Universal Mechanics

Forward Throw 6C	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 6 (30+ HP) / 4 (15+ HP) / 2 - Unblockable (Throw) - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost Unique 8 2 61 - - - Total: 70 Bewear hugs and repeatedly squeezes the opponent. Damage scales with Bewear's remaining health
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Back Throw 4C	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 4 - Unblockable (Throw) - - Knockdown Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost Unique 8 2 61 - - - Total: 70 Bewear throws their opponent overhead & behind them.
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Air Throw jC

Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 4 - Unblockable (Throw) C-Cancel - Knockdown Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost Unique 5 8 - +47 - - Total: 12 Bewear hugs their opponent in mid-air and falls to the ground with them. High-reward air-to-air that gains a bar of meter on hit Grounded recovery can be C-Cancelled, leading to a juggle combo If C-Cancelled, does not gain a bar of meter

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Parry C	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property 4 - - - - - Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost Unique - - - - - - Bewear slaps the opponent, twisting away from the camera.
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Guard Burst D or ABC during blockstun	Damage Endurance Damage Guard Cancel Invul Property - - Unblockable - Full Guard Burst Startup Active Recovery Advantage Cost Unique 3 16 (Active frames end immediately on hit) 57 (+15 Timestop) +28 1 - Total: 75 Bewear flails wildly to shake the opponent away.
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Combos

Combo Theory

• After armoring a hit, 6B's knockback/corner pushback is greatly reduced. This unique starter is notated as arm.6B.
  
• To test arm.6B combos on Wobbuffet, set Wobb to “Slow Attack,” then time your 6B to armor through it.
  
• arm.6B is Bewear's only method of launching (and therefore landing 426B) off a grounded hit; otherwise, its best enders are 2A, 624B, and 2626B.
• Special-cancellable normals almost always combo into 2B, but it doesn't knock down and leaves Bewear decently far away on air hit; it's not recommended after 2A unless it's guaranteed to kill.
• Grounded 2B, however, leaves Bewear much closer while still +2 on hit, allowing for a strike/throw mixup.
• All jB air-to-air combos will assume jB hits 5 times, as this is the typical number for a 668 jB air connect.

Meterless BnBs

Quick Meter
3A x 2A

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4 Damage

Jump-In Meter Gain
jA 3A x 2A

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8 Damage
Note: 3A after jA helps condition your opponent to block low after a jump-in, extremely valuable for a grappler.

Jump-In Damage
jA 4A x 2B

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14 Damage

Corner Air to Air Damage
jB 4A x 2B

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12 Damage

Air to Air Knockdown
jB 4A

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8 Damage

Armored Damage
arm.6B 6A x 2B

 >>  >>

17 Damage

Armored Corner Damage
arm.6B 5A 4A x 2B

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19 Damage

Armored Knockdown
arm.6B 4A

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11 Damage
Note: You can squeeze in a 5A before the 4A for 2 extra damage in the corner.

One Meter Combos

Bigger Air to Air
jB 6A x 426B

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17 Damage

Jump-In
j5A 6A x dl 624B

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18 Damage

1 Bar Armored Bedtime Buster
arm.6B 6A x 426B

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20 Damage
Note: Like before, a 5A can be added before the 6A in the corner for 2 extra damage.

C-Cancel Combos

6A Starter
6A cc 4A 4A x 2B

 >>  >>  >>  >>

17 Damage
Note: In the corner, you can instead end with 2A for 13 meter-neutral damage.

Two Meter Combos

Kick Slap Hug
6A cc 4A x 624B

 >>  >>  >>

18 Damage
Note: You can add an extra 4A before the 624B in the corner for 22 damage total.

Sweep to Super Ender
3A x 2A x 2626B

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17 Damage
Note: Try inputting 262A6B or 2A626B to more easily get the final cancel.

Air Grab
jC cc 6A x 426B

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17 Damage
Note: In the corner, you can add a 3A before the 6A for 2 extra damage.

2 Bar Armored Stuffed Punch
arm.6B 6A x 2626B

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25 Damage
Note: A 5A before the 6A in the corner adds 1 damage.

Meter Dump Combos

Kick Kick Slap Hug
6A cc 6A cc 4A x 624B

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21 Damage
Note: Outclassed by the 2 bar route in the corner.

Corner Jump-In to Super
j5A 6A cc 4A 4A 2B x 2626B

 >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>

28 Damage
Note: Removing one 4A allows this combo to work midscreen for 2 less damage.

Corner 3 Bar Bedtime Buster
arm.6B 6A cc 6A cc 6A x 426B

 >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>

26 Damage
Note: While not strictly a corner combo, the opponent needs to be in the corner after the second 6a for the third to connect. In the corner, 5A can be added before the first 6A for 2 extra damage.

Colors

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