Krystal (Super Smash Flash 2)

Krystal is a newcomer unlockable character in Super Smash Flash 2. Her reveal was shown during the Day 2 livestream at Super Smash Con 2018. Her appearance is based on her design in the game Star Fox Command. Her moveset consists mainly of attacks using her staff from Star Fox Adventures, as well as certain weapons she uses in Star Fox Assault.

Attributes
Krystal is a combo-heavy character, not differing from the other  cast, being the most powerful member of the team. Her tilts are useful to keep the enemy away, being useful to give KO in high percentages. Her smashes are too powerful, specifically the down, can create a powerful wave that hits enemies a considerable distance, though with less power. All her special attacks have enough power to eliminate an opponent. Her Neutral Special can knock the opponent off the screen if them are in the air or on the ground itself (if she uses the aim well). Her Side Special is very useful to start combos, due to the brief lift it exerts on the enemy, in addition to serving as a horizontal recovery. Her down special can interrupt the opponent's recovery if she manages to throw it with the proper range on the enemy. Her up special deals regular damage with a medium knockback. Her grabs and throws are of the fastest in the game, even his downward throw, unlike Fox and Falco's, freezes the opponent, but cannot kill even at high percentages.

Her aerial attacks are very strong, as are those of the rest of the team. The down aerial works as a Meteor Smash if it connects correctly with the enemy, and the great power can KO even on the ground.

However, Krystal's greatest weakness is the extremely short range of her aerial attacks, having a great disadvantage with other characters such as Yoshi or Wario. Because of this, Krystal must take more risks when doing combos or trying to kill in the air. While her down aerial is useful in getting the fighter off the stage, it lags in its last frames, so Krystal can SD at the end of the move. This, added to the short distance of her recovery and the slowness of the attack, makes her recovery one of the worst in the game.

Even so, Krystal's great power makes her a good choice for the most experienced players.

Trivia

 * Krystal's design in SSF2 was partially inspired by the artwork of Krystal created by artist JECBrush, as well as the artwork from Omni Jacala and Chris Szczesiul of The Smashified Project.

External link

 * Krystal's teaser video