Assist

This article is about the summonable characters in Fraymakers. For the summoning item in Super Smash Flash 2, see Assist Trophy.

Orcane and Octodad using Pizza and Tankman as Assists, respectively.

An Assist meter completely filled, allowing Orcane to call upon Tankman.

Assists are characters in Fraymakers that can be called upon by a player during a match. Each player is able to select up to one Assist alongside their playable character on the character selection screen to use during a match to perform a particular action. This action is performed by filling a meter on the player's damage meter, with the amount filled depending on the damage dealt and the particular Assist, and then pressing a designated input to summon the Assist when the meter is full. The majority of Assists are non-playable characters, and all playable characters can be selected as Assists as well.

Each Assist is designed with a unique attack or effect that may be used for a variety of purposes, such as delivering a KO, extending or finishing a combo, attacking from a distance, or creating stage control, among others. Depending on the playable character, the Assist chosen can help to cover their weaknesses or supplement their strengths, or conversely it may be used to counterpick an opponent.

There are 50 unique Assists currently planned to be available in Fraymakers, in addition to all playable characters being selectable. Custom Assists can also be created using FrayTools and used by players.

List of Assists

Below is a list of the 21 characters currently confirmed as Assists for the game.

Assists

Image	Name	Franchise(s)	Description
	Tankman	Newgrounds	Tankman fires a bullet diagonally upward from his tank, attacking opponents it hits.
	Fancy Pants Man	Fancy Pants Adventures	Fancy Pants Man jumps forward with his pencil and delivers a powerful slash to launch opponents.
	The Kid	I Wanna Be the Guy	The Kid runs underneath a powerful Delicious Fruit that falls slowly downward.
	Josef	Machinarium	Josef quickly extends his body straight upward, attacking opponents in his path.
	Captain Viridian	VVVVVV	Captain Viridian temporarily flips gravity for the player, causing them to "fall" upward.
	Stardrop	Stardrop Indie Pogo	TBA
	Super Hexagon	Super Hexagon	Super Hexagon closes its walls in on itself, pulling in nearby opponents.
	Rockman	FTL: Faster Than Light	The Rockman walks slowly forward and powerfully pounds down upon contact with an opponent.
	Nikandreos	Apotheon	Nikandreos delivers a quick, short-ranged stab and uppercut with the xiphos.
TBA	The Shopkeeper	Downwell	TBA
	Lea	CrossCode	Lea fires a series of VRMs that bounce off of surfaces and attack opponents in their path.
	The Bard	Wandersong	The Bard sings to form the song wheel around the player, pushing opponents back on contact.
	Birthday	King of the Hat	Birthday throws his hat forward, stunning opponents that make contact with it.
	Diogenes	Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy	Diogenes uses his Yosemite hammer to lunge forward across the stage, launching opponents in his path.
	The Silent	Slay the Spire	TBA
	The Ape	APE OUT	The Ape charges across the stage and throws opponents forward on contact.
	Lady Luck	Dicey Dungeons	Lady Luck rolls dice forward that inflict status effects on opponents hit.
	Pizza	Chicory: A Colorful Tale	Pizza moves the Brush across the stage, painting a surface that damages opponents on contact.
	Rhythm Doctor	Rhythm Doctor	Rhythm Doctor presses a button over the opponent's head on the seventh beat to knock them downward.
	Aine	Renaine	Aine delivers a four-hit combo with her sword that knocks opponents forward at the end.
	Peppino	Pizza Tower	Peppino runs forward to grab an opponent and throw them straight upward.

Trivia

• Initially, only 20 Assists were planned to be included in the base game. However, stretch goals reached during the Kickstarter campaign raised that number to 40 at $115,000, and then again to 50 at $245,000.
• The mechanic of calling upon an Assist is very similar to that of the Assist Trophy in the Super Smash Bros. series and Super Smash Flash 2, but it is more likely inspired by assist mechanics in tag-team fighting games such as the Marvel vs. Capcom series.