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Braixen
Braixen
Classification Fox Pokémon
Type Fire
Implied Gender Female
Style Standard
HP 540
Synergy Gauge Size 150CC
Stance Effects High: Charges Support Gauge.

Low: Avoids High Attacks.

Unlockability Starter
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Braixen is a playable Pokémon in Pokkén Tournament. It is the evolution of Fennekin and can evolve into Delphox. It is known as the Fox Pokémon. Braixen was initially exclusive to the Wii U version of Pokkén, but was added to the arcade version on July 20th, 2016 as part of version A14.

In Pokkén Tournament[]

Overview[]

Braixen is a Pokémon that is best used at range. Braixen can buff its melee attacks for decent damage, but can also buff its range attacks, leading to better damage. Braixen has certain witch motifs, though it acts in a coquettish manner, being brazen at the same time. Using its torch as a fighting stick, magic wand, and broom, it is capable of creating a fiery whip out of Its torch.

Strengths[]

Flexibility[]

Braixen has a wide array of moves to play any style of game play, whether it be from a long distance or at closer range. The player would generally aim to zone the opponent from afar. It can move faster than most projectile-oriented characters to play a close-range game or escape from being cornered

Utilizing Support Pokémon[]

Only Braixen is oriented towards boosting its Support Gauge to deliver powerful combos and smoothly integrate them in maneuvers.

Weaknesses[]

Raw Damage[]

Compared to other fighters, Braixen usually lacks in raw power and often has a mediocre damage output alone. Furthermore, some of its non-buffed projectiles tend to be overpowered by other ranged moves such as Aura Sphere, Psycho Cut, or Psyshock.

Low HP Count[]

With only 540 HP, Braixen cannot tolerate moves with a very high damage output. Getting hit by a very strong attack may often leave it with half of its maximum HP, putting it in a disadvantage if the player is not careful.

Conclusions[]

Braixen can play a long-ranged game by the use of projectiles, but can play a close-ranged game as well. Despite having only 540 HP and mediocre damage output, it still has the tools to mitigate its weaknesses by enhancing them, or calling assistance. By outmaneuvering the opponent, Braixen can quickly strike back with a punish, further improving its mix-up game.

Special Characteristics[]

Support Cancelling[]

A feature only unique to Braixen is being able to do a support call after certain moves, unlike other characters who require finishing their attack animations before calling a Support Pokémon. This effectively allows Braixen to end or cancel its attack prematurely to allow it to quickly move again and escape from being cornered, or continue the attack with a combo.

As such, recommended supports for it in offense/defense are Support Pokémon with fast start-up times such as Emolga, Snivy, or Umbreon.

Support Building and Sunny Day[]

Support Building[]

Braixen's ability to perform cancel moves by calling a support is complemented by another ability unique to it, namely the ability to fill its Support Gauge a bit faster by using any attack move. This semi-passive ability allows it to fill up the Support Gauge faster than the rest, which can be potentially used for early strikes or repeated support call at a much faster rate.

This can mitigate its lack of raw power by the help of status-boosting Pokémon such as Eevee, Victini or Mismagius, and low HP by constant healing from Togekiss or Espeon.

Sunny Day[]

A move that puts Braixen into a powered-up state, allowing it to perform one enhanced Pokémon move. These enhanced Pokémon moves become more powerful by enlarging their hitboxes, hitting more times, increasing their damages, and gaining special properties. Sunny Day also fills up the Support Gauge by a small fraction as well.

If a Sunny Day is performed while already in a boosted state, Braixen will perform an Enhanced Sunny Day, providing it with a five-second boost in its Attack stat.

Synergy Burst[]

Aesthetics[]

Braixen glows in a light shade of pink with stars and sparkles floating around it, similar to the enhanced state. Its torch obtains a few floating rings near the flame as well.

Character-Specific Burst Mode Effects[]

On Synergy Burst mode, Braixen moves faster than its standard running speed. Most importantly, all Pokémon moves used in this state are always enhanced, eliminating the an initial need to use Sunny Day to enhance them.

Burst Attack - Psyfirecracker[]

Braixen shoots out a ribbon-like spiral directly in front of itself at a medium range, wrapping the opponent in a ball. It then releases spheres with star and heart motifs, and launches them at the opponent, accompanied with firecracker explosions.

Move List[]

Standard Moves[]

Universal[]

These moves behave almost the same way in both phases, with a few minor technical difference between each phase.

Input Name Description Notes Damage
X + A Counter Attack Braixen stands on one foot and parries back. Causes crumple on Critical Hit. 50
X + Hold A Counter Attack: Charge Braixen holds the counterattack stance much longer. Causes crumple on hit. 80
Y + B Grab Attack Braixen whips the foe in Field Phase.

Braixen smashes the foe with a screen of light in Duel Phase.

Fills the support gauge and automatically enhances one Pokémon move. 90 (Field Phase)

80 (Duel Phase)

Jump + Y Midair Weak Attack Braixen tosses one to four fireballs in the air. Can toss between one to four fireballs, depending on jump height. 10 per fireball
Forward + Y Ranged Attack Braixen uses its torch as a boomerang, hitting the foe multiple times.
  • Causes crumple when it hits at max range.
  • Can cancel certain projectiles.
80
Back + Y Backwards Weak Attack Braixen swings its stick like a golf club, releasing a fireball with an arcing trajectory.
  • Launches opponent.
  • In Field Phase, its direction can be changed by holding either left or right in the D-pad.
  • In Pokkén Tournament DX, this move now releases a small fireball.
  • The physical hit of the stick adds Phase Shift Points.
58 - 60 (Field Phase)

10 (Duel Phase)

Back + Hold Y Backwards Weak Attack: Charge Releases a fireball now similar to its Field Phase counterpart. 78 - 80
Back + X Back Strong Attack Braixen slides back to gain momentum and thrusts the opponent.
  • Causes crumple. Support cancel-able.
  • The sliding animation acts similar to a backwards dash step.
60
Jump + X Midair Strong Attack Braixen smashes the ground with its torch. Causes Phase Shift in Field Phase. 80
Jump + Hold X Midair Strong Attack: Charge
  • Launches the opponent slightly in the air, allowing combos to be performed.
  • Hits the opponent twice as many times.
110
Jump + R Midair Dash Braixen rides on its torch, using it like a flying broomstick.
  • Can transition to all midair attacks.
  • Direction of flight can be changed by pressing a direction.
Damageless

Field Phase[]

Input Name Description Notes Damage
Y Ranged Attack Braixen tosses three fireballs. Can be cancelled by a Pokémon move or support call. 27
Left/Right + Y Side Ranged Attack Braixen tosses five fireballs while running sideways. Each fireball can be cancelled by a Pokémon move or support call. 40
X, X, X Homing Attack Braixen runs to the opponent and kicks them, and hits them with its torch twice.
  • Can crush grabs without fail.
  • Support cancel-able in Pokken Tournament DX.
20 + 20 + 40 (80)
X, X, Hold X Homing Attack: Charge Final hit can now break shields. 20 + 20 + 60 (100)

Duel Phase[]

Input Name Description Notes Damage
Y, Y, Y Weak Attack Braixen hits the opponent with three successive jabs. Support cancel-able and can be linked up with Pokémon moves. 20 + 16 + 42 (78)
Up + Y High Stance Weak Attack Braixen sweeps the space above with its torch.
  • Anti-air move
  • Support cancel-able.
  • Can combo into certain moves in Pokkén Tournament DX.
60
Down + Y Low Stance Weak Attack Braixen hits the opponent with a low kick.
  • Can be cancelled by a Pokémon move or support call.
  • Can crush grabs without fail.
20
X, X Strong Attack Braixen pirouettes and hits the opponent. On the second hit, it swings its torch downwards, smashing the foe on the ground.
  • Launches the opponent on a lower height.
  • Support cancel-able.
40 + 72 (112)
Up + X High Stance Strong Attack Braixen hops, spinning its torch and damaging the opponent four times.
  • Evades low stance moves.
  • Can be cancelled by a Pokémon move (Flame Charge).
  • Can be cancelled by a mid-air dash.
  • Crushes grabs without fail.
20 + 20 + 20 + 30 (90)
Down + X Low Stance Strong Attack Braixen gets low on the ground then slides forward, hitting the opponent with its torch.
  • Support cancel-able.
  • Avoids high stance moves
  • Knocks down opponent when it hits.
  • In Pokkén Tournament DX, the window of time needed to evade certain mid-air attacks has been decreased.
60

Pokémon Moves[]

Input

Name Notes Damage
A Psybeam
  • Can perform a rolling maneuver in Field Phase by pressing left or right. Braixen becomes immune to projectiles during this rolling animation.
50
Hold A Psybeam: Setup
  • Tracks the foe's position on startup in Field Phase
  • Shoots the beam in a downward angle in Duel Phase.
50
Charge and release A Sunny Day
  • Enhances one Pokémon move.
  • Increases Support Gauge.
Damageless
Forward + A Fire Spin
  • Trajectory can be changed with the D-Pad in Field Phase.
74
Forward + Hold A Fire Spin: Charge
  • Nearly doubles the height of the fire column.
  • Hits the opponent twice as many times as usual.
102
Back + A Fire Blast
  • Can combo into Sunny Day if B is pressed after input.
  • The non-expanded fireball stuns the foe on hit.
  • The fireball expands after travelling a short distance ahead.
57, 95 (fully expanded)
Jump + A Flame Charge 80
Up + A Flamethrower
  • Anti-air move
  • Can combo into Sunny Day if B is pressed after input.
120
Down + A Light Screen
  • Can combo into Sunny Day if B is pressed after input.
  • Defends against and counters ranged attacks.
  • Stuns the opponent on Critical Hit.
20

Enhanced Pokémon Moves[]

Input

Name Enhanced Effect Damage
A EN Psybeam Adds a second projectile. 80
Hold A EN Psybeam: Setup In Duel Phase, the beams travel in a gentler slope. 80
Charge and release A EN Sunny Day Boosts the attack stat for five seconds. Boost duration stacks with repeated use. Damageless
Forward + A EN Fire Spin Can now launch opponents upward in the air. 103
Forward + Hold A EN Fire Spin: Charge 118
Back + A EN Fire Blast Fireball readily expands on contact with a projectile, on hit, and on block. 135, 114 (fully expanded)
Jump + A EN Flame Charge Adds small firecracker explosions on hit or block. 80 + 24 (with small explosions)
Up + A EN Flamethrower Enlarges hitbox and hits the foe twice as many times then usual. 160
Down + A EN Light Screen Adds two more discs of light, increasing its range. 40

Burst Attack[]

Input

Name Notes Damage
L + R during Synergy Burst Psyfirecracker
  • Pierces counters
  • Increases Support Gauge to max
185

Version history[]

1.3[]

  • Backward ranged attack guard breaks less easily.
  • Strong attack made to allow for combos on grounded opponents more easily.
  • Fire Spin made to guard break less easily.
  • Flame Charge can be avoided less easily.
  • Glitch fixed that prevented Braixen from being able to jump out of Light Screen.
  • Midair dash modified.
  • Glitch fixed that causes Support Pokémon to be unable to be called after burst attack.
  • Burst attack no longer guard breaks.

Trivia[]

  • Two of Braixen's moves draw inspiration from Xianghua and Leixia's move sets in the Soul Calibur series.
    • Braixen's Duel Phase Strong Attack is a nod to the latter pair's Twin Rhythm move.
    • Its Backward Strong Attack is also a nod to their Vengeful Lian Hua move.
  • Braixen has the third-lowest HP count in the game, tied with Gardevoir and Weavile.
  • Braixen does not have any command grabs, similar to Blaziken and Weavile.
    • Furthermore, it does not have access to any Piercing Attack, except for its own charged Counter Attack.
  • Mewtwo's Backward Ranged Attack visually resembles Braixen's Fire Spin.
    • This version of Fire Spin is not aim-able; it only targets the opponent's position on startup.
    • Its height is even greater than Braixen's charged Fire Spin.
    • It stuns the opponent on hit as well.
  • Despite Braixen's portrayal and personality in this game seemingly taking inspiration from the magical girl genre of anime and manga, Braixen as a species are mostly male with very few females.
Characters in Pokkén Tournament
AegislashBlastoiseBlazikenBraixenChandelureCharizardCroagunkDarkraiDecidueyeEmpoleonGarchompGardevoirGengarLucarioMachampMewtwoPikachuPikachu LibreSceptileScizorShadow MewtwoSuicuneWeavile
Unlockable characters in the Wii U version in italics. Characters not in the Wii U version in bold.
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