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. She is the evolution of Fennekin and can evolve into Delphox. She 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. She can buff her melee attacks for decent damage, but can also buff her range attacks, leading to better damage. Braixen has certain witch motifs, though she acts in a coquettish manner, being brazen at the same time. Using her torch as a fighting stick, magic wand, and broom, she is capable of creating a fiery whip out of her 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. She 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 her Support Gauge to deliver powerful combos and smoothly integrate them in her 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 her 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 her with half of her maximum HP, putting her 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, she still has the tools to mitigate her weaknesses by enhancing them, or calling assistance. By outmaneuvering the opponent, Braixen can quickly strike back with a punish, further improving her 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 her to end or cancel her attack prematurely to make allow her to quickly move again to escape from being cornered, or continue her attack with a combo.

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

Support Building and Sunny Day

Support Building

Her ability to perform cancel moves by calling a support is complemented by another ability unique to her, namely the ability to fill her Support Gauge a bit faster by using any attack move. This semi-passive ability allows her to fill up her 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 her 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 her 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 her with a five-second boost in her Attack stat.

Synergy Burst

Aesthetics

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

Character-Specific Burst Mode Effects

On Synergy Burst mode, Braixen moves faster than her 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 her at a medium range, wrapping the opponent in a ball. She 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 her 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 her 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 her 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 her 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 her 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 her 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 her with her 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, she swings her 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 her 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 her 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 movesets in the Soul Calibur series.
  • Braixen's Duel Phase Strong Attack is a nod to the latter pair's Twin Rhythm move.
  • Her 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, she does not have access to any Piercing Attack, except for her 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.

Characters in Pokkén Tournament
Aegislash • Blastoise • Blaziken • Braixen • Chandelure • Charizard • Croagunk • Darkrai • Decidueye • Empoleon • Garchomp • Gardevoir • Gengar • Lucario • Machamp • Mewtwo • Pikachu • Pikachu Libre • Sceptile • Scizor • Shadow Mewtwo • Suicune • Weavile Unlockable characters in the Wii U version in italics. Characters not in the Wii U version in bold.