Thara

As terrifying as the forest floor is, what lurks below it is much, much worse.

Thara, also known as the heart of the underground, is the sole mother of an entire species of spiders creeping below the forest floor. She destroys her foes by poisoning them and summoning life at will. She turns the battlefield into her nest by taking advantage of her minions for stage control, using her webs as powerful disjoints, and poisoning opponents to set them up and finish them off.

Thara marks her prey with poison when she strikes with NSPECIAL, FSPECIAL, or FSTRONG. Once a poisoned opponent is struck by a minion, they are wrapped in webs and launched upward.
While webbed, foes are trapped in 80 frames of hitstun, or until they touch the ground. When the cocoon bursts, they’re struck again, setting them up for strong follow-ups. If Thara lands a hit on a webbed opponent, her knockback is amplified by 1.25x.

Thara shoots a projectile upwards that turns into a minion once it hits the ground. She can aim for their position using the control stick. The projectile can give the webbed effect to opponents even if it didn’t turn into a minion.

If a minion is already on stage, Dspecial makes them explode.

Thara grabs the opponent using her web strands and bites them, poisoning them. If used on a minion, it will receive the “poisoned” effect.

A poisoned minion doesn’t need the opponent to be poisoned to give them the “webbed” effect, walks faster, and has a bigger explosion hitbox than a normal minion.

Thara shrinks into her abdomen like a turtle and flips in the direction she’s facing. If she doesn’t touch the ground before the attack ends, she goes into pratfall. She can fastfall during the attack.

If she touches an opponent, she grabs and bites them, poisoning them.

If she touches a minion during FSPECIAL, both Thara and the minion get launched upwards with minimal lag.

Thara shoots a projectile upwards that turns into a minion once it hits the ground. She can aim for their position using the control stick. The projectile can give the webbed effect to opponents even if it didn’t turn into a minion.

If a minion is already on stage, Uspecial immediately kills them when the attack starts.

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Credits to…

Ireen for Thara’s drawing in the old preview artwork

Parsnip for the victory theme

Snolid Ice, Nuzl, and Gnome for playtesting the 2.0 rework

Nuzl for character feedback