Toussant

My Haitian bongo playing birb who is more than willing to kill

Upon hitting a grounded move Toussant can cancel his moves into other moves. There is a tier system to Toussant’s moves which dictate what moves he can cancel into which goes as follows, dash attack>jab>tilts>strongs>specials. You cannot cancel a move into another of the same tier or cancel a higher tier move into a lower tier one, but you can however skip a tier for more devastating combos (ex. Jab canceling into Up Special).

Neutral Special: Machete Dance

Rekka move that has a follow up depending on what direction you hold. Holding no direction gives you a second swing. Holding forward gives you a command grab that tosses the opponent to the opposite direction. Holding down spikes the opponent for tech chases. Holding up gives you a slow swing that is perfect for tacking damage and finishing off opponents. And holding backwards lets you turn around fast with a slash.

Forward Special: Rhythm Buster

A charging finisher move where not only the time you spend charging strengthens the move but can even stronger if you land a beat. If you let go of special while Toussant is glowing red you will get more damage and knockback from the move. You can also move around and jump during the charge, jumping when Toussant is glowing red conserves charge.

Up Special: Conga Drive

An aimable special where after you aim you travel a set path. Unlike other similar moves this special is very strong at the cost of not traveling very far. If aimed at the ground Toussant will cancel the move and be put into a land animation, thanks to his low traction he can edge cancel this landing animation on top of his pratfall to allow for some edge canceling movement tech.

Down Special: Reverse Key/Sound Barrier

Upon hitting Toussant while this move is active he will summon a Sound Barrier which sets opponents up for combos.

Don’t worry if you miss it, sound barrier will travel across the stage slowly destroying any projectiles it comes in contact with and still allow you to combo.

Put it all together and you get a dance of destruction

Up tilt is jump cancellable on top of being able to cancel into moves of a higher tier in the beat system

Toussant has all the time in the world, he will wait the entire duration of any move he is hit with on down b to counter it. I mean ANY!

Toussant has seven spikes, good luck finding them all.

Down taunt is awesome! However it is NOT STREAM FRIENDLY. Unless you don’t care.

Completely sane man: Sprite work, programming, sound design, moveset design
Succ: Base sprite, minor sprite work, move adjustment, down special concept
Lowinor: Minor sprite work, sprite polish, down taunt animation and implementation
Versandt: Portrait Sketch
Joseph Swanson: Skin voice lines
Delta Parallax: Playtester
Lesstime: Playtester
Mallow: Playtester
Artist of Seer: Playtester
EskS: Playtester
NitroAnilin: Victory theme
Hyuponia: Coding help on up special

Character was made in a month, I’m going to bed