User blog:Plasmaster/Melia is Summoned to Battle!

Hey Smashers! This is my Melia moveset. Please let me know what you think of it in the comments.

Melia, like Shulk, can use her arts to increase certain attributes about herself, with the bonus that a certain set of attacks are buffed when using a specific art. I guess that's the perk of being an ether user.

Attributes

 * No. of Jumps: 2
 * Wall Jump: N
 * Wall Cling: N
 * Tether Recovery?: N
 * Float?: N
 * Crawl?: N

Normal
◾Normal A- Melia jabs her staff forwards twice and then swings it upwards. 2%, 2%, 4%

Tilts
◾Up Tilt- Melia raises her staff upwards. 7%

◾Down Tilt- Melia sweeps her staff across the ground. 6% ◾Forward Tilt- Melia swings her staff forwards. 9%

Smash Attacks
◾Up - Melia swings her staff overhead. 16-22%

◾Forward - Spear Break: Melia forcefully swings her staff forwards. 15-21%

◾Down - Melia jabs her staff to one side and then to the other. 14-20%

Other attacks
◾Dash Attack - Melia leaps forwards and drop kicks in front of her. 11%

Aerial Attacks
◾Up aerial - Melia stabs upwards with her staff. 9%

◾Down aerial - Melia swings her staff below her. 10%

◾Neutral aerial - Melia rotates her staff around. 8%

◾Forward aerial - Melia kicks forwards. 11%

◾Back aerial - Melia turns and swings her staff behind her. 8%

Grabs and Throws
◾Pummel: Melia hits the opponent on the head with her staff. 2% each hit

◾Forward Throw- Melia slams the opponent forwards with her whole body. 9%

◾Back Throw- Melia leans back on one leg and hurls the opponent backwards. 8%

◾Down Throw- Melia body slams the opponent. 7%

◾Up Throw- Melia throws the opponent upwards and then kicks upwards at them. 7%

Special Moves
◾Neutral Special- Elemental Discharge: Melia channels the power of her summoned elemental in order to execute an attack; the attack varies depending on what elemental is used. Wind executes a small projectile of air that deals minor damage and pushes opponents away. Flare blasts forth a large but slow fireball that deals lots of damage to opponents. Earth causes the ground around Melia to quake in addition to large boulders appearing on both sides; this attack only works on the ground but deals heavy damage as well as breaking shields. Bolt summons forth a lightning bolt that blasts downwards in front of Melia and then ricochets off the ground and blasts forwards. Aqua will heal Melia for 6% when used and will only push opponents away. If no elemental has been summoned, the move will summon Ice and immediately use it, the ice freezing opponents and damaging them upon contact. Wind deals only 3% damage. Flare deals 24%. Earth deals 19%. Bolt deals 12% when the lightning bolt is coming down and 8% when firing forwards. Ice deals 7%.

◾Side Special- Reflection: Melia thrusts her staff forwards; the tip of the staff projects a circle of light energy that reflects enemy projectiles; when thrusting the staff out, it deals damage, sweet-spotting at the tip just as the reflective field appears. Melia's staff deals 5% when thrust outwards; deals 11% when sweet-spotted.

◾Up Special- Starlight Kick: Melia performs a fast and powerful kick attack directed upwards; her foot sparkles at the very top of the attack and opponents hit by this part of the attack are meteor-smashed. The move deals 14% to enemies hit by it, dealing 17% when sweet-spotted at the peak and meteor'd.

◾Down Special- Summon Elemental: Melia summons an elemental; she can only summon one at a time. When she summons an elemental, it stays floating over her head as she moves around. When an elemental is summoned, it buffs a certain set of attacks, with the exception of Aqua. Aqua heals Melia every two seconds for 2% damage. Flare buffs her throws by 5% and also increases their knockback. Earth buffs her ground attacks by 5% and also increases their knockback. Bolt buffs her special attacks by 5% and also increases their knockback. Wind buffs her aerial attacks by 5% and also increases their knockback.

◾Final Smash- Elemental Burst: Melia has a golden aura glow around her in a circle; enemies caught in this aura will be hit by the Final Smash; Melia will shout, 'En garde!' or 'Witness my true power!' and the attack will begin; if the attack is guaranteed to kill, Melia will instead say 'Your destruction is inevitable!'. Melia summons all of her elementals and then they will all blast the opponent with a barrage of element-based magic beams; after the opponent has been thoroughly damaged by this, the cutscene will end, but then Melia will absorb the elementals and shout, 'Mind Blast!' as she fires forth a wide blast of magic that goes all across the stage. 54%

Skins/Costumes
Pink: Melia's default appearance.

Black: Based off of Dunban.

Orange: Based off of Reyn.

Blue: Based off of Sharla.

Red: Based off of Shulk.

Yellow: Based off of Riki.

White: Based off of Fiora.

Purple: Based off of Arglys.

Masked: Melia wearing her mask seen when entering the High Entia Tomb.

Taunts
Side Taunt: Melia nods and says, 'I must not lose focus!'

Up Taunt: Melia summons all five of her elementals and says, 'Witness my true power!' and then the elementals vanish.

Down Taunt: Melia points forwards and says, 'Not a chance!'

Victory Animations
Victory Animation #1: Melia summons her elementals and then spins around and clutches her staff close while saying, 'Is this all you're capable of?'

Victory Animation #2: Melia drops down from the sky and lands and then points her staff forwards and shouts, 'None can oppose me!'

Victory Animation #3: Melia focuses her magic and releases it in a golden light around her while saying, 'Bravo, oh, bravo.'

Victory Animation #4: Melia performs victory animation 2 and says, 'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Apparently.'

Loss Animations
Melia claps for the winner.

Entrance
Melia appears using one of the teleporters from Eryth Sea.

Dizzy
Melia puts one hand up to the side of her head and staggers.

Blast K.O.
Melia will sometimes say 'My strength...is fading...'

Star K.O.
Melia cries out.

Idle Animation
Melia lightly stomps one foot on the ground; Melia stretches her arms as if waking up.

Crowd Fanfare
Me-li-a! Me-li-a! Me-li-a!

Other Animations

 * Sneak: Walks forth slowly.
 * Walk: Walks forth with a royal air to her.
 * Dash: Her running animation in Xenoblade Chronicles.
 * Crouch: Melia kneels down and lays her staff at her side.
 * Sleep: Melia lies down on the ground and falls asleep.
 * Edge Grab: Melia grabs the edge with both arms.
 * Jump: Melia's jumping animation in Xenoblade Chronicles.
 * Sidestep: Melia leans backwards into the background.
 * Roll: Melia steps forth and then turns on her heel and hops backwards a short distance.
 * Airdodge: Melia does a back flip.

I hope you enjoyed this moveset for Melia. I really did try to capture and stay faithful to how her Arts worked in Xenoblade Chronicles; while Starlight Kick isn't an upwards attack like it is here, it meteor smashes when it sweet-spots which references how Starlight Kick inflicts Topple on enemies in Xenoblade Chronicles; little things like that. So if you are a huge Xenoblade Chronicles fan, I hope that you caught those things. Once again, all comments and feedback is appreciated as it allows me to improve my future work!