Dream Smasher: Cynthia

(Courtesy of Voyager)

Cynthia confidently sends out her first Pokémon from an Ultra Ball while saying “I hope you’re ready!” Like with the original Trainer, players can choose which Pokémon they lead with from the character select screen.

Garchomp stands tall and faces forward with an intimidating glare.

Spiritomb ominously floats in place as its ethereal body rotates, anchored to the ground by the Odd Keystone.

Togepi joyfully stares onward while occasionally perking its head up and down.

Garchomps raises its head before grinning condescendingly.

The fog encompassing Spiritomb’s face briefly grows and swirls faster.

Togepi closes its eyes, raises its arms, and gives a wide smile.

Garchomp bends down and dramatically readies its claws.

Spiritomb scowls as the edges of its face fade in and out of sight.

Togepi excitedly hops from one foot to the other while wiggling its arms.

Garchomp sprints at a moderate pace and keeps its arms to its sides.

Spiritomb floats forward as the Odd Keystone drags along the ground behind it.

Togepi happily walks forward, swaying its hands back and forth.

Garchomp uses its fins to glide along the ground, like with Charizard’s dash.

Spiritomb awkwardly drifts forward with the Odd Keystone in tow.

Togepi scurries forward with its arms outstretched.

Garchomp performs a standard leap for its first jump, then raises its fins to rise higher for its second and third jumps.

Spiritomb forcefully pushes itself into the air for its first jump, then floats upward for its second jump.

Togepi hops with its arms held up for its first jump, then spins and rises upward for its second jump.

Garchomp flinches with an agitated expression.

Spiritomb winces and closes its eyes as the Odd Keystone topples backward.

Togepi whimpers in fear and tears up for a moment.

Garchomp ducks low with a fin on the ground and looks ahead.

Spiritomb quickly retreats into the Odd Keystone, where it can crawl by awkwardly bouncing.

Togepi sits on the ground with an easygoing attitude.

Garchomp takes a knee and covers its face with its fins.

Spiritomb shrinks its face and ducks near the Odd Keystone.

Togepi compresses itself and hides inside its eggshell.

Garchomp lets loose a barrage of attacks and moves forward, fueled by rage. It strikes with a slash from each claw, a kick, a stomp, and a swing from its tail, a long series of blows that cannot be cancelled past the second hit.

Spiritomb thrusts its face forward to repel nearby foes.

Togepi performs a quick and spammable headbutt, like Pichu’s neutral attack.

Garchomp lunges forward with a forceful, committal bite.

A disjointed blob of darkness emerges from Spiritomb and bursts in front of the phantom.

Togepi performs a quick slap, dealing little damage and reflecting incoming projectiles.

Garchomp sweeps one of its arms at the ground in front of itself to potentially trip opponents, like Corrin’s down tilt.

A dark energy blob emerges from Spiritomb’s face and sweeps along the ground to knock foes into the air, like Piranha Plant’s down tilt.

Togepi performs a kick to launch foes forward, like Jigglypuff’s down tilt.

Garchomp swipes one of its arms overhead, quickly knocking airborne enemies away.

Spiritomb swings its face up to strike opponents above it, like Piranha Plant’s up tilt.

Togepi hops with a quick headbutt, like Squirtle’s up tilt.

Garchomp ends its glide by landing with an impressive kick, launching opponents in its way.

Spiritomb retreats into the airborne Odd Keystone as a wave of purple energy pushes it forward, reemerging shortly afterwards. Any opponents caught in the wave take multiple hits of unflinching damage and are pushed forward by a powerful windbox.

Togepi trips, falls, and comedically slides along the ground. Upon colliding with an opponent, Togepi bounces back and lands on its feet.

Garchomp aggressively stomps the ground, causing a shockwave around it that briefly stuns grounded enemies. With an additional input, the drake steps forward and stomps again using its other foot, launching foes come the second shockwave.

Spritomb extends its body outward, enlarges itself, and gives a ghostly wail to briefly leave nearby enemies stunned in fear.

Togepi raises its hands as four glowing rocks appear around it and are hurled forward. If all four stones hit an opponent, Togepi temporarily receives slight boosts to its defense, launch power, and speed.

Garchomp savagely roars as a sandstorm appears around it, trapping nearby opponents before launching them upward.

Spiritomb surrounds itself with a purple haze that, upon hitting a foe, applies an aura around the ghost that weakens the next attack it takes. If a few seconds pass without a move having hit Spiritomb, the aura dissipates on its own.

Togepi spins and points upward as sparkling particles burst above its head, like Peach’s up smash.

Garchomp skillfully slashes at the ground in front of and behind itself.

Spiritomb laughs ominously and sinks into the Odd Keystone, causing dark particles that briefly hold opponents in place and continuously damage them to emerge along the ground around the stone. Afterwards, the wraith reemerges as the particles dissipate and victims are launched.

Togepi’s eyes light up as sparkling particles appear around it, dealing multiple hits of damage to opponents in range.

Garchomp curls itself up and performs a quick vertical spin to attack with its dorsal fin.

A burst of dark energy disperses from Spiritomb, launching nearby enemies upward.

Togepi curls up into a ball and rolls in midair, damaging nearby foes.

Resembling similar stall-then-fall moves, Garchomp thrusts its claws downward and rapidly descends. On its way down, foes in the way are dealt a powerful spike.

Spiritomb forcefully swings the Odd Keystone downward to strike foes underneath itself, like Piranha Plant’s down aerial.

Togepi floats in place for a moment and rapidly kicks downward four times, like Peach’s down aerial.

Garchomp slashes forward in a wide arc, like Charizard’s forward aerial.

Spiritomb quickly extends its body from the Odd Keystone, propelling itself forward a short distance.

Togepi rotates its body and kicks three times, like Kirby’s forward aerial.

Garchomp kicks behind itself while spinning horizontally, like Ridley’s back aerial.

Spiritomb swings the Odd Keystone backward to strike foes behind itself.

Togepi spins and strikes behind itself with a forceful kick, like Jigglypuff’s back aerial.

Garchomp swings its claws above its head in an arc before bringing them together.

Spiritomb quickly extends its body upward, hitting distant targets with surprising efficiency.

Togepi pushes upward to strike foes with its head, like King K. Rool’s up aerial, but significantly faster and weaker.

Garchomp grabs the opponent with both of its claws.

Spiritomb gives a sinister chuckle and traps its foe with an ominous fog. On a side note, the phantom holds items with telekinesis and grabs ledges with its mouth.

Togepi blows a kiss as heart-shaped energy travels a short distance forward and immobilizes any foe it hits. Mechanically, Togepi merely executes a disjointed grab.

Garchomp quickly bites into the opponent as its prey struggles.

A green orb detaches from Spiritomb’s face and strikes the opponent before returning to the ghost.

Togepi slaps its stunned opponent, alternating hands with each hit.

Garchomp simply swings its tail to knock the enemy away.

Spiritomb lifts the opponent using telekinesis, then launches them forward.

Togepi gives a cheerful cry, launching the foe forward with the resulting soundwave.

Garchomp lobs its victim into the air and shoots them with a fiery blast from its mouth to launch them further.

Spritomb wraps its body around the opponent before launching them upward.

Togepi knocks the opponent into the air with a headbutt, like Pichu’s up throw.

Garchomp slams its head into the opponent, launching them slightly forward and leaving them wide open for more punishment.

The foe is dragged into the ground by Spiritomb as they steadily take damage before being launched upward.

Togepi leaps over the opponent before slamming into them, like Pichu’s down throw.

Garchomp effortlessly tosses its opponent behind itself with a claw swipe, like Ridley’s back throw.

Spiritomb lifts the opponent up with a veil of fog before launching them backward, like Mewtwo’s back throw.

Togepi slams its victim into the ground with a backflip, like Jigglypuff’s back throw.

After a brief startup period, Garchomp fires a ball of orange energy directly upward. Upon flying high enough, the projectile splits into a barrage of meteors that fall back down in a wide ring around the user. Moreover, opponents struck by the rising projectile are brought along with it and forced to suffer a hit from one of the meteors. This technique’s trajectory is atypical, but with proper planning, its power and utility are undeniable.

Spiritomb launches a pale flame forward that flinches foes, deals weak and continuous damage for a short period of time, and temporarily reduces their attacks’ launch power, somewhat like Joker’s Eigaon.

Togepi raises its hands up and sways them from side to side as they brightly glow. After a short startup period, the fairy randomly uses either another Pokémon fighter’s neutral special (either form of Thunder Jolt, Rollout, Shadow Ball, Water Gun, Bullet Seed, Flamethrower, Aura Sphere, Water Shuriken, or Darkest Lariat) or one of two more destructive attacks. Upon using Explosion, Togepi raises its arms with a fearful expression, then detonates with a massive blast that deals impressive damage to enemies in range. The newborn also deals moderate damage to itself in the process (briefly collapsing instead of being launched), leaving it wide open to those not caught in the blast. Finally, there is the “jackpot” move: Roar of Time. As a silhouette resembling the Legendary Pokémon Dialga materializes behind Togepi, the fairy gives an “intimidating” squeal in sync with a powerful roar from the time-keeper. The duo’s attack instantly freezes time for a moment before inflicting massive damage and launching any opponents within the technique’s sizable range.

When used on solid ground, Garchomp instantly sinks into the earth and quickly digs forward with its dorsal fin still visible and vulnerable for as long as the input is held. With either the input’s release or the passing of enough time, Garchomp leaps out and attacks with a rising strike from its dorsal fin. Otherwise, if used in the air or on a platform, Garchomp briefly charges up before dashing straight ahead a considerable distance, launching any foes caught in its path.

Spiritomb sinks into the Odd Keystone as its shadow moves forward along the ground, which then rises up and launches foes about a platform’s length away from the specter. After its emergence, the shadow quickly retracts and returns to Spiritomb. As far as disjoints go, this attack’s range is exceptional.

Togepi puts its hands together and emits a bright glow. If left uninterrupted for five seconds, the runt recovers approximately 5% of damage. However, upon using Pokémon Change during Togepi’s Wish, the next fighter immediately triggers a more potent heal for 10% as they are sent out.

Garchomp forcefully spirals upward, launching anyone in its path, before entering a cancellable downward glide. While not the best recovery tool vertically, its horizontal prowess and Garchomp’s multiple aerial jumps supply decent tools to return to the stage with.

Spiritomb’s eyes glow brightly as it ominously stares forward, causing grounded opponents that are facing it to fall asleep. However, when used on a foe that is already sleeping, green orbs detach from Spiritomb’s face, latch onto the opponent, deal continuous damage, and heal Spiritomb for half of the damage they deal. While Spiritomb’s lack of any vertical movement makes its recovery difficult for it, its allies are more than capable of substituting for it offstage.

Togepi leaps into the air with a spin before striking a pose at the peak of its jump. During its ascent, Togepi ignores basic attacks and does not go into freefall afterwards. Additionally, opponents near Togepi as the technique begins are hoisted up alongside the fairy, then whimsically tossed aside.

Cynthia returns her leading Pokémon to its Ultra Ball and unleashes the next fighter in line, but with a held input, she sends out the combatant two slots down instead. If Togepi has a buff from Ancient Power, or is performing a Wish upon using this move, the next Pokémon maintains those buffs for the rest of their duration or prompts the heal.

At its Trainer’s command, the leading Pokémon charges forward and launches any foes it collides with into the air. There, Spiritomb and Togepi encircle their victims while pelting them with a storm of darkness- and light-based attacks, respectively. Finally, Garchomp appears from underneath the airborne fighters and transforms into Mega Garchomp before launching itself upward and concluding the barrage with a cinematic slash from its claws. With the attack’s completion, Garchomp reverts to normal, the two Pokémon not active when the move began return to their Ultra Balls, and the battle resumes.

Cynthia raises her Ultra Ball-holding hand in sync with an emote from the leading monster.

Garchomp puts its arms together before dramatically roaring skyward.

Spiritomb closes its eyes and laughs maniacally.

Togepi excitedly dances, laughs, and sways its arms.

Garchomp cracks its shoulders with a nonchalant expression.

Spiritomb briefly returns to the Odd Keystone as the relic glows with purple energy.

Togepi performs a pirouette before ending with a pose.

Cynthia puts her free hand to her chin and nods confidently as the leading Pokémon performs an action.

Garchomp looks over at Cynthia and gives its Trainer a cheerful nod.

Spiritomb’s eyes emit a blue glow as it stares forward.

Togepi pulls an apple out of thin air and happily takes a bite out of it.

Cynthia gives Garchomp a congratulatory pat on its head as the drake sighs.

Cynthia nods at Spiritomb as the spirit vanishes with a ghostly wail.

Cynthia holds up Togepi as the Baby Pokémon excitedly cheers.

Garchomp raises its arms and gives a victorious roar.

Spiritomb sinks into the ground and reemerges at random spots.

Togepi bounces jubilantly in a circle around its Trainer.

Garchomp shows off by rapidly slashing at the air.

Spiritomb appears from the shadows before resting next to its coach.

Togepi gives an exhausted yawn and falls asleep beside Cynthia.