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Story

This is April O'Neil reporting for Channel 6 News!

A Passionate and Spunky News Reporter working for Channel 6 news, April O'Neil will be the damsel in distress to turtles no longer! She'll pummel the competition with her trusty Microphone and a variety of studio equipment in the Brawl! Good thing for her she can catch the latest scoop on the characters after her beatdown.

Gameplay

April is a glass-cannon type character with a unique meter that empowers her Neutral Special (5P), "Breaking News!" called "Ratings Meter."

Ratings Meter: When April strikes opponents with an attack that has a camera flash, her Ratings Meter increases. She can spend her Ratings Meter to deal increased damage. Her Ratings Meter can be checked by looking at the stars that circle her microphone. When they are purple the ratings meter is fully charged.

Pose Pose Pose! Down Strong (2S), Aerial Pose Pose Pose! Jump Down Strong (j2S), and On The Air! Down Special (2P) increase Ratings Meter. Her Neutral Special (5P), "Breaking News!" uses all her Ratings Meter to deal spectacular damage.

If you want to hit 'em hard and hit 'em fast, then this reporter will give you the scoop on how to do it!

April O'Neil


Franchise	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Weight Class	Light
Character Discord	April character discord
Home Stage	Rooftop Rumble

Strengths

Weaknesses

Aggressive Journalism: While not classified as a rushdown character, April can easily overwhelm her opponent with her deceptive reach and On The Air! placed strategically to force a reaction from anyone who doesn't want to feed your meter. She also has a multitude of fast and active moves to choose from to harass her opponents.
Reporter Girl Sweep: Her Down Light attack can be comboed into itself to rack up a lot of early damage
Explosive Comebacks: Because of the extreme damage of Breaking News! and amazing combo potential, she can turn a 3-to-1 stock game to a 1-to-1 stock game with the right reads.
Edgeguarding: Although defensively Blimp can seem a tad weaker due to the lack of a hitbox unlike other characters, it really shines when used offensively. April can easily go off stage and cover several different options then use Blimp to react to/reposition herself to secure a kill, all while still having plenty of Blimp left for her to recover herself.
Outzone the Zoners: Max ratings April is the scariest character in the game, which will lead most opponents to avoid her On the Air! or Pose Pose Pose! moves. On the Air! alone immediately forces her opponent to either feed April ratings, or predictably jump over the camera to reach her. She is also free to repeatedly refresh On the Air! too without fear of the opponent reflecting it back with strong attacks or throws, as it goes away on hit with no penalty to April and cannot be grabbed.

Watch Your Ratings: Despite being spammable due to having super armor, try not to whiff Breaking News! as you will lose 1 level for whiffing.
Read-Based Combos: Many of April's air combos can be DI'd in or out to escape, leading to her having to read the opponents DI to do any significant damage in the air. On the ground, most of her combos rely on the opponent missing their tech, and many of her moves put the opponent in a techable state, forcing her to guess whether they will roll outwards or inwards if the opponent hits their techs.
On the Air: Despite being amazing at everything else, if the opponent is willing to feed April ratings and dash attack her camera, they can then cancel the dash attack into anything as if they hit an actual opponent; if April isn't prepared, the opponent can simply dash attack -> grab through her cameras, or even jump cancel the dash attack to air-to-air her for trying to jump out of the way.

Moves List

Light Attacks

Comment Please!
5L / Neutral Light

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
5%	5	3	-	-
Amazing jab.

Microphone Check
8L / Up Light

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
8%	4	2	-	-

Sliding Kick
2L / Down Light

Reporter Girl Sweep

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
9%	4	3	-	-

Close Up!
66L / Run Light

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
8%	4	9	-	-

Jumping/Air Light Attacks

Aerial Kick
j5L / Jump Light

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Spin Kick
j8L / Jump Up Light

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Heel Click
j2L / Jump Down Light

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Strong Attacks

Overhead Recording
5S / Neutral Strong

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Take Notes!
8S / Up Strong

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Pose Pose Pose!
2S / Down Strong

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Studio Close Up!
66S / Run Strong

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Jumping/Air Strong Attacks

Aerial Overhead Recording
j5S / Jump Neutral Strong

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Aerial Take Notes!
j8S / Jump Up Strong

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Aerial Pose Pose Pose!
j2S / Jump Down Strong

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Special Attacks

Breaking News!
5P / Neutral Special

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Blimp
8P / Up Special

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On The Air!
2P / Down Special

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Universal Mechanics

Launcher
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Taunt

Weapon Activation
214 + P

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Weapon Activation
214 + P

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Colors

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 {{ProConTable
 |pros=
-* '''Aggressive Journalism:''' While not classified as a rushdown character, April can easily overwhelm her opponent with her deceptive reach and '''On The Air!''' placed strategically to force a reaction from anyone who doesn't want to feed your meter.
+* '''Aggressive Journalism:''' While not classified as a rushdown character, April can easily overwhelm her opponent with her deceptive reach and '''On The Air!''' placed strategically to force a reaction from anyone who doesn't want to feed your meter. She also has a multitude of fast and active moves to choose from to harass her opponents.
 * '''Reporter Girl Sweep:''' Her Down Light attack can be comboed into itself to rack up a '''lot''' of early damage
-* '''Fear of High Ratings:''' April with max ratings is extremely scary and most opponents will attempt to prevent this from happening as much as possible. Use this to your advantage in a multitude of ways. Examples include punishing your foes with '''Overhead Recording''' for attempting to counter '''Pose Pose Pose!''' with their Up-Strong, or using a strategically placed '''On the Air!''' to force your opponent to make a dumb decision in an attempt to not feed you ratings.
+* '''Explosive Comebacks:''' Because of the extreme damage of '''Breaking News!''' and amazing combo potential, she can turn a 3-to-1 stock game to a 1-to-1 stock game with the right reads.
+* '''Edgeguarding:''' Although defensively '''Blimp''' can seem a tad weaker due to the lack of a hitbox unlike other characters, it really shines when used offensively. April can easily go off stage and cover several different options then use '''Blimp''' to react to/reposition herself to secure a kill, all while still having plenty of '''Blimp''' left for her to recover herself.
+* '''Outzone the Zoners:''' Max ratings April is the scariest character in the game, which will lead most opponents to avoid her '''On the Air!''' or '''Pose Pose Pose!''' moves. '''On the Air!''' alone immediately forces her opponent to either feed April ratings, or predictably jump over the camera to reach her. She is also free to repeatedly refresh '''On the Air!''' too without fear of the opponent reflecting it back with strong attacks or throws, as it goes away on hit with no penalty to April and cannot be grabbed.
 |cons=
-* '''Watch your ratings:''' For all the work it takes to raise your rating, one whiffed '''Breaking News!''' will let all that hard work go to waste as it is expended regardless if you hit your opponent or not.
+* '''Watch Your Ratings:''' Despite being spammable due to having super armor, try not to whiff '''Breaking News!''' as you will lose 1 level for whiffing.
-* '''Predictable Game Plan:''' April has a very linear plan of attack: raise the rating meter and go for the kill. An experienced opponent who knows you want ratings can easily call out and counter uses of '''Pose Pose Pose!''' by using their Up-Strong to cause a spin-out for your troubles, as Pose Pose Pose! gives much more reward than your other strongs.
+* '''Read-Based Combos:''' Many of April's air combos can be DI'd in or out to escape, leading to her having to read the opponents DI to do any significant damage in the air. On the ground, most of her combos rely on the opponent missing their tech, and many of her moves put the opponent in a techable state, forcing her to guess whether they will roll outwards or inwards if the opponent hits their techs.
+* '''On the Air:''' Despite being amazing at everything else, if the opponent is willing to feed April ratings and dash attack her camera, they can then cancel the dash attack into anything as if they hit an actual opponent; if April isn't prepared, the opponent can simply dash attack -> grab through her cameras, or even jump cancel the dash attack to air-to-air her for trying to jump out of the way.
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