Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl/Shredder

Story

Tonight I dine on turtle soup!

The notorious arch-nemesis of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Shredder was added to Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl via a free update on February 3rd, 2022. Previously the student of Hamato Yoshi, the vengeful Oroku Saki is now the leader of the criminal organization known as the Foot Clan.

Gameplay

Shredder is a complete offensive powerhouse. His kit gives him extremely powerful rushdown tools with one of the best Neutral Airs in the game and an extremely oppressive combo game, meaning once he gets in, your stock could be gone in a second. He is also very fast, and due to his size he has very big hitboxes. If you're the type of player that wants to completely mow down your opponent, Shredder is for you!

Shredder


Franchise	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Weight Class	Middle
Character Discord	Shredder character discord

Strengths

Weaknesses

Incredible damage output. Shredder hits like a truck.
- This can be improved even more by using Super Charge. A charged Strong Up Air does 58%.
Fantastic pressure game that'll keep the opponent on their toes and scared to make mistakes.
Very fast character for his size which allows him to rushdown opponents much better than his contemporaries.
Great air speed that allows him to quickly combo Light Neutral Air several times.
Excellent strong dash. Very quick at Frame 7 and has combo potential.

Shredder is huge, and comboing him isn't too difficult. He is also a midweight, so he won't live for long if he gets vortexed.
A good majority of his offensive options, such as Light Neutral Air and Neutral Special, are unsafe on block. Shredder can get punished quite hard by good out of block options. This combined with a lack of a projectile means his approach options are usually predictable.
His multi-hit moves can be DI'd or spaced so that the opponent can fall out of them. This is most apparent with Light Neutral Air, Light Up Air and Up Strong.
Some of Shredder's tools are average or below average:
- Horrible grab.
- Bad light dash. Frame 16 and -30 on block.

Moves List

Light Attacks

Alternating Arm Slash
5L / Neutral Light

Left! Right!

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
6%, 6%	6, 6*	6-10, 6-7	30, 30	-15, -15
A quick 2-hit jab with both fists. Can cancel into neutral light 2 from frames 16-23.

Uppercut
8L / Up Light

"I can do this too, Turtles!"

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
8%	4	4 - 8	20	-7
A fast uppercut, similar to the Turtles. Can be used to combo into his jump light.

Ground Sweep
2L / Down Light

No, I don't know what he's doing either

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
8%	5	5 - 12	30	-16
A rather strange spin move where Shredder sticks his arms out.

Sliding Uppercut
66L / Run Light

AURA CRUSHER!

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
8%	16	16 - 20	50	-30
Shredder does an uppercut while sliding forward. Can be cancelled into other moves on hit. Use this move to lose the game. Just use strong dash attack instead.

Jumping/Air Light Attacks

Spinning Shred
j5L / Jump Light

Spin2Win

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
1% per, 4% final	6	6 - 14	30	-14 multi, -4 final
Shredder spins 360 degrees in a circle, hitting multiple times. His main combo tool, racks up damage extremely fast. Easy to yellow block on reaction once it starts hitting you.

Frenetic Hold
j8L / Jump Up Light

"Back, you hungry hand!"

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
2% per, 4% final	6	6 - 12	26	-13 multi, +0 final
Shredder delivers several punches above him in rapid fire. One of Shredder's main combo finishers. While it can be DI'd out of, if the last hit connects it will lead to a kill at high %.

Spin Kick
j2L / Jump Down Light

For the leader of the Foot Clan he doesn't kick very much

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
10%	5	5 - 8	30	-6
A quick descending crescent kick. Spikes opponents. Has a pretty small hitbox, but has it's uses as both an edgeguarding tool and a combo tool.

Strong Attacks

Zap Strike
5S / Neutral Strong

Shocker!

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
14% (18% charged)	13	13 - 21	56	-26
Shredder uses an electric spear to launch his opponent. Does great damage and knockback.

Spear Flurry
8S / Up Strong

Slice & Dice

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
2% per, 10% final (12% charged)	15	15-23 multi, 25 final	55	-21
Shredder uses a spear to send stab above him multiple times. Good kill move, but the sweetspot being in the middle means it has a bad tendency for all of the hits to not completely connect. Against opponents blocking on smaller platforms this almost always pushes them back enough to cause teeter.

Lightning Strike
2S / Down Strong

Kachow!

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
15% (15% charged)	14	14 - 20	50	-19
A downwards slash with both hands. Spikes airborne opponents and those on the ledge.

Whirling Blades
66S / Run Strong

PSYCHO CRUSHER!

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
7% per	7	7 - 20	40	-24
A horizontally spinning tackle covered in purple energy, very reminiscent of M. Bison's Psycho Crusher from Street Fighter. Extremely fast and great for confirming off of.

Jumping/Air Strong Attacks

Sword Slash
j5S / Jump Strong

Leo wishes he was this swag

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
14% (19% charged)	17	17 - 21	46	-5
An outwards slash with a sword. One of his safer strongs and a good kill move.

Takedown
j8S / Jump Up Strong

"If I'm going down..."

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
37% (58% charged)	18	18 - 20	40	-
Shredder grabs the opponent before slamming downwards towards the ground (or the blastzone) with them. This move is hit grab, meaning it will not grab blocking opponents.

Cross Slash
j2S / Jump Down Strong

"...I'm taking you with me!"

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
15-20% falling (20-25% charged), 15% landing	12*	12 - End*	-	-32
Shredder lunges towards the ground fist first. Holding the strong button down lets you briefly stall and adjust your horizontal positioning before lunging down.

Special Attacks

Slash Burst
5P / Neutral Special

Nothing super about this

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
10% early, 20% late	14	14 - 25	48	-15 to -6
Shredder charges at the opponent. This move travels very fast across the stage and is one of his primary approach options. Destroys all projectiles you come into contact with, making it an excellent zone breaker and tool projectile-happy opponents need to respect. Stops when it comes into contact with a blocking opponent. The earlier in the dash this happens, the more punishable Shredder is. As amazing as this move is, it's key not to become to predictable with your usage of it. Hitting an opponent late into the dash lets Shredder convert into jump light combos or jump up light/strong kills.

Slashing Whirlwind
8P / Up Special

Huy! HUY! HUY!

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
14% per	14, 39, 57	14-18, 39-44, 57-65	80	-
Shredder ascends by slashing upwards three times. Has great vertical distance, but is rather linear. Can grab ledge after the second and third hits.

Super Charge
2P / Down Special

"TONIGHT I DINE ON TURTLE SOUP!"

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
-	-	-	70	-
A charge move that increases Shredder's damage output on his strongs. The effect lasts for three strong attacks, regardless if they hit or whiff. Charging if you still have charge will refresh the remaining charge count to 3.