After Flandre accidentally destroys another Nintendo handheld, RicePigeon's Patchouli decides to venture outside with a spellbook in order to take her frustrations out on anyone unfortunate enough to get in the way; while the character is armed with potent elemental projectiles, being holed up in a library for 100 years does do a number on one's health, which is reflected in the reduced Life stat.
Patchouli Knowledge is technically a six-button character that plays like a standard three-button character, using the buttons for the vast majority of her moveset and the buttons as shortcuts; Ⓐ acts as a shortcut for the character's back and forward dashes when either or (respectively) is being held, Ⓑ is used as a shortcut for the Ⓨ+Ⓩ input that's assigned to the character's throw, while Ⓒ is used as a shortcut for the part of the command input that's used in the Level 3 Hypers. One of Patchouli's mutually exclusive level 3 spellcard Hypers has to be chosen at the beginning of every match, with Sun Sign "Royal Flare" being a powerful fullscreen attack that comes at the cost of having a long startup time and being highly punishable on block, while Five Elements "Philosopher's Stone" is a passive 20-second Hyper that provides Patchouli with strengthened Specials and additional projectiles every time a Special is used when its corresponding crystal is available.
Although Patchouli is geared toward a more conventional gameplay without reliance on projectiles, a large number of Special attacks are projectile based, and many of Patchouli's normal attacks have large range. While Patchouli is geared mostly towards keepaway zoning, it would be a mistake to believe that Patchouli is incapable of being a severe offensive threat. To compensate for these qualities, both offensively and defensively, Patchouli has a lower-than-average Life stat of 900.
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Icons encased in square brackets [ ] require the respective button(s) to be held down. Hovering the mouse cursor over the icon displays the hold duration if applicable.
Specials[]
Guard Cancel Counter
Command Input
Properties
during blockstun
Uses 1000 Power
Summer Red
Command Input
Properties
* Projectile velocity varies with button pressed If Five Elements "Philosopher's Stone" red crystal is active: fires a second projectile 45 degrees upward / forward
Ⓧ
Ground default
Ground Five Elements "Philosopher's Stone" red crystal active
Aerial default
Aerial Five Elements "Philosopher's Stone" red crystal active
Ⓨ
Ground default
Ground Five Elements "Philosopher's Stone" red crystal active
Aerial default
Aerial Five Elements "Philosopher's Stone" red crystal active
Ⓩ
Ground default
Ground Five Elements "Philosopher's Stone" red crystal active
Aerial default
Aerial Five Elements "Philosopher's Stone" red crystal active
Sylphae Horn
Command Input
Properties
* If Five Elements "Philosopher's Stone" green crystal is active: increased damage
Winter Element
Command Input
Properties
If Five Elements "Philosopher's Stone" blue crystal is active: fires an additional geyser, increased geyser height
Ⓧ
Default
Five Elements "Philosopher's Stone" blue crystal active
Ⓨ
Default
Five Elements "Philosopher's Stone" blue crystal active
Ⓩ
Default
Five Elements "Philosopher's Stone" blue crystal active
Autumn Blade
Command Input
Properties
Projectile trajectory varies with button pressed If Five Elements "Philosopher's Stone" yellow crystal is active: increased damage
Ⓧ
Ⓨ
Ⓩ
Emerald City
Command Input
Properties
If Five Elements "Philosopher's Stone" brown crystal is active: *, all versions use Ⓩ version's hitboxes Ⓧ and Ⓨ versions:
Ⓧ
Default
Five Elements "Philosopher's Stone" brown crystal active
Ⓨ
Default
Five Elements "Philosopher's Stone" brown crystal active
Ⓩ
Default
Five Elements "Philosopher's Stone" brown crystal active
Crystal Projectile
Command Input
Properties
N/A
* Attack occurs automatically during Five Elements "Philosopher's Stone" whenever a crystal is broken
Hypers[]
Fire Metal Sign "St. Elmo's Pillar"
Command Input
Properties
Uses 1000 Power
Wood Metal Sign "Elemental Harvester"
Command Input
Properties
Uses 1000 Power
Sun Sign "Royal Flare"
Command Input
Properties
/ Ⓒ
Only usable if respective spellcard is selected prior to match Uses 3000 Power
Others[]
Five Elements "Philosopher's Stone"
Command Input
Properties
/ Ⓒ
Only usable if respective spellcard is selected prior to match Specials gain additional attributes when used while their respective crystals are intact, but also break their respective crystals Crystals regenerate after 3 seconds Effect lasts 20 seconds Uses 3000 Power
This character uses a Palette Selector that allows for more than 12 palettes to be chosen, and as such, only the first 12 are shown here. For a full list of palettes, see Alternative palettes.
For each palette in group 1 listed here, this character also has a corresponding palette in group 2. Palettes in group 2 are simply mirrors of their group 1 counterparts, used to simulate the asymmetrical color scheme in the character's sprites when the character is facing left.
Victory quotes[]
General[]
“
If you can find their weaknesses, you can defeat anyone.”
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Whatever the weather, it doesn't matter to me if I stay at home.”
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The power of magic is like those of science. Meaning, it's at the forefront of the times!”
“
More fighters from the outside... I see the gap youkai is trying to amuse herself again.”
“
Just what were you doing in my library?”
Character-specific[]
“
There have been a lot of mice in the library recently, but it seems our cats are just sieves.”