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For Shovelry! Shovel Knight digs in for M.U.G.E.N equipped with his shovel blade, his relics, seven different palette modes, including the Armor of Chaos and Toad Gear, and even the members of the Order of No Quarter to aid for the battle. His gameplay is typical of RoySquadRocks' characters, with very high comboability and three different A.I. settings.
Shovel Knight is a six-button character, like most of RoySquadRocks' characters. He has a Dodge, Super Jump and Recovery Roll. Notably, he has an incredible amount of Specials, Hypers and assists. He also has seven different palette modes, with two of them making drastical changes to the character's gameplay.
His comboability is very high and his attacks have a long range, making this character very easy to use. It's possible to perform long combos by simply mashing buttons. His plethora of Specials, Hypers and assists give him great versatility. He has two grabs, a Counter and quite a lot of projectiles. He can be a bit cheap at times because of his comboability and the range of his attacks. While most of his Specials and his assists are activated with quarter-circle motions, some of his Specials have a different command because of the nature of these Specials. For example, his Propeller Dagger is a dash attack.
His Strike the Earth Hyper is arguably better than his other level 1 Hypers because it has the longest range and deals more damage than the other Hypers in most cases. When the Battletoads are summoned from Special Guest Bonanza, the first hit often knocks the opponent down and causes the remaining hits to miss. His level 3 Hyper, Shovel Rage, is quite overpowered because it takes away 3/4rth of the opponent's Life and is unblockable on the ground.
Like all of RoySquadRocks' characters, he comes with three different A.I. settings. The default A.I. setting is the hardest. It's capable of performing decent combos and often uses Specials and Hypers. His Easy setting is not very challenging, but it still occasionally performs combos, Specials or Hypers. The Moderate setting actually uses his Hypers more frequently than the default setting, though it performs combos less often.
Stats[]
Life
1000
Power
3000
Attack
100
Defence
100
Movelist[]
Hovering the mouse cursor over the Command Input icons will display text that refers to the inputs set in M.U.G.E.N's Key Config.
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[]
Fishing Rod
Command Input
Properties
[ ] Ⓒ+Ⓩ
Uses 600 Power
EX Jump Slash
Command Input
Properties
[ ] Ⓒ+Ⓩ
Uses 600 Power
Drop Spark
Command Input
Properties
Ⓧ
Life must be full
Propeller Dagger
Command Input
Properties
Ⓐ or
version:
Ground
Aerial
Rising Shovel
Command Input
Properties
Ⓐ
Slam Jam
Command Input
Properties
Ⓐ
*
Shovel Counter
Command Input
Properties
Ⓑ
Shovel Copter
Command Input
Properties
Ⓑ
Shovel Aether
Command Input
Properties
Ⓒ
Ground
Aerial
Dig In
Command Input
Properties
Ⓧ
Also activates Drop Spark when Life is full on ground
Ground
Aerial
Flare Wand
Command Input
Properties
Ⓨ
Ground
Aerial
Rockin' Relic
Command Input
Properties
Ⓩ
Ⓐ / Ⓑ / Ⓧ / Ⓨ to select move Ⓐ / Ⓑ / Ⓧ: Ⓨ: , for 3.2 seconds, uses 500 power
Ⓐ
Ⓑ
Ⓧ
Ⓨ
Assist Plague Knight
Command Input
Properties
Ⓐ
Can't be used if Plague Knight is present in the fight
Assist King Knight
Command Input
Properties
Ⓑ
Assist Specter Knight
Command Input
Properties
Ⓒ
Assist Propeller Knight
Command Input
Properties
Ⓧ
Assist Mole Knight
Command Input
Properties
Ⓨ
Assist Polar Knight
Command Input
Properties
Ⓩ
Charge Flame
Command Input
Properties
/
Armor of Chaos only Requires red orb
Battering Ram
Command Input
Properties
Ⓐ
Toad Gear only
Wrecking Ball
Command Input
Properties
Ⓒ
Toad Gear only
Ground
Aerial
Hypers[]
Dust Knuckles
Command Input
Properties
Ⓐ+Ⓑ
Uses 1000 Power
Strike The Earth
Command Input
Properties
Ⓧ+Ⓨ
Uses 1000 Power
Enchantress
Command Input
Properties
Ⓐ+Ⓑ
Uses 1000 Power
Azure Striker Gunvolt
Command Input
Properties
Ⓧ+Ⓨ
Uses 1000 Power
War Horn
Command Input
Properties
Ⓒ+Ⓩ
Uses 2000 Power
Special Guest Bonanza
Command Input
Properties
Ⓒ+Ⓩ
Randomly selects Kratos or Battletoads Kratos: Battletoads: Armor of Chaos guarantees Kratos Toad Gear guarantees Battletoads Uses 2000 Power
Kratos
Battletoads
Shovel Rage
Command Input
Properties
/ Ⓒ
* Uses 3000 Power
Others[]
Dodge
Command Input
Properties
Ⓐ+Ⓑ or Ⓐ+Ⓑ
* version: forwards version: backwards
Parry
Command Input
Properties
just before opponent's standing or aerial attack makes contact
Negates all damage
Crouching Parry
Command Input
Properties
just before opponent's crouching attack makes contact
The Final Guard lets the player drop one gold bag when getting knocked out by an opponent, instead of the usual three. Since the gold bags cannot be interacted with in any way in M.U.G.E.N, this palette mode does not affect gameplay in any way.
Conjurer's Coat[]
The Conjurer's Coat allows the player to fill up Power automatically, though he will lose power when getting hit by Normals or Specials.
Dynamo Mail[]
The Dynamo Mail allows the player to perform a powerful charge slash by pressing any button after two consecutive Shovel Drops.
Mail of Momentum[]
The Mail of Momentum grants the player permanent Super Armor, meaning the player won't flinch from attacks.
Ornate Plate[]
The Ornate Plate increases his jumping velocity as well as altering his jump animations to perform acrobatics and flips when jumping up, forward, and backwards in the air. It even has sparkles decorated all over him to leave a dazzling trail behind him. This palette mode otherwise doesn't affect gameplay in any way.
Armor of Chaos[]
The Armor of Chaos drastically alters Shovel Knight's moveset, increasing the range of his Normals and increasing their damage. Tha player will gain orbs of three different colors while hitting the opponent. The green orbs recover 100 Life, the blue orbs grant 250 Power and the red orbs allows the Charge Flame to be performed when pressing an attack button, though it comsumes the red orb. It also alters Shovel Drop, Rishing Shovel, Shovel Counter and Shovel Aether and Kratos always appears when using Special Guest Bonanza.
Toad Gear[]
Like the Armor of Chaos, the Toad Gear alters Shovel Knight's moveset. It allows an auto-combo to be performed by repeatedly tapping Ⓐ or Ⓧ and alters or replaces some of his Specials. The Battletoads always appear when using Special Guest Bonanza.
Victory quotes[]
General[]
“
For Shovelry!”
“
DEUS VULT!”
“
Justice in Spades!”
“
Why must you let the Saracen occupy your Holy Land? DEUS VULT!!!”
“
Shovel justice shall triumph once again!”
“
Do you have a moment to talk about Chester?”
“
These cameos are killing me.”
“
I'm no more an intruder than you! You aren't even a real ruler!”
“
You're naught but a decadent dandy! You will taste justice! Shovel justice!”
“
I seem to have embarked on such a grand adventure that I've ended up in the wrong game.”
Videos[]
MUGEN Shovel Knight FINALLY COMPLETED!!!
M.U.G.E.N - Shovel Knight Demonstration
ST64 MUGEN Shovel Knight Armor of Chaos and Toad Gear Showcase
Trivia[]
Shovel Knight's level 3 Hyper, Shovel Rage, is based on the Ground-type Z-Move from Pokémon Sun & Moon, Tectonic Rage.
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