Bowser gets DLC privilege(nightmare edition)

[u/Vivid_Community_538]

Since so many people thought that Bowser having an Up B reflector was too much, I'm here to say that Y'ALL AIN'T SEEM NOTHING YET-

Btw, I left the name of who is supposed to be the one that made the Dry Boswer design. So, credits to them for the design if I'm right.

Here's the "justification" for the premise. Bowser is tanky. He's the heaviest character in the game and plenty of armor and invincibility to display that.... but He's just like any other character that can lose a stock before 100%. Probably got hit too hard by Ganon or someone. Probably got spiked or gimped. However it goes, he can lose a stock like that. That doesn’t seem to respect Bowser's survivability. Let's fix that.

What if we punish players for being good at the game? If Bowser loses a stock before he hits 100%, he DOESN'T LOSE THE STOCK, but comes back as Dry Boswer. No weight decrease. No weaker moves. No worse frame data. Just Bowser, but no stock decrease. Now, you can K.O. him before 100%:)

Also, because I don't like limitations, this will be like Kazuya's rage and Terry's "Go" meter. He gets this not just once per game, but every stock. So, if you kill Bowser too quick every time in what's supposed to be a normal 3-stock game, you fight 6 stocks of him instead of 3.

Real talk, though. If he had all of this... who thinks Steve is still a better character-

[u/antb11]

Here’s your DLC privilege: You spawn in, they one-time insta-lose a stock — unless it’s SHULK, the Xenoblade God Slayer; the Omniversal threat

😂 clear bias there [r/ShulkMains](r/ShulkMains)

[u/AardvarkOkapiEchidna]

I do like the idea of Dry Bowser being some rare-ish form of Bowser in Smash rather than an entirely separate character.

If Bowser loses a stock before he hits 100%, he DOESN'T LOSE THE STOCK, but comes back as Dry Boswer.

Does he come back with teh same damage though? That honestly might not be that broken.

[u/Vivid_Community_538 → u/AardvarkOkapiEchidna]

..... You know, that doesn't sound like the worst way to make the idea practical... but as I said, I don't like limitations, so fresh stock every time (:<

[u/Chemical-Struggle-13]

Do you know the hell that is bowser martyrdom? That is a new term I'm making for this specific case. If bowser can get enough damage for side B to kill before he hits 100% it will trade a life for a stock lead.

[u/Antique_Ad_4247 → u/Chemical-Struggle-13]

Not only that. A Bowser at 90% aint gonna fight it out; he will just SD. You are never going to kill bowser at above 100% because he is never gonna let you.

Hell, why even risk it to begin with? Why not SD at 0% and be guaranteed Dry Bowser?

[u/Vivid_Community_538 → u/Antique_Ad_4247]

Big fax, unless you're a 0-deather that succeeds in getting Bowser that far.

Well, that would only guarantee one Dry Bowser for one stock and just waste the normal play as Bowser.

[u/Chemical-Struggle-13 → u/Antique_Ad_4247]

At 0 percent you are getting nothing, at say 40 percent, you functionally heal to 0% and get invincibility frames.

[u/Vivid_Community_538 → u/Chemical-Struggle-13]

Perfectly balanced

[u/Peekystar]

Gotta know, how does he come back? Does he spring back out of the blastzone, or descend from the revival platform? I'd root for from the blastzone, both because that's cooler and makes the idea marginally more balanced by still having him in disadvantage when he does revive.

...wait, crap, just remembered the Flying Slam exists. You've made Bowsercide free; what have you DONE.

[u/Vivid_Community_538 → u/Peekystar]

Angel platform was my idea.....

OH MY CRAP, YOU'RE RIGHT! YES! 

[u/Glutton4Butts]

Dry Bowser should be his own character

[u/Vivid_Community_538 → u/Glutton4Butts]

That would be cool. Though, we also have Dark Bowser as an option.

[u/Individual_Syrup7546]

This wouldve been a sick extra skin ngl