Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl/Helga Pataki

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Story

Move it football head!

With her great academics and being a rough and cynical young girl, Helga is the local bully of Arnold and friends around Hillwood. Despite this she secretly harbors a crush on Arnold to an obsessive point. You bet she can bully the competition in the brawl!

Gameplay

Helga is a glass-cannon who can hit hard, but at the cost of attack speed. Like any bully hounding you for your lunch money, Helga thrives on getting her opponent right where she wants them for a beatdown. This is accomplished by her Neutral Special Golden Magic Slingshot, which has the unique property of pulling a foe towards her if the projectile hits. She also possess a counter in Homerun that will readily punish anyone who tries to overextend, and a recovery that can potentially allow her to come back from extraordinarily low angles.

If you're a straight up scrapper who doesn't mind the tradeoff of speed for power, Helga's perfect for busting some heads!

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Helga Pataki

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Franchise	Hey Arnold!
Weight Class	Middle
Character Discord	Helga character discord
Home Stage	Traffic Jam

Strengths

Weaknesses

Where do you think YOU'RE going??: As mentioned above, Helga's Golden Magic Slingshot will send an opponent flying towards you should the projectile connect making it extremely potent as a move, this will allow you to connect some of her slower Strong Attacks or use it to combo. This allows you to threaten the opponent without having to rely on approaching with her sluggish movement. Any opponent trying to keep out of range of your damaging attacks will have to be on their toes. Recovery Mix-ups: Helga's Approaching Uppercut will halt her momentum in the air to ascend straight up, moreso if it's charged. This can be used to throw an opponent off who is trying to block your return to stage by suddenly changing direction. Counter: Homerun is a counter that acts as a unique defensive option to counteract Helga’s vulnerability and punishing mistakes. This also acts as an extremely rare midair defense option, allowing her to deal with people attempting to exploit her vulnerable recovery. Bully: Helga's moves have very strong knockback, which makes her very scary to approach up close. Getting hit with Lunch Tray can lead to a very early stock taken from you.

Linear Recovery: Despite her recovery having good mix-up potential, it has practically zero horizontal reach and only travels upwards. More often than not, you'll find yourself recovering low to take advantage of it, which an opponent will be quick to catch on to. Low survivability: With her (assumed) lightweight status and relatively vulnerable recovery, Helga’s survivability is poor compared to the rest of the cast.

Moves List

Light Attacks

Shove It!
5L / Neutral Light

"One side moron! I'm walkin' here!"

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
8%	7	7 - 8	22	-6
Very high knockback, can kill by the ledge. Sets up for jablocks and down light chases at low percents.

Smasher
8L / Up Light

Poor Brainy's face

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
8%	7	7 - 9	22	-6
Average up tilt. Can set up into juggle situations. Looks weird.

Perfect Catch
2L / Down Light

Sliding into Arnold's DMs like

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
8%	6	6 - 10	32	-17
Her fastest grounded option. Good out of shield option. Can lead into down light chains or up light juggles depending on di. Hits below the ledge.

Hockey Tackle
66L / Run Light

Wait are there tackles in hockey?

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
8%	5	5 - 12	35	-26
Hitbox is much bigger than it looks, even being able to hit behind her. Hits below the ledge. Key for setting up into down strong or jump up strong kills.

Jumping/Air Light Attacks

Straight Kick
j5L / Jump Light

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
10%	7	7 - 8	22	-6
THE FOOT! Chains well into itself and other jump lights. Can wall of pain to an extent in the neutral in some matchups. Great for edgeguarding and as a noncommital slingshot followup.

Backhand Slap
j8L / Jump Up Light

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
8%	7	7 - 9	22	-6
Standard juggling up air. Confirms into jump up strong kills starting mid-high percents.

Double Heel Kick
j2L / Jump Down Light

Stompin

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
8%	7	7 - 9	31	-6
Deceptively big hitbox. Great as a combo ender or slingshot followup for leading into tech chases.

Strong Attacks

Love Poem
5S / Neutral Strong

Little pink book has them shook

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
14%	18	18 - 22	45	-10
Strong.

Kicking Dust
8S / Up Strong

BOOT

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
16% (17%)	16	16 - 20	45	-12
Hold the strong button for an increased dust hitbox as well as increased damage.

Lunch Time
2S / Down Strong

The last tapioca pudding, just for you!

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
15% (18%)	18	18 - 22	45	-10
Sends at a nasty horizontal angle that puts opponents into awkward recovery situations or outright kills them. Key for securing KOs by the ledge. Can be DI'd down and teched mid stage to avoid the KO. Hold the strong button to slam the lunch tray to the ground, turning the move into a spike and increasing the damage.

Boxing Swing
66S / Run Strong

Lights out

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
17	15	17 - 21	45	-20
Goes far.

Jumping/Air Strong Attacks

Locket Socket
j5S / Jump Neutral Strong

"My love"

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
14%	18	18 - 22	45	-7
Good range for spacing around block and opponents throwing out stubby moves. Hold the strong button to add an additional hearts hitbox behind her at the end of the swing. Very high knockback and hitstun.

Curse You!
j8S / Jump Up Strong

"21 hours, 58 minutes, and... 14 seconds until YOU DIE!"

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
16%	16	16 - 20	45	-8
Deceptively large. Extremely strong, can take early stocks if hit high enough off the ground. End juggles with this move if possible.

Volleyball Spike
j2S / Jump Down Strong

What did the five fingers say to the face?

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
15%	17	17 - 21	49	-6
Decently strong spike. Relatively safe on block when spaced, especially against opponents conditioned to block mid against potential neutral light attacks.

Special Attacks

Golden Magic Slingshot
5P / Neutral Special

"With my Golden Magic Slingshot! Doi!"

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
10%	13	13 - 98	38	-4
Projectile that sends opponents inward towards Helga. Neutral tool and advantage state extender that sets up for combos and kill confirms. Can hold it indefinitely before releasing, during which it can be angled or canceled with the block button.

Approaching Uppercut
8P / Up Special

Ol' Betsy would like to say hi

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
8%	22	22 - 32	47	-60
A mostly vertical recovery. Can be charged to increase travel distance and knockback. After 1 second of being in freefall Helga can act again, meaning you can go for another up special or other recovery option.

Homerun
2P / Down Special

"She's just standing there... MENACINGLY!"

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
-	11	11 - 40	50	-
A counter activated by getting hit with any move. Helga can be grabbed out of this move. Deals 2.3x the damage of the move countered. Countering Reptar's down special does 69% in return. Nice.

Taunt

Taunt
Taunt Button

Wait, this isn’t Nicktoons MLB

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
-	16	16	-	-
"First spitball of the day, football head". Has a small but powerful spike hitbox behind her. Can be used to punish no-invul ledge grabs, recoveries with bad snap, or just to BM. Has a surprisingly large amount of pushback on block. Can be used for goofy teeter setups.

Strafe Taunt
Taunt Button + Strafe

Mickey Kaline's very own

• "Non-confrontational that's me alright".

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