Brawlhalla/Hammer

Grapple Hammer

Grapple Hammer is a weapon that freely allows itself to do damage at safe ranges, while also having easy combos for anyone to pick up.

Pros	Cons
Generally well rounded with very few deadzones. Tons of universal kill confirms Safe disjointed hitboxes you can throw out in neutral Allows for certain character specific combos Hard to edge guard against	Easy to punish Reactable Ground Pound Weapon Throw will miss point blank Most combos are gatekept by low damage.

Hammer Grounded Normals

5A

Neutral Light

Kick

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Var. Force	Fix. Force
11.06 ~ 18.45	5	6	7	0	50
This is a 2 hit normal, the 3rd hit will only come out if the 2nd hit lands, the 3rd hit is where most of the damage comes from. Very good normal if your opponent is very close.

5A

Side Light

Push

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Var. Force	Fix. Force
15.47 ~ 18.45	9	12	19	8	30 ~ 56
This normal hits farther away, but if you hit it at max damage, it's damage is reduced slightly along with the force.

5A

Down Light

Stomp The Yard

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Var. Force	Fix. Force
8.27 ~ 9.77	8	5	20	6	35
This normal is Hammer's main combo tool, which is why its damage is very low, it can followed up on with multiple options, or if you're more reactive, you can try dodge read their next option.

Hammer Aerial Normals

5A

Neutral Air

Swatting the flies

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Var. Force	Fix. Force
18.43 ~ 21.70	16	6	25	50	40
This move is a great anti air, with great damage but you have to be careful using it because if they are right above you, it might whiff.

5A

Side Air

Batter Up!

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Var. Force	Fix. Force
18.43 ~ 21.70	15	6	25	45	55
Great move and reasonable start up time, is also a great kill confirm, you wanna be using this if you're in the air a lot.

5A

Down Air

I could always use a good pick me up.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Var. Force	Fix. Force
14.36 ~ 17.36	10	13	18	0	1
A situational move, for when your opponent is right under you, however when it connects it launches them in the air allowing for a followup, not any guaranteed followup but one nonetheless, can also kill.

5A

Ground Pound

Shao Khan learns Sheeva stomp.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Var. Force	Fix. Force
15.67 ~ 22.45	15	72	25	55	48
Ground Pounds last for however you're holding the button and will stop until they either hit something or until you let go. You can't get any followups from this ground pound, but it hits like a truck and is bound to kill off stage at mid to high %'s

5A

Recovery

I was down but now I'm up.

Damage	Startup	Active	Recovery	Var. Force	Fix. Force
15.67 ~ 19.45	10	6	22	0	1
Recovery is a great anti air for opponents for right above you. It gives you a good amount of height to get back on stage, Will most likely kill opponents if they are off stage, and you if land it while being above the stage, they will bounce off of it to allow for a follow up, but it wont be a true followup unless they are at high %

Combos

5A

Dlight to Slight

A very simple combo that is true at low to mid percents. Also good damage and chase dodge followup potential.

5A

Dlight to GC Nlight

Another great combo that is fairly simple that can be performed at any percent, with nlight's potential to kill at high percent it can make for a kill confirm.

5A

Nlight to CD Slight

The only followup off of Nlight and the timing can be a bit strict for it be a true combo. This can only be done at low percents due to the amount of force that Nlight has.

5A

GC Dlight to CD Rec

This is one of the harder combos on Hammer but is really rewarding due to the placement of the opponent and the stage bounce or throwing them off stage for edgeguards. Can be done at any % with proper postitioning.

5A

Dlight to Sair

This is your main kill confirm with Hammer, can only be done at mid to high percents, timing can be a bit strict for a true combo but very useful nonetheless.

Basic Gameplan

Generally when you play hammer, your goal is keep your opponent at a distance until you want them to be in your personal space. So that would consist of doing nairs when they are slightly above you, and throwing out a lot of sairs, if you time it right you can hit your opponent on the ground and potentially go into something like dlight to get something like sair, gc nlight or slight. Be careful doing weapon throws because it doesn't hit point blank like most weapons, which makes hard to properly follow up on.

Edge Guarding

Hammer's Edge Guarding is fairly strong with Ground Pound doing a lot of damage and has a lot of priority and force. Certain characters have signatures that has a small hitbox that will hit opponents that are hugging the stage wall. Down light can also perform this. Hammer's recovery can also kill characters off stage but is a bit risky since you would have to go under the opponent to land recovery which can be punished if they see it coming.