Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl/Helga Pataki

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!

Helga Pataki


Franchise	Hey Arnold!
Weight Class	Light
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 rewarding projectile to throw out. This allow her to start combos and extend her advantage from a long distance, or confirm into strongs that may otherwise have no setups. It's a constant threat, even against airborne opponents thanks to the multitude of different angles it can shot at. Any opponent trying to keep out of range of your damaging attacks will have to be on their toes.
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, and at higher %'s jab become an incredibly low-commitment kill option.

Mid: Several of Helga's most spammable and rewarding moves (such as jab, jump light, jump strong and slingshot) are all mid attacks, meaning keen opponents can comfortably hold forward to yellow block most pressure.
Low survivability: While she does have ways to utilize her specials in mixing up her recovery timing, her light weight and the predictable travel path of up special make Helga's survivability below average 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
Helga shoves whoever's in front of her with both arms. Very high knockback for a jab. Becomes a relatively safe kill option to throw out if opponents start living for too long. Sets up for jablocks and down light chases at low percents. Good range and decent safety make it relatively safe on block when spaced. However, like most of Helga's safer moves it is a mid, meaning keen opponents can hold forward block to cover yellow blocking it, jump light, jump strong and slingshot at the same time.

Smasher
8L / Up Light

Poor Brainy's face

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
8%	7	7 - 9	22	-6
A quick and simple upward arm swing. Sets up for jump light strings and juggle situations on hit. Good follow-up off of dash attacks for starting combos at lower %s. Starting around 80% can lead to a jump up strong follow-up kill

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
Helga slides along the ground with a baseball mitt. A low profile traveling move with many uses. Helga's fastest grounded option. Combined with the distance it travels makes this a good out of shield punish. Can lead into down light chains or up light juggles depending on di. Hits below the ledge, pooping opponents slightly up and to the side. Starting around 100% can be true combo-d into jump up strong for a kill on most characters.

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
A quick running elbow tackle. Committal to throw out, but opens up a world of follow-ups on hit. Hitbox is much bigger than it looks, even being able to hit behind her and below the ledge. Like any dash attack it can be cancelled on hit. At low %s cancel into up light for jump light followups or jab for down light chases. At mid-to-high %s by the ledge it leads to kills with jump strong and both versions of down strong.

Jumping/Air Light Attacks

Straight Kick
j5L / Jump Light

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
10%	7	7 - 8	22	-6
A big straightforward kick that can be thrown out pretty freely with low commitment and potential high reward. Racks up % fast thanks to how well it chains into itself and other jump lights. 10% per kick is a lot when you can usually get away with at least 3 in a row. Range lets it wall of pain some stubbier characters in the neutral. Great for edgeguarding and as a non-commital slingshot followup, setting up for potential jump strong followups on bad DI.

Backhand Slap
j8L / Jump Up Light

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
8%	7	7 - 9	22	-6
A quick slap above her. Near identical to grounded up light in terms of frame-data. Leads into itself for further juggle or into down air to reset back towards the ground. Confirms into jump up strong kills starting mid-high %s.

Double Heel Kick
j2L / Jump Down Light

Stompin

Damage	Startup Frames	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
8%	7	7 - 9	31	-6
Helga stomps the air below her, spiking any opponents caught by it. Deceptively big hitbox. Can beat or favorable trade with a lot of less-disjointed recoveries in the game. One of the few down airs in the game that can still somewhat double-dair thanks to this range and speed. 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
Helga swings in front using one of the poetry books she write love poems in. Not many cases to use this move over down strong. Same safety, less damage, shorter range. It doesn't help that it is a mid, which blocking opponents are already looking out for thanks to her other mid options being so good and spammable. Generally outclassed by jump strong when it comes to RPS-ing against up strongs.

Kicking Dust
8S / Up Strong

I'm gonna put some dirt in your eye

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	-	-
Helga poses with a ball and bat, taunting the opponent. This taunt has a small hitbox behind her around the back foot and bat. "First spitball of the day, football head". Has a small but powerful spike hitbox behind her. Only active for 1 frame. 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.