Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2/April

Moveset

Combos

Matchups

Strategy

About

The go-getting reporter for Channel 6 News.

April O'Neil is one of the head reporters for the Channel 6 News station in New York City. Despite her strong passion for her work, she often has disagreements with her boss and her camera operator, Vernon Fenwick. In spite of her desire to get the greatest stories on the air, April often impedes on the schemes of the Foot Clan. She is a good friend of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and often uses her quick thinking to help them find out what the Foot Clan is up to.

This version of April is the 1987 TV Show incarnation.

Playstyle

Fitting her job as Channel 6's prime reporter, April loves getting in your face with cameras. She has a wide range of equipment to use to smack her opponent's face with, as well as a rolling camera side special to kick around. April's also got a great combo and juggle game in thanks to her good aerials, notably Up Air Light.

April also possesses a ratings meter that builds when she hits her opponent with her equipment. When fully charged, this releases a devastatingly strong attack that can wipe the opponent off the screen in seconds!

If you like being in the opponent's face all day every day, April is ready to report!

Metagame

April is ranked 17th out of 29 on the current tier list, in the A- tier. This is a slight drop compared to her 11th out of 25 placement in the first Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl.

April's big strengths lie in her combo game. April's aerials are all very good, with Up Air being a particularly strong juggle tool, making her able to rack up damage fairly easily, and she can summon a rolling camera in Side Special to maintain stage control and neutral. This all ties into her Ratings meter, which she can combo into with relative ease. If done near the edge of the stage, she can take a stock in a matter of seconds.

However, April does have some noticeable flaws. Like her Turtle friends, she has a rather tall frame, making her somewhat easy to combo. She also has a very exploitable recovery, as her Up Special is tied to a timer, so if she is offstage for too long, she might run out of resources and fall to her doom.

April is a somewhat polarizing character in the metagame. Opinions on her started to fluctuate after Patch 1.13, as she received some particularly substantial nerfs to her meter gain. However, in recent times, April is generally considered to be a very solid character, with very strong results at top-level play.

April


Franchise	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Home Stage	Rooftop Rumble
Weight	0.9
Fall Speed	1.1
Gravity	1.1
Run Speed	1.2
Air Speed	1.4

Strengths

Weaknesses

Ratings: April's central comeback mechanic. Fills VERY quickly, relatively easy to combo into, and does great damage and knockback. The EX version is even stronger and will kill most opponent before the triple digits.
Strongs live up to their name: April's strong attacks hit like a tank. Her neutral strongs (both ground and air) are huge hitboxes, kill fairly early, and add to her Ratings. Her Aerial Up Strong is also a great combo finisher.
Juggle game: April's Up Air Light is a multi-hit up air that does a good amount of damage for a light and can be dragged down for even more damage and combo potential. This makes her a very strong character for juggling opponents.
Kick the Camera!: Side Special is a great stage control projectile that serves as a really big hitbox. April can kick it with any of her attacks (except grab), which makes it barrel towards the opponent. It also has a hitbox for the light eminating from the camera, which does damage to the opponent (but no knockback) over time. Like all of April's great moves, the camera also adds to her Ratings meter.

Exploitable Recovery: April's Up Special is a hover recovery. While it has good vertical distance, it operates on a timer that doesn't reset when she gets hit, so if April runs out of gas outstage, the show's over.
Tall: April is a rather tall character, which makes her a big target in some matchups.
Linear Gameplan: Despite her strong combos, April's gameplan, particularly neutral, is very linear. This forces her to always mix up her few approach options constantly else she gets too predictable.
Meter Reliant Punish: April's stronger punishes often require the use of Slime, meaning if she has no bars she is much more limited in what she can do.

Moveset

Ground Light Attacks

Microphone Combo
Light

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Lunging Kick
Forward+Light

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
April does every M. Bison main's favorite normal. Bizarrely, this move has absurd pushback on ledge if April's right leg is not on-stage. As of this writing, this has not been fixed.

Stretching Kick
Up+Light

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Close-up Kick
Down+Light

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Close Up!
Light (Running)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Air Light Attacks

Aerial Kick
Light (Airborne)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Take Notes
Forward+Light (Airborne)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Double Kick
Back+Light (Airborne)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Mic Twirl
Up+Light (Airborne)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Heel Click
Down+Light (Airborne)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Ground Strong Attacks

Overhead Recording
Strong

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Question
Up+Strong

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Stylish Camera
Down+Strong

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Air Strong Attacks

Wild Recording
Strong (Airborne)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Mic Gain
Up+Strong (Airborne)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Sports Photography
Down+Strong (Airborne)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Special Attacks

Interview
Special

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
April hits her opponent with her microphone, consuming her rating meter. The higher the meter level, the greater the damager dealt.

On the Air!
Forward+Special

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
April pulls out a studio camera and places it in front of her. The camera deals low damager and raises ratings. Tip: hit the camera to make it roll forwards and hit opponents.

Paparazzi Somersault
Down+Special

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
April does a somersault with her camera and takes 3 camera shots in a quick succession that damage opponents. DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Breaking News Blimp
Up+Special

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
April grabs the Breaking News Blimp and hovers in the air for a set amount of time, freely moving in any direction. DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Grab/Throws

Grab
Grab

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Dash Grab
Grab (Running)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Grab Pummel
Light (Grabbing)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Up Throw
Up (Grabbing)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Forward Throw
Forward (Grabbing)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Down Throw
Down (Grabbing)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Back Throw
Back (Grabbing)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Super

Super
Slime+Light

"People of New York, lend me your viewership!"

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Taunts

Taunt
Taunt

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Down Taunt
Down+Taunt

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Up Taunt
Up+Taunt

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER