"Now is the beginning of Teddie's legend! To anyone and everyone: bring it on!"
Backstory
A mysterious bear suit from the TV world. Teddie joins the Investigation Team on their 2nd encounter, when Yu Narukami promises to find the culprit behind the supernatural killings in Inaba. He serves as their guide through the Midnight Channel. Teddie mainly acts as the comic relief character in Persona 4, but he has his moments of inner turmoil. His suit is completely hollow inside, a reference to his true nature, and his insecurity in not knowing what he is or why he exists. After facing his Shadow and gaining his Persona Kintoki-Douji, Teddie vows to protect the TV world as well as the people who gave his life meaning. He also grows a human body, further symbolizing that he is no longer empty inside. In Arena, he reprises his role as the jokester character, which is reflected in his wacky, item-based fighting style and the beary good puns he makes.
Playstyle
Teddie is a Trickster character who uses his Mystery Teddie items to create space and force his opponents into bad situations. While his base damage is on the lower side, he can really put the hurt on by buring meter and using items like Mystery Food X and Ball Lighting. Once in, it is beary easy to snowball with Teddie, as items like Oil Drum and Amagiya Buckets create all manner of setups and mixups for him and his partner.
Strengths/Weaknesses
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Weaknesses
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- Items provide Teddie opportunities for almost everything, from pressure to cross-ups and combo extensions, even literally building free meter.
- B Smart Combo has a beary long range, similar to Gordeau's.
- Transitions from psuedo-zoning to lockdown pressure very quickly.
- Consistent safe jump oki off almost every hit, especially with j.C ender.
- Beary good tools for left/right like Bearscrew, j.C and EX Teddievision.
- Easily sets up sandwich Cross Combos with said moves as well.
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- Is prone to taking Persona Break damage, since items are thrown by Kintoki-Douji.
- Low damage without spending resources.
- Unrewarding high/low mixup game, having only 1 non-Clash overhead that is decently easy to block.
- Items are slow to come out.
- Must stay high in the air or use assists to safely throw items outside combos, making for a Wait And See style gameplan that varies wildly depending on Assists and Items available.
- Some items can be easily used against Teddie, especially Dr. Salt NEO (soda can). Funnily enough, Mystery Food X heals Mai as opposed to dealing damage, both as partner and enemy.
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Persona: Kintoki-Douji
Mystery Teddie Items
Teddie can throw items with his Skill Mystery Teddie. The order of items thrown follow a preset order and restarts from the beginning once it reaches the end of the list. You can see which item is next in the HUD next to the Skill Gauge.