[Char] Stick

[The Hari]

Lower damages, bigger mp cost. The easiest way of balancing moves. Stay with facing: 20, it gives cool effect. You can also make it completely disappear (together with a tail) after hitting an opponent, or reduce tail's damage and fall: to really tiny, so it'll be more irritating than dangerous.
For color changing, you can add better effect of transition - more frames with indirect colors.

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