I Appreciate you going over my "unofficial guide" and adding what I missed, I will say a good bit of the things you say is stuff I knew but forgot to write down, such as the happy and mad crouch movement or the totem monster snuffing projectiles with attacks (Id say about 30% stuff I knew 70% stuff I didnt) I guess now that you gave all these additions on the guide its technically a "official guide". I will say the ammount of stuff I missed tends to correlate with which characters I play most, with L&O and Dragonfish being my most played, and shella snail being my least lol. Anyways thanks for giving an in depth correction of what I missed, and good luck with the future of the game.

Ps: I pledge the "the super turn around shield ignore glitch" should be renamed the "U-turn Driveby glitch"

I assume your referring to the "faded fist" or special attack, which is done by pressing forward, then you let go of forward and hold down, then press forward while holding down and attack all within a short time period. hope this helps!

Lilly and Orbit:

Gimmick: Lily and Orbit are a “puppet and puppeteer” character (similar to rosalina and luma from smash bros), and as such have a unique gimmick, allowing you to attack with orbit at any time by holding the attack button for about a second (which can be indicated by white dots emitting from Orbit). Orbit can launch itself towards an enemy and deal 8 damage aswell as small knockback or low shield damage. Orbit is the single best combo extender in the game, being able to be charged during the animations of other attacks for zero downsides other than the time it takes for Orbit to return to Lilie’s shoulder to be used again.

Basic Attack: Lillie’s basic attack is a gemstone kick that deals 16 damage. This attack has high shield damage, aswell as a unique multihit mechanic. The first hit does zero damage, and has large startup, but if it hits a target it stuns them and triggers the second hit, which is a 16 damage crystal explosion that has large knockback. This attack both works as a raw attack or a combo finisher, and gives distance from you and your target, however Lily and Orbit is the character at the worst position when at long range, so it's advised to get close as soon as possible.

Dash Attack: Lilie’s dash attack is a long jump that deals zero damage. This attack entirely bypasses shield, and functions uniquely from every other attack in the game, causing you to leap over your opponent to get to the other side of the arena. This “attack” doesn’t serve a traditional role, and is exclusively used to switch sides of the arena and potentially canceling your opponent's attack. In complete honesty I have found zero use for this attack in serious combat, as it doesn’t actually deal any damage, nor does it work as a combo starter, my best guess for how to use this is as a way to charge orbit, and knock them back but considering its high risk for low reward you will find more success with other attacks.

Crouch Attack: Lillie’s crouch attack is a low kick that deals 4 damage. This attack deals low damage on shield, but is a very good combo extender, shield tool as it has both low startup and endlag. This attack is excellent as a multipurpose tool, as its low commitment means you can use it with relatively low risk. I find that the crouch attack specifically tends to work as a stalling tool until Orbit is ready to be used again, comboing into an up attack to increase your combo.

Up Attack: Lillie’s up attack is an electric pulse multihit that deals a total of 12 damage. This attack deals moderate shield damage, and will electrocute your enemy long enough to combo into the next of its 3 part multihit. This attack is an excellent combo extender, and combos perfectly with Orbit, as the long duration of the move is enough for Orbit to fully charge and allow you to extend your combo with crouch attacks.

Air Attack: Lillie’s air attack is a knee jab or dropkick that deals 5 or 8 damage. This attack has 2 very different variants, with the knee jab being the basic version, and the dropkick being inputted by holding left or right while attacking in the air, the knee jab is a fast shorter range attack that knocks the enemy upward and the dropkick is slower with longer range and not knocking enemies back. While working differently both attacks serve well as combo starters, with both working well, the knee jab tends to combo into itself better while the dropkick can combo into an up attack.

Special Attack: Lillie’s special attack is a forward launching punch that deals 20 damage. This attack deals high shield damage and is generally a great attack to use as a combo finisher. While being one of the best attacks in the game it is difficult to properly utilize due to its Input, Forward, Down, Down + Forward + Attack to use, and as such is not incredibly helpful in combat unless you have mastered the rest of the moveset and are willing to go a step beyond your prowess.

Super Attack: Lillie’s super attack is a group of 4 orbiting stars that does 4 damage per hit. This attack is unique to the rest, as it is a passive group of hitboxes that will swirl around your player, greatly increasing the damage of any potential combos you do while they are active. This attack is a contender for the strongest in the game, as it allows you to deal massive damage in tandem with your learned combos.

Tips and Tricks: Lily and Orbit is a very versatile character, but struggles at a distance due to having the worst long distance coverage in the game, so it's highly recommended to stay at close range to deter your opponent from risking longer ranged attacks. It is incredibly important to utilize Orbit in combat, as if played correctly it effectively makes your opponent need to account for a second opponent that acts separately to yourself.

Happy and Mad:

Crouch attack: Happy and Mad have a unique gimmick in which their crouch attack will change them between 2 different movesets and stats, and as such this character will be formatted differently from the others. Happy and Mad’s crouch attack is a short spin that deals 3 damage. This attack takes the role of a combo extender/mixup tool as the changing of character mid combo can account for countless combos, of which I highly recommend trying to find yourselves, as there is no one best combo and there is plenty of ways to make interesting combos, even if just by button mashing.

Tips and Tricks: Happy and Mad are both unique characters that have differences outside of just movesets, such as while happy is generally better to use while at range, mad has a faster movement speed and thus can get both in and out of melee range better, which can be amplified by Dash-Jumping (which is explained in the tips and tricks for Shella Snail). Another potentially dirty trick you could use against other players is use the Emote of happy and mad (you can emote with the ‘N’ key), as the first half of the taunt is entirely identical to the crouch attack animation, and thus may briefly deceive your opponent into believing you changed character (note: this works best with the second skin, as it doesnt change the color of happy and mad when changing character)

Happy:

Basic Attack: Happies basic attack is a chargeable horn swipe, with 3 levels of charge, doing 3, 5,or 12 damage depending on charge. The uncharged version is a quick swipe of the horn that can be used to extend or start combos. The partially charged version is a swipe that moves Happy forward a bit, serving as a combo starter or extender like the uncharged variant. The fully charged version is a projectile that is unique as it both moves farther than other projectiles, aswell as won’t break from taking damage unlike every other projectile in game, and makes an incredible pressure tool that basically forces your opponent to get within close range.

Dash Attack: Happies dash attack is a forward thrust that deals 6 damage. This attack has low damage on shield, but covers a lot of ground but has a large amount of endlag, and mainly serves as a ‘get off me’ tool that can combo with itself. Happy is a character that wants to get in and change to mad for the main combos, and this is an attack that works best to allow safer use of the projectiles.

Up attack: Happies up attack is a stabbing leap that deals 16 damage. This attack does high damage on shield, and causes Happy to jump in an arcing motion, knocking your opponent into the air, making it an all purpose attack that can do a bit of everything. This attack not only makes a great approaching tool, and can combo into itself or another attack in the toolset.

Air Attack: Happies air attack is a downwards slash that deals 10 damage. This attack serves the role of a combo starter, easily opening a combo of your choice. While this attack makes a fine opening it works best as a mixup from the up attack, as it generally performs worse in gameplay comparatively.

Super Attack: Happies super attack is a massive lazer that deals 26 damage. This attack will insanely high damage on shield aswell as 19 damage against the blocking opponent, with any previous damage being enough to cause a shield break. the “kamehamehorse” as Weenter himself calls it, is an incredibly powerful attack that can be incredibly lethal due to having infinite range, and can knockback your opponent into oblivion. This while being the safer of the 2 super attacks is the one I find being weaker, but certainly can be used to great effect when timed correctly.

Mad:

Basic Attack: Mads basic attack is a chargeable headbash, with 3 levels of charge, doing 2, 7, and 20 damage. The uncharged version is a small spammable attack that can be used to extend combos, but otherwise is pretty useless, as it has very little damage on shield. The partially charged headbut is a stronger attack that hits moderate damage on shield, and does small knockback, and can be used for juggling enemies, aswell as extending combos. The fully charged version is a stronger version of the partial version, doing impressive damage and launching your opponent away, working best as a combo finisher.

Dash Attack: Mads dash attack is a flaming roll multihit that deals a total of 14 damage. This attack deals moderate damage on shield, This attack is a multipurpose combo starter/extender that can help quickly build up damage and combo into itself.

Up Attack: Mads up attack is a downwards slam that does 18 damage. This attack does very high damage on shield, with only 2 being able to break a shield entirely. This attack makes an extremely efficient shieldbreaker, but is somewhat difficult to properly utilize outside of that niche due to long windup, but can also work as a way to attack aerial targets.

Air Attack: Mads air attack is a downward dive that deals 12 damage. This attack deals low damage on shield, but is a fast attack that works as one of Mad’s many combo extenders. This aerial attack is an excellent way to apply pressure on your opponent, as Mad has many attacks such as this that move him forward.

Super Attack: Mads super attack is an extended charge that deals a total of 66 damage. This attack has high shield damage, but it's possible to entirely bypass the shield by briefly turning around during one of the attacks (this is a bug that will likely be patched in the next update now that I have mentioned it here). This attack is risky and difficult to use to its best effect, as it functionally does more damage the closer it is used, though the charge leaves the player entirely vulnerable.

Totem Monster:

Basic Attack: The Totem Monster’s Basic attack is a tentacle slap that does 12 damage. This attack does moderate shield damage, and has an incredible amount of range, at the cost of speed and combo potential. This attack, aswell as most of the totem monsters kit works best if you use it with spacing rather than attempting combos.

Dash Attack: The Totem Monster has no dash attack, however its dash has the unique property of being a “teleport” that briefly makes your hitbox, allowing you to dodge attacks with ease.

Crouch Attack: The Totem Monster’s crouch attack is a multihit tentacle spin that does a total of 12 damage. This attack does moderate shield damage, and is mainly used to keep your opponent a far distance away as the totem monster is at a significant advantage when at a distance from your opponent

Up Attack: The Totem Monster’s up attack is an arcing projectile that deals 8 damage. This attack is one of the many spacing tools, most effective at keeping opponents from approaching in the air, but still works well at blocking off the ground. These projectiles are effectively useless at close range, as they will fly directly above your enemies head, If you hit one of your own projectiles with a melee attack, it will create a poisonous zone that constantly does chip damage to anyone in the area, which is a great area denial tool, though is hard to use if your opponent is trying to approach you.

Air Attack: The Totem Monster’s air attack is an angled tentacle strike that does 8 damage. This attack does moderate shield damage, and is an incredible zoning/approaching tool, which can be used to get surprisingly close to your enemy. The Totem Monster has a double jump, which means you can cancel out an air attack by double jumping, and if you do this right after you hit one you can effectively ‘combo’ your enemy by using it twice, aswell as potentially following it up with a grounded attack, such as the crouch or basic attack.

Special Attack: The Totem Monster has a special attack, a ground pound that does a total of 21 damage. You can use the Special Attack by inputting a downward attack while in the air, and does very high shield damage, making up of a 2 part multihit, with the first hit being a downward slam that does 1 damage and spikes the opponent into the ground, and the second hit being a small shockwave that launches the opponent far away and does 20 damage. This attack, while not often useful due to the spacing nature of the Totem Monster, makes a great “get off me” tool when you're pinned in a corner.

Super Attack: The Totem Monsters Super attack is a black hole that holds your opponent in stun for an extended period of time. This attack effectively allows you to get about 3 free attacks on your opponent, and while blockable, it basically forces your opponent into blocking as releasing it before the black hole disappears will just make them get stuck once again. This attack has a limited range and won’t pull your opponent in if you use it at point blank range, so keep at a bit of a distance to properly utilize it.

Tips and Tricks: The Totem Monster relies much less on combos than the rest of the cast, and is much more effective when fighting at a range your opponent cannot effectively fight back at, spacing is key if you wish to master the character. 

Shella Snail:

Space Attack: Shella Snail’s space attack is a projectile heart that deals 4 damage. The heart projectile is fast, but has moderate endlag and minimal shield damage. This attack has 2 variants, The standard variant is fast, but the alternate version is much faster, and can be used by inputting Backward (hold until you see hearts emit from your character), Forward + Attack. This attack is exceptionally useful to pressure your opponent into gaining distance or dealing chip damage after combos, as it is far too risky to use in close range for its low reward.

Dash Attack: Shella Snail’s dash attack is a moving shell spin that deals a total of 12 damage. The dash attack does moderate shield damage, and takes a bit to start up, but makes a good combo finisher and can gain ground. It also works well as a threat to your opponent simply by dashing, as the attack animation is identical to the standard dash until the spikes that actually deal damage appear.

Crouch Attack: Shella Snail’s crouch attack is a low jab that deals 9 damage. The crouch attack does low shield damage, and has a long windup, but decently long range, the total animation length of the crouch attack is long enough for your opponent to block, but you can easily mix up into another attack such as a dash or air attack to catch them off guard. The most consistent combo I've found when starting with a Crouch attack is Crouch, Dash, Space for a modest 25 dmg.

Up Attack: Shella Snail’s up attack is a high stab that deals 4 damage. The up attack deals low shield damage, but makes an excellent combo extender, as it has a very short startup, and can easily be followed up by a dash attack. The Up attack has 2 variants, a standard version that does 4 damage and knocks the opponent into the air, but the variant does 16 damage and stuns your opponent briefly, that can be used by inputting Down (hold for a second), Up + Attack. The alternate attack is incredibly effective to punish your opponents while they attack your shield, and can occasionally be used to attack people high in the air. My personal most consistent combo with the up attack is Air, Up, Dash, Space, which deals a total of 27 damage.

Air attack: Shella Snail’s air attack is a downward poke that deals 12 damage. The Air attack does moderate shield damage, and primarily makes for a combo starter/extender, which can easily follow up into most other attacks, with very low endlag. I have personally found it possible to make an extensive untrue combo by using Air, Crouch, then jumping forward to gain distance and attempt to repeat the loop, being able to end it with a dash attack for potentially massive damage.

Super Attack: Shella Snail’s Super attack is a triple lightning strike in front of your character, dealing 20 damage for each strike (note that you can only hit one of the strikes as the hitboxes are coded to only let you hit one). The Super attack has the unique attribute of stunning the opponent for a very long time, giving you plenty of time to prepare any attack you wish to use, with the variant up attack being the most consistently useful, as its preparation time is entirely invalidated letting you use any combo desired.

Tips and Tricks: Shella snail is the character with the single slowest walkspeed (other than happy but that is a unique circumstance) and thus will be caught in a corner frequently, especially if you use the variant heart projectile.  Shella snail benefits from dashing more than any other character, and I've found it can be taken a step further, if you dash and then jump you will retain the momentum gained while airborne and able to use Air attacks. To take it one step further you are able to jump in the opposite direction you dashed in and retain the increased speed, to cause massive mix ups and make the snail monster one of the most agile in the game. This is a technique I will call “Dash-Jumping”

Dragonfish:

Space Attack: Dragonfish’s space attack is a fireball that does 5 damage, a moderately fast projectile that does little shield damage. The fireball is best used to apply pressure at a distance. This attack has 2 variants, a standard fireball of moderate speed, and a yellow fireball that moves slower, and can be used by inputting Crouch, Forward (facing enemy) + Attack to use. This attack for the most part won’t work great in combo’s because of its dangerous endlag being amplified at melee range.

Dash Attack: Dragonfish’s dash attack is a slide attack that is great for closing distance and deals 6 damage. This attack does low shield damage, makes a good combo starter, with the most consistent combo being Dash, Crouch, Up if you hit it at a close range, though generally dragonfish can gain more out of other attacks. The dash attack, while situational, is a welcome addition to the dragonfish’s kit and can make itself useful from time to time.

Crouch Attack: Dragonfish’s crouch attack is a fast headbutt that deals 6 damage. The crouch attack is the single most important attack in the dragonfish’s kit, being a good juggle tool and dealing high shield damage. The crouch attack has 2 variants, with the standard attack inching you forward during the animation, and an alternate variant that keeps you in place. The standard crouch attack is exceptionally useful for combos, as once you hit an enemy with it, you can walk forward while they are in the air, to either use an up attack or to extend the combo with another crouch attack. It is highly recommended to learn how to properly utilize this attack, as you can gain massive benefit from mastering it.

Up Attack: Dragonfish’s up attack is an upward bite that deals 14 damage. The up attack is a combo finisher, but will often whiff on shield as dragonfish does a jump that raises the hitbox during the attack. This attack has 2 variants, a standard version that deals 14 damage, and an alternate version that does 26 dmg, and can be used by inputting Down, Down, Up + Attack. The Up attack is best used either to attack an enemy jumping at you, or as a followup to a crouch attack, and can be followed up once more by quickly using a dash attack into the opponent before they land. The Up attack is a valuable attack, making for excellent damage that can quickly overwhelm your opponent.

Air Attack: Dragonfish’s air is a downwards bite that does 12 damage. The air attack is a combo starter, that does heavy damage on shield, but can leave you vulnerable to hit if you don’t directly deal damage, if you hit the air attack, you can quickly start juggling with crouch attacks, with the most consistent combo (in my experience) being Air, Crouch, Crouch, Up, and a dash depending on distance, dealing anywhere between 38 and 56 damage depending on if you use the variant Up attack and/or are in range to dash. The air attack is a welcome addition to the kit and can make for fast and strong combos.

Super Attack: Dragonfish’s super attack is a barrage of 11 fireballs, dealing a total of 65 damage if all connect. The super attack plays a simple role, in being a devastating force of damage that can be chained in the middle of a combo in order to defeat your opponents swiftly and efficiently, but due to it being a standard fireball fired many times they can be destroyed by attacks, or the dragonfish can potentially be interrupted and waste their super attack, so use this wisely.

Tips and Tricks: Dragonfish, despite what its projectile implies, gets the most out of being right in the face of your opponent, with high damage combos that can devastate an opponent if they don’t react properly, and it's highly recommended to act in ways your opponent wouldn’t expect, such as mixing up between dash and air attacks when at medium distance. Dragonfish has one of the faster movespeeds in the game, so take advantage of this and try to force your opponent into one of the invisible walls to try to infinite them (infinites can be performed by most characters against a wall, normally either by spamming either the crouch or up attacks while inching forward between attacks.

The unofficial guide to Monster Battlegrounds!!!

This was simply made as a moderately extensive guide for the game from my personal experiences in this game for anyone who wants to improve (and is too lazy to figure out the best combos in gameplay, I don’t blame ya lol). The main roster will each have an entry as a different reply to the main post, and feel free to comment on anything to improve the list with your personal experience. This guide assumes you are playing with hazards off, as it causes too many external factors to consider.

IMPORTANT: this guide was made during version 0.3.0, and may be outdated in the future.

not everyone, but most characters have alternate versions of their moves that can be used with special inputs. Im actually making a full "unofficial guide" for this game with all the attacks in the game and how they work in combat. If you wish to know more secret moves feel free to look at older comments, as weenter does mention all of them and how to use them

sure, heres a very basic summary:

Basic attack: a long tentacle swing that has long range but slow wind up and endlag

Crouch attack: a tentacle spin that does multihit damage with small range for totem monster, but large knockback to keep distance

Up attack: a poison ball that makes an arcing rotation and is good for anti air

Air attack: a downward tentacle swing that stuns the opponent briefly while you are in the air

"Secret" attack: a ground pound that does heavy damage with a small shockwave (can be used by attacking in the air while holding down)

Ultimate attack: a black hole that can force your opponent into hitstun for about 4 seconds, letting you attack however you want.

sounds good, ill keep cooking >:)

funny enough i was actually in the process of writing a move list aswell as the basic role of each attack for each character, aswell as basic combo guides, but i guess you beat me too it lol

Giving it a bit of testing I definitely really like the fading fist, its a much needed movement tool for lily and orbit considering i've noticed they tend to struggle approaching (then again I forget dash attacks exist half the time cus I play totem most lol). As far as the yellow crystal kick is concerned I did actually find it useful, specifically for mixing up on shield, as the opponent might drop it or use the crouch attack after they would expect the standard crystal to hit, but get caught by the delayed window of the variant (bots especially fell for this). so while not exactly a great move I did find use in the moveset. 

Thank you for the response, and ill make sure to give feedback on any future updates the game has to offer to give you a better audience perspective :)

Edit: I found a funky bug (I suppose) where if you are in training and manage to get your opponents hp to zero (I found it easiest to either spam the lily up attack while using orbit when available or the totem monster crouch attack, both while using the wall to keep the other player close) Every hit done at zero hp will do the "finishing hit slowmo" effect that normally happens, which leads to comical results when using multihits, this probably won't realistically effect gameplay but its worth mentioning.

I know I just commented a few days ago but this update felt really great! The new intro caught me off guard and got me really hyped up. the few small changes such as the random monster ? sprite during the "clash sprite" (Idk what to call it lol) was a subtle surprise and gave a bit more tension for what I would either fight or play as. I will say Im not a big fan of changing the jump and dash keys from F and C to V and H respectively (at least for player 1) but im sure ill get used to it in time and actually play with both hands lol. As far as skins go i really love em, gives the feel of much more variety in combat despite no actual changes, and I highly encourage making more if time is available. Training mode is a welcome inclusion, though I admittedly have learned most of the game during previous updates so it hasn't helped me much. Final thing I noticed was that the "clear crystal" variant kick on lily and orbit either doesn't work at all or has gotten a much stricter window to input (considering the other attacks such as the dragonfish yellow fireball still work I assume it was removed, though either intentionally or by coding error I don't know)

In short I really liked this update, despite it not being any major "new character" esc update I really enjoyed myself. Ill make sure to add an edit for any other changes i find.

Fire game, can't wait for the full release 🔥

This game is really fun! there is clearly a lot of passion here and im loving it, even if i don't got any friends willing to play with the admittedly kinda goofy p2 controls (on pc). I'm excited to see what is next to come as all the characters are really fun to play as. Totem monster is my favorite :)

Edit: I just noticed you also made ragdolf lol 

It has been a while since I've played a game that made me legitimately think about my choices this much, and I am very glad that i randomly encountered it recently. the only flaw that I found is the lack of attention that you deserve for this masterpiece, and I wish you the best for future projects.