Could Etalus Spummel get a rework? or some buffs or something?#707

(I had accidentally made ths suggestion on an older nolt patch sorry!!)
honestly Etalus spummel just feels like an extra pummel that has a little gimmick loosely taped onto it. like yeah i could get 50/50s off of grabs, but it doesnt really do anything too crazy unless i go out of my way to MAKE it do something. Freeze shards are very gimmicky and like, why? zetterburn gets a genuinely terrifying 50/50 with spummel beause it can let them get their kill throw or setup off of a throw into Upstrong or something that’ll still lead into a kill. kragg gets to threaten kargo throw, which is just crazy good for him. Clairen gets a free stun off her throws with her spummel, and even without it can still follow up on regular throws anyways. Etalus freeze shards can be shielded, parried, spot dodged, or if they jump… just tickle you, you HAVE to be grounded for them to proc freeze (no im not saying it should freeze you mid air just pointing out that it really isnt that threatening if you get hit by the shards in the air), and when theyre at higher percents there isnt really a reason to go for it. I HAVE to work harder JUST for the spummel shards to proc and possibly do something. honestly id like it if spummel just marked the opponent and after throwing them, they make an ice trail under them or something to let us apply even more pressure (kinda like forsburns Spummel in a way). or maybe give him armor so that he can use his Dthrow? i dont know, anything thats more useful than its current freeze spummel. As someone who loves spummel, that love sure does wear off overtime losing to, and seeing most of the other characters use their spummels and winning off of those interactions, or seeing them get craaazy mileage out of them, and i wish etalus could do the same. anyways uhhh yeah, would like some buff to Etalus spummel, if not… it is what it is i suppose, and if you have taken the time to read all of this, thank you for your time!

The armor into dthrow sounds pretty dope, as it’s the same as zetter into fthrow. I wouldn’t mind if he got the fleet treatment and had an effect on each pummel (iirc her normal pummel drops food, or did I make that up lol)

I do wish they did some special pummel reworks, because there’s some really bad ones (forsburn special pummel) and some basically unused in any competitive setting (galvan, etalus, etc) that really could add some more flair. Or buffs. Or something. It’s weird how many strange special pummels are in the game that are either just too risky and no consistent payoff. (and then you have shit like wrastor special pummel true combo-ing into upsmash no matter what you do)
Spummels are so jank