Kid Cobra

Kid Cobra is a playable fighter in ARMS. He is a professional snakeboarder and live streamer.

Appearance
Kid Cobra's extendable ARMS have a scaly, snake-like appearance. His spiraled eyes are heterochromatic, with one being green, and the other purple. He wears a helmet shaped like the head and hood of a cobra, his skin-tight shirt looks scaly, and his baggy pants bear a design made up of many stylized snakes. The treads of his sneakers also look like snakeskin.

Backstory
Kid Cobra is one of the few people who had his extendable ARMS since birth, occurring in only 1 in 100,000 people. Due to the fact that he always wears a mask and his race hasn't been confirmed yet, it makes Kid Cobra an interesting surveying target.

Abilities
Kid Cobra has one of the slowest dashes when uncharged but his jump is the highest. When dashing towards an opponent on the ground while charged, he can perform consecutive dashes while ducking under all incoming attacks. In addition, all dashes, midair or grounded, are quicker and provide more distance. The longer he's been charged, the more consecutive dashes can be performed, up to four. When attacking during a charged dash, all ARMS that change attack pattern will attack as if they were in midair (i.e. Scorpio and Funchuk)

Playstyle
Kid Cobra's main advantage is his mobility especially when charged, and with his quick short hop means he can  get charged much more easily than most! His massive jump distance, charged dash speed and continuous movement with his dashes, while being able to slide under punches mean he can get to close range and pressure, or escape and retreat with a frightening level of quickness.

He excels at pressuring opponents with his speed, and his massive ARM girth, if he stays unpredictable.

ARM Recommendations
Kid Cobra works well with ARMS that take up a lot of space, and give him ways to force defensive options from his opponents. They allow him to capitalize on his high damage, speed and ARM girth. Some good choices are:

In Competitive Play
Kid Cobra is often considered to be one of the best characters in ARMS with many players considering him to be within the Top 3 best fighters. This is showcased by the numerous players with notable results while playing as Kid Cobra in every active region in the world.

Notable Players

 * PineappleFreak - One of the best players in North America and regarded as one of, if not the, best Kid Cobra players. He has been ranked #1 for all of Ohio's ARMS Power Ranking Seasons. Pineapple placed 2nd at Smash'N'Splash 5, 3rd at the ARMS US & Canada Online Open, and 1st at Pressure 2.
 * JMCANADA - One of the best Kid Cobra players in Canada. He placed 3rd at the ARMS North American Online Open, 2nd at G7 ARMS Online, and has more Mega League Monday wins than any other player.
 * Kholdstare - One of the best Kid Cobra players in Canada and is sponsored by Illuzion Gaming for ARMS. He placed 7th at Smash'N'Splash 5 and 4th at G7 ARMS Online.
 * Frosty - A Kid Cobra player from Ohio known for running The Biweekly Procrastination and strictly using only Kid Cobra's Default ARMS. He placed 1st at Default Derby 12 and has been Power Ranked between #2 and #5 in Ohio for all of their Seasons so far.
 * Kumo - A top Kid Cobra player known for his use of heavy ARMS. He placed 5th at Summer Jam 12 and 7th at Quarantined Rapport 2.
 * Qwerty (Inactive) - A top Kid Cobra player from Virginia. He placed 2nd at The Right to Bear ARMS and Reach for the Sky.
 * Rice (Inactive) - A top Kid Cobra player from California. He placed 5th at 2GGC: ARMS Saga and 9th at 2GGP: ARMS Circuit 1.
 * Jr - One of the best European players, known for his use of the Guardian. He placed 1st at MCM Nintendo VS UK.
 * Raffa - One of the best European players and the best Kid Cobra in Europe. He placed 1st at The Moshpit and 2nd at Neopunch: Don't Get Hit.
 * Penzo - A top Kid Cobra player from Europe. He placed 3rd at the FellowsTV Open Circuit.
 * Hebirote - One of the best Kid Cobra players in Japan and the world. He placed 1st at SAVE_ARMS 2020: Week 3.

Related Badges

 * Main article: Badge Stash

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Kid Cobra appears as a Spirit that can be obtained by winning the Spirit Battle in Min Min's DLC Spirits board. He also cameos in Min Min's reveal trailer as well as on an electronic billboard in the background of Spring Stadium.

Quotes

 * List of Quotes

Trivia

 * Kid Cobra was first revealed to be playable during the ARMS Direct on May 17th, 2017.
 * His cyan color scheme is similar to the Coolerang's.
 * He is the only non-artificial playable character known to have been born with the ARMS ability.
 * His affiliated group, the Naja Crew is named after the Naja genus of cobra, also referred to as the "true cobras".
 * Kid Cobra appears to have some level of fear for the mongoose, rather fitting his snake related nature.