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Sheik currently ranks 5th on the tier list, in the top of A tier. One of Sheik's greatest strengths is her formidable punish game. Sheik's down throw is one of the best combo starters in ''Melee'', as it can chaingrab many middleweight characters and create tech chases on fastfallers. Her forward tilt, dash attack, and down smash are all excellent at racking up damage, and multiple down throw chain grabs or tech chases can quickly apply high amounts of damage against opponents. Sheik possesses a fast dashing speed and great frame data on her attacks, with many extended hitboxes on moves such as her down smash, up tilt, and back aerial, which make her extremely difficult to break through defensively. Sheik's attacks also have great reach, especially her forward aerial, back aerial, forward tilt, and down smash. Sheik also possesses great finishing moves, including her up aerial, back aerial, and forward aerial, and her down throw, forward tilt and dash attack can all easily set up into one of her KO moves. Her forward aerial is notorious as one of the deadliest [[edgeguarding]] tools in the game, as it sends opponents at a horizontal angle that is extremely hard for many characters to recover from.
Sheik currently ranks 5th on the tier list, in the top of A tier. One of Sheik's greatest strengths is her formidable punish game. Sheik's down throw is one of the best combo starters in ''Melee'', as it can chaingrab many middleweight characters and create tech chases on fastfallers. Her forward tilt, dash attack, and down smash are all excellent at racking up damage, and multiple down throw chain grabs or tech chases can quickly apply high amounts of damage against opponents. Sheik possesses a fast dashing speed and great frame data on her attacks, with many extended hitboxes on moves such as her down smash, up tilt, and back aerial, which make her extremely difficult to break through defensively. Sheik's attacks also have great reach, especially her forward aerial, back aerial, forward tilt, and down smash. Sheik also possesses great finishing moves, including her up aerial, back aerial, and forward aerial, and her down throw, forward tilt and dash attack can all easily set up into one of her KO moves. Her forward aerial is notorious as one of the deadliest [[edgeguarding]] tools in the game, as it sends opponents at a horizontal angle that is extremely hard for many characters to recover from.


Sheik's primary weakness, however, is her short and heavily exploitable recovery. Her primary recovery move, [[Vanish]], travels an extremely short distance and lacks a hitbox when she reappears, providing her with virtually zero protection as she returns to the stage, and Sheik receives a large amount of landing lag upon landing on the stage. As a result, her recovery is easily [[edgehog|edgehogged]], and if she lands on the stage, her opponents can freely land a large hit on her. If Sheik is forced to recover with her up special on stage, skilled opponents can continuously hit her back offstage and repeat until she gets KOed or self-destructs. Sheik also has difficulty dealing with [[crouch canceling]], as none of her moves besides a grab can break through crouch canceling at low percents. Combined with her slow horizontal [[air speed]], this limits her ability to find openings in the neutral game, especially against characters such as {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}} and the {{SSBM|Ice Climbers}}. Sheik's punish game can also be unreliable, especially against fastfallers, because her down throw tech chase requires her to correctly predict her opponent's actions, which can limit her damage output if she incorrectly reads the opponents' tech patterns. This is especially so in the [[PAL]] version of ''Melee'', as her down throw sends opponents diagonally rather than vertically, making it even more difficult for Sheik to land a strong punish in this version of the game.
Sheik's primary weakness, however, is her short and heavily exploitable recovery. Her primary recovery move, [[Vanish]], travels an extremely short distance and lacks a hitbox when she reappears, providing her with virtually zero protection as she returns to the stage, and Sheik receives a large amount of landing lag upon landing on the stage. As a result, her recovery is easily [[edgehog|edgehogged]], and if she lands on the stage, her opponents can freely land a large hit on her. If Sheik is forced to recover with her up special on stage, skilled opponents can continuously hit her back offstage and repeat until she gets KOed or self-destructs. Sheik also has trouble dealing with [[crouch canceling]], as none of her moves besides a grab can break through crouch canceling at low percents. Combined with her slow horizontal [[air speed]], this limits her ability to find openings in the neutral game, especially against characters such as {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}} and the {{SSBM|Ice Climbers}}. Sheik's punish game can also be unreliable, especially against fastfallers, because her down throw tech chase requires her to correctly predict her opponent's actions, which can limit her damage output if she incorrectly reads the opponents' tech patterns. This is especially so in the [[PAL]] version of ''Melee'', as her down throw sends opponents diagonally rather than vertically, making it even more difficult for Sheik to land a strong punish in this version of the game.


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