Donkey Kong (SSBB): Difference between revisions

Donkey Kong has a fairly average matchup spread all around. He hard counters three characters, counters three, soft counters five, and has eight even matchups. On the contrary, he is soft countered by six, countered by nine, and hard countered by two characters. DK normally does well against characters he can generally outrange and characters who have difficulty in KOing him easily, such as {{SSBB|Marth}} and {{SSBB|Lucario}}. DK’s sheer range and great setup tools allows him to match Marth in the neutral game while simultaneously making it difficult for Marth to escape in disadvantage. He also boasts excellent matchups against Ness and Lucas due to possessing infinite grab releases on them. However, he has poor matchups against characters who can take advantage of his inability to break through opponents who camp, like Olimar and Falco, or characters who can chaingrab him, like King Dedede, who can 0 to death him through his standing infinite. DK can attempt to circumvent this with his faster movement speed, though it is extremely hard for him to avoid a grab otherwise.