Marth (SSBU): Difference between revisions

In stark contrast to pre-release ''Ultimate'', where it was speculated that Marth could be the best character in the game, Marth initially saw a near-nonexistent playerbase due to nerfs such as smaller tipper hitboxes and the removal of perfect pivoting to space tippers consistently. As a result of this, all of Marth's prominent players from ''Smash 4'' dropped him in favor of other characters, most notably his echo fighter {{SSBU|Lucina}}, who was widely considered to be more effective and easier than Marth as a character. Despite seeing brief usage from {{Sm|MkLeo}} in the second half of 2019, Marth was considered an "irrelevant" character in tournament play, with data collected from [[OrionRank]] co-founder {{Sm|Barnard's Loop}} showing that Marth had the third worst representation in the game in April 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/LoopBarnard/status/1252705963557208064|title=Barnard's Loop's stats}}</ref>  

Subsequent patches buffed several of Marth's tipper hitboxes, making it easier to connect tippers reliably. Furthermore, since the end of the [[COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on competitive Smash|COVID-19 pandemic]], Marth has seen steadily improved representation at locals and minor circuits, with success from players such as {{Sm|Kreeg}}, {{Sm|Ignaize}} and {{Sm|Rizeasu}}. Furthermore, MkLeo has brought the character out on occasion, beating players such as {{Sm|Riddles}} and {{Sm|Cosmos}}. This has led to a small improvement in Marth's reputation, while he sits at 54th on the current tier list as a mid-tier character, arguments remain on whether Marth should be ranked higher, due to the positive traits he shares with Lucina and other highly regarded sword-wielding characters, as well as the untapped potential from his tipper mechanic offering him high KO capabilities with safe disjoints, or lower, due to the tipper hitboxes reliability remaining inconsistent and his poor representation in the metagame, which continues to be around the bottom 10 range.