Meta Knight (SSBU): Difference between revisions

When ''Ultimate'' was released, many players believed Meta Knight to be a strong character. This was due to his outstanding recovery, great frame data, and great mobility. Due to many smaller characters getting emphasized more, Meta Knight had better matchups against fighters who struggle against short characters, such as {{SSBU|Wii Fit Trainer}}. Because of this, many players considered Meta Knight as a solid high-tier character, who was not as strong or broken as his ''Brawl'' counterpart, but just as, if not better than his ''Smash 4'' counterpart.

Unfortunately, as the meta advanced, players recognized the exploitable weaknesses of Meta Knight: his terrible endurance, watered down punish game, lack of effective finishers outside of forward smash, below-average damage output, poor range compared to other swordfighters like {{SSBU|Cloud}}, and moves unsafe on block. This resulted in him being worse than initially imagined, with many professionals calling him a mid-tier or low-tier character. Despite this, he has amassed a respectable playerbase and has gathered notable results from players such as {{Sm|Jayy}}, {{Sm|Abadango}}, {{Sm|Slither2Hunter}}, {{Sm|BONK!}}, and {{Sm|Yei}}. Several major players now believe Meta Knight to be a lower-mid tier character.