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However, he received some useful buffs, such as his down tilt and up throw having more combo potential and his aerials having significantly less landing lag, improving his combo game when combined with the universal jump squat reduction and faster jump speed. His Homing Attack has also been greatly buffed, as it comes out much faster when the button is pressed, does more damage and knockback when fully charged and locks on opponents better and can even potentially combo if uncharged, as well as gaining KO potential at high percents if fully charged. | However, he received some useful buffs, such as his down tilt and up throw having more combo potential and his aerials having significantly less landing lag, improving his combo game when combined with the universal jump squat reduction and faster jump speed. His Homing Attack has also been greatly buffed, as it comes out much faster when the button is pressed, does more damage and knockback when fully charged and locks on opponents better and can even potentially combo if uncharged, as well as gaining KO potential at high percents if fully charged. | ||
While Sonic still retains his powerful attributes and combo game, he now relies on offensive play rather than defensive, and cannot depend as heavily on Spin Dash to approach opponents as he did before. Unfortunately, the buffs do not properly compensate for this as he lacks the tools to pressure his opponents as most of his tools have a "high-risk medium/low reward" factor which makes his overall playstyle awkward since his flaws are much more noticeable since his notorious defensive play is significantly worse than Smash 4. Due to this, Sonic is considered to be worse than his iteration in Smash 4 with a majority of his player base abandoning him for other characters. Although he initially had decent results at the beginning of Ultimate's early metagame with {{Sm|KEN}} winning {{Trn|Midwest Mayhem Ultimate}} and placing well in Japan while solely using Sonic along with {{Sm|Sonix}}, {{Sm|Sonido}}, and {{Sm|6WX}} performing well with him, his results have somewhat perished as he hasn't done nearly as well as other characters. Due to his nerfs from Smash 4, his declining results, and the patch updates failing to address his core issues; Sonic's overall perception has been poor with {{Sm|ESAM}} claiming he is low-mid tier and {{Sm|VoiD}} claiming that he's a low tier character. As such, Sonic's true viability remains questionable. | While Sonic still retains his powerful attributes and combo game, he now relies on offensive play rather than defensive, and cannot depend as heavily on Spin Dash to approach opponents as he did before. Unfortunately, the buffs do not properly compensate for this as he lacks the tools to pressure his opponents as most of his tools have a "high-risk medium/low reward" factor which makes his overall playstyle awkward since his flaws are much more noticeable since his notorious defensive play is significantly worse than Smash 4. Due to this, Sonic is considered to be worse than his iteration in Smash 4 with a majority of his player base abandoning him for other characters. Although he initially had decent results at the beginning of Ultimate's early metagame with {{Sm|KEN}} winning {{Trn|Midwest Mayhem Ultimate}} and placing well in Japan while solely using Sonic along with {{Sm|Sonix}}, {{Sm|Sonido}}, and {{Sm|6WX}} performing well with him, his results have somewhat perished as he hasn't done nearly as well as other characters. Due to his nerfs from Smash 4, his declining results, and the patch updates failing to address his core issues; Sonic's overall perception has been poor with {{Sm|ESAM}} claiming he is low-mid tier and {{Sm|VoiD}} claiming that he's a low tier character and {{Sm|ZeRo}} being the only professional who claims him to be a high tier. As such, Sonic's true viability remains questionable. | ||