Dr. Mario (SSBM): Difference between revisions

Compared to characters around him on the current tier list, Dr. Mario has good matchups. He is countered only by {{SSBM|Marth}}, soft countered by six characters, and he has seven matchups considered even. He soft counters six characters, counters three, and hard counters two. Generally, he does poorly against characters who can outrange him and overwhelm him with disjointed hitboxes, like Marth and {{SSBM|Sheik}}, and does well against characters who rely heavily on their projectiles, such as {{SSBM|Young Link}} and {{SSBM|Samus}}. He also counters characters who he can chain grab with his down throw, such as {{SSBM|Pikachu}} and {{SSBM|Roy}}.  

In recent years, several of his more favorable matchups have been brought into question, such as {{SSBM|Yoshi}} and {{SSBM|Pikachu}}, who he counters. Those two characters are now said to go even with Dr. Mario. While he used to be notoriously considered as having an even matchup with {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}}, in modern-day the matchup is considered heavily in Jigglypuff's favor, due to Jigglypuff being able to abuse Dr. Mario's limited approach options, short range, and mediocre recovery. However, in his current-day metagame, some matchups considered to be even or slightly disadvantaged, particularly the {{SSBM|Ice Climbers}}, {{SSBM|Ganondorf}}, and {{SSBM|Samus}}, Dr. Mario is now considered to have an advantage in. Regardless, Dr. Mario has decent matchups all around.