Ganondorf (SSBB): Difference between revisions

Ganondorf holds the distinction of being the last character on the [[tier list]] in 38th place (a significant drop from his position on the ''Melee'' tier list, where he was 12th out of 26), as well as being the lowest-ranked veteran and unlockable. Ganondorf has a few strengths, including extreme power throughout his moveset, high endurance, very strong [[edge guard]]ing ability, access to the most powerful [[meteor smash]] in the game and a great [[semi-spike]] in his [[up aerial]]. He also has strong combo abilities, including great combo starters in his [[autocancel]]led [[down aerial]]s and [[Flame Choke]] that can potentially deal extreme amounts of damage. However, these strengths are nullified by a slew of crippling flaws. Ganondorf is the slowest character in ''Brawl'', possesses the slowest attacks, the worst overall mobility, and one of the worst (arguably ''the'' worst) recoveries in the game. This main recovery move, [[Dark Dive]], is painfully easy to edgeguard and gains low horizontal and vertical distance, while his other recovery move, Flame Choke, covers minimal horizontal distance. Flame Choke can also be exploited, as it is a [[Sacrificial KO]]. Most of Ganondorf's attacks either have poor [[reach]] for a character of his size or hold poorly placed [[hitbox]]es, putting him at a serious disadvantage against characters with disjointed hitboxes (like {{SSBB|Marth}}), while the loss of [[L-cancelling]] greatly cripples the utilisation of his aerials. In addition, he possesses a slow [[grab]] that has the worst grabbing reach in ''Brawl'', which combined with slow attacks leaves him with terrible [[out of shield]] options. This is further hindered by a heavy weight that makes him vulnerable to [[chain grabs]] and combos. He also suffers from an extreme vulnerability to shield stabbing, as like {{SSBB|Donkey Kong}}, his shield is unusually small for someone his size. His lack of a projectile further hampers his approach, with the end result being that he can be [[camping|outcamped]] at essentially any range. As a result, Ganondorf has the 2nd highest tier drop ({{SSBB|Jigglypuff}} has the highest), terrible tournament results, and the dubious distinctions of not only being the only character in the entire Smash series to have absolutely no advantageous or even matchups (including being hard countered by 22 characters, the most out of any character in any Smash game), but of being the only character to have ever been in his own tier at the bottom of the tier list. He also has the highest amount of near unwinnable matchups of any character in the game, with a total of five. Despite being last on the American tier list, Ganondorf is ranked 31st on the [[Japanese tier list]], where Jigglypuff places last.