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Upon the game's release, players quickly noticed King Dedede's nerfs in the transition from ''[[Brawl]]'', most notably the loss of [[chain grab]]bing, though they also argued some of his buffs would help compensate in the long run, with players perceiving his new forward aerial, Gordo Toss and down tilt as more useful than the previous respective moves in ''Brawl''. However, as the metagame progressed, King Dedede's weaknesses became more apparent, and players realized the changes to game mechanics not only significantly hurt Dedede, but that he had indeed lost much more than what he gained from ''Brawl'' as well. Despite the good results gained by players like {{Sm|Big D}} and {{Sm|El_Bardo}} (with the former getting 17th at [[Paragon Los Angeles 2015]]), expectations of him would become worse as time passed. As a result, King Dedede was ranked 46th on the first [[tier list]], confirming his status as a bottom-tier character. | Upon the game's release, players quickly noticed King Dedede's nerfs in the transition from ''[[Brawl]]'', most notably the loss of [[chain grab]]bing, though they also argued some of his buffs would help compensate in the long run, with players perceiving his new forward aerial, Gordo Toss and down tilt as more useful than the previous respective moves in ''Brawl''. However, as the metagame progressed, King Dedede's weaknesses became more apparent, and players realized the changes to game mechanics not only significantly hurt Dedede, but that he had indeed lost much more than what he gained from ''Brawl'' as well. Despite the good results gained by players like {{Sm|Big D}} and {{Sm|El_Bardo}} (with the former getting 17th at [[Paragon Los Angeles 2015]]), expectations of him would become worse as time passed. As a result, King Dedede was ranked 46th on the first [[tier list]], confirming his status as a bottom-tier character. | ||
Despite the great advancements brought to his metagame as well as decent results, however, | Despite the great advancements brought to his metagame as well as decent results, however, Dedede's air speed was nerfed in update [[1.1.4]]. While minor, this nerf is notable in two ways: it worsened his neutral game and recovery, and it is now the slowest in the game, even slower than that of Shulk while using the [[Monado Arts|Shield Art]]. As a result of this, Dedede's results became much worse, and as a result he dropped to 52nd on the second tier list. Since the tiers had expanded by then, it this placement drop resulted in him becoming the second highest ranking bottom-tier character, having lost his position as the highest ranking bottom-tier character to {{SSB4|Charizard}}. On the third tier list, Dedede remained ranked as 52nd, although he is now assessed as a low-tier character due to the bottom-tier being abolished, and once again remains ranked at 52nd on the fourth and current tier list, though this placing is notable for confirming his status as the fifth worst character in the game, after the exclusion of Miis from the most recent tier list. Despite this, it it debatable over whether Dedede or {{SSB4|Ganondorf}} is the worst super heavyweight in the game, due to the fact that Ganondorf has garnered a larger playerbase and more results. | ||
==Trophies== | ==Trophies== | ||