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 ==In [[competitive play]]==
+===Tier placement and history===
+In the early ''Brawl'' [[metagame]], King Dedede was seen as among the best characters in the game, being ranked as high as 3rd on the first tier list. This was due to his strong down throw chain throw and back aerial, which were effective against many top-tier characters at the time, including {{SSBB|Snake}}, {{SSBB|Wario}}, and {{SSBB|R.O.B.}}, and gave him a strong presence at tournaments of the first years of ''Brawl''{{'}}s lifetime. Dedede was also known as one of the best counters to mid and low tiered characters, as his bair was highly effective agaist these characters, who lacked the variety of options compared to top tiers. However, the characters he did well against steadily lost their foothold on the ''Brawl'' metagame; Snake was no longer considered the second best character in the game, Wario fell to the high tiers, and R.O.B. plummeted to mid-tier viability. In addition, as character diversity declined, the mid and low tiers that Dedede countered became increasingly rare in the tournament scene. Meanwhile, faster characters who cannot be reliably chain thrown, such as {{SSBB|Meta Knight}}, {{SSBB|Olimar}}, and the {{SSBB|Ice Climbers}}, have climbed to power and dominated tournaments. Dedede saw his own gradual fall on the tier list, first dropping into the high tiers, then falling to as low as 12th in the upper mid tier as of April 2013. His decline on the tier list, combined with the fact that his best players, such as {{Sm|Mew2King}}, {{Sm|Atomsk}}, {{Sm|CO18}}, and {{Sm|Coney}}, became inactive in the ''Brawl'' scene or stopped using him in favor of other characters, has resulted in a large decrease in tournament play and earnings.
+Although King Dedede was eventually considered a non-viable character due to his severe matchup difficulties against Meta Knight and the Ice Climbers, the two most dominant characters in tournaments, he was still popular as a [[pocket character]] due to being relatively easy to play and having strong matchups against nearly every lower-tiered character, as well as several top-tiers; he notably has strong matchups versus Snake and Wario, and is the only character along with Meta Knight who has a winning matchup versus {{SSBB|Marth}}. His most prominent player, Atomsk, usually played King Dedede only in favorable matchups or against lower-tiered characters, and used Meta Knight against most top tiers. {{Sm|Vex Kasrani}}, however, became known as a solo King Dedede main late in ''Brawl''{{'}}s competitive lifetime, and was able to defeat {{Sm|Vinnie}}, {{Sm|ADHD}}, and numerous top Meta Knight players in [[NY/NJ]], despite the perceived matchup difficulties.
 ===Matchups===
 {{SSBBMatchupTable|kingdedede=yes}}
 According to [[character matchup (SSBB)|the current SmashBoards matchup chart]], King Dedede's matchup spread has the ninth highest unweighted rank, and eleventh highest weighted total. King Dedede has overall very positive matchups. He is hard [[counter]]ed in two matchups, countered in three matchups, and soft countered in three matchups. He has five even matchups, and soft counters six characters, counters eight, hard counters eight, and has one close to unloseable matchup which is {{SSBB|Bowser}}. King Dedede's matchups are very polarized, however, as he has seven disadvantageous matchups and three advantageous ones against top and high-tiered characters, and seven disadvantageous and four advantageous against characters higher-tiered than him. Conversely, King Dedede has only one disadvantageous matchup and five even matchups against characters lower-tiered than him, and he harshly counters lower tier characters moreso than other top/high tier characters do besides {{SSBB|Meta Knight}}. King Dedede tends to have advantageous matchups against characters he can chain throw with [[King Dedede (SSBB)/Down throw|his down throw]], and tends to have disadvantageous matchups against characters who can overwhelm him with fast attack speed, such as {{SSBB|Meta Knight}} and {{SSBB|Fox}}, as well as characters that can [[camp|outcamp]] him and force him to [[approach]], such as {{SSBB|Falco}} and {{SSBB|Olimar}}. King Dedede hard counters several characters due to his down throw chain throw; King Dedede can perform a small-step and/or infinite chaingrab on {{SSBB|Wolf}}, {{SSBB|Donkey Kong}}, {{SSBB|Bowser}}, {{SSBB|Mario}}, {{SSBB|Samus}}, and {{SSBB|Luigi}}, that can deal very heavy damage. King Dedede can also perform a standing infinite [[grab release|ground-release-chaingrab]] on {{SSBB|Ness}}. Conversely, King Dedede struggles against characters that are too light to be chain-grabbed, such as Meta Knight, Olimar, and Falco, with the aforementioned characters possessing ways to easily camp him back. He is also hard countered by the {{SSBB|Ice Climbers}} due to lack of safe options to approach without getting grabbed.
 ===Notable players===
 :''See also: [[:Category:King Dedede professionals (SSBB)]]''
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 *{{Sm|Seibrik|USA}} - Known as a top King Dedede player from Florida, who he mains along with Meta Knight and Wario.
 *{{Sm|Vex|USA}} - Became known as the best pure Dedede main in the pre-''Smash 4'' era, with victories such a {{Sm|ADHD}}, {{Sm|Vinnie}}, and {{Sm|DEHF}} under his belt.
-===Tier placement and history===
-In the early ''Brawl'' [[metagame]], King Dedede was seen as among the best characters in the game, being ranked as high as 3rd on the first tier list. This was due to his strong down throw chain throw and back aerial, which were effective against many top-tier characters at the time, including {{SSBB|Snake}}, {{SSBB|Wario}}, and {{SSBB|R.O.B.}}, and gave him a strong presence at tournaments of the first years of ''Brawl''{{'}}s lifetime. Dedede was also known as one of the best counters to mid and low tiered characters, as his bair was highly effective agaist these characters, who lacked the variety of options compared to top tiers. However, the characters he did well against steadily lost their foothold on the ''Brawl'' metagame; Snake was no longer considered the second best character in the game, Wario fell to the high tiers, and R.O.B. plummeted to mid-tier viability. In addition, as character diversity declined, the mid and low tiers that Dedede countered became increasingly rare in the tournament scene. Meanwhile, faster characters who cannot be reliably chain thrown, such as {{SSBB|Meta Knight}}, {{SSBB|Olimar}}, and the {{SSBB|Ice Climbers}}, have climbed to power and dominated tournaments. Dedede saw his own gradual fall on the tier list, first dropping into the high tiers, then falling to as low as 12th in the upper mid tier as of April 2013. His decline on the tier list, combined with the fact that his best players, such as {{Sm|Mew2King}}, {{Sm|Atomsk}}, {{Sm|CO18}}, and {{Sm|Coney}}, became inactive in the ''Brawl'' scene or stopped using him in favor of other characters, has resulted in a large decrease in tournament play and earnings.
-Although King Dedede was eventually considered a non-viable character due to his severe matchup difficulties against Meta Knight and the Ice Climbers, the two most dominant characters in tournaments, he was still popular as a [[pocket character]] due to being relatively easy to play and having strong matchups against nearly every lower-tiered character, as well as several top-tiers; he notably has strong matchups versus Snake and Wario, and is the only character along with Meta Knight who has a winning matchup versus {{SSBB|Marth}}. His most prominent player, Atomsk, usually played King Dedede only in favorable matchups or against lower-tiered characters, and used Meta Knight against most top tiers. {{Sm|Vex Kasrani}}, however, became known as a solo King Dedede main late in ''Brawl''{{'}}s competitive lifetime, and was able to defeat {{Sm|Vinnie}}, {{Sm|ADHD}}, and numerous top Meta Knight players in [[NY/NJ]], despite the perceived matchup difficulties.
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