Zelda (SSBU): Difference between revisions

As one of the characters playable in the E3 demo build, players were fairly divided early on Zelda as a competitive character. Much of the optimism surrounding the character could be attributed to noticeably improved frame data, particularly on her Jab and out-of-shield options, which were key points of grievance with the character's past iterations, as well as [[Phantom Slash]]'s changes. However, just as players took notice of the character's improvements over ''SSB4'', they found some of her key issues, such as her mobility and poor endurance, were retained from previous games as well. In spite of this, players such as {{Sm|ven}} have used to her to a fair degree of success. This left consensus on her potential regard Zelda as a mid-tiered character, with some such as {{sm|Mew2King}}, {{Sm|Salem}}, and {{Sm|Goblin}} considering her a high tier due to her out of shield options, KO power, and ledge trapping.  

However, as time went on and the game and its ensuing patches were released, her flaws were only further exploited, her success has not been as high in comparison to the early metagame. This led to a more negative perspective, with the general consensus of professionals considering a low tier.

In more recent times however, opinions on Zelda began to improve, as players such as {{Sm|ven}}, {{Sm|Naskino}}, {{Sm|Marf}}, and {{Sm|ZeroTwoNone}} has continue to place well with her. Furthermore, she has received noticeably improvements towards her consistencies in 7.0.0, which is one of her major weaknesses. As such, many players now have a more positive opinion on Zelda, with the general consensus widely consider her as a mid tier. {{Sm|ESAM}} who once viewed her as a low tier now believed that she has the potential to be an upper mid tier or even a high tier, although some players claimed that Zelda is still too polarizing as a character and believed she’s still a mid tier at best. For now, her viability remains debatable, although it is widely agreed that Zelda is much better than all of her previous incarnations.