Robin has...kind of a bum reputation among the cast of Smash 4. A lot of people consider him low tier and assume the low ground speed and subpar frame data guarantee it. Yet we have a dedicated base of Robin mains, as well as several high level players, two of whom have an argument for
top level status, and it seems the more competent the Robin player, the more optimistic they are about where Robin stands among the other characters.
So why is it that when it comes to matchups or tier location or viability at all, the people who know Robin the most are treated as
less credible than the general fans who have little to no Robin experience? Why is it that, before the newest patch, when we had the likes of
@Raziek or
@Dathx saying the Robin/Sheik matchup wasn't lopsided and Robin/Meta Knight was outright even, the general response outside this subforum was "lol yeah right"? And what other characters is this happening to?