Rate this Steve moveset:
B: Bow. Unlike Link and Byleth's bows, Steve can aim his bow in any direction but his arrows aren't as powerful as Link and Byleth's arrows.
Side B: Dirt blocks. Steve builds a pillar of 5 dirt blocks in front of him. When this move is used in the air, he'll build a platform underneath him instead that's 5 dirt blocks long. The pillars and platforms dissapear after a while and can be broken.
Up B: Ender Pearl. Steve throws it. He can throw it in any direction but he'll automatically teleport to wherever the Ender Pearl lands.
Down B: TNT block. Steve places it on the ground in front of him. When the TNT block is out, Steve's down B becomes Flint and Steel. It can be used to burn opponents, set the ground in front of him on fire and to detonate the TNT block. Attacking the TNT block enough also detonates it.
Final Smash: The Nether. Steve quickly builds a Nether Portal and if any opponents are in front of it when he builds it, a short cutscene will play showing the victims being sent to the Nether and being attacked by the monsters there. After the cutscene, the opponents will be launched.
Why not make it really interesting? Like...mob spawn? He spawns a different mob from an egg depending on how long he charges it? Max level he spawns a golem that tanks hits in front of him when first spawned, then walks around the stage slowly trying to hit folks for decent damage for a few seconds (think like a weaker version of that one bear pkmn that uppercuts folks). Weakest charge he spawns a chicken or ocelot, both do the same thing; steve tosses them at an opponent for really weak damage then they vanish.
Rest I’d say is decent, but i do feel the block building mechanic should be explored more in a moveset for him. It is Minecraft after all. And if sakurai can come up with something for villager and wii fit, I don’t see why he couldn’t use some more crazy stuff on steve.
*not a major steve supporter for smash, but am a Minecraft fan. If he does get in, i feel block building and destroying should be worked into his moveset as much as possible, do Minecraft justice, don’t just make him a blocky version of a character and moveset we already got.
**just to clarify above, I don’t have anything “against” steve getting in, since i got the only Microsoft rep i could ever want already, and it’s looking pretty likely that my most wanted of all time will also get in. Just saying I’m indifferent on steve now. He gets in? great for his fans. He doesn’t? Oh well.