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Falco's lazers were heavily nerfed though. You can't autocancle them and Link can literally walk towards Falco blocking lazers. The endlag is very punishable and the lazers themselves are very slow. "Wall of lasers" is an overstatement. I can even punish Fox's laser lag with a dash attack, though Link can't block his lasers with the Hylian shield for some reason, so good for him.(Edited)
To beat Link? Falco has by far the best anti-neutral game against Link. The Link player will have to adapt tremendously to get around the wall of lasers. I would argue the same for Mario who counters Link's boomerang pressure with the fireballs rather handily. Mario is slightly slower however and his range is beaten by Link's at mid-range.
And while this matchup is generally even, I believe that Sheik beats Link at high levels of play. She has better camping game and way better punishes on Link. Not to mention she's one of the few characters that are good at edgeguarding him. Keep the pressure on him really.
Mewtwo and Pit are theoretically good vs Link as well but I haven't played either matchup enough.
Dude have you faced a good Falco? Good Falcos can position their lasers much better and aim even for Link's head and feet. A laser will hit you no matter what, Hylian shield or not, so in general it's less getting hit by the lasers and more working around the laser pressure. I'm not saying that the Hylian shield doesn't work but the approach is not free by any means.Falco's lazers were heavily nerfed though. You can't autocancle them and Link can literally walk towards Falco blocking lazers. The endlag is very punishable and the lazers themselves are very slow. "Wall of lasers" is an overstatement. I can even punish Fox's laser lag with a dash attack, though Link can't block his lasers with the Hylian shield for some reason, so good for him.
No dude. Falco's lazers are super bad. If you land from shooting lasers, he has a ton of endlag. Shooting lasers at all is very risky with Falco. Any character can just power shield and move in for a punish.Dude have you faced a good Falco? Good Falcos can position their lasers much better and aim even for Link's head and feet. A laser will hit you no matter what, Hylian shield or not, so in general it's less getting hit by the lasers and more working around the laser pressure. I'm not saying that the Hylian shield doesn't work but the approach is not free by any means.
(facepalm) Stopped reading here. You're still missing my point like completely. Do you know what Falco's lasers in general do to Link's neutral game? If Link dares to pull a bomb out or throw the rang, he will get lasered in the face. Also nobody can powershield consistently so that approach is only available like less than half of the time. The way to handle Falco is to approach from a more vertical angle like from a platform or from a full hop. Hence is why characters like Peach and Puff handle Falco well because they can work around his incredible horizontal space control, which Link is strong in but Falco is much stronger.Falco's lazers are super bad.
My bad lol you're right. I feel like an idiot. I thought we were talking about Smash 4. Please disregard my comments here guys. I didn't read the tags.(facepalm) Stopped reading here. You're still missing my point like completely. Do you know what Falco's lasers in general do to Link's neutral game? If Link dares to pull a bomb out or throw the rang, he will get lasered in the face. Also nobody can powershield consistently so that approach is only available like less than half of the time. The way to handle Falco is to approach from a more vertical angle like from a platform or from a full hop. Hence is why characters like Peach and Puff handle Falco well because they can work around his incredible horizontal space control, which Link is strong in but Falco is much stronger.
I hope you realize this is Project M we're talking about and not Smash 4, because in that game yes I can admit that Falco's lasers are awful. In P:M the lasers still autocancel.