Better than Marth?

[SilentFox12345]

Yeah, I'm asking it too. It seems to me like that although Fox and Falco have so much potential, they still has some major weakness that can be easily exploited (comboed easily, terrible recovery for Falco, etc.), while it seems like nothing is drastically wrong with Marth. He is much more powerful, has a huge range with a disjointed hitbox, and very mindgame-friendly. There is also no character you could really call Marth's bane. I want to see the other side of the argument as well, so go ahead and post your reasons why Fox and Falco are better.

 

[halfDemon]

Shine > Marth. SHL > Marth.

 

[Pye]

I'd have to say that Marth's greatest weakness is his lack of a projectile. Notice how the other 4 top tier characters (Fox, Falco, Peach and Shiek) all have godly projectiles. Marth has some trouble against projectiles, and it takes a very good player to be able to deal with them.

You're beeing projectile spammed as Falco? Spam back! You're beeing projectile spammed as Sheik? SPAM BACK! But as Marth? You have to approach, which is not Marth's forte. I think his greatest weakness, the one that puts him below Fox and Falco, is how easily he is manipulated by anyone with something to shoot him with from afar.

 

[Emblem Lord]

Marth actually has a good approach game. But Fox and Falco overall are just better. They attack faster, they have that shine, which is good for comboing and avoiding shield grabs and other forms of retaliation. They can pressure better. Fox with his speed and Falco with his lasers. Thier aerials are better overall. Thier movelist is more useful overall. Sure they can get comboed, but everyone in the game gets comboed badly by other characters.

Fox and Falco are definitaly better then Marth. But not by much.

Martth can't just rush in and rely on his moves to save his hide. Nor does he have some extremely powerful brick wall. He does have some brick walls, but they arent as good as shines and Falco's lasers. Overall it takes a very smasrt player to bring out Marth's full potential and he has less to work with then the space animals.

They are better. Thread over.

 

[Silent Wolf]

IMO, it should be Fox, Sheik, Falco, then Marth.
But this isn't a tier list discussion. So go discuss this in that thread if anywhere.

On a side not - Whoa, SilentFox. Almost like Silent Wolf :D