Counter misses a lot

[foxygrandpa]

Im not sure if he really needs this, but I think it would help to make him have more fluid of a design.
Pretty often, when ike gets hit with his counter, he ends up missing with the slash. If the vertical range of this attack was slightly tweaked, I think it would make counter more reliable and less luck based. Everything else about ike is pretty cool though, like him in this version.

 

[Commander]

Marth and Roy both miss too if they are too high above their opponent when being hit. Counter isn't really something you should be using unless you see an F Smash coming your way.

 

[G13_Flux]

i think the fact that it can miss is good since it adds the element of smart usage to play. It would be a little OP if counter hit all the time in all positions. That would just encourage spam usage. It should only really miss if you are like directly above/below your opponent anyways though. For me, i usually connect with it at least a good 4 out of 5 times I use it, which isnt really often consider the fact that a grab heavy game will easily punish you for over using it.

 

[Kankato]

i think the fact that it can miss is good since it adds the element of smart usage to play. It would be a little OP if counter hit all the time in all positions. That would just encourage spam usage. It should only really miss if you are like directly above/below your opponent anyways though. For me, i usually connect with it at least a good 4 out of 5 times I use it, which isnt really often consider the fact that a grab heavy game will easily punish you for over using it.

Marth's counter is very reliable at landing the counter-hit, but it's not considered overpowered due to it's epic punishability and lack of combo conversions. It's mostly used to annoy Falco...