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Then Byleth is also none. Unless you define all protagonists as avatars. But then one can argue that the trainer is the protagonist of Wii Fit....
Considering the amount of fanart I've seen (including a reference to The Emperor's New Groove that I can't unsee), you're not the only one.
I think this will depends of how you feel about his arc when it's finished.
I really don't think she'd work as an echo considering only three of Byleth's attacks use Aymr.
On the bright side, Edelgard herself probably would've wanted Byleth, so that's one way to look at it.I don't especially wanted a new FE rep but I still can't get over the fact that Edelgard isn't the FE rep...
I mean ok Byleth can use all the weapons but that's the only argument for her/him. All others arguments are on the side of Edelgard...
It's the only argument that mattered in the end. At the end of the day Smash is about punching people in the face, not debating the merits and faults of meritocracy vs. aristocracy, and there's no better person at face-punching in Fodlan than Byleth. Also, the whole not showing bias to one route thing.I don't especially wanted a new FE rep but I still can't get over the fact that Edelgard isn't the FE rep...
I mean ok Byleth can use all the weapons but that's the only argument for her/him. All others arguments are on the side of Edelgard...
Most Edeleth fan art I've seen since has been like this so can confirmOn the bright side, Edelgard herself probably would've wanted Byleth, so that's one way to look at it.
I was trying to focus more on what Edel can't use (looks weird using) rather of what she uses.
On the bright side, Edelgard herself probably would've wanted Byleth, so that's one way to look at it.
How do you get that logic? An avatar character is a stand-in for the player. Villager, Pokemon Trainer, Robin, Corrin, Byleth, and arguably Inkling and Link are avatar characters. Common features of avatar characters (though they won't all have all these traits) are being renamable, customizable, and silent aside from potential dialogue options. Wii Fit Trainer is not an avatar just because you can pick a gender in Smash, they're not player stand-ins in the game they come from.
It's very easy to accept dude; Byleth is the main character of Three Houses. That means he always was the obvious choice, for very obvious reasons.I don't especially wanted a new FE rep but I still can't get over the fact that Edelgard isn't the FE rep...
I mean ok Byleth can use all the weapons but that's the only argument for her/him. All others arguments are on the side of Edelgard...
I mean, Areadbhar is used in a whopping...four attacks. That's only one more than Aymr and two more than Failnaught. It's not easy to make ANY of them semi-clones.
Doesn't aerial Side B count? Well, it's about as many attacks as the Sword of the Creator has. It's not easy to make a semi clone out of those attacks no, but a distinct play style is already there. I think it's genius honestly. You could throw in some generic Marth-based sword attacks in the move sets and you'd basically have Dimitri and Edelgard already in. Dimitri might borrow a little from Corrin, Edelgard a little from Ike.
Two aerials + fsmash + side special = 4 moves for lance.
For the lord the grabs with swords and most of teh tilts are ok, what we need is ways to change sword of teh creator. All of teh lords can be promoted to unique sword clases (lord) so them using normal swords is not super weeird. Also change the weapons from relics to more normal weapons (outside of each lord relic)
Edelgard only needs to get the Crest Stone and put it in the thing... somehow.
Or maybe we can have
This actually brings up a potentially fun discussion. Which Smash characters do you think would hypothetically join the Black Eagles?
Well, I've seen some comparisons between Black Eagles and Persona 5, soooo...
Votes are being tallied together so it doesn't really matter
That didn't get Chrom in before Robin.
By that time, we only had Marth and Ike in Brawl. And Sakurai explicitly said that no matter how they tried , a moveset for Chrom would always result in a character that's basically in between Marth and Ike. Sort of like he is now. Robin is also as much as a main character in Fire Emblem Awakening.
Parallel wasn't bashing Byleth though?
Is Robin not also a main character in Awakening? The only real assumption here is that they'd go for the main swordsman lord.
Robin is indeed a main character but so is Chrom. Back in Smash 4, nobody saw Robin coming and expected Chrom and while people like pointing at Sakurai's statement of Robin being more unique, the fact he still considered Chrom and had to compare Robin to Chrom kind of proves Sakurai planned Chrom over Robin at first
This is an Edelgard support thread, just in case you couldn't tell. You're being incredibly rude.
Failnaught is used in all of two moves and neutral air looks absolutely terrible, lol. Down Special is obviously for meme kills and whatnot, but down smash and down air (for its shield eating qualities) are absolutely better than neutral air.
Same tbh because turns out when you aren't limited to 1 or maybe 2/3 characters per game, FE's roster gets a hell of a lot more variety
Maybe it's rude, but it's also realistic. I stated the same very thing before Byleth's reveal, and I asked what the reception to Byleth would be if they got in, and not Edelgard. The answers where mostly positive, but all I read here is negativity. To me, that really doesn't make sense. It's like Corrin and Azura all over. Can't believe a fanbase of the very same game is bitter over the confirmation of it's main protagonist.
N Air probably is meme tier yes. Probably still a lot more useful than Down B however. Can't tell much about D Smash, it also looks slow. D Air probably is good on shield and reads though. Looks like Byleth will mainly use the Sword of the Creator and Areadbhar as their main weapons in competitive play. However, I doubt Byleth will be competitively viable.
