Hey guys, a quick question about Zelda.

[mountain_tiger]

Now, I don't play Zelda very much, but here's something I can't help but think: why is Zelda so low in the tiers? Half of her moves have KO potential and they aren't too slow either. Granted, USmash and FSmash can be SDI'ed out of, but she has plenty of other kill moves, and she has a good controllable projectile. So why is she so low in the tier list? I know her recovery isn't too great, but it's by no means terrible, and I can't think of many other major flaws in her character. Plus she's a great DDD counter. I'm likely missing something obvious here, so could some Zelda mains clear this up for me? Thanks.

 

[Brinzy]

She's too slow, she's too tall for a light character, she has bad approaches, she has one of the worst aerial games around, she has a terrible grab that is really not worth using unless you can predict a shield, she has a bad projectile, she has a bad reflector that is put to better use on things that don't need reflecting, she has extreme blindspots that are abusable by practically everyone, she has an amazing defensive game that doesn't get put to much use because she's always on the offensive, she sucks at edgeguarding, she sucks on the ledge, she sucks at dealing with projectile abuse, she can't deal with camping, she is not placing well, she can't beat MK consistently, she can't beat Snake consistently, she can't beat anyone else soundly, and she has nobody playing her.

 

[Kataefi]

Q&A Thread
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=208194

Zelda's Tier Discussion
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=236422

These two links should help you =p No need to create a separate thread!

edit: what successor said is pretty much it though =p