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Generally people tend to look at weaknesses before potential/anything positive, as you should always expect and be prepared for disadvantage. Heavies have always been on the lower end of most player's perception, because in a game like Smash that favor fluidity/movement, speed/combos are everything, while survivability is only ever worth it if you can capitalize on making a comeback (Snake shows this exceptionally well, as did heavies with kill combo throws + rage when it was busted in Smash 4). Being floaty/combo food is never a good thing, nor is being a large glass cannon (Mewtwo/Rosalina had enough things in their favor that people saw it as worth it to use them in previous games, but now they're looked at with much lower regard this game, though the patch helps them).
High risk/high reward is done easier (and therefore smarter to most) when you have oppressive options that force opponents to respect you almost always (Pichu, Ganondorf, etc.) while Ridley has specific advantages (edgeguarding/trapping/walling with his disjoints and fear of command grab) that don't let him contend as easily in rough match ups (zoners, rushdown, etc.) as others do. Ridley has the potential to destroy, but lacks the consistency people want since he'll get murdered if he slips up even once (exaggeration obviously, but that's how the majority views it). Even consistently good players like Tweek/Trela/Overlade can only do so much to mitigate this. Though it also goes to show even horrendous match ups don't keep them from getting that far when you put enough time into the character.
High risk/high reward is done easier (and therefore smarter to most) when you have oppressive options that force opponents to respect you almost always (Pichu, Ganondorf, etc.) while Ridley has specific advantages (edgeguarding/trapping/walling with his disjoints and fear of command grab) that don't let him contend as easily in rough match ups (zoners, rushdown, etc.) as others do. Ridley has the potential to destroy, but lacks the consistency people want since he'll get murdered if he slips up even once (exaggeration obviously, but that's how the majority views it). Even consistently good players like Tweek/Trela/Overlade can only do so much to mitigate this. Though it also goes to show even horrendous match ups don't keep them from getting that far when you put enough time into the character.
