Enrel
Smash Apprentice
Since this pertains to the only puppet master we have in the game. I figure the Rosalina boards are the best place to discuss this. To be honest my experience with fighting games tends to be limited to a select few. So statements or assertions may not always be correct or possibly misguided.
With some of the more traditional fighting games, the puppet master character is someone who is ALWAYS difficult to play no matter the circumstances having the rely on a second splits someone's attention in a fight. Ice Climbers were apart of this and were considered one of the highest skill caps in the game due to desync. They were always considered one of highest in terms of Tiers. Though that might be due to infinites. There's one thing that seems to be true for all cases, Puppet Masters are characters of extremes.
They're either so insanely good they're always a high tier if not the highest. Either that or they're complete trash. Now don't take this in regards to calling Rosalina OP because she's not. Definitely IMO top 10 material. But this sort of thing is interesting to think about.
What makes these characters so strong or weak? The second character of-course plays a key factor in this. There's no other way around it. They are completely balanced around this second character more than they are balanced around the main one it feels. Instead of the occasional tool to help out this second character becomes the main character. Almost like Puppet Masters are glorified escort quests. Are Puppet Masters just too hard to balance? They fall either in the higher end of tiers or the lower end.
With some of the more traditional fighting games, the puppet master character is someone who is ALWAYS difficult to play no matter the circumstances having the rely on a second splits someone's attention in a fight. Ice Climbers were apart of this and were considered one of the highest skill caps in the game due to desync. They were always considered one of highest in terms of Tiers. Though that might be due to infinites. There's one thing that seems to be true for all cases, Puppet Masters are characters of extremes.
They're either so insanely good they're always a high tier if not the highest. Either that or they're complete trash. Now don't take this in regards to calling Rosalina OP because she's not. Definitely IMO top 10 material. But this sort of thing is interesting to think about.
What makes these characters so strong or weak? The second character of-course plays a key factor in this. There's no other way around it. They are completely balanced around this second character more than they are balanced around the main one it feels. Instead of the occasional tool to help out this second character becomes the main character. Almost like Puppet Masters are glorified escort quests. Are Puppet Masters just too hard to balance? They fall either in the higher end of tiers or the lower end.