I have a question regarding link's fair nerf. What exactly was the reasoning behind it? I can see why it would get nerfed but I don't see it as a problematic move. Sure it's overtuned in quite a few ways but it's not an option that completely warps his gameplan around it making it always the best option to go for in almost every situation(
grabs,
dragon lunge,nair,fair,pre nerf
dAbk combos,). It's also frame 21 factoring in startup + jumpsquat frames and unlike some commonly safe and strong sword moves(
) it lacks arcing hitboxes making it's coverage worse although it still has very good hitboxes and even has surprisingly decent vertical reach but the lack of arcing hitboxes makes it less versatile in terms of how much area it covers.