Finally, a challenging hint. This hint could be many characters, but I'm thinking it's Yoshi this time.
I hate how so many people disrespect Yoshi. "HE SUX" "BOTTOM TIRE LOL". He isn't half bad if you get to know him. Sure, a lot of other characters are better than he is, but he doesn't suck. Some Yoshi mains, such as Chaco and Bigman, are finding and learning a lot of Yoshi techs. Dragonic Reverse is a technique that basically allows Yoshi to wavedash - a characteristic that no other character in the game has.
I usually lurk the Yoshi boards because I like the community there, and I've seen the match-up post about Metaknight. Surprisingly, this match-up is fairly close, being about 55:45 in MK's favor. I don’t think Metaknight is going to worry about Yoshi and start thinking of counter tactics, but the Yoshi board will, giving them an advantage and hopefully making the match-up neutral or maybe in Yoshi’s favor.
Yoshi’s special moves appear to be made of crap at first, but did you know that Yoshi’s down-b is actually one of his best killing moves? His neutral b on the edge forces opponents to DI towards the stage, which leaves them open to get hit by a dair which does over 9000 damage. His up-b is one of the only few projectiles that can be controlled, it does decent damage, and is easily spammed. You can also ledge stall with this move while the opponent has to worry about not getting hit by the eggs. Although his up-b is bottom tier in terms of recovery, he still gains distance with it, maybe more or about the same distance as olimar’s up-b. In my opinion, side-b is his worst special, but it can be a move to mix up his ground game, and it has decent priority from what I’ve heard.
Being in a defensive position for Yoshi is why he is considered so bad. He’s got a terribly slow roll dodge, he can’t up-smash out of a shield, and he can’t jump out of his shield. Basically, when Yoshi is put into a defensive position, he has the worst options in the game. Why did Sakurai do this? Probably to “balance” out the fact that Yoshi’s shield does not shrink. But still, I’m sure any Yoshi main would rather prefer a normal shield than an egg shield.
Death if edgeguarded? Yes, footstool jump eats Yoshi’s only real recovery, but a good Yoshi will know how to avoid footstools. I actually find that Yoshi’s recovery is one of the harder ones to gimp because he has a lot of direction control and good “gtfo” aerial attacks.