The balance of defensive options.

[RODO]

Sometimes it feels like the game was balanced around 8 player smash, making shields and rolls really good to counter the chaos of having 8 players on screen. So why didn't they have different shield and rolling mechanics between 8 player smash and normal smash instead of the same mechanics across the board? Shields and rolls don't need to be as strong in 4 player or 1v1 so it seems like an oversight to me.

 

[jdubYOU]

It doesn't seem to be an issue to me. If shields are stronger it just buffs defense a little bit. Which can be a good thing. And rolls don't really matter. They are still punishable.

 

[Dream Cancel]

So you see a problem with shielding and rolling because they happen to be strong in 8-player smash...?

Try this: Why do they have the same mechanics for shielding and rolling in Smash and 8-player smash?

This isn't a matter or balance, it's a matter of consistency.

 

[GhostUrsa]

Having different modes with completely different gameplay designs is bad gameplay 101. Consistency in an application is how you have a user feel comfortable using your product. In this case, they balanced the gameplay as much as they could to complement both 1v1 up to 8 player FFA so that a player could jump between all the modes and feel like they have agency.