Zinoto and MVD are both great players. But JJRockets also shouldn't be overlooked.
Diddy Kong
you think Diddy is top 5? How???
Well? He's got great matchups against the most common, absolute Top Tiers. 55-45 against
is amazing, and our neutral makes it close to even- this is why ZeRo absolutely dominates Sheiks. VS
we probably hold an advantage due to results and ZSS's lack of dealing with our neutral / options. I'd say we beat
as solidly as
beats us.
is more difficult, but it's not too hard to work around her Luma. Plus, the character is on a decline, and was never as popular as Sheik / ZSS anyway. Probably 60-40, we don't lose that hard.
is difficult in some cases, Diddy really needs to adapt to much faster play than usual when dealing with Fox. A matchup we need to be on the lookout for, but luckily we can outspace him and our approach is good vs Fox. Also, we can kill and gimp him early. I'd say, the matchup requires work, but is as "bad" as our
MU. (Against Sheik however, this is less of a problem because of Sheik being metagame monster
)
is pretty much even, used to think it was in our disadvantage however.
isn't common at all, and I see no reason to fear Pikachu unless the Pika player is expert in the Match Up.
We beat
&
, results back this up. I also believe we beat
, Ness players love to think they beat us. No, they just have tools to wall us out more than other characters, but in the end, if we just don't get hit by PK Fire, F Air, and ultimately don't get killed by a B Throw, we win. We need to take care of approaching in the air however.
is pretty much even to I'd say, maybe we hold an advantage actually... Not too knowledgable on Sonic, but he's not beating us, that's a thing for sure.
is a pain in the ass to fight, but that goes for everyone who isn't Sheik, basically. I don't believe we lose this badly, but a disadvantage is certain. His range, speed and projectile are annoying to deal with, as of now. It could be that we have some matchup inexperience, as Cloud is a rather recent character- but it's speculated that Cloud and Diddy are about as viable as each other, and they compete for Spot #3~4, probably because I think both
&
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Now there's also
who's a real pain in the ass, but if we can keep our Banana in our own hands, the matchup is in our favor, easily.
Taking in account that most Top Tiers have matchups they lose, I see
as a strong contender for Top 5, mostly cause he actually wins against Sheik and Zero Suit Samus. Only Cloud does it in a similar manner, so I guess Diddy & Cloud could potentially throw Rosalina out of Top 5.