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I don't think so.
Link has more setups from Bombs than Toon Link does and dishes out more damage from said setups. While Toon Link has F-Air/U-Air setups, Link can set up from his bombs on opponents with ALL of his aerials, even B-Air and Spin Attack. Link also has far better combo setups than Toon Link, with Link being able to D-Throw > U-Tilt/U-Smash/U-Air, with the U-Air being able to kill reliably off of a good and quick double jump. Link's also a better character with his edge-rising (when you let go of a ledge, jump and use an attack to get back up) aerials with his F-Air, which leads to good shield poking.
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It lasts frames 18-21 (seeing from KuroganeHammer), so I believe that's when Ike jumps and has the SA. And it's strong enough to defeat a lot of attacks (unless you land beside Warlock Punch).
Mario's SJP is pretty easy to trade with multi-hit moves, usually resulting in him being soft-spiked and dying. Luigi cyclone, Wario dair, Doc tornado/dair, etc.
It's definitely in your best interest to not go out and try to edgeguard Mewtwo even though he uses a teleport, since he has so much oomph in his recovery he can easily afford to wait and see if the opponent will try. If they do he can either teleport past them quickly and seize control of the stage or wait out their edge guarding attempt near the blastzone where all but the most proficient of recoveries (namely Villager) can afford to go, then counter their attempt with a rising bair (confusion lets him stall AND change orientation easily).
I think Mewtwo's recovery is less exploitable in the traditional sense and more exploitable in the "my ledge options are all ****ed up sense." which is where you can really stick it to him. They could...probably stand to fix those. His recovery outside of ledge stuff? Yeah it's really solid and probably some of the best in the game, he EASILY has the best teleport in the game and the fastest way to insta-snap to ledge but the problem therein lies how his ledge options are. Just inherently so bad, I'm almost positive there were some bugs/faulty stuff with them that makes them worse than intended I believe?
Honestly, attempting to gimp Kirby off stage is a pretty bad idea given his multiple jumps and his d-air spike, along with his long lasting f-air.
Nah, many characters have very low-risk edge guards on Ness. Pika T-jolt sniping, Wario bike throwing, various down B sniping, etc. Ness is only a high risk target if you decide you want to hit him with not-a-disjoint-or-projectile
I see.
Rob recovery is super free if you force him low imo. It's simply an issue of keeping him off long enough, which is actually very easy with a read or two.
While Mewtwo's standard ledge options may be mediocre, his true ace in the hole here is all the things he can do out of a ledge drop, like airdodge, attack, confusion to beat shield etc. And that's mentioning he can often bypass the ledge game entirely easily against certain characters, especially with a charged shadow ball as backup.
Teleports made from above the ledge are safe afaik. Everything else is fair game that I've seen. The better your offstage game the more likely it is in your favor to go for it as you'll be able to limit options that prelude recovery options.
What names has Diddy taken recently? Diddy's strongest solo main in NA, MVD, kind of bustered at the last two majors, BH5 and MLG. Zinoto also got a pretty mediocre placing at BH5 and didn't make any upsets. ZeRo is ZeRo, and also only chooses to play Diddy in a few select matchups. His performance may speak for the Diddy/Sheik and Diddy/ZSS matchups, but it doesn't say as much about Diddy's tournament viability. I'm also not aware of any significant reps he has in Europe or Japan (Kamemushi? Also plays Mega Man though).
Because we choose where we recovery, unlike Brawl where you could force him to recover somewhere.
Link has combo setups from bombs in many ways compared to Tink, and has more Boomerang setups as well; again, Tink's most reliable setups are in his F-Air and U-Air from Bomb, while Link's most reliable ones come from any of his aerials. Link's N-Air, like I said, is very well done in terms of how it can connect to other attacks, including itself. His B-Air can link into itself, U-Tilt to U-Smash, D-Throw to any of his up attacks (even Spin Attack on a good air dodge read). There's more potential for successful combos for Link than Toon Link. There's one answer.
Only if you hit with mega man's buster itself. Not the shots.
I disagree. Kirby doesn't have great range on those moves and disjointed moves such as Marth's Fair just straight out beat any move Kirby has. Attempting to gimp Kirby offstage is a great idea.
Why can't every region be this diverse??
This is actually something I've been wondering for a while. How does the hitbox extension work and how can it be abused?
Depends on what you have and stuff.
Visual representation here: https://twitter.com/AeroZSS/status/648159888003190785
Doc can cover Mewtwo at the ledge pretty sparingly with a well placed USmash given Mewtwo's incredibly limited and messed up ledge actions. Because Doc's Usmash hits so far in front of him he can cover a lot of ledge options pretty flexibly with it and also avoid standing in an area where's he's especially vulnerable. I don't tend to do ledge play near Mewtwo because I can kill him easily on-stage with a Bair or a trade which aren't hard to nab.
When Pikachu uses Quick Attack, he sort of "pancakes" after each dash which stretches out his vertical hurtbox substantially, letting you hit him by putting hitboxes above or below where he's headed.
I know right? I was like "What is Link doing here?"
The biggest thing in this debate is that no matter what, Tink's set-ups are way more reliable to the point that there's a very small chance to no chance at all of escaping if done correctly. His F-air is an extremely powerful kill move that is guaranteed after a bomb or Boomerang hit. Same with U-air.
...You know you just ignored the entire paragraph describing what Mewtwo can do out of a ledgedrop and how it helps compensate for his other ledge options right? Well, here's another: reorienting away from the stage to attack with a spaced bair.
