What was the balance philosophy behind Mewtwo? Nothing makes sense.

[Diddy Kong]

Am beginning to see he's actually viable to yes, but he has extremely bad matchups against Top Tiers especially so that will severly limit Mewtwo eventually. He has glaring weaknesses added, amongst buffs which where heavily needed. Which I don't quite understand, cause they got the exact right thing in mind when buffing certain characters as . And that's actually quite frustrating, cause Mewtwo would've been so much better if he had just a little added grab range and weight.

 

[MagiusNecros]

His pivot grab legit sucks. Pivot confusion has more range FFS

 

[PhantomShab]

Which I don't quite understand, cause they got the exact right thing in mind when buffing certain characters as

I can assure you that Sakurai hates Link and is actively trying to make him worse and worse in each "balance" patch. The way he nerfed Link's jab 1 is just diabolical.

 

[Diddy Kong]

I can assure you that Sakurai hates Link and is actively trying to make him worse and worse in each "balance" patch. The way he nerfed Link's jab 1 is just diabolical.

True but he's still leagues ahead of Brawl Link...

 

[MagiusNecros]

True but he's still leagues ahead of Brawl Link...

And Sheik is lightyears beyond the rest of the Zelda cast.

 

[ZephyrZ]

I can assure you that Sakurai hates Link and is actively trying to make him worse and worse in each "balance" patch. The way he nerfed Link's jab 1 is just diabolical.

I'd say to blame all those For Glory scrubs who always cry over Link's projectiles, but the fact that it wasn't his projectiles that got nerfed is just plain odd.

 

[godogod]

Are there needed buffs we can ALL agree with? Ones without a doubt?

Weight.
Up air, back air, and up tilt fixing their animation/hitxboxes to make them easier to hit.
Down smash having a bigger hitbox, particularly against rolelrs.
Confusion. Change hitbox or faster start up.
-overall faster tail attacks(particuarly forward and up tilt, and back air)


Personally I think forward smash shouldn't whiff at point blank. I don't know why people actually think there's no problem with this.
Also, I think Shadowball needs another buff, like damaging opponents while charging.

I know I don't have everything covered.


Also, assuming we have a patch, how do you think Sakurai will balance him? I don't know if I'll be more surprised if he does or doesn't change his weight. At the most so far, sakurai has changed damage values, knockback, and frames. But not an attribute like dash speed, air speed, or weight, IIRC. IF he DOES get a weight buff, I can see it come back to Melee weight. I'd love Mewtwo to be buffed as average weight(95-100) or light heavy, but I don't ever see it happening.

I DO see Mewtwo getting some damage buffs on some of his tail attacks maybe, and less whiffs for some moves(very likely).

 

[PhantomShab]

True but he's still leagues ahead of Brawl Link...

That won't last long if Sakurai keeps making stupid decisions.

 

[Diddy Kong]

And Sheik is lightyears beyond the rest of the Zelda cast.

Sadly yeah... But this has always been the case. Except for Brawl, where Toon Link was slightly better than Sheik. I still think Toon Link is a legit character this time to, but nowhere near Sheik level.