Why is Link so low on the tier list

[SamusTheHedgehog]

wasnt this game sappose to make him great. Anyway, i like him, why is he so low

 

[ndayday]

Please use the search feature next time, there's already is a topic like this.
If you carry your questions/whatever over there, you will be much more welcome and your question will, without a doubt, be answered.

http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=236417

 

[Pink Link]

he shud be higer. ive seen izaw play a meta knigt and he almost 3stocked him

 

[SpongeBathBill]

^All that actually proves that izaw is a lot better than the MK player.

 

[Fatmanonice]

Why? He has the worst recovery in the game and that's like 80% of the reason right there. Because of this, most of the cast can reasonably gimp him as low as 50%. If his recovery was the same as Toon Link's, he'd easily be low middle tier. Other things that really hold him back are how easy he is to chaingrab and juggle and how he really doesn't have any kill moves that aren't risky.

 

[:mad:]

His matchups against top tiers are absolutely terrible, making him near unviable in tournaments. He doesn't have particularly impressive tournament results, so that holds him back even more.

Only saying this to add onto FMOI's post above this.

 

[Cap'n Lucario]

Link is low tier because of bad match-ups,a up-B so bad I would recomend use his Tether recovery ( I went there ) ,his crazy fast-fall and general lag. And we can't forget no more bomb recovery and chainshot don't hit walls no more, which might save you,but then again Sakurai hates link. What are you gonna do?

 

[Cap'n Lucario]

Link is fun though you must admit

 

[Lawz.]

forget what i said

 

[-Mars-]

Why? He has the worst recovery in the game and that's like 80% of the reason right there. Because of this, most of the cast can reasonably gimp him as low as 50%. If his recovery was the same as Toon Link's, he'd easily be low middle tier. Other things that really hold him back are how easy he is to chaingrab and juggle and how he really doesn't have any kill moves that aren't risky.

Ganon has the worst recovery in the game, even though it covers a greater distance than Link, at least with Link you can throw your boomerang on your return.......Ganon is just a sitting duck. Link can also aid his recovery with bombs, and SDI works better with link because he has a faster momentum canceller than Ganon......I will agree that it is the third worst recovery though...........Ivysaur is also worse.

I really feel like Link could move up to the top of low before it's all said and done. If you take away the horribad recovery, he has some excellent things going for him.

He has range

He has kill moves, granted they might not be the best possible kill moves but he has them nonetheless.

He can camp like a b****, zair combined with bombs makes for one of the more adaptable camp games in Brawl and link is really only forced to approach in a few matchups.

He can punish most moves in the game. Unlike Ganon and a few other characters, Link has fast enough moves that he actually possesses forms of OoS punishment. Even things like Snakes ftilt is punishable due to his tether grab.

He has moves that are safe on block. Zair autocancels, so even if it's shielded you won't necessarily be punished.

Good moveset. Zair, bombs, rang, utilt, dsmash, fsmash, and his jab are all average or better moves and the majority of them are fairly quick and possess above average range. In fact Links jab may be one of the better jabs in the game.

 

[*JuriHan*]

it's his recovery.

 

[Blubba_Pinecone]

Because he sucks.

 

[Onomanic]

he shud be higer. ive seen izaw play a meta knigt and he almost 3stocked him

Vids or gtfo. What was his opponents name? I wanna see this lol

 

[Falconv1.0]

Terrible high tier match ups, hell even Kirby ***** the **** out of him, easy to gimp, easy to juggle, etc.

Play TL. =/

 

[SuSa]

Because of the reasons above, and liking him won't make him any better of a character or higher on the tier list.

*instert ND3's post here*


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