Wii Fit main returning from Smash 4, and OH. MY. GOD. SHE IS NOT A JOKE ANYMORE. I talk a lot of nitty-gritty technical stuff, but first let me just freak out.
In the total opposite of my other main Villager, Wii Fit Trainer was BUFFED in almost every sense. And to not just finally have an up tilt, but to have a really, REALLY GOOD UP TILT? Yes, please, Sakurai. Please and thank you.
Deep Breathing Sun Salutation hits for 33%. Instant Header from under a platform is even more. This is a character who can throw an opponent from 0% to 40% in the blink of an eye. The ball is faster, bigger, and heavier, and it gets offscreen faster. It doesn't get stuck above the Battlefield platforms anymore. It's so difficult for the opponent to avoid, and the offstage and close-range applications are much more rewarding.
The Header ball now has Fit-seeking abilities like Dedede's Gordo Throw in Smash 4, yet it's still SO MUCH BETTER.
Even her down tilt is now over 20% with Deep Breathing, and Deep Breathing is blazing fast. I'm more often running off the ledge to do it, and of course my opponent runs over. Smash Ultimate's universal changes make offstage play automatically more dangerous for the recovering character, but this little play is still safe. Though it doesn't hurt now that I'm no longer basically invincible offstage. That was what I loved most about my mains.
Only problem I'm having is the new timing for smash attacks. I hate it. It's awful. And I'm not the only one accidentally performing smash attacks like crazy. It seems a lot of other people are also trying to move to and adjust to using the stick shortcuts for tilts instead of smashes. Seems to be the only way to reliably tilt now. Changing stick sensitivity from high to low didn't help much. Just made me unable to drop through platforms quickly. One of my go-to plays as Wii Fit Trainer used to be pivot side tilts. Now those are side smashes.
To make the pivoting woes worse, her pivot cancel tilts have very little momentum. But hey, neutral is already a nightmare we should be avoiding at all costs, so I'm sure it won't impact her viability too much. It's not a tool she wants to need in the first place. Besides, her newly-buffed dash attack is now a kill move. I'll accept that.