New Smash Bros for WiiU

Waddle Dee​

Stats

Waddle Dee is an extremely unique character who focuses on his precise shield poking and on-shield game. He also has a parasol that possesses unique features. Mainly, it's used as a shield during moments of rushing down and zoning the opponent. It can shield certain attacks. It can even shield FINAL SMASHES!

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Neutral Special : Parasol spin

Waddle Dee spins his parasol in front of him. It can reflect projectiles and fend off melee attacks. It also switches the enemy's direction like the cape. Each hit deals 3% damage.

Parasol spin is useful not because of its reflective mechanics but its ability to cancel once you go in contact with an enemy. This means that you can follow up another attack after this. For defensive uses, this has no limit or lasting time like Pit's shield. It can shield you against the following:

- Physical projectiles
- Magical projectiles
- Standard attacks

It is vulnerable against:

- Attacks from the back
- Attacks from the front
- Explosive projectiles
- Final smash projectiles
- Final smash melee projectiles

Forward Special : Parasol charge

Waddle Dee charges at the enemy using his parasol. It reflects all sorts of projectiles. It deals 10% damage.

Use this move to rush down campers/zoners. It goes through almost all sorts of projectiles even from final smashes such as Mario finale and Zero laser. It can also shield against energy based attacks such as Mario's f-smash but NOT Zelda's magical based attacks. The bad thing is that it is vulnerable to most melee attacks EVEN the quick and weak ones:

- All melee attacks (Including Zelda's)

It's invulnerable against:

- All projectiles
- All magical projectiles
- Mario's f-smash
- Zelda's specials
- Other magic based smashes and aerials
- Grabs

Downward Special : Parasol shield

Waddle Dee shields using his parasol. It reflects ALL melee attacks. It does no damage but it is vulnerable to most energy based attacks and grabs

Against rush downs, this move will be used a lot. It shields against ALL melee attacks and final smash melee attacks. It's unfortunately beaten out by most projectiles and it can be grabbed out of.

Upward Special : Parasol fly

Waddle Dee flies with his Parasol.

Nothing much to say actually about this move. It's Waddle Dee's main recovery. It can be extended by glide. You can't attack while using this move by the way.

Standard attacks​

Neutral attack : Poke

Waddle Dee pokes the enemy with his spear. It deals 6% damage.

This can be done fast. You can hold A to machine gun it. A great move all around as a follow up and a combo starter. It's obviously not a good combo finisher. It's a great attack on shields since it has a weirdly noticeable effect on the shield. Rapidly using this on the shield might even make shields like Bowser's as small as Ness or Lucas.

Dash attack : Waddle Jump

Waddle Dee leaps at the enemy dealing 9% damage.

One of the better dash attacks in the game. Unlike most dash attacks, it's not easy to punish. It has a long lasting hit box. Just don't use it out of the blue. The overall speed is slow and easy to react to. It's best to follow it up from another attack or use it as a combo finisher since it has decent knockback.

Forward tilt : Parasol jab

Waddle Dee jabs the enemy with a parasol. It can be aimed diagonally up, down or just straight forward. It deals 11% damage.

One of Waddle Dee's spacing tools. This attack is powerful in general compared to Waddle Dee's moves plus it has long range. If you're planning to keep away the enemy, this move will fit you defensive game.

Downward tilt : Lower poke

Waddle Dee pokes the enemy's lower parts. It deals only 5% damage but it can be used rapidly if you click A a lot.

It's just like his neutral A but it hits lower and it can shield poke easily. It can also make enemies trip which leaves them for another attack. Note that it also has long range. Remember, it's not used for attacking shields. It's used for poking the open spots in the shield. Once the feet of the opponent (If they have feet) are exposed, use this move!

Upward tilt : Spear up!

Waddle Dee swings his spear upwards! It deals 7%. damage.

Great move as an anti air. Although, it's not a good move to use against ground attacks. The horizontal range is too short which makes the good priority of this attack useless against ground attacks. Against aerial attacks, this move will become a great benefit. Unless of course, the aerial attack has better range than this attack then the best option is to shield it or use Waddle Dee's parasol shield.


Forward smash : Parasol swipe

Waddle Dee swipes the enemy with his parasol. It deals from 12 - 19% damage.

Great KO move in general and a good combo finisher. The ending lag is pretty or maybe a little noticeable compared to his forward attack. The range is still good but it's one of his attacks with shorter range. The attack is fairly quick overall. One more thing to add. It's also a good stand alone attack which means it can be used to spacing.

Upward smash : Open Parasol!

Waddle Dee closes his parasol........ Then........ HE OPENS IT! BAM! It deals from 14 - 23% damage. There is an effect if you hold A or hold the C stick (R analog) upwards. Waddle Dee keeps it there. The parasol can deflect ALL sorts of projectiles and melee attacks.

This is Waddle Dee's shortest ranged move. It seems out of place but it has some uses but unfortunately, he has better options than this attack. Unlike all his other moves, this has the TRUE potential to KO. It can also shield though if you hold A or keep the C-stick up but there's always the parasol shield or parasol charge. HOWEVER, the advantage of this over the 2 is that it can deflect all sorts of melee attacks and projectiles. It can't shield against Final smashes and grabs though.

Downward smash : Parasol spin around

Waddle Dee closes his parasol first then he spins it around him. It deals from 10 - 16% damage. There is an effect if you hold A or hold the C stick (R analog) upwards. Waddle Dee keeps it there. The parasol can deflect ALL sorts of projectiles and melee attacks.

Waddle Dee's quickest smash but it's also his weakest. It has quite long range actually and like the U-smash, you can also hold the A button or keep the C-stick (R analog) up to keep the parasol at its current position. It can also deflect the same thing the u-smash deflects. Despite the range, it's still a great spacing move really. Sure the range isn't as good as the f-smash but the thing is that this goes AROUND waddle dee. You might be thinking "Oh really? Can't I just flick the C-stick backwards then?". Actually Yes. However, it still doesn't have that "After effect'. Also, the ending lag of the f-smash is quite noticeable unlike this one.

Aerial attacks​

Special Trait : Auto Parasol open

Waddle Dee opens up his parasol which makes him glide. To open it, flick the analog upwards or hold the X or Y button. To stop floating, use the up aerial, down aerial or simply flick down the analog.

Neutral Aerial : Parasol spin around

Waddle Dee flips around. Each hit deals 2% damage. A total of 8%.

Erp.... (No "D" in that). This can be easily out prioritized however it's actually great for combos. The minimal damage and knockback makes it easy to follow up another attack after this one. Oh and it's usable both in ground and air combos. Be warned though that this has low priority. It all depends though. If it seems safe then I guess it's a good stand alone move. It's actually better is a follow up especially if it's fast falled (Fell).

Forward Aerial : Spear chop

Waddle Dee chops the enemy using his spear. It deals 12% damage.

Powerful attack though the range isn't that good compared to his other spear used attacks. The speed of this attack is good. Has quite a little start up but it's still good. I'm not entirely sure though if you can use this as a spacing move. The short range is what cuts it down as a spacing move but the powerful knockback helps. I can assure one thing, it can be used to rush down opponents. Best as a combo finisher and a stand alone rush down attack.

Backward Aerial : Backward chop

Waddle Dee chops backwards. It deals 10% damage.

A quicker and weaker version of his forward aerial. NOW this one is solely made for rush down strategies. It's a good combo starter and a good follow up. Combining it with his forward air will make Waddle Dee quite dangerous in the air. You can repeatedly chain this attack in the air and on the ground. In short, it's a great move for combos in general and you'll find yourself using this a lot in the air.

Upward Aerial : Parasol upward jab

Waddle Dee uses his parasol to jab upwards. It deals 13% damage sweetspotted and only 8% damage sourspotted.

There are uses when you sweetspot this move. It's either to KO the enemy or to finish the combo. The knockback of the sweetspotted hit is good enough to kill Mario at around 125%. As for sourspotting this move, it's to combo in general. Not on the ground though but in the air. It can be used as a follow up or a combo starter. The bad thing about this move though is that it has terrible priority HORIZONTALLY.

Downward Aerial : Parasol dive

Waddle Dee dives down with his parasol. It is a strong meteor smash. It deals 16% damage.

Good combo finisher and KO move. One huge flaw though. Once Waddle Dee lands, there's a HUGE ending lag that leaves him for a huge punishment. Avoid missing with this move or you're done for.

Grabs​

Pummel : Stick jab

Waddle Dee pummels the enemy..... WITH THE STICK OF THE SPEAR!!!! Nothing spectacular. It deals 3% damage per hit.

Forward throw : Spear push

Waddle Dee pushes the enemy with the point of his spear. It deals 6% damage.

Downward throw : Waddle stomp

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Waddle Dee stomps or jumps on the enemy. It deals 9% damage.

Backward throw : Backward spear push

Waddle Dee pushes the enemy with the point of his spear. Oh. And he does it backwards. It deals 6% damage.

Upward throw : Circus throw

Waddle Dee spins around the enemy using his parasol. It deals 11% damage.

FINAL SMASH​

Playstyle​

Waddle Dee is actually an adaptive character. He does quite well in rushing down enemies. Shields won't stop him from attacking the enemy. His spear attacks do well against shields. The effect of the spear attacks on sheilds is actually big and noticeable. A few attacks then the enemy will find him shield to be as small as Olimar's. The spear attacks are also good for shield poking. His parasol is what helps his zoning if he wishes to play like that. It can fend of certain attacks. He has some attacks that can help him in keeping away the opponent. Most notably f-smash and f-tilt and maybe some other attacks that I forgot.

Despite these advantages, Waddle Dee is easy to kill and he's floaty. Combining these disadvantages.... He's gonna be quite easy to hit if you're not cautious enough. His attacks overall are actually not powerful. The spear attacks are weak in general. The parasol attacks though are quite strong but it's not so strong. Only ONE parasol attack is strong but it's easily punishable.

If you like---- Whatever. Just get the guy if you want to.