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False.Link's biggest merit is his sword. He also has a ZAir and projectiles, but they're nowhere as good as Samus'.
Bair is the best one to start the momentum canceling.That said, he struggles in pretty much everything else. Especially in the air. I usually jokingly say that Link doesn't need aerials because he can't jump and that they would not help him at all offstage. This pretty much still is true. His aerials are okay when they hit, but they are all delayed and have awkward hitboxes. The only useful one is the one which momentum cancels well... uh, BAir I think it was? I'm not sure, sorry. Haven't played Link in a while.
Ugh I think he has top 5 for fall speed and is in the bottom 5 for horizontal aerial speed. He sucks int he air.His recovery sucks despite the momentum cancelling. It's a bit better than Ganondorf's (ZAir, Up B is not as easy to gimp), but it's still one of the worst in the game. He even has trouble against edgeguarding despite his arsenal of projectiles, because his fallspeed is so high that when he finishes tossing his projectile, he's already almost dead. Same goes pretty much for his aerials, lol.
Uair is the only feasible one truth be told.He also has pretty much no mobility, it's almost as bad as Zelda's. And his moves are pretty slow to hit, as well. So yea. You can get into him, smack him, run away, and he can't do **** about it. Hell, I bet almost everyone can aircamp Link (okay, I'm sarcastic here <.<).
Just like pretty much every user of a tether grab, Link's grab game sucks, his throws are garbage. :<
Honestly, I've played both characters, and while Links projectiles are good, I found Samus' more useful. Maybe it's just because I know Samus way better than Link, but to me it seemed much easier to me to create a wall of spam with Samus' missiles and charge shot with added ZAirs, than it did with Link.big paragraph essentially saying Link's projectiles > Samus' projectiles
You took the words right out of my mouth. Of course, Legan is the kind of person who will say that "Link is terrible, but I succeed because I'm Legan and I need to handicap myself to keep from ****** people too hard" lmfao <3 I don't necessarily agree with that, but that's Legan for you and it's of course hilarious.Link is underrated. Here in Midwest-West, we all have Link experience thanks to Legan. The guy is obviously low tier, but I think he's one of the somewhat better low tiers and generally has his problems exaggerated.
I haven't been to any official tourneys, I ain't a BBRM, I play with a Wiimote and I'm not that great a Link but I'll still like to point this out:His Dacus also helps him travel quite a distance, and can K.O. lighter characters around 140 if it's fresh.
It's definitely a useful option, but its range is not as great horizontally as you might think, and it won't hit shorter characters like Squirtle, Kirby, or MK if they're next to you. Also, if you miss, you're giving an opponent a great setup due to the long duration of the move and ending lag. Definitely useful, especially against taller or slower characters, but it can be dangerous.U-smash out of shield is very underused imo. It covers both sides and starts up reasonably fast and does good damage.
Funny how I think the same of Falcon, lol.I think Link is good where he is lol, I don't see him better than anyone other than Ganon. Just my opinion don't hate on my plz.
Also, SDI up smash and punish Link. It's sooo slow.
Link has potential to move above Zelda and, maybe, Jigglypuff.
Nobody to rep him in official tourneys
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^YesFunny how I think the same of Falcon, lol.