i think that wolf has a very big advantage on Link. For a link player to be really good versus a good wolf player, it takes a whole lot of time. You have to get used to avoiding the dsmash, the fsmash, and his laser. Like, once you get used to those attacks Wolf becomes much easier to play against. I think a really campy Wolf can give Link a lot of problems, you have to be on your A game with projectiles and projectile follow ups in order to beat Wolf a lot, otherwise he is just going to fsmash/laser you until 100ish% than Dsmash you off the stage. The horizontalish spike, that can't not be tethered, (like in Izaw's video) makes it a really deadly move versus Link. Most standard smashes, like Marth's Fsmash, you can recovery from unless he tippers you, as long as you are patient with your 2nd jump, and avoid getting hit while recovering, etc etc, but versus Wolf's Dmash it pushes you more horizontally, so you generally can't recovery from it unless it gets really stale.
Tips: If you just killed Wolf, and have high damage, do not let him get a fresh dsmash on you.
Most tournament Legal stages favor Wolf, so try picking stages where the Laser can not reach you. Example: Battlefield or Final Desination. If you are playing in Smashville or Yoshi's Island, he is going to have a much easier time gimping you with his laser, due to the small fighting area. Pokemon Stadium is a pretty random, I think that stage can hurt you as much as help you, depending on the terrain, and Lylat Cruise is also a weird stage that can help/hurt you. I do not play counterpick stages as much as the main picks, so can't really help you there. Also when Wolf is shooting his laser, just remember to crouch, and you will start auto shielding without the fear of letting down the shield.
I have found that the zair isn't very effective against Wolf, because he is constantly haunching over and this makes him much harder to hit, also if you play the air game with him, those smashes are generally fresh, and you are going to risk losing a stock. So, I would be very careful with the ZAIR, certainly do not risk using a ZAIR if you are a novice at it. The jab cancel is really useful, just make sure you are far enough away to prevent a shield grab, b/c even though your jabs have multiple hits and you have range, you have to make sure your spacing is right, otherwise he will just throw you for 10-12% dmg.
Besides the laser, be really careful about getting hit with the Fsmash, if he has good spacing, he can get 2 in a row, which is really ****ing annoying. However, a lot of the time you can DI out of it, so it just takes practice to deal with that move. If you can avoid taking damage from that move, then it will make his life a lot harder, considering he might use a dmash or 2, which could save you later. Arrow canceling can really save you versus a lot of fsmashes if you are good at it, always remeber to arrow cancel.
I haven't had that many problems with the reflector, unless I charge up an arrow, most of the time I am dancing around with boomerangs and bombs, so I don't have many problems with the reflector. If you want to do a double jumped fully charge arrow, that could be effective, but I would only recommend it in stages that are large enough to where Wolf's laser can not reach you.
The jab cancel is really good, but just keep in mind that Wolf has pretty good jabs/ftilts, so if he is doing either of those, it can make your jab canceling less effective.
All in all, I think Wolf is a hard match for Link, more experienced players might have less of a problem with Wolf, if they have played a lot of good Wolf's. I think playing against a campy wolf would probably be Link's hardest match up, but if you are going against a very aggressive Wolf, it isn't so bad. I would probably rate the matchups as like 50/50 if the Wolf is kinda bad, but more like 30/70 if it is a good campy wolf, versus a good link who lacks experience versus Wolf, otherwise I would rate it at around 40/60.
On the bright side, my Link pwned my brother's Wolf, who from what I have seen is really good, he isn't Germ, but he is certainly better than a lot of the Wolf's out there, like the Vista videos I have seen and the guy Overswarm played in that tournament. And he might be harder to play than Germ due to Germ not being very defensive.
Videos showing the characters versus Link would be nice, if we have them. If someone is serious though, they can just go to the video archive. I mean, all posting it here would do is save them time so they would not have to watch the so so matches. Videos versus most of these characters are in there. Some characters are going to be harder to find, in Mississippi we will have a smaller tournament in Oxford at Play and trade at the end of the month, and I will try and post videos from that.
This thread needs a sticky btw.