Editing Din's Fire

Din's Fire in ''Melee'' is a projectile that can cover extremely far range horizontally, allowing Zelda to hit an opponent virtually anywhere on moderately sized stages, while dealing a decent amount of damage. Despite the incredible range the move gives Zelda, it is a virtually useless projectile of no practical use. While the projectile has incredible potential range, actually hitting with it is extremely difficult against even an inexperienced player; the fireball is completely visible as it travels, leaving it easily telegraphed to where it's going, and as Zelda releases the move, there is considerable delay before the explosion comes out. The explosion is also very small, necessitating precision to land the projectile. With the telegraphing, delay, and small hitbox size issues, opponents can evade it by just simply moving away or just [[shield]]ing as the fireball is on top of them, and with the move's high ending lag, Zelda is completely unable to capitalise on the opponent's forced maneuvering/shielding. Another major issue with the move is that Zelda is completely defenseless while using it, and since the fireball poses no immediate threat with the aforementioned delay issues, opponents can easily run through and attack Zelda, meaning the move will give opponents a free [[punish]] if they are alert and not too far away. The projectile additionally doesn't have much consequence on the opponent when it is landed, dealing only average damage, and very minor vertical knockback that will never KO at realistic damages nor be helpful for [[edge-guarding]].

{{SSBB|Zelda}} retains Din's Fire as her side special move in ''Brawl'', where it operates and functions the same as it did in ''Melee''. However, it has received some significant buffs; the explosion when the move is released is significantly larger (now being about the size of a large character), the explosion deals increased damage and significantly more knockback (with it now being capable of KOing in the 150-200% range depending on how much it's charged), and there's much less delay with the explosion coming out upon release and slightly less ending lag. These buffs now make it a situationally useful projectile for camping and approaching (while it is no longer considered one of the worst moves in the game). However, despite these significant buffs, Din's Fire is still considered a situational projectile; alert opponents can still easily dodge and shield it while Zelda can do nothing about it (making it still difficult for it to force approaches), Zelda is still extremely vulnerable while using the move, Zelda will still not win any projectile wars with it, and the power buffs were not enough to justify it being such an unsafe and difficult to land projectile.

Din's Fire mainly sees use as a damage-racking move when an opponent is too far away from Zelda, even though it's not very effective at it. It also sees some use as an edgeguarding move, where the move can allow Zelda to assault recovering characters almost regardless of their position, while Zelda remains completely safe. While this can be very effective against [[CPU]]s and inexperienced players, where Din's Fire can be landed on them over and over, it is a bit less useful against competent players, who can still easily air dodge it even offstage, and can even use getting hit by Din's Fire to aid recovery if their damage isn't high enough to get outright KO'd by it (as it hits diagonally).

Din's Fire no longer leaves {{SSBU|Zelda}} helpless when used in midair, which allows her to use the move to cover her recovery after being launched off-stage.

[[File:Din'sFireOoT.jpg|thumb|left|Link using Din's Fire in ''Ocarina of Time''.]]

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