Editing Marth (PM)

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|image = {{tabber|title1=Marth|tab1=[[File:Marth SSBB.jpg|250px]]|title2=Sigurd’s Armor|tab2=[[File:Holy War Marth PM.png|250px]]}}

|altcostume = [[fireemblemwiki:Sigurd|Sigurd]]'s armor

Marth ranks 17th out of 41 on the [[Project M#Tier list|official]] [[tier list]], at the top of the B tier. This is a far drop from his top-tier placements in ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'', where he ranked 3rd out of 26 and 5th out of 38, respectively.  

Marth has been mostly reverted to his ''Melee'' iteration, with a few buffs, such as a slightly improved recovery and less lag on his down aerial. He retains his strengths from ''Melee'', such as his disjointed range, fantastic [[spacing]] tools, and great edgeguarding capabilities. However, he still must contend with the same weaknesses, such as his poor horizontal recovery and lack of lingering hitboxes.

Unlike some other high-tier ''Melee'' characters, like {{PM|Jigglypuff}}, Marth remains fairly viable in ''Project M'', and is a strong pick for competitive play. Overall, though, Marth is less effective in the metagame due to the large amount of buffs other characters have received to counter the effectiveness of his tools. The [[tournament legal]] stagelist also works against him; while Marth only had some degree of disadvantage in ''Melee'' on {{SSB|Dream Land}}, ''Project M'' introduces similarly large stages that Marth struggles to KO on, while relegating his previously best stage, [[Final Destination]], as a counterpick in most rulesets.

Marth was slightly buffed from ''Melee'' to ''Project M''. His down aerial, previously a risky move to use on-stage due to its landing lag, now has much less lag. This allows it to be used more effectively as an [[out of shield]] option, and makes it a more reliable punish starter on characters in a knockdown state. The changes to [[stale-move negation]] also benefit the damage potential of his [[neutral aerial]] and [[Dancing Blade]] slightly. Aside from changes regarding mechanics and angle alterations, most of which benefit him, Marth remains relatively unchanged compared to other top-tier characters in ''Melee''.

*{{buff|Second hit of [[neutral attack]] has a longer duration (frame 4-8 → 4-9).}}

*{{buff|[[Dash attack]] can now be canceled, allowing Marth to [[DACUS]]. His DACUS is one of the longest in ''Project M''.}}

*{{change|The body sourspots of [[up smash]] sends opponents at a different angle (70° → 75°).}}

*{{buff|[[Neutral aerial]] deals 0.09% more damage due to the changes to [[stale-move negation]] (13.91% → 14%).}}

*{{buff|[[Down aerial]] has less landing lag (32 frames → 25).}}

*{{change|Down aerials body hitbox is now closer to the center of Marth's chest as opposed to near his left arm.}}

===Grabs and Throws===

*{{buff|Dash grab comes out 1 frame earlier (frame 10 → 9).}}

*{{nerf|Dash grab has reduced range.}}

*{{change|[[Down throw]] sends opponents at a slightly higher angle (135° → 130°).}}

*{{change|[[Shield Breaker]] uses its ''Brawl'' sounds effects.}}

*{{buff|The third hit forward and downwards and each of the fourth hits of [[Dancing Blade]] have more knockback growth (third hit forward: 160 → 176, third hit downwards: 100 → 107, fourth hit forwards: 120 → 128, fourth hit upwards: 130 → 141, fourth hit downwards (final hit): 130 → 175). Each hit also has higher damage potential when connected due to the changes to stale-move negation.}}

*{{nerf|Each of Dancing Blade's third and fourth hits deal 1% less damage (third hit forward: 10% → 9%, third hit upwards: 6% → 5%, third hit downwards: 12% → 11%, fourth hit forwards: 14% → 13%, fourth hit upwards: 10% → 9%, fourth hit downwards (final hit): 5% → 3%), though this is compensated with the aforementioned increased knockback growth and stale-move negation changes. The third hit upwards also has more knockback growth (60 → 68), hindering its follow-up potential, while still not being able to reliably KO at higher percents.}}

*{{buff|[[Dolphin Slash]] at the height of the jump can grab edges when Marth is facing away from it, improving his recovery.}}

===v2.5b===

*{{change|Walk animations adjusted to match Melee.}}

*{{change|Dash and run animations adjusted to match Melee.}}

*{{change|Sword trails match Melee.}}

*{{buff|Up smash hitboxes properly cover the sword like his other moves.}}

*{{change|Forward air animation slightly adjusted to better match Melee.}}

*{{change|Down air animation slightly adjusted to better match Melee.}}

*{{change|Marth's [[Dancing Blade]] has added overlayed color effects.}}

===v2.6b===

*{{change|Standing grab animation adjusted to match Melee more closely.}}

*{{change|Turn grab animation adjusted to better match its range.}}

*{{change|[[Dancing Blade]] does not continue by using the c-stick unless set to special.}}

===v3.5===

*{{buff|Second hit of neutral attack duration increased|frame 4-8|4-9.}}

*{{nerf|Dash grab range reduced.}}

===v3.6 Beta===

*{{bugfix|Exploit fixed that altered Marth's vertical mobility during Dolphin Slash endlag.}}

| Dragon Killer || {{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|14}}/{{ChargedSmashDmgSSBM|20}} || Rotates body counter-clockwise with a strong arc-like one-handed swing from his head to the ground. Very fast start-up, good horizontal and vertical reach, but has noticeable ending lag. The tip can KO at closer distances to the blast lines as early as 75% on lightweights and 90% on heavyweights due its very high base knockback.  

===Notable players===

*{{Sm|Axe|USA}} - Formerly ranked 1st on the Arizona ''Project M'' Power Rankings.

*{{Sm|Charby|France}} - Ranked 4th on the French ''Project M'' Power Rankings.

*{{Sm|Dart!|USA}} - Placed 5th at [[Smash 'N' Splash]].

*{{Sm|Dusty|USA}} - Ranked 2nd on the Philadelphia ''Project M'' Power Rankings. Placed 7th at [[Super Smash Con 2017]].

*{{Sm|Dizzy|USA}} - Placed 7th at [[Aftershock]] and 17th at [[Low Tier City 4]].

*{{Sm|Iori|USA}} - Ranked 1st on the Tennessee ''Project M'' Power Rankings.

*{{Sm|Leon|France}} - Ranked 3rd on the French ''Project M'' Power Rankings.

*{{Sm|Lunchables|USA}} - The best Marth player in the world. Currently ranked 3rd on the [[PMRank 2018]].

*{{Sm|Mew2King|USA}} - Uses Marth as one of his 3 counterpick characters.

*{{Sm|PPMD|USA}} - Formerly ranked 1st on the North Carolina ''Project M'' Power Rankings.

*{{Sm|Sora|p=New England|USA}} - Placed 13th at [[Blacklisted 2]] and 13th at [[GUTS 4]].

*{{Sm|Weon-X|Canada}} - Co-mained Marth along with Fox and Falco. Placed 2nd at [[Summit 2015]] and 7th at [[Frozen Phoenix]].

*{{Sm|Zinth|USA}} - 13th at [[Low Tier City 2]], 7th at Super Bit Wars 3.

*{{Sm|Rongunshu|Canada}} - Co-mains Lucario and Marth. Currently ranked 2nd on Ontario ''Project M'' Power Rankings. Placed 2nd at [[Frozen Phoenix 2018]], and 5th at [[Grand Valley Grand Prix 11]].

Marth once again uses his default costume when fighting on the blue team, so his blue costume was changed to purple. 3.5 included a set of alternate costumes based off {{s|fireemblem|Sigurd}} from ''{{s|fireemblem|Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War}}'', which includes recolors for team battle.  

|colspan=8|[[File:Marth Palette (PM).png|frame|center|Marth's alternate costumes in PM]]

*The blue costume is loosely based on either {{s|fireemblem|Seliph}}, Sigurd's son, or {{s|fireemblem|Byron}} (Vyron in Japan), his father.

*Marth's alternate outfit contains a locket with a picture of {{s|fireemblemwiki|Caeda}}, Marth's significant other in the Fire Emblem series.