Editing Mii Gunner (SSBU)

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Like the other Mii Fighters, one of the primary strengths of the Mii Gunner is their diverse set of versatile specials. As the long range and projectile-heavy Mii Fighter, many of their specials excel at neutralizing approaches, racking up damage, [[edgeguarding]], and shield pressure from a distance. Charge Blast is a very good KO'ing option which is extremely consistent, quick, and powerful when fully charged. Gunner Missile is good at both spacing and keeping enemies out. The Super variant deals a solid bit of damage and knockback while the Homing variant can wall out approaches and also help the Gunner initiate approaches of their own. Laser Blaze racks up decent damage while also causing flinching, making it a valuable tool similar to {{SSBU|Falco}}'s [[Blaster]]. Finally, Flame Pillar and Bomb Drop are both good tools for ledgetrapping and setting up kill confirms. A bomb drop at mid-high percentages can reliably confirm into back aerial while an opponent trapped in Flame Pillar can be combo'd into a fully charged Charge Blast. Additionally, the Mii Gunner can also further solidify their defensive playstyle with the usage of Echo Reflector and Absorbing Vortex, both of which aid in countering other campy or projectile-based characters.

Accompanying the Mii Gunner's vast collection of zoning specials is a very interesting and varying set of normals. While many of the Gunner's normals suffer from mild ending lag, they either possess high KO'ing power or range. {{mvsub|Mii Gunner|SSBU|Forward smash}} and {{mvsub|Mii Gunner|SSBU|up aerial}} are both among the longest-ranged moves in the game (the latter of which can secure very early KO's at the top of the blast line and the former being an excellent way of reading rolls and covering landing options). {{mvsub|Mii Gunner|SSBU|Forward tilt}} and {{mvsub|Mii Gunner|SSBU|neutral aerial}} are good tools to push pressuring opponents off of them. {{mvsub|Mii Gunner|SSBU|Forward aerial}} is a very useful move, which not only can edgeguard and space opponents from a distance due to it being a projectile, but it also pushes Mii Gunner (referred to as "gundashing"), which helps mitigate the Mii Gunner's lacking mobility and recovery. Alongside the aforementioned moves are a slew of moves that have respectable KO'ing power such as {{mvsub|Mii Gunner|SSBU|up smash}}, {{mvsub|Mii Gunner|SSBU|up tilt}}, {{mvsub|Mii Gunner|SSBU|down tilt}}, {{mvsub|Mii Gunner|SSBU|down smash}}, and {{mvsub|Mii Gunner|SSBU|back aerial}}.

Lastly, the Mii Gunner has adequate choices for recovery. With the exception of Cannon Jump Kick, Lunar Launch and Arm Rocket both provide a fantastic amount of distance, especially Arm Rocket, which has far more control both horizontally and vertically. This combined with their heavy weight gives the Mii Gunner a decent ability to survive at higher percents.

Mii Gunner does not come without their flaws. While many of their moves have tremendous range or KO'ing power, most of them are very laggy. This is especially prominent with their up and down tilts, which both have decent start up but significant ending lag while moves that are fast such as forward tilt and neutral air have poor range and KO potential. As a result, they struggle to acquire reliable KOs outside of a fully charged Charge Blast. Laser Blaze is a fairly slow and easily interceptable projectile; Grenade Launch travels in a very slow and short-ranged arc that no longer can be charged or controlled; Flame Pillar has relatively substantial lag on both ends and doesn't last as long as other flame-arc moves; and Bomb Drop can be hit back to the Gunner, making it a poor choice to use against opponents with disjoints.

As mentioned before, the Mii Gunner has terrible mobility. Their air speed, dashing speed, and initial dashing speed are among the slowest in the game, making them a very sluggish fighter both on the ground and in the air outside of gundashing. Additionally, their status as a heavyweight makes them very easy to combo despite their decent survivability, and while their recoveries are good, they do not come without their weaknesses. Arm Rocket, despite its fantastic mobility and distance, possesses no damaging hitbox and allows the Mii Gunner to be easily gimped by opponents with attacks that can [[reverse]] the Mii Gunner such as {{SSBU|Mario}} and the {{SSBU|Mii Swordfighter}}; Lunar Launch, while in possession of good vertical distance and a relatively powerful projectile, has poor horizontal distance; and Cannon Jump Kick trades recovery potential for offensive power, providing very little distance both horizontally and vertically while also being slow and easily intercepted.

Overall, the Mii Gunner is a jack-of-all-trades amalgamation of various projectile-based fighters. The ability to mix and match several different special moves adds a unique layer of versatility by allowing several different playstyles for the same basic character, making Mii Gunner among the most unpredictable to fight against. However, all of the customizable special moves have fatal flaws to prevent them from being overpowered and/or are inferior versions of similar moves other fighters possess. Their strengths do marginally outweigh their weaknesses, and as a result, Mii Gunner is a fighter that excels at walling out opponents while struggling up close. Their multitude of projectiles provides them with countless options to keep opponents away, rack up damage, and edgeguard. However, they must be mindful and extremely careful, as one mistake can cause them to take a huge chunk of damage. They are a relatively simple character to pick up with a playstyle similar to {{SSBU|Samus}} and can be a potent zoner, but due to their aforementioned weaknesses, they are considered to be worse at zoning than characters such as Samus, {{SSBU|Snake}}, and the [[Belmonts]].

The Mii Gunner has received a mix of buffs and nerfs in their transition from ''SSB4'' to ''Ultimate'', but was buffed overall. Despite the faster pace of ''Ultimate'', many of their moves have seen several improvements that counteract this, and some of their weaknesses have been lowered to some degree.

Like the other {{SSBU|Mii Fighter}}s, the Mii Gunner now has set attributes, including high [[weight]] (now weighing as much as {{SSBU|Captain Falcon}}, surpassing the largest possible Mii Fighter in ''SSB4'') that significantly increases their survivability in general, especially since the Gunner's below average [[falling speed]] has been unaltered. The Gunner retains their general moveset, though with various buffs that noticeably improves their performance. Their inconsistent [[neutral attack]] and [[up aerial]] now connect better due to faster transition speed, and some of the Gunner's moves have been given more utility due to a reduction of lag (most notable with [[forward tilt]]), greatly increased damage, or KO potential. The second hit of [[down smash]] now acts individually for each hit instead of leading into one another, making it more useful as a traditional smash attack. Their [[grab]] game was also improved; standing grab has vastly more range, all of their [[throw]]s deal more damage (especially [[up throw]]), and [[down throw]] is now much more reliable for starting combos until mid percentages. As well, a few of the universal changes are benefitial for the Gunner, with the universal frame 3 jumpsquat and reductions to [[landing lag]] giving them faster access to their air game and leaving them less vulnerable against shielded attacks, and the latter change isn't as detrimental due to their decent [[out of shield]] game.

Most of the Gunner's zoning-based special moves have been significantly buffed. Many of their strongest projectiles (such as [[Charge Blast]], grenades from [[Grenade Launch]], super missiles from [[Gunner Missile]], and [[Stealth Burst]]) deal vastly increased damage or knockback, alleviating some of the Gunner's difficulty to land KOs. Special moves that haven't gained power buffs instead have improved utility: [[Flame Pillar]] is now a multi-hit move that can initiate follow-ups; [[Laser Blaze]] has no damage falloff, improving its usage in long-distanced camping; [[Echo Reflector]] reflects projectiles with more power and far higher speed; [[Bomb Drop]] has less ending lag, a longer fuse, and can be manually detonated, improving its use in stage control; and [[Absorbing Vortex]] heals for more damage in addition to having an actual hitbox, giving it situational use for combos and disrupting. The Gunner's [[recovery]] moves have also been buffed, as [[Lunar Launch]] and [[Cannon Jump Kick]] travel a longer distance, the latter now has excellent [[out of shield]] KO power, and [[Arm Rocket]]'s trajectory can be altered during travel.

However, the Mii Gunner has received notable nerfs. Their powerful tilts have been slightly toned down, limiting their fastest grounded KO options. [[Forward aerial]], previously a pinnacle of the Gunner's [[neutral game]], had its distance reduced without compensation for landing lag. Albeit vastly buffed, some of the Gunner's specials have also seen downgrades; Grenade Launch's startup was heavily increased and it can now only fire in one direction and trajectory, while its lowered ending lag does not compensate for its loss in utility, and Gunner Missile's homing missiles now sacrifice homing ability for speed, making them less effective.

Despite their numerous buffs, universal gameplay changes have been detrimental to the Gunner overall. The weakening of [[rage]] slightly tones down their KO power at low percentages (though in a few cases, this is compensated by their moves' standalone KO power being increased). The biggest hindrance comes from the universal increase in mobility, which hurts the Gunner more than any other character; unlike the rest of the cast, the Gunner's mobility has been reduced itself, as many of their stats are now significantly below average or even among the worst (notably their [[dash|run]] and initial dash speeds, and their [[air speed]]), and the roster's generally faster speed favors faster-paced, more aggressive gameplay, allowing the cast to get past the Gunner's zoning tools with varying degrees of ease. This is further pronounced by the nerfs to projectiles' shield damage, as the Gunner's playstyle highly revolves around them, thus hindering the Gunner more than most other characters. The two lattermost changes thus force them to rely on more precise spacing to compensate for their significantly lowered movement speed and their projectiles' lower threat level.

Overall, the Mii Gunner's changes have further pronounced their caveats and flaws. Their playstyle has been repurposed into a slow-moving, hard-hitting heavyweight projectile fighter, relying on their above average staying power and their special moveset's zoning abilities to rack up damage and force opponents into making a mistake to capitalize on, similar to {{SSBU|Samus}} and {{SSBU|Simon}}; changes to their special moves also allow many more of their combinations to shine through. However, the Gunner's slower attributes further enforces their zoner-centric playstyle, which doesn't tend to fare as favorably as in ''SSB4'' due to the quicker pace of ''Ultimate''. The Gunner must also still contend with weaknesses from the previous game, predominantly a poor melee [[approach]] and their moveset's heavy ending lag, and slight difficulty in landing some of their powerful KO options. Besides, it's important to note that game updates have given other returning veterans various buffs, whereas the Gunner has received comparatively less significant changes, as well as the nerfs to projectiles' shield damage adversely affecting them. In the end, the Gunner is a better character than they were in ''SSB4'', they are considered the second most viable of the three Miis, and perform better relative to the cast, though not at the same level of various other returning characters.

|dtiltdesc=Fires a burst of flame onto the ground in front of themselves, similarly to {{SSBU|Samus}}'s down tilt. Like up tilt, it is fast for its damage (frame 8) and is the Gunner's most damaging tilt, but has such high ending lag that it has no true followups. As a result, it is mostly used to punish grounded openings, in comparison to the anti-air strengths of up tilt. Despite its higher damage, it KOs slightly later than up tilt, doing so only at 141%.

|fsmashdesc=Unleashes a series of energy bursts in quick succession, followed by a stronger burst. Hits opponents 7 times and has tremendous range, being one of the longest forward smashes in the game. Coupled with its very long hitbox duration, it is overall difficult to challenge, pressures shields well, and is useful for edgeguarding. It is relatively safe on shield at max distance due to its decently low ending lag. However, it is the Gunner's slowest smash attack (frame 17).

|dsmashdesc=Fires two bursts of flame toward the ground, first in front then behind of themselves. Each flame burst has deceptively high range, though the second one has more knockback and range than the first. The first hit starts on frame 9, making it the Gunner's fastest smash attack.  

|nairdesc=Sweeps their arm cannon downward in an arc around themselves similar to Ike’s. It is the Gunner's fastest aerial (frame 8), and has a high amount of active frames alongside good coverage. At low percents (especially against super heavyweight characters), a neutral aerial on grounded opponents can lead to a neutral combo, forward tilt, dash attack, forward smash, and up smash. However, its high base knockback makes followups almost impossible at mid-percents unless it is a projectile. As a result, it is mostly an aerial "get off me" option, and is useful for landing since it has 11 frames of landing lag.

|bairdesc=Releases a burst of flames from the arm cannon behind themselves. The Gunner's most reliable aerial finisher, able to KO middleweights from centerstage at around 130%. It is also the Gunner's second fastest aerial (frame 9), though it will miss short characters if performed out of a short hop.

|dairdesc=The Gunner pauses, then fires a single burst of flame below themselves. The burst itself deals more damage and is a very strong, aerial-only [[meteor smash]]. However, the meteor hitbox only lasts for two frames, with the rest of the hitbox being a weaker non-meteor smash. As a result, it is difficult to land, made even more difficult by its frame 20 startup. As such, it is often outclassed by neutral and back aerial in terms of edgeguarding potential.

|grabdesc=The Gunner reaches in front of themselves with their left hand. Although Gunner's dash and pivot grabs are average, their standing grab has great range.  

|pummeldmg=1.3%

|pummeldesc=A knee strike. Average power and speed.

|bthrowdesc=Tosses the opponent behind themselves, then fires a single energy pellet at the foe. It can KO at extremely high percentages, but the laser can be avoided with [[DI]].

|uthrowdesc=Tosses the enemy above themselves, then fires 2 energy pellets at the foe. The Gunner's most damaging throw, dealing 13%, making it among the most damaging throws in the game. It is thus useful for racking up damage, refreshing the [[stale]]ness of the Gunner's other moves, and comboing at low percents.  

|floortdesc=Shoots a blast of fire in front then behind themselves.

|ssdefdesc=Fires an energy shot diagonally down that erupts into a pillar of [[flame]] that lingers for a few moments. The pillar, similar to {{SSBU|Robin}}'s [[Arcfire]], hits multiple times, with the last hit launching opponents away. If used in midair, the projectile's angle is more diagonal and travels further. The pillar will slowly drift downwards if it hits an aerial opponent, allowing it to function as an edgeguard if it hits an enemy near a ledge. It is otherwise a useful deterring tool, and can start combos from careless approaches, although it is less reliable for such a purpose compared to similar moves (like {{SSBU|Ness}}' [[PK Fire]]) due to its high ending lag. Can confirm into a Charge Blast, reliably KOing opponents at 80 percent on the ledge.

|usdefdesc=The Gunner fires a flaming projectile beneath themselves, launching into the air from the recoil. Grants excellent vertical height but passable horizontal momentum. The projectile itself explodes on contact with solid ground and other opponents, and launches foes in the opposite direction from where the Gunner is facing. The projectile is able to KO at the edge of Final Destination from 130%.

|usc2desc=Propels themselves with a stream of flames from their arm cannon. By holding the Control Stick in a direction, the Mii Gunner can travel more horizontally. During flight, tilting left or right will adjust the Mii's flight angle. Overall, the move acts like an unchargeable version of [[Rocketbarrel Boost]] but without any damaging hitboxes. It grants a similar amount of distance as Lunar Launch, though its ability to be maneuvered in curves grants it better recovery angles and makes it the best up special move the Mii Gunner has for horizontal recovery.

|dsc2desc=Covers themselves with a glowing energy shield that absorbs energy projectiles and converts its damage to healing, similarly to Ness's [[PSI Magnet]]. However, unlike Ness, Absorbing Vortex does not have multiple hits, instead only having a single hit upon start-up (7 frames). Heals 1.4x the damage the Gunner would have taken. Upon activation, as well as when absorbing projectiles, any nearby opponents will take slight damage. This hitbox is capable of [[lock]]ing. However, the minimal hitstun of this move invalidates the combo potential. Additionally, Absorbing Vortex reduces falling speed, allowing Gunner to stall in mid air, allowing it to be used as a potential landing mixup.

*'''Up taunt''': Using their free hand to hold the arm cannon, they aim it towards the left side of the screen, slightly kneeling down in a "readying" pose. They then proceed to aim to the right, with the arm cannon slightly angled higher. Each time the Gunner points their arm cannon, it makes a clicking noise while emitting a brief flash from the tip. No matter what direction the Gunner faces, they always aim in the same direction. Unlike in ''Smash 4'', the Mii Gunner now shows an angry expression instead of a neutral one.

*'''Side taunt''': They raise their arm cannon in an upward position and cock it while facing forward. A brief flash is emitted from the tip of the arm cannon.

SSBUMiiGunnerIdle1.gif|Mii Gunner's first idle pose.

SSBUMiiGunnerIdle2.gif|Mii Gunner's second idle pose.

''See also: [[:Category:Mii Gunner players (SSBU)]]''

 

*{{Sm|Capitancito|Dominican Republic}} - The best Mii Gunner player of all-time with results that no other Mii Gunner player has ever achieved, including 2nd at {{Trn|Low Tide City 2023}}. At majors, he has placed 9th at the {{Trn|LVL UP EXPO 2023}}, 17th at {{Trn|Luminosity Makes BIG Moves 2024}}, and 33rd at several supermajors, including {{Trn|MomoCon 2022}} and {{Trn|Get On My Level 2023}}. He is the only solo-Mii Gunner ranked in the top 100, ranking 70th on the [[LumiRank 2023]].

*{{Sm|Deon|UK}} - The best Mii Gunner in Europe in the early metagame, placing 25th at {{Trn|Syndicate 2019}} and 33rd at the major {{Trn|Ultimate Fighting Arena 2019}} while defeating {{Sm|Mr.R}} in the former, the best win for a Mii Gunner player during this period. His activity since 2019 has been limited.

*{{Sm|Tsumusuto|Japan}} - The best {{SSBU|Dr. Mario}} player in Japan who used Mii Gunner as a secondary at many tournaments such as his 2nd place at {{Trn|Sumabato SP 13}} with a win over {{Sm|Masashi}}, and others such as 9th at {{Trn|Toyota Grand Slum 13}} and 33rd at {{Trn|Umebura SP 6}}.

 

Much like the other Mii Fighters, the Mii Gunner was perceived lukewarmly on release due to the improvements to their movesets. While the severe nerfs to their mobility were noted, along with the loss of their more infamous camping tools (most notably a shorter forward aerial, weaker [[Gunner Missile]]s, and the nerfs to [[Grenade Launch]]), the buffs to their other moves more than made up for it, as it improved a majority of attacks that were lackluster in ''Smash 4'' (such as forward smash, up aerial and their throws). Overall, they were considered a relatively average "zoner"-type character. Despite this, the Gunner was one of the most obscure characters in competitive play in the early metagame; both the Mii Gunner and {{SSBU|Mii Brawler}} were overshadowed by the extremely positive perception of the {{SSBU|Mii Swordfighter}}, who took in most of the Mii Fighter's representation overall.

As the metagame progressed, Mii Gunner started to see brief yet limited success from players such as {{Sm|Deon}} and {{Sm|Tsumusuto}}. The character received even more success following the end of the online era thanks to the efforts of {{Sm|Capitancito}}, who had taken sets from several top players and consistently placed highly at regional-level tournaments. Despite these results, professionals still agree that the Mii Gunner is significantly outclassed by other zoners with similar playstyles, such as {{SSBU|Samus}}. Regardless, Mii Gunner is ranked 61st on the first tier list, before jumping onto the 58th place on the second and current tier list.

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SSBU spirit Mii Gunner.png|1,092. '''Mii Gunner'''

==In Spirit Battles==

Mii Gunner unlock notice SSBU.jpg|Mii Gunner's unlock notice when obtaining them in [[World of Light]].

*Mii Gunner is one of five characters whose unlocking battle in World of Light is not on either {{SSBU|Final Destination}} or an Ω form stage. The other four are {{SSBU|Peach}}, {{SSBU|Daisy}}, {{SSBU|Toon Link}}, and {{SSBU|King K. Rool}}.