Ganondorf (SSBB): Difference between revisions

===Ground attacks===

*{{change|Neutral attack now uses Ganondorf's right arm instead of his left.}}

*{{buff|Dash attack has increased base knockback (40 → 60) and damage (14% → 15%), now being a reliable KO move that can KO in the 100-125% range. Despite the significant power increase, however, it is now only the second most powerful dash attack.}}

*{{change|Up tilt has a slightly altered animation, where Ganondorf holds up his leg while its charging.}}

*{{buff|Ganondorf has a new down tilt: a low front kick. It has more reach and deals much more knockback, granting it KO potential.}}

*{{nerf|Down tilt has more startup and ending lag.}}

*{{buff|Forward smash launches at a lower angle (80°/70°/60° → 45°/40°/35°), and all angles are now as strong as the non-angled version from ''Melee''. It also has a much larger hitbox (3.6 → 5).}}  

*{{nerf|Ganondorf has a new up smash: a single upwards kick. It deals less knockback than the first kick in his ''Melee'' up smash (50 base/80 growth → 40/70), and has much less damage potential due to the removal of the second kick (39% → 22%). The move additionally has 3 frames more ending lag (IASA 40 → 43) and a sourspot on the leg that deals 3% less damage (22% → 19%) and slightly less knockback scaling (80 → 75).}}

*{{buff|Up smash has significantly more reach.}}

*{{nerf|Down smash transitions from the first kick to the second much slower (frame 29 → 36), making it more difficult to link. Along with this, the move has much more ending lag (IASA 46 → 63), making it much less safe to use. The second kick additionally hits at a more diagonal angle behind him (120° → 130°) with much less knockback scaling (110 → 75), now survivable past 150% under standard conditions and overall a much less reliable KO move. The first kick also deals 3% less damage (8% → 5%).}}

===Aerial attacks===

*{{buff|Both hits of neutral aerial have longer hitbox durations (hit 1: 7-8 → 7-13, hit 2: 20-21 → 20-32).}}

*{{nerf|Forward aerial has more landing (frames 25 → 32) and ending lag (IASA 35 → 45), now has a large sourspot on Ganondorf's arm that deals 2% less damage (17% → 15%) and significantly weaker knockback (30 base/80 growth), the hitbox on the fist was removed, and has a slightly altered animation where Ganondorf doesn't lean as forward as he did in ''Melee'', decreasing its reach. In addition, the move's late autocancel window has been removed, which when coupled with the move's long duration results it going into the landing animation even from the maximum height of both his jumps. This results the move's usability being significantly hindered, completely removing its capability as an effective aerial spacer, while making it a dangerously unsafe and difficult to land KO move.}}

*{{buff|Up aerial has slightly less landing lag (frames 25 → 22).}}

*{{change|Down aerial has Ganondorf's arms to his side instead of up next to his head, and no longer has him leaning backward. He also no longer flips after the move has ended.}}

*{{buff|Back aerial has slightly less landing lag (25 → 22).}}

===Throws/other attacks===

===Special moves===

*{{change|Warlock Punch is now a back handed punch with his left hand instead of a straight punch with his right.}}

*{{buff|Ganondorf has a new side special: [[Flame Choke]]. Ganondorf charges towards his opponent and grabs them by their head and attacks them with a dark pulse that weakly meteor smashes enemies into the ground, causing them to weakly bounce upward and thus setting potential follow-ups that Gerudo Dragon lacked, while also being useful for [[tech-chasing]]. The grab is inescapable, cannot be tech, and provides Ganondorf grab armor frames. When used in the air Ganondorf and his opponent to plummet downwards until they hit the ground, allowing it to be used a [[suicide KO]] (although it usually KOs Ganondorf first), but does not meteor smash on landing. Ganondorf and his opponent additionally have [[armor]] as he holds them up in the air, but he lacks such in the aerial version. It can also now [[edge sweetspot|grab the ledge]] unlike Gerudo Dragon allowing it to be used as a much more effective recovery option.}}

*{{nerf|Flame Choke deals less damage than [[Gerudo Dragon]] (17% (ground)/16% (air) → 9%/12%) and has weak set knockback, removing its KO potential. It also cannot cut through projectiles and has more startup lag (15 → 16).}}

*{{nerf|Dark Dive's throw deals 6% less damage in total (17% → 11%), no longer capable of KOing at realistic percentages outside of [[stage spiking]] (KOs at 300%); this extremely weak knockback combined with the hitstun changes now allows opponents to hit Ganondorf as soon as they're released from Dark Dive, weakening Ganondorf's already poor recovery farther, and making the move completely unsafe to use in general. It also has more difficulty turning around (1 frame window), slightly slower start-up (frame 13 → 14), and its furthest grabbox has slightly less reach (14.4 → 13.65).}}

*{{change|Dark Dive now has Ganondorf spinning sideways with a sweeping uppercut with his hand at the climax of the move, and no longer spins forward while falling.}}

*{{buff|The ending animation of grounded Wizard's Foot can now be canceled if Ganondorf lands and slides off a ledge just as the move ends.}}

*{{buff|Aerial Wizard's Foot has significantly more knockback scaling (80 → 100), and the non-initial hitboxes of the move no longer [[spike]]s, allowing it to be an effective vertical KO move, as well as a better anti-juggle attack. In addition, the move's hitboxes now fully covers Ganondorf's leg and foot rather than stopping at his thigh.}}

*{{change|Grounded Wizard's Foot has Ganondorf sticking his leg out before thrusting forward, rather than immediately thrusting forward, and his foot is now pointed outwards instead of upward. He also he now grunts while using it.}}