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==In [[competitive play]]== | ==In [[competitive play]]== | ||
===Tier placement and history=== | |||
Despite the considerable power buffs he received in ''Brawl'', his amazing [[momentum cancelling]], and being given a usable DACUS, Link has perpetually hovered among ''Brawl'''s bottom four characters since the first tier list. Link's terrible and extremely gimpable [[recovery]] has always significantly limited his survivability even in the early inexperienced ''Brawl'' [[metagame]], and his very sluggish attacks and terrible mobility significantly inhibited Link's ability to effectively compete even from the earliest stages of competitive play. While Link had renowned players, such as {{Sm|KirinBlaze}}, {{Sm|Legan}}, {{Sm|Izaw}}, and {{Sm|Scabe}} in Australia, none of these players have ever achieved notable tournament results beyond the local level, and all of them have either dropped Link for a better character or stopped playing ''Brawl'' competitively altogether. As such, Link's competitive prospects have never gotten prospered throughout Brawl's competitive lifespan, and while he is very rarely thought of as a candidate for the worst character in the game, it is extremely unlikely Link will ever rise beyond the bottom tier, as he has a minuscule playerbase and ''Brawl''{{'}}s metagame has become mostly stagnant. | |||
===Matchups=== | ===Matchups=== | ||
{{SSBBMatchupTable|link=yes}} | {{SSBBMatchupTable|link=yes}} | ||
Link has among the worst matchup spreads in ''Brawl''. He soft counters two characters, {{SSBB|Ganondorf}} and {{SSBB|Zelda}}, and is even with three, but is soft countered by seven, countered by 20, and hard countered by four. He suffers against characters who can outspeed him such as {{SSBB|Sonic}} and {{SSBB|Sheik}}, characters who can outcamp him such as {{SSBB|Falco}}, or characters that can chaingrab him to death such as {{SSBB|Ice Climbers}} and {{SSBB|King Dedede}}. Overall, Link has very few advantageous matchups, and his positive matchups are rarely seen in competitive play. | Link has among the worst matchup spreads in ''Brawl''. He soft counters two characters, {{SSBB|Ganondorf}} and {{SSBB|Zelda}}, and is even with three, but is soft countered by seven, countered by 20, and hard countered by four. He suffers against characters who can outspeed him such as {{SSBB|Sonic}} and {{SSBB|Sheik}}, characters who can outcamp him such as {{SSBB|Falco}}, or characters that can chaingrab him to death such as {{SSBB|Ice Climbers}} and {{SSBB|King Dedede}}. Overall, Link has very few advantageous matchups, and his positive matchups are rarely seen in competitive play. | ||
===Notable players=== | ===Notable players=== | ||
:''See also: [[:Category:Link professionals (SSBB)]]'' | :''See also: [[:Category:Link professionals (SSBB)]]'' | ||
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*{{sm|Scabe|Australia}} | *{{sm|Scabe|Australia}} | ||
*{{sm|Scizor|USA}} | *{{sm|Scizor|USA}} | ||
==Role in [[The Subspace Emissary]]== | ==Role in [[The Subspace Emissary]]== | ||