Wizard's Foot: Difference between revisions

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The grounded version has seen numerous changes, with most of them hindering the move. The move has an updated animation where Ganondorf instead side-swings his right leg forward for the kick, and tucks in his body away from his direction when traveling forward. As Ganondorf is travelling forwards, his foot is positioned higher, which makes the move easier to low profile under. In ''Melee'', {{SSBM|Kirby}} and {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}} were the only characters who could crouch under the move and even they could get clipped by the move depending on what part of their crouching animation they were in. In ''Brawl'' however, pretty much every small character can crouch under the move and even characters like {{SSBB|Mario}} could occassionally crouch under it (despite the move's closer hitboxes being larger).  

During the move's first three active frames, the move still launches opponents downwards. The move now functions as a meteor smash, with it now being possible to [[meteor cancel]]. This is due to the changes to meteor canceling, with the game now detecting Wizard's Foot as a meteor smash (despite retaining its launch angle). This makes Wizard's Foot a much less rewarding edgeguarding move, especially since the changes to meteor cancelling have also improved the effectiveness of down aerial. On the positive side however, the move now deals 15% during these first three frames and it has considerably higher knockback, which does partially compensate for the move now being meteor cancellable.  

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The move on the ground was significantly buffed in power and speed. The foot now does 16% damage and the leg does 14% (as opposed to the other way around in ''Brawl'' and ''Smash 4''), making the sweetspot easier to land overall which KOs around 93% near the edge of [[Final Destination]], with the sourspot only occuring when used at point-blank. The move was also sped-up with reduced ending lag on the ground, making it much less susceptible to being punished while also being a decent combo starter when used at low percentages. Its animation was also altered, with him bending his knee forward before kicking, being closer to its appearance in Melee, with Ganondorf travelling and kicking much closer to the ground, meaning that characters with a low crouch posture and smaller characters can no longer consistently low profile underneath his foot.

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# '''Wizard's Dropkick''': The kick moves at a 45 degree angle downward, and Ganondorf jumps to use it in the air when used on the ground; despite this it does not have the aerial version's shockwave and ending lag. This move significantly remedies Ganondorf's flaws towards projectiles and recovery, as it vaults over projectiles and the aerial version travels faster and further than [[Flame Choke]] while also not causing [[helpless]]ness. Deals less damage and cannot [[meteor smash]], and has slightly more start-up and slightly more ending lag in the air, but less ending lag on the ground. The kick's darkness is a dark blue color. :{{Main|Ganondorf (SSB4)/Down special/Custom 1}}

# '''Wizard's Assault''': A faster and further kick that travels through foes, but with more start-up and ending lag, slightly less damage, and sends opponents behind Ganondorf which makes it difficult to KO with. In the air the kick goes straight down, but the distance traveled makes it invariable suicide when used off-stage, even with a full hop and double jump. This custom is considered inferior to Wizard's Foot/Dropkick due to its flaws providing increased predictability and lack of KO power, less useful for off-stage and edgeguarding, and its advantages being considerably less effective than the latter's. The kick's darkness is a magenta color. :{{Main|Ganondorf (SSB4)/Down special/Custom 2}}