Piranha Plant (SSBU): Difference between revisions

Piranha Plant is almost completely undone however by its lack of mobility. Lacking in range across all of its close-quarters attacks to offset its poor grounded and aerial movement, Piranha Plant struggles immensely in mounting an offensive neutral, and its advantage state is highly reliant on circumstantially effective attacks to keep the opponent at bay. [[Long-Stem Strike]] grants Piranha Plant more range but its high startup, finicky control and vulnerable [[hurtbox]] during its extension phase makes it an inconvenient attack to use in many situations. This is exacerbated by Piranha Plant's moveset lacking in the way of notable synergy; while many of its attacks have decent utility, it has very little in the way of optimal combos or routes to pursue the opponent. Many of its moves and aerials pose high amounts of [[ending lag]], while some such as [[neutral aerial]] and [[up aerial]] are plagued by awkward hitbox placements. Finally, Piranha Plant's reliance on [[Ptooie]] serves as a double-edged sword; as the main cornerstone of its game plan, it is completely invalidated by characters with [[Reflection|reflectors]], making several matchups highly problematic for the character.

==Attributes==

After an absence of changes, Piranha Plant received a small number of useful buffs via update 13.0.1. Forward tilt's second hit gained more knockback, granting it better KO ability & stage control by the edge. Long-Stem Strike hitbox & armor comes out slightly faster, improving its safety. Most notably, down tilt gained an extra active frame and had its ending lag reduced. Improving its use in neutral and combo ability, to the point where it can combo into back aerial as a kill-confirm around the ledge.

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''See also: [[:Category:Piranha Plant players (SSBU)]]''

===Tier placement and history===

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==Role in [[World of Light]]==

[[File:WoL-70PiranhaPlant.jpg|thumb|The message that shows Piranha Plant's availability in World of Light|left]]

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==[[Spirit]]==

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**To have received a unique [[Palutena's Guidance]] conversation in the game it was DLC in; other ''Ultimate'' downloadable fighters use a generic conversation that was previously used by the ''Smash 4'' DLC characters.

**Who shares a [[victory theme]] with another fighter ({{SSBU|Bowser}} and {{SSBU|Bowser Jr.}}).

*Piranha Plant's official artwork has a UV mapping error near the base of its pot, where the texture appears to squish vertically.

*On the [[character selection screen]], Piranha Plant's icon in the Japanese version shows its name within only one row, while in the English version it is shown with two rows. This trait is shared with {{SSBU|Captain Falcon}}, {{SSBU|Mr. Game & Watch}}, {{SSBU|Zero Suit Samus}}, {{SSBU|Pokémon Trainer}}, {{SSBU|Wii Fit Trainer}}, {{SSBU|Rosalina & Luma}}, the {{SSBU|Mii Fighter}}s, and {{SSBU|Banjo & Kazooie}}.

*Piranha Plant is one of three characters never to appear in any Spirit Battles, the others being {{SSBU|Terry}} and {{SSBU|Sephiroth}}.

*The base of Piranha Plant's pot has a chipped part on the bottom. This trait is shared with its [[mariowiki:File:MP3 Waluigi Storm Chasers Artwork.jpg|artwork]] from ''{{s|mariowiki|Mario Party 3}}''.

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