Bowser (SSBM): Difference between revisions

Bowser's matchup spread is among the worst in the game. He has a matchup rating of -47, which is second to only {{SSBM|Pichu}}. Bowser currently only has just two even matchups, and is soft countered by five characters, countered by twelve, and hard countered by six. Bowser's abysmal speed and frame data allow almost every other character in the cast to beat him in the neutral game, making it difficult for him to land hits consistently on them, outside of hard and committal reads. Additionally, he is among the easiest characters in the cast to combo, which nearly universally amplifies every character's punish game against him. Bowser also has the dubious distinctions of both having a losing matchup against {{SSBM|Kirby}} (the lowest character on the tier list) and having an even matchup against Pichu. Furthermore, he is one of two characters (the other being Pichu) to have no advantageous matchups. Bowser's projected matchups in the current metagame are even worse, as it could be argued that his only current even matchups are losing, due to developments in {{SSBM|Yoshi}}'s metagame and the recognition of {{SSBM|Pichu}}'s few utility moves that could possibly give it an advantage over Bowser in the matchup, though the latter is debatable.