King Dedede (SSBB): Difference between revisions

According to [[character matchup (SSBB)|the current SWF matchup chart]], King Dedede's matchup spread has the ninth highest unweighted rank, and eleventh highest weighted total. King Dedede has overall very positive matchups. He is hard [[counter]]ed in two matchups, countered in three matchups, and soft countered in three matchups. He has five even matchups, and soft counters six characters, counters eight, hard counters nine, and has one close to unloseable matchup. King Dedede has seven disadvantageous matchups and three advantageous ones against top and high-tiered characters, and seven disadvantageous and four advantageous against characters higher-tiered than him. King Dedede has only one disadvantageous matchup and five even matchups against characters lower-tiered than him. King Dedede tends to have advantageous matchups against characters he can chain throw with [[King Dedede (SSBB)/Down throw|his down throw]], and tends to have disadvantageous matchups against characters who can overwhelm him with fast attack speed, such as {{SSBB|Meta Knight}}, as well as characters that can [[camp|outcamp]] him and force him to [[approach]], such as {{SSBB|Falco}}. King Dedede hard counters several characters due to his down throw chain throw; King Dedede can perform a small-step and/or infinite chaingrab on {{SSBB|Wolf}}, {{SSBB|Donkey Kong}}, {{SSBB|Bowser}}, {{SSBB|Mario}}, {{SSBB|Samus}}, and {{SSBB|Luigi}}, that can deal very heavy damage. King Dedede can also perform a standing infinite [[grab release|ground-release-chaingrab]] on {{SSBB|Ness}}. King Dedede is hard countered by the {{SSBB|Ice Climbers}} due to lack of safe options to approach without getting grabbed.