Ganondorf (SSBB): Difference between revisions

'''Ganondorf''' ({{ja|ガノンドロフ|Ganondorofu}}, ''Ganondorf'') returns from ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' as a playable character. Eiji Aonuma, the director of The Legend of Zelda games, hinted at him returning as a playable character when he stated that he sent ''Twilight Princess'' designs of Ganondorf and [[Sheik]] to [[Masahiro Sakurai]]. He was ultimately confirmed on March 18, 2008. Ganondorf is now voiced by Hironori Miyata, his voice actor from ''Twilight Princess'' albeit with imported voice clips from said game.

Ganondorf is currently ranked last on the [[tier list]] in 38th place, a significant drop from his position on the ''Melee'' tier list, where he was 14th out of 26. Ganondorf few strengths include his good power throughout his moveset, high endurance and strong [[momentum cancelling]] ability, very strong [[edge guard]]ing ability, access to the most powerful [[meteor smash]] in the game in his [[down aerial]] and a great [[semi-spike]] in his [[up aerial]]. Ganondorf has also gained a new superjump glitch in the [[Flight of Ganon]]. However, these strengths are overridden by a slew of significant flaws. Ganondorf's overall mobility is a very huge flaw, his overall mobility is very sluggish, with {{SSBB|King Dedede}} just barely beating him. Ganondorf is also at a serious disadvantage against most characters due to his frame data being the slowest out of all 38 charatcers. His recovery game is possibly his biggest flaw: [[Dark Dive]] has lost all of his KO power, now KO'ing past the 300% range. [[Flame Choke]], his new side special, covers minimal horizontal distance and is easily edge-guarded just like Dark Dive due to being slow and giving Ganondorf no real protection. And aerial [[Wizard's Foot]] also no longer gives Ganondorf a extra jump. His useful chain-grab options, the changes to [[hitstun]], and his overall moveset was heavily nerfed from ''Melee'', weakening his overall KO and combo ability. Additionally, many of his moves now either have large sourspots or can no longer KO realistic percentages such as his forward aerial and his aforementioned Dark Dive respectively. Also, the loss of [[L-cancelling]] has harmed him far more than any other character in the game, as he is no longer able to safely use his powerful but laggy aerials for general usage. Most of Ganondorf's attacks either have poor [[reach]] for a character of his size or possess poorly placed [[hitbox]]es, putting him at a serious disadvantage against characters with long reach or disjointed hitboxes (like {{SSBB|Marth}}). In addition, his [[grab]] is slow and has the shortest 0reach in ''Brawl'', which combines with his slow attacks to leave him with poor [[out of shield]] options. His heavy weight, while giving him strong endurance potential, also makes him vulnerable to [[chain grabs]] and combos (with a few of them capable of [[zero-death]]ing him outright). His shield is also unusually small, making it very vulnerable shield stabbing, similar to {{SSBB|Donkey Kong}}. Finally, his lack of a projectile makes him easily and [[camping|camped]] and leaves him with little approach options or the ability to force approaches. As a result, Ganondorf has the 2nd highest tier drop ({{SSBB|Jigglypuff}} has the highest), terrible tournament results, and having no advantageous or even match-ups (Donkey Kong also had this problem in the Japanese Version of Smash 64), being hard-countered by 22 characters, the highest in the series, and having 5 unwinnable match-ups. He is also the character in the whole series to have his own bottom tier. While Ganondorf ranks last on the American tier list, the Japanese players think slightly higher of him, ranking him in 31st place instead of dead last.

*{{buff|Ganondorf has a new forward tilt: a front kick. It launches enemies at a [[semi-spike]] angle ([[Sakurai Angle]] → 22°).}}

*{{nerf|Forward tilt has weaker knockback (20 base/100 growth → 30 base/88 growth), has slightly more start-up (frame 9 → 10) and more ending lag (IASA 29 → 39), less horizontal reach, and can no longer be angled, making it more difficult to land, and a less safe and less useful [[space]]r.}}

*{{nerf|Up tilt has drastically reduced base knockback (110 → 60), now KOing in the 50% range. It also now has large, drastically weaker sourspots covering the explosion that deal 8%/10% less damage (27% → 19%/17%) and KO around the 75-100% range, but is still the most powerful tilt by far. The addition of [[Edge sweet spot|ledge auto-sweetspotting]] also makes the move less effective as an edge-guard.}}

*{{nerf|Ganondorf lunges about half the distance during an unpivoted forward smash, significantly decreasing its reach. It also has slightly more start-up (frames 20 → 22), less base knockback (40 → 30), and now has a sourspot on the elbow with less knockback scaling (75).}}

*{{nerf|Ganondorf has a new up smash: a single upwards kick. It is weaker than the first kick in his ''Melee'' up smash (50 base/80 growth → 40 base/70 growth), and has much less damage potential due to the removal of the second kick (39% → 22%). The move additionally has 3 frames more ending lag (IASA 40 → 43) and a sourspot on the leg that deals 3% less damage (22% → 19%) and slightly less knockback scaling (80 → 75).}}

*{{buff|Down smash has slightly faster start-up (frames 19 → 16).}}

*{{buff|Forward aerial produces slightly more knockback (60 base/80 growth → 48 base/83 growth).}}

*{{nerf|Back aerial has more ending lag (IASA 29 → 36), deals weaker knockback (30 base/100 growth → 28 base/85 growth, KOing about 15-25% later), and also has a sourspot on the arm that has even less base knockback (10). Its hitbox duration was additionally reduced to half of its previous duration (10-15 → 10-12), and has less reach, making it more difficult to land.}}