Ganondorf (SSB4)/Down special

Overview

Ganondorf preforms a flying kick covered in dark magic, dealing good damage and knockback and can KO at high percents at the ledge. When used in the air, Ganondorf flies diagonally downward, and can meteor smash on it's start-up and launches opponents vertically on the later hitboxes. It also deals relatively high shield damage and nearly shatter them, making it a dangerous option, and creates a small shockwave on landing, dealing low damage and knockback.

However, it does have it's flaws. The grounded version has high cooldown, the aerial version has a lot of landing lag, and both versions slow down upon hitting anything. It also has later hitboxes that deal less damage, and until 1.1.5 which increased the damage of grounded Wizard's Foot, it was a generally unreliable KOing option, as the low damage made it incapable of KOing until very high percents unless used near the ledge. It's previously low damage also made it less safe on shield and also made it out-prioritized by weaker attacks such as Mega Man's jab.

Update History

1.1.0

• All variations of Wizard's Foot deal more shield damage when performed in midair: 10 → 15.

1.1.5

• Grounded Wizard's Foot deals 2% more damage (12%/10%/10% → 14%/12%/12%), making it stronger, safer to hit, and allows it out-prioritize weaker attacks. It's hitboxes were also widened, giving it more range (-1/-3/4 → 0/-3/6).

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Ganondorf's moveset

Neutral attack · Forward tilt · Up tilt · Down tilt · Dash attack · Forward smash · Up smash · Down smash
Neutral aerial · Forward aerial · Back aerial · Up aerial · Down aerial
Grab · Pummel · Forward throw · Back throw · Up throw · Down throw
Forward roll · Back roll · Spot dodge · Air dodge · Techs
Floor attack (front) · Floor getups (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor getups (back) · Floor attack (trip) · Floor getups (trip)
Edge attack · Edge getups
Neutral special (def · c1 · c2) · Side special (def · c1 · c2) · Up special (def · c1 · c2) · Down special (def · c1 · c2) · Final Smash