Donkey Kong (SSBM)

Overview

Donkey Kong is a character in SSB and SSBM. In both games he is available from the start.

Pros & Cons

Pros

• Very strong attacks
• Much faster than he looks
• Good grabs and throws
• Can combo certain characters to high percents with his Grab, Cradle, U-throw, U-air juggle combo
• Good range
• A decent set of aerial attacks
• Can suicide kill both his opponent and himself to even the stocks much easier
• Amazing horizontal recovery

Cons

• Sometimes too large for his own good
• Many attacks have a ridiculous startup time
• Not a lot of good attacks he can use
• Poor wavedash
• Not much variety available
• Terrible shield