Sheik (SSBM)/Down throw

Overview

Sheik punches the opponent to the ground, dealing 8% damage and launching them up to the side slightly. In the NTSC version of the game, it can easily chaingrab most characters (including Bowser, Donkey Kong, Ganondorf, Link, Mr. Game & Watch, Ness, Pichu, Pikachu, Roy, Sheik, and Young Link from as little as 0% to as high as 90%. Sheik hard counters most of these characters for this reason, as the move can be followed up with a sweetspotted up smash at KO percentages. When compounded with an forward tilt, it can also chaingrab the space animals at or to high percentages. Against other characters, it can reliably tech-chase to high percentages. However, in the PAL version, the throw's knockback was increased, so it cannot reliably chaingrab - however, it is still possible to followup with a dash attack, which can lead into a forward aerial to edgeguard.

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Throw data

NTSC

Hit 1

ID	Part	Damage	SD	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Sound
Hit 1
0	0	5%	+1	0	0	98	3.906	13	0.0	0.0	0.0	Kick
1	0	5%	+1	0	0	98	5.0778	15	0.0	0.0	0.0	Kick

Throw

	Damage	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Effect
Throw	3%		50	70	0
Release	3%		40	100	0

PAL

Hit 1

ID	Part	Damage	SD	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Sound
Hit 1
0	0	5%	+1	0	0	196	3.906	13	0.0	0.0	0.0	Kick
1	0	5%	+1	0	0	196	5.0778	15	0.0	0.0	0.0	Kick

Throw

	Damage	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Effect
Throw	3%		50	70	0
Release	3%		40	100	0

Summary

First hit's fixed knockback value changed from 98 (like most edge attacks) to 196 (like several strong fixed-knockback attacks); as part of a throw, this has no effect on the target, only bystanders.
Throw angle changed from 80 to 60. By itself this is not a nerf, but it makes it significantly more difficult to follow up.