Donkey Kong (SSBM)

This article is about Donkey Kong's Melee appearance. For information about his SSB appearance, see here.

Overview

Donkey Kong (ドンキーコング, Donkī Kongu) 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
• Very high range
• A decent set of aerial attacks
• Can suicide kill both his opponent and himself to even the stocks much easier
• Amazing horizontal recovery
• Very heavy, paired with his good recovery means long stocks.
• Has a sweet taunt (no gameplay value except mindgames).

Cons

• A large target
• Many attacks have a great startup time
• Not a lot of good attacks he can use
• Poor wavedash
• Lacks a varied moveset and style of approach
• Small shield invites shield stabbing
• Poor vertical recovery