Last hit deals vertical, Stabs upward in a turn. Ultimate. Has decent knockback. Despite lacking a meteor smash, his recovery and dominating air game make him a terror to face offstage, as he is capable of gimping and edge-guarding almost any foe. To the relief of the Ice Climbers, the winner revives the loser, having no hostile feelings. Meta Knight can also change the course of the attack by pressing up or down on the control stick. Tournament results are used to reinforce the placements of certain characters on the tier list; for example the winners of Melee tournaments most commonly use Fox, Falco, Sheik, and Marth, and the winners of Brawl tournaments most commonly use Meta Knight, Ice Climbers, Olimar, and Diddy Kong. He has five midair jumps and the ability to glide twice. His strongest move in terms of. 7. The increasing prominence of Meta Knight in Brawl tournaments also affected numerous other characters beyond R.O.B., such as Pit and Mr. Game & Watch, both of whom also struggle in the Meta Knight matchup and fell in the tier lists owing to this poor matchup. The best example is in his up aerial, which can be performed three times within a short-hop, with it coming out on frame 2 and the move can be cancelled as early as frame 14. His only attack (other than all of his throws, excluding the back throw) that does not use his sword. Can set up a, Slashes twice in front of him (inward then outward), then once upwards. GrimMechs' tier lists take each variant in the game and rates its best representive build against all other mechs. Combined with his jumps, his up aerial combos into itself for as much as 30%, due to its speed and low knockback, and it can lead into other moves as well, such as Mach Tornado and Shuttle Loop. Warps behind the opponent and slashes at them with an outward strike. Due to his strengths as a fighter, more competitive Brawl players use Meta Knight over any other character. He quickly learns that Marth is not his enemy when they are both surrounded by Primids. This started with a well-known rumor in the Smash Bros. community that Meta Knight was banned in Italian tournaments. His KO moves are quick, powerful, and reliable. As such, take examples listed here with a grain of salt, especially if it's regarding a newer game. From SmashWiki, the Super Smash Bros. wiki, This article is about Meta Knight's appearance in, Super Smash Bros. Brawl Character Matchups, Category:Meta Knight professionals (SSBB), Co-Op Event 13: Blades of the Quick and Mighty, http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=242903, http://www.smashboards.com/showpost.php?p=13213667&postcount=3, http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?p=13439900, http://www.smashboards.com/threads/the-urc-has-been-disbanded.321154/#post-14342103. This makes Meta Knight, Cloud, Bayonetta and Hero the only characters in the Super Smash Bros. series who have been banned from a standardized tournament ruleset, although Bayonetta and Hero's ban was far less prominent and Cloud being exclusively banned in doubles. Kicks the opponent upwards and away with a backwards somersaulting kick. Welcome to our 20th meta report! Slashes above him very quickly. His poor air speed and slow grab release animation also make him susceptible to grab release combos from many characters, most notably Marth, who can combo Meta Knight into a variety of moves, including forward aerial, dash attack, Dancing Blade, short hop Dolphin Slash, buffered down aerial, buffered up aerial, or buffered neutral aerial from his air release. This makes escape via directional influence difficult. and Luigi, having their positions on the tier list significantly dropping in large part due to their poor matchups against Meta Knight. The aircraft of the other heroes is placed inside the Halberd, which heads towards the Subspace Gunship with most of the Super Smash Bros. heroes on board. Learn which heroes are best and stay on top of the meta. After rescuing Peach and Zelda, the trio continues on to the control deck. Characters with massive weaknesses who are strong in spite of those weaknesses are also common targets just based off of principle; people hate Fake Balance, and these characters are often powerful when they shouldn't be. He was able to hold them off until King Dedede attacked him, causing him to lose his ship. Such an example was KTAR 6, where five of the top eight placers used Meta Knight. "Pro-Ban" won the poll, but did not win a super-majority of at least 66%, and Meta Knight was not banned on a large scale. A typical Tier Induced Scrappy is a high tier character with next to no learning curve, though high learning curve characters who are unreasonably difficult to beat when played by a master (especially if they also happen to be extremely frustrating to play against and/or boring to watch) can and will earn this status. Talks about banning Meta Knight later surged again, owing to Meta Knight's rapidly increasing dominance and Meta Knight players primarily being those who won tournaments and/or took up the top results. Characters initially seen as weak or useless may prove to be more useful than initially thought, and characters initally seen as a Game-Breaker may eventually go down on the tier list as ways to counter them are discovered. At the summit, Lucario challenges Meta Knight to a sparring duel. Meta Knight's edgeguarding capability is unarguably the best in the game, as is his ability to gimp opponents. Additionally, with Level Reduction, they have the ability to push through a full Noble Knight board, which is hard for the most decks. Great for juggling opponents into the upper blast line. Slashes behind himself three times. There they discover that the ship is being piloted by a gang of Shadow Bug Mr. Game & Watches. After using the attack, Meta Knight becomes helpless. The reach of his attacks, though average overall, is disproportionate to his small hurtbox. This reflects in his tournament results, where it is not rare to see almost half of any given top eight in Meta Knight legal tournaments using Meta Knight, and Meta Knight has won almost three times the amount of money in tournaments than the second-most successful character, Snake. Although Meta Knight has a great array of recovery options, they all leave him helpless. Overall, Meta Knight has overwhelming combat prowess, and his weaknesses are hard to exploit and can be worked around.