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Has good vertical reach with decent knockback. Good for starting combos, with the second part of forward tilt bring his opponents toward him. Strikes opponent with two quick swings, followed by a rising slash. This makes it one of Meta Knight's more reliable damage racking options, but it is punishable if missed.

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Meta Knight also does not have any true set ups into his kill moves, outside of neutral air, which gives him trouble killing outside of edge guarding.Īn extremely fast series of slashes followed by a back-flipping slash. He also has problems dealing with characters who posses attacks that are high in priority. Meta Knight, despite himself possessing disjointed range, has trouble dealing with characters who out range him. He lacks a projectile while at the same time having trouble dealing with ones that are high in priority or that are transcendent which gives him problems approaching. However, Meta Knight is a light weight and has below average accelerated falling speed which makes him easy to KO vertically and horizontally. Back throw is good for setting up edge guards.ĭue to his small size, he is less vulnerable to shield poking then other characters. His up throw does not kill until over 150%, but can help if is not able to kill with his more reliable options. His down throw is his best throw for starting combos. His forward throw can set up good combos and can chain grab, if the Meta Knight reacts fast enough. He has an above average grab & throw game, possessing the sixth longest and fastest grab in the current demo. Meta Knight has a good air game, despite his poor air speed, possessing fast, long reaching and damage racking aerials that are great for comboing along with edge guarding. Meta Knight has great recovery options due to him having five midair jumps and all of his specials can be used as recovery moves. He has reliable kill moves in his down smash (second hit), forward smash, sweet spotted neutral aerial, Dimensional Cape, and Shuttle Loop (initial hitbox). He has a solid ground game with his fast tilts, smashes and grabs. He has great dashing speed, the seventh fastest dasher, but he posses poor walking and air speed. Some of his attacks have strong priority in them. Meta Knight has good range in the majority of his attacks while also possessing great frame data. Also MK has problems KO'ing opponents at high percentages due to having limited kill set ups and only a few reliable kill moves.Įven with the nerfs he received from last demo, Meta Knight is still a highly efficient character, though he has a small player base and poor representation in online tournaments.Īttributes See also: Meta Knight (Super Smash Flash 2)/Hard data He lacks a projectile and a way to deal with high- priority, giving him problems approaching. He has problems dealing with characters who can out range him such as Marth and Ichigo, as he is reduced to camping them out with his forward aerial and back aerial. However, Meta Knight has some flaws, such as his light weight and below average accelerated falling speed, which makes him easy to KO vertically and horizontally.

He is also one of the best edgeguarders, as he is amazing at gimping his opponents or straight-up comboing them into the side boundaries without giving them even a slight chance of recovery.

Meta Knight has five midair jumps and can use all of his specials to recover, thus giving him one of the best (if not the best) recoveries in the current demo. His fast dashing speed results in a ridiculous dash dance, leading to some very strong mind games. Meta Knight has a good air and ground game, amazing recovery options, great range on almost every attack due to having a disjointed hitbox, fast attack speed, very strong combo ability, and kill moves in his forward smash and down smash, Dimensional Cape, and the initial hitboxes of neutral aerial and Shuttle Loop. Meta Knight currently ranks 3rd in S tier on the tier list, a moderate jump from 6th place in the previous tier list. Brawl and his voice clips are taken directly from the same game. His sprites are custom-made and based on his appearance in Super Smash Bros. Meta Knight also comes with a completely new moveset that is similar to his Super Smash Bros. Meta Knight is a veteran starter character in Super Smash Flash 2 and is now a completely independent character, not tied with Kirby as he was in the first game. For general information about the character, see Meta Knight. This article is about Meta Knight's appearance in Super Smash Flash 2.

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