#73: Kirby (Melee)
Preferred color: Default [Pink]
Favorite move: Down Throw
I’ve held on to the belief that Kirby is the worst character in Melee for some time now and it’s not even close. Melee Kirby just sucks in almost every possible category. He’s easy to kill, especially vertically. His good horizontal recovery is somewhat negated by his lightness, you can f***ing break out of his f and b throw. Special moves are ass. No killing power.
Usually a character’s best moves are his aerials in Melee but Kirby’s aren’t much to get excited over. Up air is one of like two moves he has that can actually kill regularly (the other being back air) but the hitbox isn’t active for a while so it’s not exactly something you can just throw out. Forward, Down and neutral air may as not exist. They don’t do s***. No knockback, no damage, not really used in combos ohmigosh this character sucks so much.
Smash attacks are pretty slow, I guess tilts are okay. Grabs are whatever. Back throw and his B move are popularly used for killing off the edge but you can’t use it when you’re dying almost every hit and even when you do it’s more of a gimmick than a legitimate strategy.
Hammer is soo bad, stone is garbage too. Nobody any good ever gets hit with that regularly.
Dash attack is the worst move the character has. Like why is this even here. Dash attacks aren’t exactly the best moves but this move is bad even for a dash attack! It’s slow and keeps moving him along after and there’s no knockback at all so if it accidentally comes out you know you’re getting punished for it.
Down Throw is my favorite move because at least he can dance. And his taunt’s always fun.
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I'm so pretty.