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I'd take Shantae over Marston, and indeed anyone on that Xstat list below Aya. Xstats aren't perfect once you start needing to go through lots of characters to compare them (because each individual match has an associated error as a measuring device, see Pikachu vs Mega Man flipping with a slightly different set of circumstances). But they can still give you a rough idea.

There's no reason to believe Shantae is super-piss-weak and I'm not sure why Ulti is so hung up on believing she is. I've heard of her for over a decade now, her games are relatively niche but popular enough for what they are. I don't see much reason for her to be that much weaker than Shovel Knight, another indie platformer darling, who also proved himself.
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