How Good Was Link in Smash? - Ranked Super Smash Bros. 

The entire Zelda cast got dogged in this series. ESPECIALLY Ganondorf. Only Shiek achieved glory in top level play.

I wish that they did with Link what they did with Hero, like giving him a BOTW, OOT, TP, and SS alt. I also wish that he got more items in his moves. Great video though.

Link has had probably the weakest over history of all the perfect attendances vets. -Bottom Tier in 64 & Brawl -Low Tier in Melee -Mid Tier in Sm4sh & Ult DK is a close second and his tier placements are very debatable: -Low Tier in 64 & Brawl -Low-Mid Tier in Melee & Ult -Upper-Mid or Low-High in Sm4sh Depends on how pessimistic you are on DK I suppose.

Yoshi should be up next for the "How Good was X in Smash?" to finish up the original 8!

A bit of a hot take, but I personally think SSB4 Link takes the cake for his strongest iteration. I feel like Ultimate Link lost out a lot on his nerfs to his frame data and the loss of his tether. Normally, gaining a faster normal grab is a blessing for any character. However in Ultimate, tether grabs are much faster across the board, making their slow speed relative to the cast not nearly as much of a determent in comparison to past iterations. In comparison, Link lost a vital spacing/recovery tool and gained a standard grab with one of the worst reaches in the entire game. Also, SSB4 Link has by far the best results and representation of the series, with T getting very good placements across the game's iteration, including the crown achievement of the character's competitive career: 3rd at 2GG: Civil War with solo Link. Granted that he also had great placements early on in Ultimate's life, but that didn't last too long unfortunately; Link's meta has stagnated for years in Ultimate unfortunately. SSB4 Link is still only a mid tier in the end of the day, but you can take what you can get with adult Link in the Smash series. SSB4 and Ultimate Link are definitely better than Melee Link, who is only really used by one top player as a counterpick/secondary character.

I like this series, i would like to see more

Honest at it again with another banger

I main Link in Smash 4, and his kit is so fun in that game. I had a great time playing it again in the last days of its online.

Smash ultimate made the biggest nerf, they made link Right handed :(

this was rad, HOWEVER Link could technically dacus in sm4sh. The up throw bomb toss tech was basically the same thing.

As EEvisa once said he is a link to the past in his games and a link to a 0-2 future

Oh shit posted 1 minute ago. I like this series ❤

Using persona2 music is such a W

The sheer number of things Link can do with bombs in melee is ridiculous. Recovery extensions, bomb climbs for high kills, bombchus, stage control, edgeguards, kill confirms, wavebombs, goron rolls, self explosions to escape combos, its crazy.

Whenever you decode to cover the other two links will they be included in the same video? I think that would be neat to see Yink, his replacement, and what they did to differentiate him once they were finally in the same game

Let's be honest, The best version of link is Project m/Project plus

Lets Go!!!

Link is one of the two characters I switched to on Melee after dropping Roy and G&W, with Samus being another one of my new mains. I really LOVE Link's up B as an edgeguarding tool, shame the PAL version lost its semi-spike hitbox! His N-air is even broken, as its hitbox lasts for the rest of the move's duration once the hitbox comes out. :D

link my beloved

Link was one of my favorite fighters in melee. Once I unlocked Marth in that game He was basically instantly my favorite but before that it was linked. Although yes I realize now when I played the game later I definitely preferred Fox over Link but still preferred Marth. After melee I hardly ever would play as link. And to be honest I don't think it was because I left the character was worse or anything although maybe but I think it just had more to do with the fact that they were just so many other fighters to choose from and Sonic became my main in brawl and has been since

Link really struggles to this day.

Can the next one be Game & Watch ? Just to show how buffed he is in ultimate !

As a Melee Link player it would be so much more fun to play overall and maybe even see better results. He’s still a lot of fun though imo

Song name at 3:39?

Where you can say link had a niche in melee was when armada would pull out the young link to counter hbox's puff.

Request: How good was Pikachu in smash history? I dont know what your plans are but id love to see this sometime soon

i refound you after getting a new account yay

0:43 did you mean to say something else after you said this sentence ?

Link needs a BOTW/TOTK moveset for the new Smash.

i think in terms of meta relevance link was probably at his best in s4 but ye this character has been HELLA done dirty in this series lmaoooo thought ult would be different but guess not whoops

I never was a link player but getting back into melee I actually do like link personally I’ll always be more of a young link guy but there r just certain matchups I feel u gotta switch from pichu to pikachu or young link to link. Link is pretty mindless in ult but there is some crazy cool n unique techs in melee n young link has even more niche techs

Ok but when you showed that links sword is shorter than Martha link moved forward with the f smash

i alwase pick tooon link over link in brawl

What about the Link in Soul Calibur?

Yo link is kinda mid to me

Smash 64 Link isn't really that technical. If I can teach an 8 year old to play advanced Link in 64 then it really shouldn't be held to high regard. Been a Link main since the game existed. Melee Link has significantly more difficult advanced tech. For example, Acid Dropping which is basically Links version of wave shining by using a bomb. But Ultimate Link is also more technical than Smash 64 Link, by an extreme margin, and it's still easier than Melee Link to pilot at a technical level. Also side note. Links Downair in Melee is perfectly fine how it is simply because you can combo into it with either a grab or by doing an edge cancel aerial into it (another aspect that makes Melee Link more technical and difficult than 64 Link)

Next one: samus

No PM Link...

How old is Link?

Link was always mid until ultimate thanks to breath of the wild giving him buffs awesome vid Honest.

The Zelda series in general is one of the worst represented franchises in smash Brothers. None of the characters are lore accurate.

Remote bomb has to be the best thing that happened to link, with free edge guarding, ledge trapping, and way more consistent bomb recoveries.

i usually kick ass with Link. And more ass with Y.Link

I know why Link has consistently been a Low/Bottom Tier character throughout the Smash series. LOL You are the "Weakest Link!" Goodbye.

The music selection is beyond awful

Ultimate Link is extremely underrated, IMO. I don't understand why the competitive community thinks he's mid. Almost all his moves kill. His z-drop combos are busted. His nair is busted. He can recover from literally anywhere. His mobility is the best it has ever been. He's basically a flawless character with some completely broken bullshit. I think he's high tier at worst. He has so much potential, but no one (great) plays him so everyone puts him at mid tier. People even put Toon Link higher than him usually and Toon Link has NOTHING cheap or broken about him. I don't get it, man.

Ultimate sucks