Thursday, February 11, 2016

Character Analysis - Charizard (Part 1 - Kill Options)

Hey everyone, I am here with a character that is kind of overlooked by most of the community. I recently started playing Charizard and wanted to analyze him and give my opinion on him. So, here goes nothing.

Charizard is seen as one of the worst characters in the game, I however don't see how that is possible. Charizard is very fast. He is the 15th fastest walker in the game, and the 8th fastest when dashing. This is quite increible considiering his size. Charizard is however quite large unfortunately meaning it is very easy to hit him. He is one of the biggest character models in the game, in height and just hit boxes. This does come with some benefits though. Charizard is the 4th heaviest character in the game. He comes in weighing an impressive amount while still being agile makes a deadly combo. He is able to live very long, and thus be able to rack up rage quickly while still being able to live. If he is able to maintain dealing almost as much damage as he takes, or trading percent, he will win almost any fight, as he kills earlier than most characters, and lives longer than most too. So, let's talk about some of his kill options.

Charizard has a ton of kill options. Most of his moves can kill quite early. Off of a grab, his forward, back, and up throws all can kill, each being the best at certain percents. On stages with platforms, charizard can get quite early kills with his up throw, as it will bring the opponent crashing down into the platform at very high speeds, and have lots of knock back. On Duck Hunt, Charizard can kill off the top of the tree in the early 40% range on most characters with his up throw. This is also the case on dreamland and town and city but not to quite the same extent. Charizard has a huge hurt box and knock back on his down smash and forward smash. Both are great kill options. Another awesome kill option for him are many of his aerial attacks. His up air is an insane kill option, and can kill some characters in the 70% range. His back aerial also has a ton of knock back and growth, meaning you can get kills very early off stage with it. Charizard can also use his forward air for kills but not quite as early as the other options. Charizards' up special is another great kill move. He can kill light characters off the top extremely easily. I have gotten kills as early as 30%... which is ridiculous if you are unfamiliar with the kill percents of this game. Charizard also has another kill option with his side b. This move propels you across the stage in a hurling ball of flame, rock, and debris, and obliterates any opponents in it's path dealing 19% and tons of knock back. Can be easily comboed into off of a forward throw or a back throw.

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