Little Mac after the 1.1.4 Patch

Little mac is a character that almost everyone in this game have tried to play at some point. He is just too fun not to have tried. His ground mobility, his fast aerials, and his insanely strong smash attacks all just add up to one really fun character. But, in this most recent patch, he became a lot more competitively viable. He received buffs to his up smash, forward smash, down smash, as well as his up tilt. They all got more increased damage, but decreased knock back a little bit. Up tilt has a better hit angle so it can hit people from other ways and can combo into other moves easier. His moves are safer on shield now after the patch, meaning they have more hit stun on the shield, or they have less hit lag for you. The mobility of Little mac is insane, and his smash attacks are almost impossible to punishable. This is going to force people to block less against him than they used to, meaning people are going to need to start fighting him straight up, which is something that he accels at as he is a boxer. Down smash is a great way to trap people now as it can't be punished if they shield it, and if they roll they are going to be hit by it anyways. He still does have some large issues of the character, such as being very poor at aerial fights, and he has a very hard time getting down to the ground. The character himself is very easy to beat, just don't fight him on the ground. But if the right player knows how to abuse his mechanics on the ground, can consistently land his K.O. Punch, doesn't get hit off much, applies good pressure, it can all add up to one scary character. Little mac is just going to be that way, he is someone who can destroy you because he landed his ko punch, or he is going to fall victim to his flaws of being bad off of the stage.

In my opinion, Little Mac did become a ton better after this patch, he is able to confirm into his smash attacks for massive amounts of damage, and he can combo into many other things with how amazing his frame data is. His super armor on his smash attacks makes him pretty nutty to straight up fight, and he is overall a really strong character. He does however have major flaws, and these flaws are just fundamental by the nature of his character, a boxer. He isn't an air fighter, he isn't going to go off the stage or " out of his ring" to finish an opponent off the ledge. It's just not his play style, and the player needs to respect his limitations, and use his advantages on the ground to the best of their ability.