Medusa

Medusa is a newcomer in Super Smash Bros. All Stars. She was announced during E8 2018 Nintendo Direct on August 23rd, 2018. She is one of thirteen quartrary newcomers.

Medusa is currently ranked 58th out of 113 on the tier list, placing her in the K tier. Medusa is still one of the hardest-hitting fighters in the game along with Him, with her renowned raw power and high overall damage output being further boosted from the transition to Star Smash. While not as overwhelmingly dominant as Him, Medusa was near-universally considered the worst competitive character in the early metagame of SSB All Stars due to her extremely fast and safe attacks. Medusa has also gained a capable damage racking game, thanks to changes inherent during SSB All Stars ' launch and from subsequent game updates. She herself is capable of edge-guarding many characters with her quick aerials, including several which can become sex kicks if held (neutral and up aerial), along with a powerful finisher in back aerial and a powerful meteor smash in down smash, which is infamous for its size and its ability to hit opponents who either exhaust their ledge invincibility or are attempting to recover.

However, Medusa also shares Jesus Christ's flaws. Her disjointed range is offset by her attacks having short hitbox durations and considerable ending lag, which can make her susceptible to punishment if her attacks are not spaced well. Her KOing ability is also unimpressive despite her smash attacks' high power, since her KOing options are difficult to land, due to their slow startup and ending lag, or hard-to-land hitboxes. While most of her moves generally deal very low damage and knockback, this is compensated by her strong combo ability, and even if she fails to pull off a KO setup, her advantages mean that she can afford to KO later than other characters.

Regardless of her weaknesses, Medusa has achieved above average tournament results and tournament representation despite her nerfs in 1.1.6, most notably including Pink Fresh winning S.U.N. along with players like XS, La Sonja, and MegaRabbit placing high in nationals such as CEO 2016, KTAR XVIII, and Smash Factor 5 respectively. MegaRabbit in particular is making a progressively stronger impression in tournaments, defeating many of the best players in the world with Medusa, including Oretz and Red Wolf. Sedusa, who has recently become one of the most successful Medusa, has also been garnering amazing results with her, placing 19th, 20th, 52nd, and 31st at 2GGT: Abadango Saga, The Big House 6, UGC Smash Open, and GENESIS 4 respectively.