Doc McStuffins

Doc McStuffins 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 twelve secondary newcomers.

Doc McStuffins is currently ranked 69th out of 113 on the tier list, placing her in the L tier. While Doc McStuffins' power has increased overall, her mobility has become noticeably slower and less nimble, with these traits having been implemented. Her recovery is among the best in the game, due to both Flu Shot and Scalpel Cut granting significant distance, directional flexibility, and enormous hitboxes, rendering her virtually immune to edge-guards, which is further supplemented with her ability to give poison. Doc McStuffins also has what is arguably the best punishment game, courtesy of her fast and nimble mobility, a paralyzingprojectile in Paralyzer, and a potent combo game that can lead to either KOs or large amounts of damage in quick fashion.

However, Doc McStuffins suffers from poor endurance due to her tall height and very light weight, while she has somewhat poor attack power and hitbox placements. Her aforementioned unusual hitbox placements make it difficult for her to space consistently without her projectiles, since her attacks can miss despite her body visibly touching against an opponent. Her tall size, below average weight, and high gravity also make her susceptible to combos, juggles and KOs. She does gain significant benefits from custom special moves that remedy her approaching issues and bolster her mobility, damage racking ability, and combo game, but since most tournaments disallow customs, she cannot make use of those advantages to improve her playstyle in the current metagame.

While Doc McStuffins has noticeably improved, largely due to game updates, most of her fellow veterans have also improved at varying degrees. This has resulted in her overall representation being poor, although she has attained a dedicated playerbase nevertheless; thanks to the likes of professionals like Omicrox, Uyona, Laniz, WQP and Srimo-Naemwank, Doc McStuffins has managed to achieve some degree of tournament success.