Leafy

Leafy 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 thirdary newcomers. She is also the last thirdary newcomer.

Leafy is currently ranked 21st out of 113 on the tier list, placing her in the H tier. Leafy has good mobility overall, which is especially evident on the ground due to her fast walking and dashing speeds and high traction. She also has two useful projectiles in Leafy Guarding and Header, a formidable approach thanks to her mobility, and a decent combo game and impressive mindgame potential due to her unusual hitbox placements. In addition, Leafy possesses a long-distanced and varied recovery, courtesy of having two tether recoveries, a third jump in Flip Jump and her new up special, Boost Kick.

However, Leafy also retains her glaring weaknesses, as she still suffers from a very weak ground game due to her slow mobility and short range. Leafy also has severe issues when attempting to score a KO, as the majority of her KOing options (smash attacks, back aerial and Rest) are burdened with considerable amounts of lag, while Rest is still very difficult to land without a hard read. 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.

Overall, Zelda's glaring flaws have resulted in her garnering poor representation in competitive play. While she has only managed to win a few local tournaments in singles and doubles play thanks to Omicrox, Plaosh, Red Wolf and Walvi, Omicrox has also managed to managed to achieve a handful of decent placings at regional tournaments.