Evil Wolf

Evil Wolf is a newcomer in Super Smash Bros. All Stars. He was announced during E8 2018 Nintendo Direct on August 23rd, 2018. He is one of twelve secondary newcomers. He is the last secondary newcomer.

Evil Wolf is currently ranked 81st out of 113 on the tier list, placing him in the N tier. Evil Wolf is still one of the hardest-hitting fighters in the game along with Ganondorf, with his renowned raw power and high overall damage output being further boosted from the transition to Star Smash. However, as Evil Wolf largely retains Wolf's moveset, he suffers from the same issues as him, such as largely weak finishers that give him trouble taking stocks outside of aggressive edgeguarding, along with a weaker version of Wolf's forward tilt. Evil Wolf also boasts arguably the greatest overall survivability in the game, being the most difficult character to KO vertically, due to having the third highest weight and the second fastest falling speed, and also very difficult to KO horizontally despite being a fast-falling character with slow air speed, which is also due to his high weight and the fact that he boasts an impressive recovery, due to his multiple midair jumps.

However, Evil Wolf has some exploitable weaknesses. Despite having better frame data than its fellow super heavyweights, some of Evil Wolf's attacks are still punishable compared to the many combo-oriented characters prevalent in the metagame. Aside from his new benefits, he retains his excellent endurance, overall high damage output, and very strong KOing options.

Overall, Evil Wolf's strengths outweigh his flaws, making him a fairly capable character in the current metagame. Though Evil Wolf still has a small playerbase, he has a few high-level players such as barking, biting, and scratching representing him. However, Evil Wolf's tier placement is often debated within the community, as many players state he lacks the consistent top level appearances and placements to be ranked so highly within the high tier, with many characters below him, such as Alejandro, Flappy Bird, Dark Pit and even Barney appearing more and placing better than him, especially in recent times.