Playing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with friends is a pretty unique experience, as it’s one of the few fighting games to put a lot of importance on having pure fun. It also lets players use very famous video game characters from many well-known franchises.
But some of these characters are very irritating to play against, and this might be either because their abilities are too obnoxious or they’re hard to play against if a player doesn’t know them well. And in this list, you’re going to know which characters are the most frustrating to play against, and why.
10 Ness
This boy hero is one of the most hated characters of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, as unskilled players often spam his Side-B, Pk-Fire to tilt their opponents. This spammy skill creates a pillar of flames when it makes contact with an enemy, and it’s used to trap opponents to either start a combo or create some field pressure.
Some of the bigger characters can even get hit with multiple Pk Fire, as the pillar has a relatively large hitbox. And if that wasn’t enough, it also allows Ness to grab his opponents to finish them with a back-throw.
9 Snake
There are few things as frustrating as playing against a good Snake player. Its constant barrage of grenades will make for difficult approaches, and since grenades can be taken out almost instantly, they can be used to cancel combos or to break away from enemies.
Snake can also use mines, which can be placed near common ‘hot-zones’ to either limit an enemy’s movement or to finish them off when they lower their guard. Snake can also use RC missiles, which are very effective at edge-guarding.
8 Olimar
Olimar might be one of the hardest characters to play as, as he relies heavily on his little Pikmin. This little astronaut requires a lot of micromanagement, as players have to keep an eye on their Pikmin since they can be killed or thrown out of the stage.
Olimar is also frustrating to play against, as he’s always throwing his Pikmin at his opponents, which will deal considerable chip-damage if they can’t be shaken off. Opponents also need to learn how each Pikmin works, as they all have different amounts of damage and knockback values.
7 Kirby
While Kirby is just a mere nuisance for veteran players, this ball of cuteness can vanish the joy out of inexperienced players. This is due to Kirby’s ability to inhale and hold his opponents inside its mouth, as he’s still able to move and jump while holding them, letting Kirby players jump off a platform and then spit their poor enemies as they near the bottom.
To Kirby, being near the blast line isn’t really a problem, as he can just bring himself back to the platform thanks to his ability to do five mid-air jumps.
6 Hero
A good skilled Hero has answers for everything. This character has a nice array of abilities thanks to his Down-B skill, which gives him access to random powerful abilities. While unskilled Hero players are known to just pick them at random, those who master him are able to read and pick the right one ASAP.
Hero is especially deadly when in a big group, as he can spam deadly abilities from afar like Whack, Sizzle, or Kaboom. Hero also has a chance to bring himself back to the stage using Zoom, which increases the further he’s from the stage. Finally, his smash attacks also deal random critical damage.
5 King K. Rool
King K. Rool is another character that’s very stressful to play against, as his kit is somewhat loaded. He has Super Armor on some of his attacks, which can make him very oppressive to those who aren’t that good at reading attacks.
K. Rool can also deflect projectiles and attacks, use his cannon to shoot and suck-in opponents, and is very hard to throw out of the stage. Skilled players can just take advantage of his movements because he is easy to read and his attacks are very slow.
4 Mr. Game & Watch
This character is a text-book definition of “Sleeper OP”. When Smash Ultimate was launched, Mr. Game & Watch was deemed ‘too balanced’ to be a strong competitive pick, but that was until Maister, a competitive Mr. Game & Watch player, started getting favorable results with it.
This character can edge-guard his opponents by throwing hard to dodge projectiles with his cooking pan. He can also harshly punish those who dare attack him when he’s shielding, as he can use his powerful Up-B to send them flying to their deaths.
3 Bowser
Bowser is another character that obliterates unskilled players, but who is easy to defeat once you understand how Smash works. This is mostly because many of his attacks are deadly and can finish opponents at low % if they connect, but they are also very easy to read as they’re slow, so skilled players can punish this Koopa every time he misses an attack.
Bowser is also very hard to throw off-stage due to his heaviness, while he also has a grab that can punish shields or finish matches quickly as he can throw himself off-stage along with his opponent.
2 Inkling
Unlike Mr. Game & Watch, the Inklings were pretty much top-tier characters as soon as Ultimate’s competitive scene started. These little humanoids are very efficient at a higher level of playing, as they can combo their opponents to death.
Of course, they’re very hard to play as, but that doesn’t stop unskilled players from playing them, as they can just spam their Side-B which covers a wide area, and can bury their opponents long enough for them to finish them off. Their painting abilities are also a nice extra, as they can cover their enemies with paint which makes them receive extra damage.
1 Toon Link & Young Link
These characters are grouped together as their moveset is pretty much the same, and it only differs in numbers and percentages. Players that main the Link characters often try to stay as far as possible from their opponents so they can shoot them down with arrows.
If they’re brave enough to get close to their opponents, they tend to blast them away with bombs. Some players do this to trick their opponents into attacking them, so they can then grab them with the Hookshot and throw them to the back of the stage.
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