>>717143441
DK isn't actually viable, he's a gimmick character that does exactly one thing well (kill fastfallers off of cargo uthrow) and can only squeak through brackets because stage counterpicks allow him to do it unimpeded. Yes, you can counterpick Link in 2025, we know. Unfortunately, so does everyone else, which leads to people actually practicing MUs like Yoshi, Samus, and DK, which diminishes their viability further.
Melee's metagame is just refined. Even mediocre or bad characters have niches that they excel in, but they're niches nonetheless. I mean, for fuck's sake, I play Mario. But I have no illusions about the game's character balance or any of these characters actually winning anything or even making it consistently deep into bracket without divine intervention.
