Bowser Super Smash Bros. Melee Moves, Combos, Strategy Guide
(or repeatedly)
Light Attack/Quick Combo
Up Tilt Attack
Down Tilt Attack
or
Left/Right Tilt Attack
or
Running Attack
Air Light Attack
Up Air Attack
Left Air Attack
Right Air Attack
Down Air Attack
,
or
or
or
Throw
,
Double Jump
(hold)
Up Smash Attack
(hold)
Down Smash Attack
or
(hold)
Left/Right Smash Attack
(hold to continue firing)
Fire Breath
or
,
(repeatedly)
Slash
Whirling Fortress
Bowser Bomb
For throw and double jump, what buttons do t and j mean?
Bowser has absolutely no winning matchups whatsoever. His only decent stage is Yoshi’s Island, and his only decent move to survive is whirling fortress (and other than that, all his other moves are extremely situational). Worst matchups include: Sheik, Falco, Ice Climbers, and Fox, since they can combo (or in the Icies’ case, wobble) him into oblivion and negate his endurance as the heaviest character, read off of his abysmal frame data, and safely space him out.
Even bottom-tiered characters like Kirby, Pichu, Zelda, and Ness destroy him since they’re faster, can space him out more easily, and can make up for their worse endurance by easily reading off his moves.
Bowser is by far the worst character in Melee. He has no dedicated mains right now (DJ Nintendo + Stockholm Syndrome doesn’t count since they only reserve him for really weak players) and his plethora of absurdly prominent flaws outweigh his endurance and power. Kirby and Pichu are clearly not the worst characters, and Bowser I believe should deserve this spot by a large margin.
