Wario (SSF2)

Wario is a veteran starter character in Super Smash Flash 2. He was added in Version 0.7 of the game. His sprites are custom-made and are based primarily on his appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, with some elements taken from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Project M.

Wario is currently ranked 38th in the tier list for Version 1.3.1.2 of the game. He has a very high air mobility for a character of his weight class, to the point that he can practically dance around his opponents while walling them out with safe, non-committal aerial approaches. His forward smash, up smash, dash attack, down throw, Shoulder Bash, and Wario Waft are all strong KO moves, with the waft in particular making ridiculous comebacks possible by KOing at low percents when fully charged. His recovery is also pretty good, as his Shoulder Bash gives him extra horizontal distance and his fully charged Waft covers about the same distance as his Corkscrew, effectively doubling his height gained.

However, Wario has some severe range issues and lacks projectiles, making it difficult to fight against characters with large disjoints like and. His recovery is fairly slow and similarly short-ranged, leaving him prone to getting intercepted offstage. Wario's high gravity and heavy weight also make him combo fodder for most characters, though this can be partially mitigated by using his air speed to break free. While his air game is very strong, his ground mobility is rather slow and most of his strong grounded options have poor frame data, leaving him vulnerable to whiff punishes and forcing him to rely on hard reads to secure KOs.

Wario's strengths aren't enough to keep up with the current sword-heavy metagame, causing him to fall to low tier.