Bomberman (SSF2)

Bomberman is a new starter character in Super Smash Flash 2, hailing from Konami's (formerly Hudson Soft's) series of the same name. He was revealed on the second day of APEX 2013 and officially debuted in Version 0.9a, released a few weeks later. His sprites are custom-made and based on his appearance in Bomberman Generation, where he is depicted wearing a red scarf and golden bracelets. His moveset appears to be inspired by an obscure Project M mod from 2012, though this has never been officially confirmed by the developers themselves.

Bomberman is currently ranked 30th in the tier list for Version 1.3 of the game. He has incredible stage control due to his ability to plant and move around up to five bombs on the stage which-when detonated, produce very large, high-damaging explosions that have the potential to cover the entire stage. He also has very high mobility due to his high air acceleration, fast falling speed, and a ludicrously fast initial dash that gives him a long dash-dance and can be repeatedly crouch-cancelled to zip around the stage. This is further compounded by his solid air game due to his fast, powerful, disjointed aerials that enable him to juggle opponents and set up KO confirms with one of his many kill moves, including his smash attacks, forward air, back air, up air, Power Bombs, Jetpack, and forward throw.

However, Bomberman's high gravity and falling speed make him highly susceptible to combos and chaingrabs and leaves him prone to getting gimped offstage. This problem is further compounded by his mediocre weight and his very low air speed, which ranks as one of the slowest in the game. While his Jetpack does cover a great vertical distance, it is also very linear, covers very little horizontal distance, and has a delayed start, which weakens his ability to recover even further. Outside of the moves that use his head or his bombs, Bomberman's attack range is lackluster, giving him a disadvantage against characters with disjointed hitboxes, such as and. In addition to this, Bomberman becomes considerably weaker onstage if his opponent overwhelms him before he has a chance to set up his bombs.

Bomberman's strengths and weaknesses are fairly balanced, leaving him in mid tier.

Update history
Over time, Bomberman has received a mix of buffs and nerfs that lead to him having a relatively stable position in the game's meta as a somewhat niche character that can nevertheless compete at high levels of play.

Grounded attacks

 * Dash attack:
 * Forward tilt:
 * Forward tilt:
 * Forward tilt:
 * Forward tilt:

Aerial attacks

 * Neutral aerial:

Notable players

 * Akabonba

Alternate Costumes
Changing Bomberman's costume will also change the color appearance of his bombs.