Least Competitively Viable Super Smash Bros Ultimate Characters
Little Mac
And here we have the originator of Little Mac Syndrome himself: Little Mac, which isn’t a surprise. After all, he’s a professional boxer, not an overweight Italian plumber. Jumping 20 feet in the air isn’t exactly in Little Mac’s job description.
Now, in all fairness, Little Mac is designed to stay on the ground as much as possible. The guy can withstand everything from minor electric shocks to 2,000 pounds of dropkicking koopa so long as he uses super armor, and plenty of Little Mac’s moves grant him super armor. Plus, his strongest attacks get even stronger when he is firmly planted on the ground, and don’t even get me started on his insta-KO. To balance out these strengths, Little Mac has some of the weakest recovery in the game.
Granted, Little Mac’s jumps have improved since Super Smash Bros 4, and his side-B no longer renders him helpless. Even with those incremental improvements, Little Mac has some of the worst jumps and recovery options in Super Smash Bros Ultimate. He’s more than capable of reaching floating platforms, but leaping back onto a stage is beyond his reach, a fact that is all the more painful since he is easily launched when he doesn’t have super armor.
Some of Super Smash Bros’ best professional players like to spend a good chunk of time in the air, and since Little Mac is at his worst midair, many players will not be able to keep up with the air (and mind) games of many competitors.
