What is the problem with the greatsword?

[Bot]

i played brawl for a quite few times, and nowadays i "restarted" to play, i have fought few greatsword, i don't find them a lot, (i tried use it, but i don't like it)......and i see a lot of hate to the greatsword, can i ask you why?

[Julia Bardera]

cover a lot of areas, you think greatsword follow ups are punishable but they arent. sometimes when they are far away and you think its a good idea to chase them but instead they GC Dlight and you get bonked 5 miles away

[Finnfinity]

it's just that in it's current state it's the most OP a weapon has ever been in brawlhalla. People always claim for this and that to be broken but if you look at BCX, the majority of the players played greatsword and Sandstorm, the world champion even compared it to Smash 4 Brawlhalla. The weapon just has no weaknesses and is the best or one of the best at everything it does. Thanks to the starter,bridge,finisher mechanic being poorly implemented Whiff punishing is almost impossible so it's neutral is completely insane. Dash canceling allows for so many follow up option and allows for a really insane but arguably sick combos. For a punish game like that the damage is super insane. On top of that the finishers and recovery also kill really early which is insane. Speaking about recovery, probably the best aerial in the game but its other aerials are also insane. Dair is basically a big a and beafy spear dair which makes edgegarding insane. The hitboxes in general are big and the attacks cover a lot of areas so spacing is also insane. Greatsword is insane.

[Lord Rumpkin]

It's just all-around phenomenal and outclasses most other weapons on a level I've never seen, and I've been here since before gauntlets. It's got everything...range, power, versaility and KO potential. Ground attacks are too fast to punish reliably and also rarely worth the risk. Having your dodge read could be fatal. You can try attacking from the air but its aerial attacks are wide as a bus and they can just spam nair to keep you away.The only bad thing about it is sair, and it's only bad relative to the rest of the kit.

I think all it needs is some recovery on miss to make it balanced. Even katar sl is easier to punish than anything in the greatsword kit. It can just spam attacks ad infinitum without consequence. If they actually know how to cycle between attacks fluidly, it's downright oppressive.

[Toñoflo]

Muy cierto

[JRS]

balance is pretty good actually, I would say greatsword and rocket lance are on the strong side and generally easier to use but not by much, orb is kinda weak but a good orb player can dominate anyone, and so on..

the more unbalanced part are the legends, there are some paper champs like Lin Fei and Jiro