What makes a Super Smash Bros. character annoying? It’s a very specific cocktail of repetitive, invulnerabile, low-effort or spammy moves that, together, make you want to throw your controller at the television.
Everybody has that one Smash fighter they hate playing against. But one thing I realized after setting out to list the top ten annoying Smash characters is that, in their own way, every Smash character is annoying: characters who are too over-powered are annoying; characters whose moves are inescapable are annoying; characters who can roll across the stage are annoying; characters who have minions are annoying; characters who spam projectiles (and especially when those projectiles make annoying sounds) are annoying; characters whose moves all look the same are annoying; and characters who are Bayonetta are annoying.
Really, that’s most of the characters.
Below, I have ranked all of the Smash 4 characters from least to most annoying in accordance with how obnoxious they are to play against. Although I offer no specific explanations, I have a few notes to offer at the end.
55. Sheik*
54. Zero Suit Samus
53. Charizard
52. Ganondorf
51. Ike
50. Palutena
49. Donkey Kong
48. Bowser
47. Link**
46. Lucario
45. Samus
44. Mewtwo
43. Falco
42. Fox***
41. Zelda
40. Ryu
39. Peach
38. Mario
37. Luigi
36. Captain Falcon
35. Mega Man
34. Meta Knight
33. Greninja
32. Lucina
31. Corrin
30. Roy
29. Marth
28. Robin
27. Rosalina & Luma
26. Toon Link
25. Little Mac
24. Dark Pit
23. Pit
22. King Dedede
21. Duck Hunt
20. Rob
19. Lucas
18. Ness
17. Shulk
16. Bowser Jr.
15. Villager
14. Wario
13. Pikachu
12. Dr. Mario****
11. Wii Fit Trainer
10. Olimar
9. Diddy Kong
8. Yoshi*****
7. Pac-Man
6. Jigglypuff
5. Mr. Game & Watch
4. Kirby
3. Cloud
2. Sonic******
1. Bayonetta
A few notes:*Sheik is not annoying because she is not cheap. Relatedly, I also main her.
**Big, heavy characters with easy-to-anticipate moves tend to be less annoying (i.e. 47-53).
***Fox and Falco just aren’t that annoying anymore. We can all defend against the laser spam. Seriously. It’s 2017.
****I hate the sound of Dr. Mario’s “Megavitamin” move, especially when it’s spammed.
*****Yoshi can eat you, poop you out as an egg and drop you off a cliff while your body helplessly struggles to escape death. It is annoying as hell.
******All of Sonic’s moves look essentially the same. They make essentially the same noise, which is the sound of my cavities getting drilled. He has a move that is just him rolling across the stage, a move type universally considered obnoxious, in part, because it requires little effort and is difficult to avoid. Playing against him is a bad time.