| abstract | - Yoshi is a playable veteran character in Super Smash Flash 2. He has edited Yoshi's Island DS sprites, though he was originally going to have sprites from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. He retains many of his trademark moves like his chameleon-like tongue and unique ground pound ability. Yoshi is the only character representation of the Yoshi universe. Yoshi currently ranks 22nd of B- tier on the tier list (the third highest ranked Mario character if sub-series characters are included), a noticeable drop from 15th of B tier last tier list. Yoshi has good damage racking ability, decent combo potential and kill moves in all of his smash attacks, and neutral aerial. Yoshi has a good air game with great air speed, solid aerials and with the addition of double jump canceling helps his aerial game greatly. Yoshi has a decent recovery with having the highest midair jump (which grants him super armor), great air speed and he can use egg throw to give him small jumps when used in the air. Yoshi has a unique shield in that he is immune to shield stabbing with the ability to jump and side step out of shield (an ability he was not able to do in Melee or Brawl). However, Yoshi's recovery is highly polarizing; his double jump covers great horizontal and vertical distance and gives him armor frames, making him hard to gimp with weaker attacks. However, since Yoshi lacks a true third jump, he has almost no chance of recovering if he is hit out of his double jump. Due to Yoshi's size and weight makes him vulnerable to combos and chain grabs. Yoshi also has problems killing due to his finishers being weak and needing to keep his moves fresh in order kill his opponents at high percentages. Yoshi's cons slightly overshadow his pros, which puts him in B- tier. Yoshi appears to have a small player base and lack luster representation and low placements in online tournaments.
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