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| - Sheik (シーク, Sheik) is a character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The playability of Sheik had earlier been hinted by Eiji Aonuma, the director of Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, who stated that he sent Twilight Princess-style designs of Sheik and Ganondorf to Sakurai. She was ultimately revealed on January 16, 2008. Sheik saw a large drop in her tier position, from 3rd in Melee to 25th in Brawl, in the middle tier. While still retaining her blinding attack speed, one of the best projectiles in the game in her Needles and a powerful lock in forward tilt that can rack up about 50% on most fighters, she lacks power, with a few of her killing options being to be able to KO under 150%, with two of the options being her sweetspotted up smash and her up special, Vanish, both of which are difficult to land. She also suffers from unusual character archetypes, being a lightweight despite her large hurtbox. Sheik has average matchups, losing to most of the higher tiered with one exception of Fox, whom she counters, and had achieved below average tournament results. Despite being ranked much higher than Zelda, who holds the second-to-dead last in the game at the 37th place, her Zelda/Sheik form ranks higher one spot at the 24th, as transforming to Zelda helps solving the very severe KOing problems Sheik has.
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