King Dedede vs Palutena
In the matchup against Palutena, focus on maintaining your spacing to avoid her explosive light while using your floaty nature to come down with Nair for potential combos. When she whiffs a laggy move or is landing, threaten her with Jet Hammer; if she counters, wait it out for a punishing hit. Keep Gordo usage minimal in neutral, as Palutena's projectiles can send it back, but utilize it effectively for edgeguarding and ledge trapping. Position yourself close to her, employing down tilt and forward tilt to control space and capitalize on her mistakes, while relying on up tilt and up air for solid anti-air options.
Tips for King Dedede vs Palutena
- When Palutena is landing or whiffs a laggy move, threaten her with jet hammer. It's likely that she'll pop her counter; if she does, wait it out and you got a free hit, possibly a stock.
- Space yourself so explosive light doesn't reach you. No escape from the nair chain. Stay floaty and come down with nair and combo off of that. Its rough, but managable
- Recover low or get blazed. Her neutral B has tons of ending lag and if you keep moving it's not that hard to dodge. Optimal position for you is basically hugging her: downtilt and ftilt are your frien
- Like a lot of bad matchups, it's gonna come down to mind games and psychic aptitude. Play cautiously. NEVER SUCC GORDO. Gordo is your bodyguard.
- Use gordo a lot less in neutral in this matchup. Palu's projectiles hit gordo back. Just play patient and wait for the palu to approach and pushish laggy options. Use gordo to edgeguard/ledgetrap.