Lloyd (Super Smash Flash)

Lloyd is a playable newcomer unlockable character in Super Smash Flash, coming from the fifth mothership title in the Tales series, Tales of Symphonia. His sprites are ripped straight from Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 for Game Boy Advance.

Lloyd is ranked at the top of the tier list. He has a solid projectile with Demon Fang, which can combo into itself at lower percentages. His Rising Falcon is one of the few meteor smashes in the game, which gives him one of the best edge guards in the game. Tempest is easily his best move, however, as not only does he completely envelop himself for its duration, but it can deal up to 120% damage with one use and is also an instant-KO attack. His other moves are fast, strong, and have range as well, making him one of the strongest fighters in close range combat.

Lloyd is still not without his own flaws, however. Like the other sword users, he has difficulty approaching characters with projectiles. His Demon Fang helps, but has a slower rate of fire than most projectiles, allowing characters like or  to overwhelm him. Additionally, his air speed is only average at best, which can give him trouble when recovering.

Lloyd has strong matchups across the board, and can easily outshine many top tier characters with all of his favorable attributes.

Trivia

 * Lloyd and are the only characters that cannot be unlocked via the skip glitch. In Lloyd's case, due to having a fixed play time requirement, use of the skip glitch hinders meeting him to fight him rather than assisting.
 * Lloyd reuses the same sprite set from Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 for his return in Super Smash Flash 2, albeit it is heavily edited. He is the only character to do so.
 * Though Lloyd carries both the Vorpal Sword and the Flamberge at the same time, he only uses the first one in one attack (his up attack, Tempest) while he uses the latter in all of his attacks.