Sheik (Super Smash Flash 2)

Sheik is a starter character in Super Smash Flash 2. She can transform into. Her sprites are custom made and based on her planned appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess with major improvements in her fighting style.

Sheik currently ranks 19th on the current tier list. Sheik has good combo potential, decent mobility, and strong finishers in her sweet spoted up smash, forward and back aerials, forward throw, and the knockback dealt at the end of vanish. Sheik has a good projectile in Needle Storm. She can lock her opponents with her forward and up tilt.

However, Sheik suffers from a poor recovery that covers little vertical and horizontal distance which is further hindered by her falling speed. Sheik is also tall which makes her easy to hit; this, combined with her light weight, makes her easy to KO or knock her to far off stage to recover. She also finds trouble KOing on stage, as most of her strongest moves are best used for edgeguarding or gimping, and the sweet spot of her up smash is hard to connect with. She also has poor range in the majority of her attacks. Overall, Sheik's disadvantages outweigh her advantages and leave her in the low tier.

Attributes
Sheik has good ground mobility with having the seventh fastest dashing speed. Sheik has good combo ability with her up and forward tilt being excellent combo starters; being able to lock her opponents at low percentages. She has KO moves in her forward air, sweet spotted back air, sweet spotted up smash, forward throw and the knockback dealt from Vanish. She has a good projectile in Needle Storm which she can use to camp and stop her opponents approach. Sheik's decent air speed combined with her low aerials give her a good air game. Her falling speed gives her decent vertical endurance.

However, Sheik's falling speed combined with her being tall makes it easy to combo, chain grab, juggle and zero-to-death combo her. Her falling speed also hinders her already poor recovery that covers little horizontal and vertical distance. Her grab game, she has the seventh longest grab in the current demo, is sub par with her forward and up throw being the only useful throws. Her light weight makes her easy to knock off stage which her gives her trouble recovering with her poor recovery and when up against good edge guarders. She also heavily relies on edgeguarding to get kills due to most of her on stage KO moves being hard to connect with or situational.

Ground attacks

 * Standard attack: Quick punch at opponent. 3%
 * Standard attack 2: Throws a second punch at opponent with other hand. 3%
 * Standard attack 3: Starts thrusting her hand rapidly. 2% per hit
 * Down tilt: Leg sweeps her opponent. 8%
 * Down smash: Spins legs around and gets back up. Uncharged 13%, Fully charged 18-19%
 * Side tilt: Sweeps her leg forward, then takes it back. Can lock certain characters. 5%
 * Forward smash: Unleashes 2 consecutive kicks. Uncharged 1st kick does 5%, 2nd kick does 12% total 17%. Fully charged 1st kick does 7%, 2nd kick deals 17% total  24%.
 * Up tilt: Does a one-handed handstand, puts leg upward, then brings it down. 7%
 * Up smash: Puts hand up, then to the side. Uncharged 13%(17% when sweet spotted), Fully charged 19%(24% when sweet spotted).
 * Dash attack: Does a charging headbutt. 7%

Aerial attacks

 * Neutral aerial: Side kick in midair. 13%
 * Forward aerial: Swings hand and strikes opponent. 13%
 * Back aerial: Kicks behind her. 12%
 * Up aerial: Upside down leg twirl. 12%
 * Down aerial: Thrusts one leg downward hard. 12%

Grabs & throws

 * Grab: Sheik grabs the opponent
 * Pummel: Jabs opponent. 2%
 * Forward throw: Throws a powerful punch at her opponent. 10%
 * Back throw: Pulls opponent behind her and back kicks them. 8%
 * Up throw: Grabs opponent, falls onto her back and throws opponent with her feet into the air. 6%
 * Down throw: Throws opponent to ground and jumps on them. Can chain grab heavy characters and fast fallers. 5%

Other

 * Ledge attack: Gets up and leg sweeps the opponent. Good knockback. 6%
 * 100% ledge attack: N/A
 * Floor attack: Gets up and spins around. 4%

Misc.

 * Entrance: Appears out from a cloud of smoke.
 * Taunts:
 * Neutral: Gets in a stance and raises her hand up.
 * Up: Same as neutral taunt.
 * Side: Same as neutral taunt.
 * Fanfare: Remix of Victory fanfare from Super Smash Bros Brawl.
 * Wins: Teleports away.
 * Loses: Claps for the winner.

Trivia

 * Steven Borgers stated that Sheik and were his hardest character projects. In Sheik's case it was due to how she would bend her body when attacking and how she moved. Her down smash was difficult to animate.