I am pro Mii fighters all the way and most definitely on a Custom OFF environment customized Mii's should be allowed and I honestly see no major problems that overwhelm the benefits of having 3 more characters to play.



IT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE AND I HATE WHERE PALUTENA IS IN THIS WHOLE SITUATION.



I knoww. I KNOW!! Palutena is almost may be argued to be in similar category/situation as the Mii Fighters but ultimately Palutena needs "Customs ON" I KNOW that is problematic to make that exception. I KNOW it's a PAIN. I WANT Mii Fighters to be in! I KNOW this is asking too much BUT I CAN'T HELP WANTING PALUTENA TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS HER CUSTOMS TOO!





Let me try defending her real quick regardless of how effective it may or may not be:



Palutena's crappy normals were designed around Lightweight as the original foundation.

There is a reason why Palutena's normals are so terrible. There's a reason why her D-air (1 frame active tiny hitbox) is voted as Palutena's WORST move and that is saying a lot cuz you know her normals are already pretty bad. The reason why there's so much needless amounts of endlag / slow start up is because then that would make Lightweight way too ****ing good (there are already a lot of people complaining how broken Lightweight is. Now imagine Lightweight with Falcon's D-air. O.O)





But for whatever arbitrarily reason, Sakurai ultimately decided with our current 1111 Palutena as the "default" available for online. I understand why to a certain extent. I play quite a few For Fun matches with my 10 year old sister and I always laugh at the thought of 2322 Palutena being nuts in the For Fun environment. But then again not really because ZSS is "relatively" comparable in speed/jump height/mobility options with Lightweight Palutena, and Shulk's Jump/Speed Monado was allowed the green light as well.



But the main point is, Palutena's gimmick is her customizability. Just like the Mii's. Sakurai particularly gave Palutena special treatment encouraging us to access her customs right from the start. I don't want to go into paragraphs of why default Palutena sucks but I have to say Lightweight balances out Palutena's wayy too punishable moves. And to have this key essential core foundation Palutena was based on be replaced with her default absolute sh*t Counter... is absolute murder for her future. ( Palutena's counters from frame 9-31 | FAF 75 | 1.3x damage [Ike's counter frame is 3 frames longer AND FAF is faster meaning Palutena is 19 frames more vulnerable than Ike's crappy counter).



Default Palutena can't have major buffs because that make Lightweight too good. But Lightweight can't be used online and can't be used unless Customs are On. Really just sucks. Ironic how Lightweight ultimately is the downfall of Palutena.



The most ideal would be if Sakurai changed her currently arbitrary Default 1111 to at least 1112. Seriously, **** her counter. It's terrible at doing it's extremely situational job.





Balance wise:

Yes, Lightweight is spectacular! Not only as a move, but for spectators and brings something completely unique to the competitive meta. Is it overpowered? That is impossible for you or me to objectively claim Lightweight is OP as fact. But I will say this. She receives more damage under Lightweight. Lightweight last for 10 seconds; try not to get grabbed for 10 seconds (especially around 45-55% for early downthrow n-air u-air, and again ~95%+ for practically guaranteed downthrow u-air kill (pretty much at the mercy of our reaction time and execution)). Then there is 5 seconds of half jump/speed. Then there is 10 second cooldown before she can use Lightweight again. However, yes, Lightweight is literally broken due to the platform glitch that allows Palutena to refresh her Lightweight infinitely. It's definitely fair to criticize Lightweight because of this infinite. Not much to say but If you are playing on a stage like Smashville, be wary of the platform location & punish her for trying to land on the platform. Easier said then done of course. I think Sakurai and his team are aware of the infinite Lightweight but I don't think they will patch it out unless Lightweight gets a big spotlight and becomes more of a mainstream issue.