Ranno is a frog and a ninja. Give him a wall cling.#1046

Ranno was clearly over tuned at launch, but the repeated movement and recovery nerfs have made him feel a lot less dynamic.

Giving him wall cling would buff his off-stage play without altering his core weaknesses.

Even though I hate fighting Ranno and this would make him infinitely more annoying to fight, I support this idea because it makes sense. However, if it needs balancing, making it so that he can only do it out of side special sling would also be thematically appropriate.

idk if Ranno is actually a ninja though, I think he’s more like a monk? Hence why he’s called a pacifist? Smoke Clan Ranno seems more ninja-like than base Ranno. (Gekkouga) Greninja is a ninja… obviously. And Ranno has some similarities with Sheik, but I don’t think Sheik actually has the ability to wall cling. With Poison Dart Frogs being able to stick to walls with their sticky toe pads, and Ranno being a Poison Dart Frog himself, naturally he should be able to wall cling, but I guess they decided that he didn’t need it because of Tongue Sling recovery, or thought like, they only wanted Maypul and Ori to be able to wall cling, and Sylvanos if you count his Back Air being able to cling onto surfaces.

Fair, he’s more of a monk than a ninja. Definitely still a martial artist and based on the ninja archetype, though.

Sheik has a wall cling in the newer games.

Sheik can wall cling in every smash game where it’s a mechanic

I feel like I see rannos getting reversaled off stage way too much when I thought he was supposed to be a character with good edgeguarding, so yeah I could see a wall cling being a good way to help with that that would leave most of his recovery weaknesses in tact. It does suck that it would take away what feels like a mechanic unique to Maypul but it doesn’t define her character in the way another unique system mechanic like elliana jump does, so it would probably be fine

Getting love tapped below stage without a bubble basically kills him. And the lack of vertical travel on Poison Dive makes recovery at the wall surprisingly tight/linear.

His offstage and ledgeplay do not need to be buffed