>>35435978Patterns are dumb and have nothing to do with anything, there's no imaginary type quota Sakurai NEEDS to fufill.
However, out of the Gen 7 Starters, Decidueye has the most moveset potential by far, representing a niche that has yet to be done by anyone else so far in archery.
>But Pit and Link fire arrows!Yeah, they shoot arrows but that's a single move in their moveset, saying Decidueye isn't a valid fighter because of this is like saying we shouldn't have gotten Little Mac because Mario punches.
Anyway, I think Decidueye's moveset would be about forcing the opponent to stay at a certain range and keeping them there, he could use his wings as a windbox to push people back (similar to Palutena's Smash attacks) or then lock them down with Sprit Shackle, maybe to follow up with a Side B lunge that has a sweetspot that comes out after Decidueye travels a set distance. There's a lot of potential for a moveset, moreso than the other two starters at least. I'd say it's a tossup between Decidueye and Zerozsora or however you spell it.
