
Meta Knight is still legal in tournaments held outside the US and Canada, which is outside the scope of the Ruleset.

The ban was active since January 9 of 2012. As of the Unity Ruleset 2.0, Meta Knight is deemed banned by the URC getting 14 out of 17 votes supporting the decision and 1 vote abstaining with no votes against it. Many claimed that Meta Knight has many advantages, and the many players that use him will causes a stagnation in the metagame of other characters. Meta Knight's legality has been a hotly debated topic for the past few years due to his performance. His lack of projectiles make him susceptible to campy strategys like the ones used by Olimar and Falco. In additions, he can fall victim to some chaingrabs, due to his poor airspeed notably, Marth's grab release combos can cause an inescapable grab release to dair death combo. Meta Knight is still rather light, which can impair his ability to survive at percentages, especially against characters such as Snake. This does not mean he has no disadvantages, however.

Meta Knight is famed for being at the top of the Brawl tier list (S Tier) due to the very quick speed of his attacks, having many attacks with transcending priority, five mid-air jumps and beign able to glide, four recovery moves that enable him to have a long, safe, and unpredictable recovery, effective walls of pain, KO moves that are both agile and reliable, and incredible matchups Meta Knight has no overall disadvantageous matchups (only Pikachu, Fox and Falco have shared this trait), and only three characters (Fox, Falco, Pikachu, and Diddy Kong) have even matchups with him. He is the leader of an army of soldiers known as the Meta-Knights, and captains a large airship called Battleship Halberd which may accompany him into the heat of battle.
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Meta Knight is a major character in the Kirby series appearing in most of the games, manga, as well as the anime.
