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About

Better Nerf Greninja is an expression used by the Super Smash Bros community as a response to the nerfing of the Pokemon "Greninja" in the video game Super Smash Bros. 4 for the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS.

Origin

In versions 1.0.0 to 1.0.4, Greninja was a character that many gamers found to be balanced. However, people who mainly used Greninja began to notice that Greninja's attacks got weaker in the patches after 1.0.4. Better Nerf Greninja became popular mostly from EWNetwork, also known as Etika, and Smashboards, upon noticing the drastic changes. The most notable move that was nerfed was Shadow Sneak, in which a player could no longer be able to dash and Shadow Sneak at the same time, allowing for what is called a "mindgame", where the player confuses the opponent so that they can attack them without retaliation.

Precursor

Better Nerf Irelia was a catchphrase started by the League of Legends community after the champion Irelia received various patches that decreased her damage.

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Various Examples

Search Interest

External References

^[1] Reddit – What happened for the "better nerf Greninja" meme to be created?

^[2] Smashboards – Greninja Nerfed?

^[3] Smashboards – 3DS Community Patch Notes v1.0.4

^[4] Smashboards – 3DS Community Patch Notes v1.0.6