User blog comment:The shy platypi/My Super Smash Bros 4 Tier List: Part 1 - Bottom and Low Tiers/@comment-25275196-20170207055648

I'm a Ganondorf main, and I don't think he's very bad at all. You just need to forget you're playing Smash for a second, and pretend it's some other fighting game (like Street Fighter). So Ganondorf can't approach very well. SO WHAT? You don't approach. Let your opponents approach you. Ganondorf may not move very fast, but he has 2 very fast attacks (for him, anyway); Neutral A and Side Tilt. Both are fast, both hit the high single digits, and Silt Tilt has some pretty good range. After landing a single hit, they're open for punishing, so take advantage of that.

Play defensively rather than offensively, and you'll find that you rack up a lot of kills very quickly. I've won a good 65% or so of my online matches, and most of those were with Ganondorf.