However, Meta Knight has some flaws, such as his light weight and below average accelerated falling speed, which makes him easy to KO vertically and horizontally. He is also one of the best edgeguarders, as he is amazing at gimping his opponents or straight-up comboing them into the side boundaries without giving them even a slight chance of recovery. Meta Knight has five midair jumps and can use all of his specials to recover, thus giving him one of the best (if not the best) recoveries in the current demo. His fast dashing speed results in a ridiculous dash-dance, leading to some very strong mind games. Meta Knight has a good air and ground game, amazing recovery options, great range on almost every attack due to having a disjointed hitbox, fast attack speed, very strong combo ability, and kill moves in his forward smash and down smash, Dimensional Cape, and the initial hitboxes of neutral aerial and Shuttle Loop. Meta Knight currently ranks 15th in A+ tier on the tier list. His voice clips are taken directly from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, and his moveset is taken directly from the same game. His sprites are custom-made and based on his appearance in Super Smash Bros.

Meta Knight is a veteran starter character in Super Smash Flash 2 and is now a completely independent character, not tied with Kirby as he was in the first game.