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Not to be confused with a cheapie, a Cheap Character is a variant of character that has traits that give them a significant advantage over a standard character; the traits come in a variety of forms.

Characters with cheap AI are often mistaken for cheap characters.

It is worth noting that some cheap characters are unintentionally cheap, either as an end result of shoddy coding or a glaring oversight(s) not picked up by the character's author.

The following is a list of criteria that can generally be used to determine whether or not a particular character is classed as a cheap character:
 * The character has a significant amount of attacks that deal disproportionate or excessive amounts of damage, allowing the character to KO an opponent with a minimal amount of attacks.
 * The character has Hyper attacks that either OHKO the opponent, or leave the opponent with a minimal amount of life left.
 * The character has the ability to pull of a very long string of combos with next-to-no effort, often resulting in a OKHO or near-0HKO through a single combo string that was incredibly easy to pull off.
 * The character has a significant amount of attacks that have excessive amounts of hitstun, enabling the character to easily pull off follow up attacks without fear of being punished.
 * The character has a significant amount of attacks that have very long reach and infinite priority, making it near impossible for an opponent to approach the character.
 * The character has a significant amount of attacks that are fullscreen attacks, making it near impossible for the opponent to do anything regardless of whether the attacks have infinite priority or not.
 * The character either gains Power at a ridiculously fast rate, or permanently has a filled Power bar, enabling the character to use moves that require power in relatively quick succession.
 * A significant amount of the character's hitboxes are either missing or severely disjointed in the character's favour.
 * The character has at least one infinite that requires next-to-no effort to pull off.
 * The character's Life stat regenerates at rate that is near impossible to out-damage.
 * The character has a significant amount of attacks that are unblockable.
 * The character has significant amount of attacks that either deal excessive shield damage, or deal more damage to an opponent if they are shielding than if they are not shielding.