What is with the Greninja hate?
Ok first of all, my original post got bugged and lost it, so I won't type that much now.
Alright, just checked a recent CrisHeroes vid and there was so much Greninja hate? Like I understand if you hate Cinder or Decidueye, but I will put my hands on fire for the Kalos water starter.
Greninja has been near the top 10 WR overall and top 3 attackers for a while. Only better attacker are M2Y (because of Blissey pocket duos) and Duraludon one tricks (Duraludon is the 2nd least picked character in recent weeks). Greninja has a +50 WR and one of the highest picked characters in the game.
I will just say a few personal tips in case you want to try it out:
Passive is alright but I feel its more helpful in early game, for getting quick XP with surprising kills. Add that X attack and its even better.
Auto attacks reduce the CD for Bubble, Surf and Shuriken. Combining these, gives Greninja a very spammy kit (especially Shurikens). Also, the melee auto attacks help a lot when you get approached.
When jungling, having an active red buff for most of the game is a MUST! This Pokemon loves slowing down enemies, so adding the red buff makes it even deadlier. I don't mind getting stolen the blue buff, but losing my red buff pisses me off.
Shadow clones are good for solo! Spammy point and click players will use their moves in the clones, which gives a window for you to get in and deal high dmg. You have no idea the amount of times I see enemy players using an ult on a clone. Cloning while in bushes give much better results! Also, while dashing after activating clones, you are unstoppable! So well timed clones can make you escape from CC moves.
Ult is a really good secure move, deals a lot of damage and you can even reposition yourself after using it. I do not mind using my ult to get out from a possible ambush for getting killed. Staying alive is priority, and can still deal heavy damage in team fights even without ult, if played properly. Had to use the Ult with less than a minute for Rayquaza? No problem! Greninja is a farming machine, add to that a very low Ult CD and you can get another ult in 60 seconds easily.
Fav Build: muscle, rapid scarf, scope lens (X attack) Preferred moveset: clones+ shurikens Preferred lane: Jungle. If going lane, go bot. Top lane Greninja struggles. X attack, due to the low CD, you can use it in almost every team fight, dealing insane dmg to opponents.
Hope this helps! This is all coming from a player that used to have this character at 35% WR, now at 55%
PS: footage is from my alt account. No emblems are setup.