Super Smash Bros. Melee/Link

Hookshot Recovery
This recovery seems to be just as good, if not better, than a Spin Attack recovery. You can use your Hookshot to latch onto most ledges (if you press A to reel yourself in before he has a chance to fall, you’ll be OK). Also, for more distance and increased defensive abilities, you could Air-Dodge before you whip it out. This also stabilizes you so you can have much more precise aim will doing so. Meteor Smashes are almost always failed due to the dodge.

Auto Block
In case you haven’t noticed, Link automatically blocks projectiles with his shield just by standing there, granted there at the right height, of course. Ducking will also accomplish the same thing. Samus’s Charge Shot, Bob-ombs, almost anything. Link can't use this ability while holding items (Since he holds them with his right hand and puts his shield on his back)

Boomerang hookshot glitch
In 1.0, it is possible to throw a boomerang and hookshot a ledge. When the boomerang comes back Link will shoot up impossibly high into the air. This glitch is fixed in later versions (Player's Choice, PAL/European)