I've seen Smash Bros mentioned on ChaCha here and there but I don't know if I've seen a dedicated thread yet. By semi-serious I'm not talking professional level obviously - I just mean preferring playing 1v1 with a competitive ruleset (no items, tourney legal stages, etc.) and taking it somewhat seriously as a hobby, treating it more like a fighting game than a party game (nothing wrong with the latter, mind you!)

I'm far from amazing but I've got a not half-bad Snake as my main and respectable enough Cloud and Bowser secondaries. Just for fun, I also fuck around with Joker, Lucina, Wolf, Byleth, and very occasionally Game and Watch, Dorf, and Zero Suit Samus. The group of friends I play with all hate fighting Snake, which I know is a common sentiment :( but I love the hell out of him and think he's easily the hypest projectile zoner IMHO.

What about ya'll - anyone else dorkily invested in this crossover party game for children? Obviously I'm focused on Ultimate but Melee and Project M are cool too, though I don't play them personally.

(P.S. still heartbroken that Travis Touchdown was deconfirmed as a DLC character, RIP)

    • Tomboys_are_Cute [he/him, comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      Little Mac plays differently to other characters on a fundamental level. There is basically no air play and recovery once off the edge is extremely perilous. To make up for it though you have the most super armor of any character by a lot, Im pretty sure more frames than the next 4 characters combined.

      Tips for play:

      • learn the super armor frames. Practice trying to punch through an attack rather than dodging or shielding.

      • d-tilt is your friend

      • up tilt combos into itself until 20% at least

      • KO punch goes through shield like it isn't there. No shield break, only death. On FD kills every character at 23%, 24% on Battlefield

      • the counter is a great recovery tool

      • I think the technique is called dash dancing? Basically just the start of a run repeatedly. Get used to moving like that because you can get close to running speeds with your full repertoire.

      • smash stick is not only viable but recommended

      • N-Air, Jab, and the first punch of the F-tilt are frame 1 moves.