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Recent content by NairWizard

  1. NairWizard

    Official Competitive Character Impressions 2.0

    Sometimes I wonder if you’re for real. every time a Corrin loses you’re justifying it by talking about how close the set was, but I don’t see you doing it in the other direction when Corrin wins a close set like against Maister. when the evidence is in your favor you conclude that you’re right...
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    Official Competitive Character Impressions 2.0

    Well, sure, but those characters are not in the same spotlight that Corrin is in, with people claiming that she has winning/even MUs vs. Steve/Sonic/G&W/etc. and her stats at top level looking like a top 5 character's stats, nor are any of those characters backed by a top 5 caliber player with...
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    Official Competitive Character Impressions 2.0

    I would love to see Big D win a supermajor, but sadly that would involve him beating either Tweek (whose pocket Sephiroth can still clean up in the MU any day) or a Steve at some point, and both of those seem difficult. Such is the fate of Ice Climbers.
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    Official Competitive Character Impressions 2.0

    Well, my favorite topic, Corrin Competitive Impressions. Probably won't be too much of a debate this time, just thought I'd post my observation on the storyline. As quickly as Corrin came into the metagame, exactly that quickly she's started running into struggles. SHADIC 13th here and 7th...
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    Official Competitive Character Impressions 2.0

    Yeah, that's such a good observation. You have to run up and shield against Bayo basically all the time unless you have some very strong projectile zoning (and Bayo eats some projectile zoners like Samus for breakfast anyway). That doesn't leave a lot of room for your own neutral finessing...
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    Official Competitive Character Impressions 2.0

    Haven't worked out the Lucina video quite yet, but there is a topic that's been on my mind recently: Bayonetta seems to be just as good as the very best characters. Gameplaywise, she has all the tools she needs: the 0 to deaths, plenty of neutral finesse, and a disadvantage state that would...
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    Official Competitive Character Impressions 2.0

    Joker and Min Min also handle grenade pretty well. Min Min punishes Snake for setting up with a 0 to death, and Joker gets Arsene, which can lead to 0 to deaths against Snake's unique disadvantage options as well. Min Min probably wins the MU while Joker is even, though, since Snake's edgeguards...
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    Official Competitive Character Impressions 2.0

    Snake out camps YL if the Snake player uses modern grenade placement on platform. Fire arrows are linear and Snake can cook a grenade and pull another one in the time that YL sets up boomerang to try to cover the platform and make it ambiguous whether he’s throwing the cooked grenade or the...
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    Official Competitive Character Impressions 2.0

    An interesting question, whether Snake is good without grenades or not. I lean towards no. Not fast, not enough range, limited burst (dash attack), no shield-safe options, bad off ledge, reliant on directional airdodge to land... It works kinda ok vs Game and Watch and Ness, who are both...
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    Official Competitive Character Impressions 2.0

    You're right, I got it wrong due to what I heard. Just caught the VOD now.
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    Official Competitive Character Impressions 2.0

    I've never seen so many people throw so hard in a single event before. What are some of these options? Goblin's elite smash Dancing Blades, BigBoss just randomly side-b'ing when he's about to go to game 5 with acola, Leo literally holding out into Mario f-air... everyone's just folding under...
  12. NairWizard

    Official Competitive Character Impressions 2.0

    Asked about DELTA, will ask again about Kagaribi. Anyone have predictions before the chaos? I'm gonna be (somewhat) bold and call a sparg0 win, I feel it coming given the bracket.
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    Official Competitive Character Impressions 2.0

    Sure, but the relevant part for character competitive impressions is his character roster's impact on the statement. While I always advocate for looking at other performance indicators besides character strength when evaluating a player's performance, we have so much data on Cloud's matchups at...
  14. NairWizard

    Official Competitive Character Impressions 2.0

    imo, sparg0 is coming to the correct realization that his current character roster is the problem that holds him back from being consistently #1. Cloud is just not a good main investment. sparg0 is an exceptional player who has been making it work, but realistically Cloud falls in line with all...
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    Official Competitive Character Impressions 2.0

    Predictions for Delta, anyone?
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