I'd like to see what the bucket can do.

[True Fool]

If anyone is up to it, I'd love to see what the bucket can now absorb. If he can take PK starstorms, Samus FS, Yoshi FS, Wario waft, ect.

I hope a G&W fan out there has the game and would be willing to test the bucket.

[alphameric]

bucket no longer has the huge delay after getting something (or its much shorter)

[True Fool]

That's good. That big delay made it pretty useless in real play.

[alphameric]

That's good. That big delay made it pretty useless in real play.

mm yes and no.
in melee the delay made you invincible but vulnerable

[erdrick9024]

The bucket does not catch Wario's farts, which is disappointing; I'd've liked the impact of a bucketfull of them.

[Losnar]

The bucket does not catch Wario's farts, which is disappointing; I'd've liked the impact of a bucketfull of them.

When I was about 8 years old (1990), my bro's friend farted into a film container (little black roll of film) and closed it. He then presented it to me and told me to smell it. It was a horrible smell but a great prank.

[TheRooster]

When I was about 8 years old (1990), my bro's friend farted into a film container (little black roll of film) and closed it. He then presented it to me and told me to smell it. It was a horrible smell but a great prank.
haha your luigi icon kinda makes the right face...

[gannondorf4ever]

I'd like to see what the bucket can do

Noobz! Teh bucket catches das projectiles!!!

On a serious note, has it improved in any way? Is there still that horrid post-use lag?

G&W looks sooo improved, lets hope Ol' Skrai thought of the bucket too. :)

[ZorakBane]

in melee 3 lasers in bucket = crappy oil

in brawl 3 lasers in bucket = amazing oil

dont know what all it absorbs now.. so i cant answer that one

[Mky762]

does anyone know if you still keep whats inside the bucket when u die, like in melee?

[ZorakBane]

yes you do

[Malk]

Playing against a lucario this weekend, I managed to get 3 of his fully charged blasts in my bucket, but died before I could try to downthrow - techchase with the bucket's dump.

There is stilll ridiculous lag after using the bucket. Both missing a catch and even absorbing a blast, every time I threw the bucket out I got punished. There is enough lag for Lucario to cross the screen running behind his blast and get an attack off easily.

[Hylian]

Here is a video:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FA5xMfXikA

[LAWZ]

Here is a video:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FA5xMfXikA
the guy playing G&W was awesome....nice use of bucket....

[Ms. Pac-Master]

When G&W dumps the oil bucket, is there a range increase in the oil's hitbox compared to Melee?

Also, you can probably solve the fossil fuel crisis by flinging energy beams at him. :D

[Needle of Juntah]

lol i got some vids commin out soon (hopefully) that you get to see alot of bucket action. i was forced into it against some pit players.

[Speedsk8er]

Does game and watch still have the invul frames after absorbing?

[0RLy]

I doubt G&W can absorb any FS attacks.

[Needle of Juntah]

yeah u get invic frames im pretty sure, seems likeu can use the bucket faster now too. thank god because people shoot crap at u all day

[nojoes]

G&W's bucket caps at 62%, a few things that get it that high are three fully charged Samus shots and Lucas's PK freeze, it's **** close to instant death with those and pretty much anything makes the bucket amazing. It comes out crazy fast but after absorbing and after throwing there's some lag afterwards, just be smart and don't miss. IMO it's one of the best specials in the game.

Edit: Add Zelda's din fire to that list of 62% and they're pretty much guaranteed insta-KO's at 0%.

Yeah. I'm speechless too, not only because that's possible but that it's very likely to happen very often. Ridiculous.

[Cosmo!]

g&w can stop pikacamping :)

[Velocity]

Well I main GAW so I'll put in what I know you can catch in your bucket. these attacks may not be limited to...

Bowsers and charizards fire
mario brothers fireballs
all pika attacks by lucas and ness
pits arrows
zeldas fire
samus and lucario blaster
kirby and dededes up b
yoshi down b
spacies lazers
ice climbers down b
robs laser
zamuss tazer
pikachus thundersock

of course there might be more thats just what i know off the top of my head and like someone else says it seems to max at 62% when playing 60% in training

in a game where exchanging hits happen alot this is very usefull

another note you dont even have to be close in any way to the attack to absorb them it will get sucked into your bucket and these attacks can't hurt you in any way when u have the bucket out, unless they also have phys. properties to them ie dedede up b.

[56k]

can't *

[fantomkitsune]

What is this about capping at 62%?

Din's fire isn't that strong, so why is it on that list?

[Cosmo!]

What is this about capping at 62%?

Din's fire isn't that strong, so why is it on that list?

based off of projectile type rather than strength :) i think

either way 3 fox lasers = awesome

[fantomkitsune]

So projectile type is what determines how strong the oil is?

Is there a proper breakdown of what's what?

[A2ZOMG]

You don't need to know anything about the Bucket except that it is the reason G&W flat out counters any campy characters that use energy projectiles. This is especially awesome against Pit, who appears to be one of those higher tier characters.

The Bucket ****ing rapes. Expect your opponent to die if you hit them with it at any time. The ONLY bad thing about it is that it is matchup situational.

It just occurred to me. G&W + Friendly Fire + Teammate with energy projectiles = G&W is the top tier team member. =O

[Winnar]

Yeah, so we keep getting conflicting information on whether or not the move is laggy. When I played as G&W the other day, I got 3 Lucario fully charged blasts and dumped them on him. It was super laggy, but I don't know if I was invincible or not because he died super fast. It was kind of like what happens when you get a 9.

But also I saw a video where someone missed and there was practically no lag at all. I think the whole attack took up like 20-30 frames or something really small.

Leads me to the conclusion that it's pretty safe to use? If you connect with it then you get the epic time stop, but you've connected so...there's no danger :D Unless you're on teams I guess?

[Velocity]

It just occurred to me. G&W + Friendly Fire + Teammate with energy projectiles = G&W is the top tier team member. =O

oh noz someone else thought of it too

[Cosmo!]

oh noz someone else thought of it too

I think we've all thought of this one :laugh:

[Velocity]

I think we've all thought of this one :laugh:

of course we thought of something cool we do play game and watch.

[Needle of Juntah]

appearantly i forgot to post this lol sorry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCtRc1B7m1Y

[DYF]

appearantly i forgot to post this lol sorry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCtRc1B7m1Y

pffft Pit arrows are NUB i'll show you how to use the bucket :chuckle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S2dV5Xsmp0

[Giga Hand]

The bucket and the 9 are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO satisfying if you connect with them. It's reason enough to main G&W. Also, the bucket is broken on corneria.

[Needle of Juntah]

lol well my bucket was the last move of the tournament

[A2ZOMG]

One more character Simna can't counterpick Corneria against. XD

[Monicker]

Holy ****, the bucket can absorb stage projectiles too? Wow, I feel like such a goober for never thinking of that. Thanks for posting those great vids. Sorry Ganondorf, G&W might take your place as my main.

[Ganon1]

TrueFool, we can try it out if you want, I'm really curious what the bucket can absorb too, since I've decided to main G&W. I have some ideas on what we can test out: PK Flash and PK Freeze, Super Scope, Lucario's aura sphere (and his final smash), Mario's final smash, Corneria blasts, Samus's charge shot, etc.

[ClarkJables]

bucket will also absorb pojectile based items

[chenjesu]

It can't absorb the PK storm or whatever ness's final smash is called.