Recent content by Bravo_10

I was wrong about my Sheik chain throw percents. Edited my post with corrected information (I wasn't using the hitstun display, which actually allows you to see exactly how many frames of hitstun you have remaining). This is also not technically relevant to the title of the post, but I did a...

I did all of my testing with Sheik in port 1 and Link in a lower port than Sheik. Really, you should always make sure to snag a lower port than your opponent if you're fighting Sheik. Gives you one less frame of hitstun on every throw. To me, this is so worthwhile that you may as well RPS...

*** EDITED WITH CORRECT PERCENTS *** I don't think the chaingrab percents are identical because Sheik and Link have different hurtboxes when tumbling. Link also has a slightly lower gravity than Sheik, which should let him escape the chaingrab a little earlier. The percents at which you can...

I'm kinda amazed we never explicitly examined Sheik's chaingrab enough to know the percent you can jump out before. I did some testing on my own, and while I'm no expert with develop mode (I may have done something wrong), hitstun overlays seem to show that Link can jump out from a fresh d-throw...

U-throw's pretty cool, I bet it would have been a good call too. I know u-throw dair just sorta happens to Fox at a KO percents if he doesn't DI the throw, but I don't know exactly when it stops being guaranteed. You can also no-impact land up-B on both side platforms of Battlefield, if you're...

Dang, that was a pretty sick first game against Kels. You really got anxious with all those f-smashes in neutral and gave up the lead, but I actually think it was yours for the taking if you reacted to his DI on your d-throw at the end there. He didn't DI behind you, so d-throw up-B was probably...

I'm virtually certain that boomerang does not cancel up-B mid-air. However, it may cancel helplessness, I'm not sure. I'll try it when I get home. I think that if boomerang did cancel up-B, then there'd be no reason why Young Link players wouldn't use their crazy low angle boomerang throw before...

I have a backlog of matches to post for once. I think for now I'll just post the ones from Genesis, where I played in the Melee Games crew battles. I'll link them so that the video will start from the point where I come in. Georgia Tech vs. SBU - https://youtu.be/On43JdxvEVs?t=23m12s -...

I know this discussion happened a long time ago, but I wanted to chime in and say that while dair doesn't beat Fox's up-B hitbox, you can use ledge invincibility if you really want to go through it. This is really only applicable in cases where Fox is doing an up-B from somewhere below the...

Don't mean to double post, but it's ben a while since this thread last saw activity anyway. I was thinking about how to best rack damage on space animals when I get a grab at 0%, or any percent where u-throw won't knock down yet. I talked to Druggedfox about grab punishes on spaceys during my...

Check the "Official Link Video Thread" in the list of stickied ones. If you have footage of you playing, you can post it there to get it critiqued (might take a few days though, the Link boards are pretty quiet these days). Other than posting video footage, I don't know if it's really possible...

I get the feeling you're from Canada. I'm not going to claim to be as good of a Link main as SAUS, and I doubt there are any IC mains who know the matchup as well as the guy who plays SAUS all the time (I assume it's Vanitas you're talking about?). But I've practiced with Nintendude, and I've...

Then SAUS is bad at the matchup. I don't want to derail this thread, but Link has an amazing camp game against IC's. Staying on the platforms with bombs is really difficult for them to stop. If you're on a platform, nanapults won't lead into anything, and their best way to get at you is to try...

Sure, you can try him if you want. He does better against Puff than Link because of his ridiculously fast movement. But you will struggle against Marth if you want to pick up Young Link for that matchup. Link does considerably better due to his great punishes off of grab. His range is also...

If you want to really annoy your friends, you could learn Link for Marth and Puff. This is only a semi-serious post, but Link does very well against both of those characters. Similar to the way Axe beats Marth players, it's a matchup that Link loses only slightly, but you will absolutely have...