Recent content by Illuminose

i think there's definitely a valid argument to deny zss a top 10 position, and to call it an 'outlandish' position ignores several practical issues with the character that come to light at the top level of play. zss is a good enough character to place consistently very well with at big...

i can't see sheik dk being anything worse than a +1 mu in sheik's favor. it's not really about perfect play; it comes down to how badly sheik truly shuts down dk. dk is a character that struggles to deal with pressure that he can't shield grab (sheik's pressure) due to fairly poor oos options...

i was curious about how kirihara handles some of the things that you said dabuz was talking about, so i decided to take a look at larry lurr vs kirihara from civil war. a basic takeaway from this set is that larry wasn't generally getting too much from jump-ins. in fact, kirihara was often...

@blackghost bayo takes fox strings the same as everyone else, except that she has good options to escape resets without burning her jump or air dodging. this limits fox's ability to extend his combos beyond guaranteed damage. furthermore, fox isn't exactly capable of forcing bayo to approach...

bayo can fair string from mid stage. witch twist and utilt both pop fox into a position where bayo can begin her inescapable fair string (btw, it's fair 1) and kill fox. no, this is not currently done at top level. however, it's absolutely practical and simply not executed at the moment. in...

your first paragraph makes it look like you didn't even read my post. i said how i think results should be incorporated into tier lists. the general rule of thumb is that tier lists should be based on matchup spreads, which are based on 'theory' that is crafted and refined by studying...

i don't think considering results by placements for tier lists is particularly useful. good placements can occur for a variety of reasons, such as good bracket, other people playing poorly, and some players simply being better than others (hence why zero winning lots of tournaments doesn't make...

tier lists are fully about solo viability. ranking by 'effectiveness as a secondary' is pointless because effectiveness as a secondary doesn't necessarily have to do with how good your character is. dk and bowser lose all of the top tier matchups they are commonly counterpicked in (sheik and...

cloud, diddy, sheik, fox, potentially corrin

i'll make a fox post later or tomorrow (hint: he's overrated af), but i realized that i never followed up on my g&w post. g&w is a heavily misunderstood character by most players. i want to start this post off by looking at a postmade in response to anti's twitter post asking about g&w's flaws...

the descriptor and the character icon are not compatible i'll expand more if people who think that g&w is low tier explain why they think so

nairo and ally play characters that have notable disadvantages in the bayo matchup, so they wanted to try something new (diddy kong). instead of playing disadvantaged matchups, they are playing even matchups with a practiced character that isn't too hard to maintain fundamentals-wise. it...

man, this is a disappointing top 8 so far...sucks to see most of the players not playing well. the top 8 is filled with star players, but the level of play is not reflecting that.

i think raito's chart is a tad optimistic (bayo is worse than -1, pika is not even, a couple of even mus could also be argued even or -1), but it's really not that far off duck hunt is pretty good lol

@Minordeth I was following your post (generally) until I got to this: down tilt is pretty safe on shield when spaced. the shield advantage numbers might fool you into believing it isn't (-7 on drop/-14 on oos), but keep in mind the range and how much bayo shrinks her hurtbox when she does...