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Shield crossups and varying your shield poke/landing timings. In Smash 4 you have access to Brawl-like fall speeds and Melee-like fastfall speeds, as well as the ability to cancel fastfalls with aerials- there is so much growth to be made in this area. You don't really see much of the Day 0...

Twitter tech!

On the twitter tech front:

Are we really on this again because Mr. R played really well/Dabuz was unprepared? "Pocket" Clouds (I really hesitate to call these well-practiced chars pockets) have worked at a top level precisely twice, once at CEO and once at TBH6. There's been so many failed ones but we don't bring those up.

Leo got his visa! So expect more "Meta Knight is top 15/Meta Knight is not top 15" arguments coming your way in the near future! But seriously I'm so happy

https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/52otdj/diddys_dtiltusmash_as_a_ko_combo_is_mostly/ This?

Nairo is pulling amazing wins with a character that's frankly dangerous to play in this meta Despite his lackluster CEO and EVO placings he still only lost to top tier competitors, the numbers don't show the whole picture Not to mention he generally always gets first at stacked regionals...

Pretty sure he put quotes around "randoms" to indicate that these people weren't actually randoms, just good players that don't travel much/have much exposure or had surprising wins given their opponents' track records. Don't think it's a stretch to call you beating ANTi an upset in Smash 4 at...

Think I'll just link to this from now on when people say our top players lose to randoms regularly.

Mario might be the best character in the game and here's why: In a game where all the top tiers have weaknesses that can't be worked around completely, Mario's are the least pronounced. He's versatile and just SOLID enough and despite some tough matchups (disjoint/kiting characters) I think...

I don't think buffed recoveries were implemented for any reason but 8 player matches. In fact I think a lot of the design of this game caters to that mode (or just 3+ players). Buffed rolls/airdodges, stronger shields, even potentially range nerfs and specific character design could fall under...

Examples please, I love this kind of talk I get that vibe from how top players respond to a Diddy trying to escape disadvantage in the air nowadays (in regards to reading the side-b + popgun b-reverse stuff). I swear they fell for it for an entire year.

Leo though. I want to hear more thoughts on him. He's got that aura of ever-present scariness when he plays. His play is so air-tight it's ridiculous and I hate that I forget about him just because there hasn't been a Mexican major in a while. He is so obviously one of the greatest. He has one...

There is nothing more satisfying than watching a top player destroy someone's nerd essay on why X character sucks now