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Yeah you basically have to force Mac to jump over your Luma, where he's most vulnerable. If he tries to go through Luma you have to Star Bits/harass and then roll back in order to stop him from approaching.
You can just Luma Shot them. Literally sends the Gordos flying, often straight into Dedede.
I'll have to remember this. My preferred grab tactics are to sit in shield and then shield grab, but Little Mac is a bit too mobile for that. I'll have to try dash grabbing.
I see what you did there.
I feel that it dash attack to fair is a true combo around that percent depending on the character. I can't confirm based on testing though, just observations I've made while online as well. It's definitely worth looking into though.
Tossing them with an upthrow is Rosalina's best option to Little Mac, she can destroy little mac and juggle the hell out of him with up airs or up-tilts if they get close to the ground, as long as you don't get too close, the counter will never touch you either because of the rings being the hitbox and not you. And if they do counter, if you b-air you'll hit them again while they're still recovering from the counter.
I guess excellent footsies in this matchup is really important. Stay in the range where you can threaten her with either unreactable dash grab or dash attacks or unreactable neutral bs while you yourself are able to react to her approaches. Not 100% sure but neutral b could work to punish a Sheik being in recovery animation after throwing needles at Luma. Even if you can't punish her it could lead to you walking forward and Sheik that way losing the stage control. Adjust depend on what she does (mix it up) and that way she won't feel safe in neutral at all. Don't press the jump button unless you're really far from her or if Sheik's feet are off the ground. I did a lot better when I stopped using SH Nair when Sheik wasn't in the air or offstage/ledge. If you do that from like mid range or closer she can just ran at you and punish on reaction. I think if Sheik grabs you when you have Luma with you and she does like Dthrow or presses the pummel button you can interrupt that throw with Luma.
do you have the vids?
Greninja matchup's kinda like Sheik. But down b kinda works better vs his projectiles than Sheik's. Play a footsies game like the one I explained with the Sheik matchup. And afterwards there's not that much special with the matchup.
unfortunately no, the tournament was not recorded
and probably being negative, haven't played enough yet to tell. I might also lump in there tbh. I also agree with for even but I've recently felt that we have an edge over . Again not enough exp to really comment on the others listed there, but I do think we go +ve against most other characters as well.
If he gets past luma, just grab him and either throw him to luma or off the stage. That strategy works for me
Thoughts? Not really a very trustworthy site. Matchups are based on what ANYONE can put a number on and I doubt everyone on that site knows what they're talking about. I don't think there is any real argument that makes Robin an even matchup (his/her mobility isn't very good and GP shuts down his/her projectiles). Also I haven't played any Pikachus but it's also hard to see that matchup as even. I had problems vs a DDD at the beginning though I now am a lot better with Rosalina and haven't played one since. So I would not take the ratios that seriously. Also the game has barely been out so no matchups are fully developed yet either.
I exploited this and just now beat a Ness in For Glory without taking a single hit, although I felt a little bad after since the guy was gone by the time I got to the CSS again. I feel comfortable saying the Rosalina/Ness matchup will be in Rosalina's favor just because of how easily she can neuter his recovery, although you need to almost preempt it or else risk a PKT2 to the face since Gravitational Pull's range isn't large enough to cover the far side of the arc Ness usually uses. I've also dealt with PK Fire on accident by ftilting it; it activates on the hitbox, but Rosalina extends her legs so far for the move that she takes maybe 2% and then goes right back to standing. The nature of the move does mean that Luma can't really protect you from it like it can most projectiles if you just dash up, but it's also slow enough you can usually absorb it on reaction. Can Ness punish us absorbing PK Fire with anything?
Mac's definitely in Rosa's favour. Although he is really fast on the ground, if stand on the right position and you mix between dash attacks, dash grabs and Luma Shot (where those options can't be reacted to), he is going to have a harder time beating you in neutral since he'll have to resort on guessing. He usually has to resort on shielding Luma Shot since his jumping and aerials are bad. You could pivot grab Little Mac's approaches, use those 3 options I mentioned before, or just reposition where his stuff aren't safe on block. And once you hit him (including with grab), he can almost always potentially die. He himself hits so hard but he also gets punished the hardest in the game.
Looking for more help on the Yoshi Match up. I find it extremely difficult to deal with, any other advice aside from play defensively? What kind of kill is ideal against a Yoshi?
Another underestimation on my part is when playing against Yoshi. Every single one of his moves have been powered up to ridiculous levels, and his dash-attack travels practically halfway across an Omega stage. There's an unbelievable amount of aerial control, here; not only do they have great range/knockback/damage, they're either very quick or hit multiple times. But that's not even the worst part.
The eggs. The breakfast of champions. Yoshi tosses them way too quickly in succession for Gravitational Pull to keep up, and they practically chip away at Luma if you're not linked-up. There's a LOT of stage control in Yoshi's favor, especially now that Yoshi is much more difficult to gimp as opposed to past games. I've seen some Yoshi's use the little boost that they get from tossing an egg to get back on stage, not even needing their second jump. Similarly to the other two characters that I've already mentioned, playing defensively helps, as well as Star Bits if you find an opportunity to edge-guard. I would reccommed keeping Luma close in order to have more launch power, however.
Together you can "crack" the code and beat them Yoshis.
Limit your time in the air as you'll most likely get beat outright, as all of Yoshi's aerials have great priority, power, and range. There's also a possibility of Yoshi using his super armor to attempt a successful return to the ground, or make space with an egg. Shielding and reacting is the name of the game against Yoshi; reading and predicting where he's gonna end up plays a big part in that, much like playing any other character.
