iRJi
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Metaknight
Rating: 9
Overview of information
Whenever I get home I'll gladly give my two cents on the strategy because from what I read none of y'all understand how the Anubis strategy quite work. I'll be sure to go in depth why mk/wario/gnw are lucario best option for a teammate. Anyways who named it Anubis? Me and lee didn't get a say on the name.
Anyways the strategy is what I consider a glass cannon and is thus pretty fragile. The team also require alot of trust and communication (me and lee are constantly talking whenever we team). The lucario needs to trust the tank to not get hit and the tank needs to trust the lucario to be able to handle the 2v1 since helping him may possibly jeopardize the tank and if the tank dies first the team completely crumbles. So tanks, let the lucario do his thing and avoid all conflicts. The Anubis strategy is basically abusing lucario aura by permanently making him significantly stronger by having a teammate not lose a stock. Instead of relying on the opponent stock to manipulate lucario aura, he instead relies on his teammate to have a significant stock advantage thus giving him a boost. Easiest way for the tank to hold stock is through planking thus the most popular methods. Anyways pros and cons for the Anubis Strategy.
Pros:
- Ridiculously early percent kills (Fully charged Aura sphere will kill around 50% if Lucario at 1 stock 70% and his partner still has all 3 of his)
- Lucario an underused character so few knows the match up very well
- Not a commonly used strategy (Element of surprise thus highly likely you'll win game 1)
- Lucario gets to play aggressive with almost no repercussion (Lucario losing a stock makes the strategy even more effective)
Cons:
- Difficult to pull off at high level play (Lucario is forced to do basically 2v1 a majority of the time)
- Requires alot of trust between partners (Lucario got to trust the tank to stay alive, while the tank is forced to trust the lucario to handle the 2v1 regardless of whats happening)
- Very fragile is known as a glass cannon (If the tank loses the stock first you're even in a more dire situation then normal as Lucario is now 20% weaker)
- Suspect able to ohkos (one hit ko's) IE omnigay/buckets
Overall I believe only a few lucario mains can do this as effectively as lee. To be frank only a few lucarios are comparable to lee but if the team is done correctly I doubt you'll lose game 1 as the strategy is so unique it's difficult to adjust to. (Proven true as Lee and I have had major success for the last couple of months as seen in winterfest and nokoast2).
Now let's look up possible partners that can tank efficiently.
The first obvious choice would be of course metaknight.
Reason why are the following:
- Easy to avoid conflict via through planking/scrooging
- Easy to rack up damage on off stage opponents
- Easy to gimp a majority of the cast
- Can save lucario from getting gimped
Overall covers alot of weaknesses that lucario has such as building up damage and lucario tend to be gimped early. Only major weakness is mk lack stamina but through planking you shouldn't worry about getting hit to often even against other mks.
Other effective characters for the anubis strategy are gnw and wario.
GnW advantages:
- Easy to plank (Almost as effective as MK)
- Difficult to gimp
- Good ko power
- Buckets!!!!
- Can save lucario pretty easily
- Bucket braking
GnW another popular partner for lucario, GnW only real weakness is that he's a very difficult character to play effectively and like mk, GnW is relatively light but with the addition of an ohko he may possibly be a better team mate then mk. Also if the gnw dies first it's easier to make a comeback due to gnw superior ko power over mk and the potential to kill at zero with the bucket.
Now to cover wario pros and cons:
Very similar to gnw except no buckets or an effective way to avoid damage (ie planking etc etc)
But in return you get superior air mobility (which helps avoid damage and also helps to tack on damage so lucario can save easy kill moves such as d-air and f-smash). Also wario natural high stamina makes him a good tank and he also got hard hitting moves such as u-air, f-smash and his oh so powerful fart which in general makes lucario job abit easier then say if the lucario teamed with a mk or gnw. But downfall is that this team setup is more prone to have the non-lucario main die first.
(Sorry about the ugly format still on my iPhone)
These 3 characters IMO are Lucario best partners.
Updated my previous post with more detail recommend everyone to read post3433 if you enjoy long reads
Also sorry about any grammatical/spelling error difficult to write long messages on my iPhone. But yeah got bored at work so thought I could help the lucario boards.
Anyways IMO lucario is a relatively poor character choice in doubles when not doing the Anubis strategy mainly due to the fact of his fluxuation in attacks and though having relatively good stamina is a poor choice to tank due to his aura mechanism. He also have relatively low killing power when at low percent and is suspectable to early gimps due to his predictable recovery. Regardless when doing the Anubis strategy lucario loses a lot of his disadvantages while further emphasizing his advantages. Though still highly prone to gimps the lost of the stock can be ignored due to what he gains. Overall I believe the Anubis strategy is lucario best option in teams.
Possible Counterpick:
Any map with large blast zones and are flat (Example Final Destination is possibly your best counter pick)
Maps to Avoid:
Brinstar, Frigate, Rainbow Cruise etc etc any map that are relatively small and limits lucario recovery option. If playing against a team with a snake I would recommend banning Frigate. Against possibly double MK teams I would ban Rainbow Cruise and any team consisting of Wario you should ban Brinstar/Cruise (all up to you).
(Sorry about my lengthy posts, just trying to cover everything I can think of.)
Stages
Stages to use
Pokemon Stadium
Smashville
FD
Stages to Avoid
Frigate
Brinstar
Halberg
Characters who give you Trouble
Mr. Game and Watch
Wario
Metaknight
King DDD
Disclaimer: This thread is made for the sole purpose of keeping doubles discussion clean and organized. If people wish to discuss a past team, they may do so in this thread without cluttering the current discussion.
