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This is the condensed version of my (our) guide, the Ness Compendiums of Knowledge and Statistics.
Made for those of you with very little attention spans. Or just don't like going so in-depth.
Pros
* Best character to play (statistically) in Low Tier Tournaments.
* Long recovery
* Quick attacks
* Can double jump cancel
* Effective at combo'ing
* Very good aerial attacks
* Good KO moves
* Average weight
* Small target
* Throws can KO and combo
* Powerful forward smash
* Very versatile projectile
* Largest sweetspot range
* Forward smash (if timed correctly) can deflect projectiles
Cons
* Slow without advanced techniques
* Highly abusable recovery
* Extremely low grab range (and slow)
* Slow special moves
A
A fast move. Almost no damage, nor stun. NEVER.
AA
Same a single A. Just.... don't.
AAA
A bit better... the kick gives enough stun to actually accomplish something.
Dash Attack
Ness's best approaching move. It has incredible range and is practically a projectile.
Hit 1 has a semi-spike effect, like a soft YLink's dsmash. Hit 2 does almost nothing. Hit 3 pops hem up.
Ftilt
A nice move. Fast, useful and has a lingering hit box, nice priority and can edge guard. Can be directed by aiming at a diagonal.This attack is more useful than is sounds because it is fast and it has low lag. It goes through many projectiles. Its deceptive priority makes the uftilt fairly useful against shffls.
Utilt
Very fast, has silly priority due to his invincibility, and decent range. A good weapon against space animals. Good in combos.
Dtilt
Possible infinite against walls, usually ends around 300%. Possible edgeguard, but not to replace a proper edgeguard. Using against a full shielding opponent will prevent shield grabbing because it pokes at their feet.
Fsmash
It has insane range and priority, does amazing damage if you tipper, can’t be shield grabbed because of shield stun and they are pushed away. Is used to edgeguard about 50% of the time. Use it to finish combos against fast fallers as well.
Usmash
See Yoyo Gltich Section
Dsmash
Ness's worst attack, hands down. Except for extreme mindgames. (Read: for Simna only ^_^)
Nair
Un-reached potential. If your opponent is at too high a damage to combo into a finisher, this is your move. Very good edgeguard. Very fast, and even faster if DjC'd.
Bair
Ness's best KO move. Especially when DjC'd. Possible edgeguard, but not that good due to it's small range. Not much else to say. (Note the small landing lag.)
Fair
Really good combo'r, but best if you DjC or shuffle so only the weak hit hits, so you can combo them across to stage. A neat thing about fair is that although it appears to be several hits, it is continuously hitting your opponent. One of Ness's best (and only) approaches.
Uair
One Ness's best weapon's against Space Animals, but that will be covered in character matchups (found in the fulll guide). ALWAYS DjC THIS MOVE. ALWAYS. Good killer against floaties like GAW and Jiggz due to their light weight and... floatiness. Ness's best juggler. Equip star jacket by DjC'ing uair.
Dair
Avoid using this in actual combat; there is way too much lag. It is a possible combo starter if you aren't shield grabbed.As a meteor, this kinda sucks. The long hitbox is good, but there is too much lag. Unless you you spike jacket. That looks so fricken cool. Good edge attack, though.
* Forward Throw:
Nothing special about this move... avoid it, unless edgeuarding.
* Back Throw:
FRICKEN AMAZING. This will kill pretty much anyone at 90%, depending on the stage, their weight and DI. If you opponent fails to sweetspot while recovering and lands behind you, turn around and bthrow.
* Up Throw:
Combo starter against fastfallers, leads into a nice uair juggle. Average KO move against floaties. Still not as good as bthrow.
* Down Throw:
Dthrow does 0% to GAW, for some reason. Avoid using this, unless for mindgames.
B:
Never use this except:
-Shield break
-Missed rest ^_^
-Edgeguarding
---98% of the time, edgeguarding will be the reason you use this. Good if you have timing, or against predictable recoveries.
->B
Avoid using this attack. Occasionally, it is pretty good, but without mindgames, never. Aerial PK fire will cancel all lag if landing lag is interrupted by oh-no-I'm-going-to-fall-help-me-ahh animation.
^B
Also only in the full version. Goes WAAAYYYY too in-depth for some of you.
vB
Never. There are 21 fricken frames of lag. Only in teams, healing on Carneria, or.... can't thank of anything else.
Made for those of you with very little attention spans. Or just don't like going so in-depth.
Pros
* Best character to play (statistically) in Low Tier Tournaments.
* Long recovery
* Quick attacks
* Can double jump cancel
* Effective at combo'ing
* Very good aerial attacks
* Good KO moves
* Average weight
* Small target
* Throws can KO and combo
* Powerful forward smash
* Very versatile projectile
* Largest sweetspot range
* Forward smash (if timed correctly) can deflect projectiles
Cons
* Slow without advanced techniques
* Highly abusable recovery
* Extremely low grab range (and slow)
* Slow special moves
A
A fast move. Almost no damage, nor stun. NEVER.
AA
Same a single A. Just.... don't.
AAA
A bit better... the kick gives enough stun to actually accomplish something.
Dash Attack
Ness's best approaching move. It has incredible range and is practically a projectile.
Hit 1 has a semi-spike effect, like a soft YLink's dsmash. Hit 2 does almost nothing. Hit 3 pops hem up.
Ftilt
A nice move. Fast, useful and has a lingering hit box, nice priority and can edge guard. Can be directed by aiming at a diagonal.This attack is more useful than is sounds because it is fast and it has low lag. It goes through many projectiles. Its deceptive priority makes the uftilt fairly useful against shffls.
Utilt
Very fast, has silly priority due to his invincibility, and decent range. A good weapon against space animals. Good in combos.
Dtilt
Possible infinite against walls, usually ends around 300%. Possible edgeguard, but not to replace a proper edgeguard. Using against a full shielding opponent will prevent shield grabbing because it pokes at their feet.
Fsmash
It has insane range and priority, does amazing damage if you tipper, can’t be shield grabbed because of shield stun and they are pushed away. Is used to edgeguard about 50% of the time. Use it to finish combos against fast fallers as well.
Usmash
See Yoyo Gltich Section
Dsmash
Ness's worst attack, hands down. Except for extreme mindgames. (Read: for Simna only ^_^)
Nair
Un-reached potential. If your opponent is at too high a damage to combo into a finisher, this is your move. Very good edgeguard. Very fast, and even faster if DjC'd.
Bair
Ness's best KO move. Especially when DjC'd. Possible edgeguard, but not that good due to it's small range. Not much else to say. (Note the small landing lag.)
Fair
Really good combo'r, but best if you DjC or shuffle so only the weak hit hits, so you can combo them across to stage. A neat thing about fair is that although it appears to be several hits, it is continuously hitting your opponent. One of Ness's best (and only) approaches.
Uair
One Ness's best weapon's against Space Animals, but that will be covered in character matchups (found in the fulll guide). ALWAYS DjC THIS MOVE. ALWAYS. Good killer against floaties like GAW and Jiggz due to their light weight and... floatiness. Ness's best juggler. Equip star jacket by DjC'ing uair.
Dair
Avoid using this in actual combat; there is way too much lag. It is a possible combo starter if you aren't shield grabbed.As a meteor, this kinda sucks. The long hitbox is good, but there is too much lag. Unless you you spike jacket. That looks so fricken cool. Good edge attack, though.
* Forward Throw:
Nothing special about this move... avoid it, unless edgeuarding.
* Back Throw:
FRICKEN AMAZING. This will kill pretty much anyone at 90%, depending on the stage, their weight and DI. If you opponent fails to sweetspot while recovering and lands behind you, turn around and bthrow.
* Up Throw:
Combo starter against fastfallers, leads into a nice uair juggle. Average KO move against floaties. Still not as good as bthrow.
* Down Throw:
Dthrow does 0% to GAW, for some reason. Avoid using this, unless for mindgames.
B:
Never use this except:
-Shield break
-Missed rest ^_^
-Edgeguarding
---98% of the time, edgeguarding will be the reason you use this. Good if you have timing, or against predictable recoveries.
->B
Avoid using this attack. Occasionally, it is pretty good, but without mindgames, never. Aerial PK fire will cancel all lag if landing lag is interrupted by oh-no-I'm-going-to-fall-help-me-ahh animation.
^B
Also only in the full version. Goes WAAAYYYY too in-depth for some of you.
vB
Never. There are 21 fricken frames of lag. Only in teams, healing on Carneria, or.... can't thank of anything else.
I wrote a program to analyze matchups between low tiers for the purpose of creating a tier list exclusively for low tier tourneys. I used the Phanna Chart matchup values. For details on my methodology and whatnot go here.
Here's a summary of the results.
God Tier
1) Ness
Top Tier
2) Pikachu
High Tier
3) Yoshi
4) Y. Link
5) Link
6) Mr. G&W
7) Luigi
Middle Tier
8) Zelda
9) DK
Low Tier
10) Roy
11) Kirby
12) Mewtwo
Bottom Tier
13) Bowser
14) Pichu
Thought this would make some of you Ness players happy.
