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The first time i picked up smash 3ds, i first character i went to training mode to was Samus. Honestly, i didn't know anything about competitive smash in the slightest and i've been picking up the terminology for the last year or so, so when i first used her i thought, "Wow, her charge shot actually kills now! maybe she's pretty good compared to brawl".
I wasn't wrong, but i wasn't exactly right about her either. Her missiles felt slower to me at first, since i didn't know about auto-cancelling missiles, but i just ignored those issues and just played the character for what she was.
I've been off and on her since then, trying out a few characters and trying to find my, "main". Everytime i lost a match, i always wondered whether it was the character or me. I admit im not the best smash player, and i'm the kind of greedy guy that'll go of stage JUST to get that Toon link meteor smash, (FFA's with family, of course). I've tried Toon link, Greninja, Pikachu, Ness, Lucas, i even went to the depths of Sheik to find a main. I even re started my amiibo to learn things from them that i wouldn't normally think of, (no samus amiibo unfortunately
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Even so, i've been lurking around the Samus forums trying to learn new things. I admit, if Samus were the top tier threat that most people in this board would wish for, i don't think i would have tried THAT many character and read individual guides and tried my own techniques to improve my gameplay. I've been liking Greninja and Toon link, two characters that tier wise people would agree are better than Samus, but their forum's aren't as busting as this one.
You guys are some of the most loyal players i have ever seen, sticking with a so called, "low-tier," character, finding her pros and cons, looking for any situation to prove her worth amongst the cast. It takes a certain dedication for a fanbase to single-handedly bring a fighting game to a competitive scene without the support of the company, but it takes a different kind of dedication to stick with a character just because you love her THAT much, regardless of what other people say.
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Long story short, i plan on being on this site more often, even though grade 12 has me by the throat, (scholarships and bursaries). Samus is a character that at first i never knew and never really cared for, but after playing Fusion and learning her history, I feel honoured to be Spamus main. This patch is really gonna help her on the long run, and i've been getting more shield breaks than usual, which is always a good thing