Social "Time to Tip the Scales!" - Robin Social Thread

[Hong]

Oops did I accidentally wander onto Twitch?

 

[Folt]

I'll use M!Robin. Will probably rarely use F!Robin except as a CPU opponent maybe.

 

[Reila]

ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ HUEHUEHUE ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ

 

[Robertman2]

Gods, this thread...

I would like hooded Robin, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
Seeing as Robin likely has twelve costumes already (six female, six male)

And then twelve more with the hood on? That seems weird.
Unless, of course, the hooded version is gender ambiguous and has no voice.

Make the hooded one Grima.

I'll use M!Robin. Will probably rarely use F!Robin except as a CPU opponent maybe.

I'll probably use the M!Robin mostly as training dummy for Lucina.

 

[Reila]

I'll use M!Robin. Will probably rarely use F!Robin except as a CPU opponent maybe.

You are going to use Female Robin as a punching bag?! How dare you ;_;

 

[Kenith]

I'll use M!Robin. Will probably rarely use F!Robin except as a CPU opponent maybe.

I'm reporting you for domestic abuse.

 

[Folt]

Whenever I decide to use someone, I tend to have one thing I really like and stick to that forever, unless I need to use something else to get something. Opponents typically get whatever I feel I want to fight for that match.

 

[Robertman2]

Lucina can get away with domestic abuse. Because she's a princess.

 

[Drakonis]

I'll be using male Robin a whole lot more than female Robin. But I don't see any reason not to switch it up every once in a while.

 

[Skyblade12]

Lucina can get away with domestic abuse. Because she's a princess.

Yeah, royalty definitely gets to. Heck, look at Sumia/Chrom.

Maybe that's why he survived against Falcon. He has a lot of practice enduring heavy punches.

 

[Robertman2]

Yeah, royalty definitely gets to. Heck, look at Sumia/Chrom.

Maybe that's why he survived against Falcon. He has a lot of practice enduring heavy punches.

Exactly! Also, I want a Sumia Captain Falcon alt now.

 

[Skyblade12]

Exactly! Also, I want a Sumia Captain Falcon alt now.

This would be THE BEST ALTERNATE COSTUME EVER.

Falcoknight PUNCH!

 

[Robertman2]

SUMIA PWANCH! SUMIA KICK!!!
Edit: Lets just have the entire Ylisse Royal Family playable as alts! We've already got Lucina and Robin, why not Owain for Ike, Emmeryn for Palutena, Lissa for Zelda, Cynthia for Peach, Morgan for Robin!

 

[Hong]

 

[Captain Toad]

Am I the only one who will use M!Robin?

I'll probably switch it up, depending on how I'm feeling at the time.

"Want to break some skulls and look pretty whilst doing it"

"Want to break some skulls and look pretty whilst doing it"

Hmmm it'll be a tough decision ahead of me. Hahaha

(In all seriousness, I'll probably mix it up because I think it's cool that they included both, so now I can get into my head canons for both when playing. So I'll be snarking it up with friends and probably making myself a huge target in the process (3 against 1 again) because why take an easy kill when you can do a death defying flashy one! Captain Falcon taught me that style is everything, but the power to back it up does kind of help...a lot).

 

[True Blue Warrior]

What about my precious blue-haired alt?

 

[Drakonis]

One of the guys on the stream just confirmed the Levin Sword doesn't have a sweetspot. It just hits hard however you connect.
He also tried to explain the tomes, but he wasn't sure about it and it seemed to change in some development versions, so he kinda aborted that. What he did confirm though is that Robin just tosses the tome out as soon as it doesn't have any uses. It was also pretty clear that tomes do have seperate durabilities.

 

[.Shìkì]

Sooo, if i just got this right, the difference between Bronze and Levin Sword is basically the difference between Marth and Lucina : Bronze Sword needs to hit a sweetspot to send people flying, Levin Sword has that sweetspot on the whole blade. Needs rehearing this statement though i may have misheard.


EDIT : Damn you Drakonis you

 

[Mr. Johan]

Tomes do have collision hitboxes when you run out of uses.

Can't wait to see a Robin win a match by gimping someone with a useless book.

 

[Hong]

I think he was just comparing Levin Sword to basically other sweetspot attacks like the knee, which is what the visual feedback would suggest.

 

[SvartWolf]

he confirmed that when when a tome runs out, robin discard it... and if i understood correctly, books have hitboxes XD

a guy with a gregor avatar ninjaed me... so greninjaed

 

[Drakonis]

Completely missed that part about the tomes having hitboxes, good catch y'all.

 

[Hong]

It is what I had assumed, myself. All I want to know is if you can legit chuck it.

 

[TechPowah]

>Tossed tomes have hitboxes

Robin confirmed for second coming of Dudley.

 

[False Sense]

So, what exactly does the tomes having hit-boxes mean? When would that actually come into play?

 

[Hong]

So, what exactly does the tomes having hit-boxes mean? When would that actually come into play?

If you can chuck it at someone manually, that's pretty good. A flinch is a flinch. A thrown projectile is fast, has an arcing trajectory and can counter enemy projectiles.

If it just gets automatically discarded behind Robin as I think it does, doesn't matter much. JC (the guy from Treehouse) just basically had no idea what he was talking about, in any event, and probably just told whatever he vaguely knew.

 

[MindlessFire]

Well if the the SDCC stream taught me is having a character being slow is irrelevant especially if that character is a heavy and hard hitting juggernaut with a good physical moveset.

 

[Mr. Johan]

Except Bowser isn't really slow anymore. He's practically running the same pace as Pikachu this time.

It's hard to say how good Robin's going to be. On one hand, he can be like Bowser and just keep offensive presence with the Levin Sword and Thunders and Arcfires on stages like Battlefield where the platform layout is tight, but at the same time he's susceptible to being pressured to death if he's caught. On the other hand, huge stages like Tortimer Island really aid Robin's Elthunder and above and give him room to work with to perform Elwinds safely, but if he loses the lead, good luck catching the other guy.

It could go both ways, really.

 

[Aninymouse]

What we have now is absolutely incredible and IMO way cooler than anything Grima can do, I'll agree to that.

I would honestly love a better Fire Emblem stage for Wii U since Colosseum is kind of boring.

Boring but GORGEOUS.

 

[RPGatWill]

Spoiler

I'm not sure Grima makes sense as a FS. I mean, guys, THIS Robin is clearly the protagonist, not the future antagonist one. Protagonist Robin has no control over Grima; in fact, they hate Grima more than anything. Why would they want to team up with it? Why would it heed his/her call, when it was clearly Grima that controlled evil Robin?

Spoiler

I agree with this viewpoint. Admittedly the point about the game logic not always applying to smash is true, but Robin's whole story arc is him overcoming the Grima soul inside him to eventually destroy grima, not submitting to it like his previous self. Chrom plays a big role in that, leading to their final smash. Wombo Chrombo FTW.

 

[Hokori]

Well if the the SDCC stream taught me is having a character being slow is irrelevant especially if that character is a heavy and hard hitting juggernaut with a good physical moveset.

Well, Robin fits the bill for being relatively slow, but not a hard hitting juggernaut with a physical moveset. We'll be dealing with someone pretty different

Except Bowser isn't really slow anymore. He's practically running the same pace as Pikachu this time.

It's hard to say how good Robin's going to be. On one hand, he can be like Bowser and just keep offensive presence with the Levin Sword and Thunders and Arcfires on stages like Battlefield where the platform layout is tight, but at the same time he's susceptible to being pressured to death if he's caught. On the other hand, huge stages like Tortimer Island really aid Robin's Elthunder and above and give him room to work with to perform Elwinds safely, but if he loses the lead, good luck catching the other guy.

It could go both ways, really.

And of course, durability is also going to be a thing. I imagine Robin players switching up their style often in combat, regardless of stage. However, the stage definitely carries some influence as well, so I'm with you on that.

 

[MindlessFire]

I guess his only other saving grace is that he can self heal with Nosferatu especially useful in a 1 vs 1 situation. I don't if being able do smash attacks in midair when the Levin Sword is out makes a difference or not.

 

[Hong]

Robin's ftilt alone looks to be just as slow and have as much lag as Bowser's fsmash, only unlikely to have a fraction of the power and 0 super armour. Bowser will run fast, hit harder, live longer. Robin's strengths in comparison will likely be superior ranged utility and hopefully the Levin Sword makes her competitive in the air. I really hope Robin's actions are not as heinously laggy as they were in the trailer... since I feel the frames before the attacks come out already make them fair.

I guess his only other saving grace is that he can self heal with Nosferatu especially useful in a 1 vs 1 situation. I don't if being able do smash attacks in midair when the Levin Sword is out makes a difference or not.

Sure. It can damage the enemy for 1%, heal Robin for 1%. Just the same, it could just damage the enemy for 2%.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The healing effect of Nosferatu isn't much better than pummeling, unless it heals for a lot.

 

[Dust the Baptist]

Robin in my opinion is looking to be the most interesting smash characters yet. If smash 4 is at apex 2015 you can be sure to see me using him. :-3

 

[Reila]

Boring but GORGEOUS.

Uh it looks kind of meh actually.

 

[Aninymouse]

Uh it looks kind of meh actually.

It's not perfect, but that sky, though...

Spoiler

...is perfect.

edit: I can't be totally off topic since I posted a pick of Chrom, right?

 

[MindlessFire]

Looks like the Super Smash Bros. Cosplayers are getting ready.

 

[AustarusIV]

I saw one person cosplaying as Robin at the SDCC today. He didn't dye his hair white, which makes me think he had already planned this before the reveal trailer.

There was also a Lucina cosplayer but, alas, I did not take a picture of her. I wish I did, because she looked amazing.

 

[MindlessFire]

Robin's reveal trailer and smash character model kind made the Levin Sword and Thunder Tome his/her unofficial but memorable weapon set kind of of like how Chrom and Lucina always had their Falchions. Expect to see more Robin cosplayers in future with Levin Swords and Thunder Tomes as their props.

 

[ToothiestAura]

Robin's reveal trailer and smash character model kind made the Levin Sword and Thunder Tome his/her unofficial but memorable weapon set kind of of like how Chrom and Lucina always had their Falchions. Expect to see more Robin cosplayers in future with Levin Swords and Thunder Tomes as their props.

Robin is sort of implied to be a Thunder Mage (given that's what he starts with in Awakening).