Recent content by bc1910

I go back and forth on this MU for Greninja. Min Min’s range and ability to control ground space is a massive pain for him to deal with, his aerial approaches are telegraphed and punishable if the Min Min is good at parrying, and Megawatt Nair is generally just obnoxious. On the other hand...

I don't agree with Greninja being one of Bowser's worst MUs, though it's a common notion. Greninja's advantage state on Bowser is incredibly strong, no one is going to argue this. However, neutral isn't that simple to navigate due to Bowser's sheer size and the fact that Greninja literally can't...

I agree with you on this as I’ve had similar thoughts before. I’d also throw in the fact that most of Ultimate’s newcomers have pretty shoddy mobility stats with the exceptions of, guess who, Joker, Inkling and Chrom. Mobility isn’t exactly the be all and end all trait that it used to be and you...

I’ve long suspected that Battlefield is significantly worse for Greninja than common opinion would have you believe. I’d still take it over Yoshi’s personally, but Greninja really isn’t a fan of the opponent having so many platforms to escape his otherwise deadly landing punishes and the general...

Hero's RNG crap has wholly consistent counterplay (shield at a distance, air camp up close, generally smother him so he can't use the menu) aside from Magic Burst which is admittedly the most broken move in the game, but it's still just one move which doesn't come up often in the menu anyway...

Does anyone really want Lucario to be good? His various nerfs, buffs and tweaks in the transition to Ultimate haven't changed the fact that his design is fundamentally the most idiotic in the game by a significant margin. Let him languish at the bottom of the tier list. I'd honestly rather buff...

Greninja does fine against Snake. His results against Snake have only got better as time has gone on, to the point where the MU is looking pretty even. It makes sense considering Greninja’s overall slipperiness, projectile, damage output and edgeguarding capabilities. Greninja only really...

Peach isn't miles better than GnW either. I didn't talk about only the MU, it just paints a picture of how the characters can hang together. I pointed to results, theory and playerbase to support my point. People claiming PIka is #1 are clearly ignoring results. This has been discussed many...

Joker does not exceed Greninja by miles at all, particularly after the nerfs. Greninja is probably one of Joker's worst MUs given that he's one of the few characters who is faster than Joker overall, allowing him to both chase Joker in disadvantage and run away from Arsene. He has plenty of kill...

Greninja shouldn’t be losing to Ike. Greninja has a million options to play around Ike’s scary tools in neutral (read: Nair) without having to rely on shield; Japanese Greninja players as a whole tend to shield too much, I find. Ike’s recovery is also terrible against Greninja as long as the...

Who said they were weak? They aren’t. The power shield mechanics alone ensure that. Are they weaker than they are in Ultimate (and Brawl and S4) though? Absolutely. You only need to look at the raw frame data of the options to see that. You cite strong top tier options to deal with shield...

More hitstun in Melee gives actual reward on hit, encouraging aggressive play. Disadvantage is also universally worse. The game still grinds to a standstill when Puff is involved, mostly because you can’t combo her much and she has one of the only good disadvantage states in the game. Shields...

Raw model size is only one factor in how easy a character is to hit. Mobility and hurtbox shifting are two other factors which are arguably more important. Kirby has the smallest character model in terms of overall size, but he’s not particularly hard to hit since he’s wide, slow and stays the...

Lea becomes the first Greninja player to get top 8 at an S-tier. Good stuff. Greninja is solidly top 10 in both Orionstats and the European rankings posted a few pages back. The character’s results lulled after the initial hype over him but are back in force now. Detractors can’t even say he...

I’m calling bug fix patch. Remember that bugs can have a substantial effect on gameplay and replays work by simply replaying inputs in the current build. A big bug such as the Terry/ICs glitch getting fixed would be more than enough to break replays. I’d be shocked to see balance changes so soon...