Recent content by BlackCephie

Heres the thing though: Nintendo put plant in the game because they wanted to. It was a passion project. Say what you will, but piranha plant is an icon in games. Perhaps this particular one eolved past others, allowing it access to abilities that are usually spread across several different...

It feels like something that Nintendo just really wanted to do, not for fans, but for themselves and I applaud that. The game isn't just about fan service. A fact that seems to go over a lot of smash players' heads.

Its hard for me to say, even after a solid week of using the plant. The more things I realize about the character, the weirder things get. Match-ups that I considered very difficult before now seem to be either even or slightly favor plant. For example, after I started abusing down b, there are...

So for one thing I think people are having trouble grasping pp design philosophy. Ptooie and down b both supplement each others weaknesses, and one thing to note is that the bite part of down b can be done early when b is pressed before max range, so it has its own mix up. Imho, down b is the...

I absolutely agree. Mix it up. Also I should stress that, in addition to p. Cloud, his other b moves basically fully comprise his neutral. His down b and neutral b, when mixed up between each other, are extremely effective. When I started to understand this, I started seeing that many matchups...

Plant should be ready to use cloud whenever

So one of the most common things I see people saying, especially in tournament commentary, is that Piranha Plant is bad because of his "lack" of neutral. Its annoying to hear because these people clearly dont understand his design philosophy, and its even more annoying that many plant users I...

This. The sheer amount of mindgames you can play with Plant is insane. Same goes for faking the patooie. People will straight up freeze or charge at you.

I never said Ptooie was broken. I said it was abusable. Its potential for creative used makes it really hard to deal with in the hands of someone who really gets the character. And yeah I think he absolutely can take majors. He has more things going for him than not. Once people really start...

Pretty good and getting kills doesnt seem to be hard tbh. All of his smash attacks are good, with fsmash having invul frames and a big enough hit boxe to stuff high profile. If spaced right its also pretty safe on block. Ptooie can be abused like crazy and nets kills for the plant left and...

Extremely strong and not to be slept on. I think Plant can absolutely take majors. Patooie alone is an amazing bread and butter move.

He def does not need a nerf, but a buff seems a bit much as well. His aerials are designed the way they are because plant is very deliberately a grounded character. His aerials are very good for intercepting aerial opponents, but bad for aerial approaches. That, plus everything else in his kit...

Use down b super armor and/or also jump and use patooie in the air. Always works for me.

I love bombs. You can literally drop bombs all the way across the stage as a retreat and stuff rush ins. You can also start charging neutral b, and jump cancel into bomb as a mix up. Not to mention bomb drop off stage into utilt as an edgeguard. They also turn enemies around when hit on stage...

Ive always been a Samus main, but after last night's tourney, I think she may be the strongest she has ever been since Melee, truth be told I think she is even stronger than that. At first I thought being able to charge up while in the air was a fairly small buff because I wasnt used to it, but...