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Thanks for explaining! While it all seems like great advice and theory, I wonder if there might be room for a distinction between characters that commit more to their sh or fh than others (eg zelda vs sheik) due to factors such as fall speed, air speeds, and aerial options.

If you're going to list ways to beat cloud can you please give reasoning as to why - eg #s 1 and 2. #2 doesn't really apply anyway as messing up movement is simply down to technical errors of the player. It's not really a strategy so much as a piece of advice to players who might mess up dash...

Just to add to this, timing out a stock-behind Lucario (given the right character and stage) is an extremely strong strategy. E: Lucario without % cannot kill, and he also really struggles to hit mobile characters that avoid him due to his own poor mobility.

dash to shield then shieldgrab sometimes just dashgrabbing works depending on how far the opponent is sent and how fast their moves are (eg if they don't have a f3 nair or something), but pretty confident dash to shield would have covered mario's nair their, and could be followed up with grab.

@Trifroze On the other hand, the more you play against a given opponent the more you learn their specific habits and mannerisms. Just because you are able to beat a skilled player in tournament doesn't mean you can do the same at a larger event where you have to fight a similarly skilled...

Important stuff: Use of b reverses (2.07 & 2.24) - Both of these actually worsened your stage control and pressure by giving mario more stage presence and turning your back to him. Our b-reverses work best when we drift into the opponent with the charge rather than away. Use of aura sphere -...

Edit: double posted accidentally

You just need to hold straight down as you hit the stage to get the smooth landing on dreamland

Doesn't matter. Welcome to the fam

Another Aus lucario! Howdy :secretkpop:

Yes you absolutely should use Lucario in friendlies if you want to pick him up. Only practicing a character against CPUs in training mode or w/e is in no way a substitute for real people or games. There's a good chance you'll get discouraged, but that goes for any character when you lose.

If you play friendlies with the zss player go to t&c for an hour or something and see how many times you die off the top. I guarantee it will be fewer than battlefield. Also, you probably know this but boost kick's vertical ko power was nerfed in 1.1.4, and upair's base knockback in 1.1.5.

Not great. M2's dtilt outranges just about all of our grounded moves. Even if you predict it and try to punish, dtilt's very short endlag makes hitting punishing it difficult (14 frames, Sheik's ftilt has 17 for comparison). M2's nair is good at edgeguarding our recovery. M2 kills very easily...

@BugCatcherWill Battlefield against zss is not a good idea. Juggling us is considerably potent due to the platforms. The top platform kills us if she lands a grab or starts the upair combo on it, which happened to you in one of the earlier games. Imo banning battfield rather than t&c now is...

sign me up fam