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Just because no one got nerfed does not mean no character is worse off post patch Like, I have no idea if Kirby can become competitively relevant post patch, but its just common sense that every character Kirby already did well against is worse off after the patch. And I damn sure wouldn't...

Mario, doc, luigi, falcon, ganon, zss (and falco, but his is reversed) all have the same flash kick animation for their up-airs. pretty much everyone shares animations in this game

to put in my own early impressions of Cloud, i think @TTTTTsd put it best. He's at his best when he's playing as lame as possible. Sheik may not let him get away with that but i think lame Cloud is going to be a bit troublesome for quite a few characters. maintaining LB and making your opponent...

Cross slash seems pretty unreliable outside of limit break. lvl 3 training mode pit was easily falling out of it at like 100%

Luckly Georgia happens to be the home of both the best Wario main and the best Falcon main in the country. Given that Reflex has maintained his #1 spot on the PR, I think its likely this matchup is closer to even than you think, or just straight up in Wario's favor

Ordering characters within tiers is a fools errand. Partially related to this Mario talk: Since September 14th only Sheik has made more reported top 8's in non-locals than Mario has. Another fun fact about that arbitrary time period: Diddy (32) has more wins in non-locals than Sheik (31)...

I highly doubt Cloud had much to do with the ballot. Square-enix probably came to Nintendo to make this happen. And i know we cant infer too much from the trailer, but his non-limit gauge recovery looked a lot like Ike's. and if he doesnt have a quickdraw type move things might be pretty rough...

The thing is, low tiers matter at lower levels of play and online. Which is where the vast majority of people exist. This is the inherent problem with the term "viability." It means something different to everyone.

I played against a really amazing Marth last night on anthers. He had tons of ridiculous setups, awesome combos and traps and it almost felt like I was playing against brawl marth with how suffocating it was. We played 11 games and I won 8 of them with my day 1 Fox. I'm not saying Marth is...

The theory is certainly there, but this might actually have more to do with ZeRo than it does with Sheik. Lucario (like Ness) is a character that ZeRo seems to have some pretty random struggles against. Also, remember the time Kamicario beat him so (seemingly) badly in a friendly that he refused...

heres a set between Dath and Trevonte in losers finals of Smash for Charity. it goes the full five games and Dath loses (partially) because the Elwind tome only has enough uses for the first part of Up-B. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QyzRZg1mzM

Just pointing something out. Raziek (who placed top 48 at EVO along side Mr. ii a Japanese Robin) beat ZeRo's Sheik in convincing enough fashion that ZeRo immediately switched to Diddy. Both Raziek and Dath continue to perform very well with the character. Its a small sample, but those two are...

Its also frustrating for those of us who have been watching this thread for a year to see the same ****ing cycle endlessly repeat itself.

We are a year into the game. People have been hailing Pikachu as a top 5 threat for a long long time. Basically every other character considered top/high tier has multiple high level mains. As time goes on, we get more evidence that ESAM is succeeding not because Pikachu is this fantastic...

Jiggs might win against Falcon, only because if she can get Falcon to waste his double jump off-stage (or relatively close to the edge) she has a high chance to convert that into a stock. But also she dies to most random hits from him at like 80 so...