Recent content by SteadyDisciple

I thought this was a really cool idea for a guide thread, so I figured I would do some labbing. I haven't had time to do much, but here's what I have so far. I plan to continue updating this as I have time to test it, but having people double check the moves I do list would be helpful, since I...

If you don't mind waiting longer to get your preferred rules, why not try the Arenas mode? Make an arena, select your ruleset for it, and play with those rules as much as you like. That's what I do at least.

Wii Fit main dropping in to spy on your matchup charts. I can't speak for the other two you posted, but I'm here to say that the MU vs WFT is definitely in Kirby's favor. The puffball has the perfect tools to deal with Wii Fit offstage, the low profile crouch destroys Wii Fit in neutral, and...

Overall I think it's a welcome addition. I even kind of like the various rule sets thing, it kind of creates motivation to try other ways of playing the game. The time limit is an issue though. Not to say time outs are inherently bad, but they shouldn't be the norm. It's even worse in the 4...

Neat tech for sure. I'd been wondering lately if there was any good use for the sun pushing the header. Not sure how applicable these are (a savvy opponent will knock away the ones without hitboxes, and bouncing it off of someone to then start a combo afterwards seems super situational), but...

That's exactly how it works! I agree with Dark though, I have 8 characters in elite smash, and I think I have played only 2 or 3 of them since around Christmas. Some sort of point decay for inactivity would make sense, even if it only kicked in after a month or so, just to stop people like me...

Out of the core 8... That's a hard call. I think I'd have to say either Yoshi or Fox. Yoshi feels more like a part of the Mario Franchise to this day than his own series, and still pops up as an item in those games. We don't typically give items a character slot, do we? Fox on the other hand...

Aside from the as-of-yet unconfirmed 5.7m, I think I'm still sitting at or near the highest score on the thread. Take a look!

The general consensus from what I've seen seems to be that Palutena just DOESN'T attack OOS. Like you said, Nair is her fastest move, but it whiffs against a lot of the cast. Fair is slower and whiffs just as badly unless you delay it most of the time. I've heard a few people say Bair works...

I've said for ages that a limited character randomizer would be a great idea. You could sort of manage this in Melee, since it would select a character before continuing to the next screen, so you could just keep picking random until you got the character you wanted. Obviously the randomizer...

AFAIK, most moves will keep you facing the same direction that you were facing when you got hit. That said, some moves are exceptions to this, like Mario's cape (which will reverse your direction) or most command grabs (which will set you to face a fixed direction on hit).

Hmm... When you observe these inconsistencies, what are you playing? Local multiplayer? Quick play? Arenas? Different modes have different elements involved that could contribute. Also, is it always that you start good, then get worse, or is it the other way around sometimes?

Yeah, as far as I have seen, most players treat the "any" section as a low/intermediate, and the "veteran" section as an intermediate/high setting. That said, with only self reported matchmaking, they can all have pretty high variance.

As a very defensive player myself, I would say there are really 5 types of strategies that help break a good defense. I'll try to keep them all relatively short, but if there are any you feel you need more specific examples on, let me know. #1 - Under Pressure: This method of breaking through...

Yeah, as far as I know, there doesn't seem to be a way to prevent stock sharing. The mechanic was designed for in-person play, where you could just tell your teammate not to. That said, if you're at a high % with only one extra stock and are worried about a rando taking it and dying...