Welcome to Smashboards, the world's largest Super Smash Brothers community! Over 250,000 Smash Bros. fans from around the world have come to discuss these great games in over 19 million posts!
You are currently viewing our boards as a visitor. Click here to sign up right now and start on your path in the Smash community!
Not a critique, but the last match with the Sonic was a bit BS'y. I'm not sure if KingKong could have made it back, but pausing in the middle of Bowser's up b mash was poor play. Should have gone back to review the tape there... The commentators immediately conflated a memory of the pause happening after Bowser was falling.
The "?" got into the link and messed up your time stamp; it should be this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn1V8MO4C84&feature=youtu.be&t=296.
What, grabbing the bomb in mid-air?
Press grab to grab an item without attacking or air dodging. You can grab items in midair or on the ground below you this way. But the timing is generally as strict as pressing a on the ground to grab an incoming item. You can also air dodge and press A just a few frames after catching it to throw it back in any direction. This video has visual examples of these tricks and more. I would also teach you about the majesty of performing Z-drop aerials, but Bowser doesn't have his own spawnable item to really validate spending hours practicing that.Cronoc yeah grabbing a bomb mid air, but I didn't see him air dodge or attack. I never played brawl and there is some minor tech that is like totally amazing to me.
Diddy and ROB do, though, and keeping those projectiles away from them is a pretty good strategy.
That's right. For ROB, it's especially crippling to grab the gyro instead of shield it. His zoning pattern is a simplistic Gyro > Laser > Gyro > Laser. The gyro disappears when making contact with a shield, which allows him to fire another immediately afterward. If the gyro is still in the field, he can't do that, and thus loses half his wall of projectiles. Grabbing gyro out of the air and smash tossing it upward lets it stay active for the longest time out of neither player's hands. You could throw it back at him, but he could then catch it and you've accomplished very little. Assume that anybody playing as ROB, Diddy, Mega Man, Peach and others with items are generally better at item play then you are. Of course, like the video says, you need to mix it up every so often.
And it's actually even better for Bowser because Bowser has several answers to shielding enemies, while nearly every other character holding a banana can really only throw the banana before they can get Diddy out of his shield (the exception being characters with shield breaking B moves, like Marth and DK).
True. Bowser fighting with only special moves is not terrible. Bomb to punish unsafe moves, Fortress to punish safer ones after blocking, Flying Slam to aggressively beat shields and land. Fire Breath comes up short as usual, but I feel the only powerful tools you lose when an item is in your hand are your jab and pivot grabs, and they'll be so mindful of their item coming back at them that they'll want to shield anything Bowser uses. Two of our specials are at their best when they're conditioned to shield. Plus, having jump cancel toss as an OoS option is very threatening when it comes to bananas. It should true combo into Bowser Bomb. Fsmash I'm not so sure about.
Exactly.
Double fair offstage has been a thing since launch. It works really well around 30-60 percent, depending on the character. Absolutely destroys characters with limited recovery like Samus and Cloud.
Yeah. My community know because I hit them with it all the time. But my friends in Albany haven't seen it so I threw it in the clip of the changes. I'm honestl thrilled with this Bowser change. It's disgusting and beautiful.
Cassius.
! You were on TV? Did you say, "Hi", to your mom? 
Damn, you got me! There are actually quite a few sets of me on YouTube from this past weekend, like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t-mRyf5dgM , but you just made me realize that I took charge of this thread...only to further realize that I didn't do anything. So now I have my homework for the rest of this week.
Cassius's Bowser vs. Dill's Sheik: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe9J63DJ_9o.
Uh... since it doesn't seem right to just post one match... Eim's Bowser vs. Shu's Sheik: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAhGqcKZ2co.
This just convinces me more than ever that all we need is Tough Guy on needles to be SO CLOSE to even with Shiek. Having a kill option at like 80% got us halfway there. Nice playing, Cassius.
Cassius's Bowser vs. Dill's Sheik: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe9J63DJ_9o.
Uh... since it doesn't seem right to just post one match... Eim's Bowser vs. Shu's Sheik: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAhGqcKZ2co.
I think TG on needles may actually put the match slightly in Bowser's favor.
Omg that dair at the end was amazing.
Oh, my bad. Sorry! I'll check next time before postingThe OP has already been updated by Cassius with the latest Troof (and more). Be sure to check it out.
Okay, that Klaw was pretty badass lol
pitfall356
That's amazing! How are you able to play without using your hands?!?
