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Both moves are risky, unsafe and against good players not always practical, so I'd say its just down to a matter of preference
Dash Claw is actually somewhat useful, to be perfectly honest. It's actually a reaaaallly gravy tech-chase tool, as well as the Sliding Fortress. They both let you continue attack strings that would otherwise be over if you knock your foe too far away and they hit the ground and it's not so bad in neutral game either.
Does it still have a tipper windbox?
That actually makes it sound more attractive. I'll try this. <3
But...it's soooo good. </3 I'm not saying spam it, obviously. But we have great Fire Breath now why not use it?
I don't think that Bowser is completely helpless from this angle anymore, but for now, I think that it's still the weakest area for Bowser. That being said, Bowser can now use his Dair for aerial whiff punishing, and the landing hitbox seems a lot better than it was in Brawl, and the spike is very strong and capable of killing with it's Ground bounce. Then on the flip side, we have the Bowser bomb with it's improved priority and bigger shockwave when landing. Not to mention that it breaks shields now which is great. Nair, while moving away from the opponent preferably, is also a great aerial defensive option and it does hit below us but I find we need to start Nairing somewhat premptively because it does have quite a bit of start-up to it, so it's probably not going to be great as a combo breaker, but it's good for when you're too far away for them to combo but they are trying to juggle you on the way down and you want to get past them to land.
Speaking of setups, I was coming in here to see if any were found. I discovered one for Palutena and was hoping some Bowser ones were found.
When does it K.O?
In training mode, the dash klaw kills at the edge of an omega stage when both you and a light weight opponent are at 140% without vectoring. You can translate this to x1.2 due to rage effect for 168% without vectoring. No equipment for strength, btw. Strength was at 0.
You actually can recover like that without equipment. It's just character-specific on certain stages. Some characters make Bowser jump out of his Bowsercide lower than other characters do for some reason (it isn't a size issue), and with those characters, you can't recover on every stage. Yoshi's Island seems to be the only legal stage where it isn't character-specific. I've had success with it without equipment on Battlefield, Final Destination, and various Omega form stages.
Landing with the Klaw will cancel landing lag. Similarly, both the bair and fair can be auto-canceled as long as you know the timing for it. Bowser can also simply land without attacking, and in most instances you can get off a shield or spot dodge if the enemy attempts to punish an empty landing. Simply start up your flamebreath if you don't care to bait someone. Angle it down and catch people that are too close. You can also reverse your flamebreath by gently pushing the circle pad in the direction you want the attack to go. It will take some practice on the 3ds.
It is in most cases. Especially if they're directly under you or close to it. I usually Klaw Land and dash away while keeping my distance.
If the opponent hesitates as you fall, you can usually fadeaway firebreath if you just don't care to land laglessly. It's rare for someone to rush you once you've already got the fire out in the air and angled down, and if they unsuccessfully challenge it, it can lead to anywhere from 11-18% damage. That said, it's just another option and so it's nice to bring it out every once in a while to test its limits. So far, it's been a solid option against opponents trying to shield grab or spot dodge your landing, especially since the fire auto-spaces, pushing you back at the same time it pushes the opponent away. That aspect in particular has been useful to me a couple times, and I recall ZeRo noted it being a nice feature while using Bowser against M2K back when only the Japanese version was out and ZeRo was streaming his 100 hour marathon (yup, it's in past broadcasts if you don't believe it). It's possible for it to push you off the ledge, too, but the cost of being in a less advantageous position can alter your decision in that instance.
Basically never, but it gets your opponent offstage.
It no longer has invincibility, so it's not good for trades. The only times to use it are when you literally have no faster or safer option to punish, but the window of opportunity is still there. An example is when a character whiffs an attack and lands right behind you or otherwise just rolls right behind you. Your jab, ftilt, and Klaw might go right past them due to the hitbox being placed in front of Bowser but not being inside of Bowser, and you didn't prepare a down smash since you didn't hard read your opponent. In fact, the ftilt and Klaw may not come out fast enough anyway, also ruling out the use of down B's initial hitbox. That's a good time to use it on reflex.
Hm...it just doesn't sound worthwhile anymore. I keep Tap-Jump on for the purposes of using that option, but it may be a better option for me to turn it off, as having tap-jump on causes me issues sometimes.
Just an extra titbit, my region is allowing Tomodachi as a counterpick for our first tournament to see how it runs. Bowser can easily perform a survivable Bowserside on this stage without using a custom upb. has worked on all characters i've tested so far. Duno how Bowser will otherwise fare on this stage but at least we get this jank
It's still worth it because it allows you to punish things that a shield grab wouldn't be able to.
You can recover from a Bowser-cide with no equipment modifications, vertical fortress alone is enough.
oh, well yeah the up tilt hitbox is great, it actually hits a little bit in front of him now, against anyone that's around Shulk's height or taller I think. So it could be a great alternative to up angle Ftilt since it covers about the same area, while also covering the entire area above and behind you and being a generally better K.O vs airborne opponents thanks to the vertical knockback.
That's just the autoguard on Bowser's shell being silly. Usmash was always that big, but the autoguard makes everything really bonkers.
