Why do Marth's always Uthrow on platforms rather than just throwing them off and go for an edgeguard?
I see Taj Tai and Swift do it a lot. To me it's just always better to throw them off....or am I missing something?
I'm not sure whether Taj, Tai, or swift do it for the same reasons I do personally but as for me I do it as a mixup.
There are 2 broad situations when grabbing a spacie and the edge:
Opponent DIs the throw away and off the stage, or opponent DIs the throw in and towards the stage.
I occasionally throw in upthrow because it punishes DI away which is the *correct* DI direction vs fthrow. It disables any real punishment marth can do as a follow up aside from outrageous throw himself off the stage stuff.
If they DI the upthrow away you can catch an easy fsmash tipper or a FH dair.
Same goes for the fthrow but opposite idea. If they DI the upthrow in you miss your chance for an edgeguard opportunity. However if you fthrow and they DI in you can catch a fthrow tipper fsmash to edgeguard.
Thats why I personally mix it up with both.