Official Character Competitive Impressions - Tourneys, Tiers, Theories, Tactics

[Das Koopa]

FOW is the most clench thing to watch. He just flies off stage and reads so well with PK Thunder.

Results;

Larry Lurr (7th)
Marss (7th)
Nairo (5th)
FOW (5th)

ZeRo vs. Ranai
Dabuz vs. Void

 

[Funen1]

Void definitely picked up the slack after Game 1 and brought out some of that play that launched him past Shaky yesterday. Good stuff to FOW regardless, got to see a lot more of him here than at EVO at least.

 

[Y2Kay]

Here it comes......


The match to end all matches.........

The Clash of the Titans........

Zero vs Ranai

 

[Latias]

Ranai is looking way overrated.

 

[aεrgiα]

tfw villager is approaching and sheik is camping TT_TT what was that about vill being campy and sheik being rushdown?

 

[Rashyboy05]

It looks like Ranai has been trying to adapt to ZeRo's shiek. Sadly, it looks like he adapted a bit too late.

 

[TurboLink]

ZeRo could've finished Ranai's stock with a forward smash right there easily.

 

[Y2Kay]

Y'all counting Ranai out so soon eh?

 

[aεrgiα]

that adaptation by ranai, using lloyd(i hope thats how you spell it) to approach through the needle camping, is this general villager strategy vs needle camping? bc ive never seen anyone do that before. sad it didnt work out for him in the end TT_TT

 

[TurboLink]

What in the world is ZeRo doing? He's trying to Needle Storm camp way too much and his dodge rolling/movement is predictable.

ZeRo needs to pressure Ranai and stay on him. Don't give him time to setup anything.

 

[Fatmanonice]

Amazing to watch but Sheik's still Sheik at the end of the day.

 

[zblaqk]

The set was great until the very end lol. 5 down throws to up airs... woo. But really, good job to both players.

 

[L9999]

ZeRo won right?

 

[Fatmanonice]

ZeRo won right?

Ranai took it to game 5 but Sheik with her multiple 50% kill options out of dthrow pretty much determined the set.

 

[Y2Kay]

ZeRo won right?

His match vs Ranai was close; went down to the last stock and he said: "it was the hardest thing he has done in smash in his life"

 

[L9999]

....... . ( I don't even know what to say). It was Grand Finals right? If so congrats to ZeRo.

 

[ARGHETH]

....... . ( I don't even know what to say). It was Grand Finals right? If so congrats to ZeRo.

No, winner's finals. Loser's is happening right now. (Dabuz vs. Ranai).

 

[Rashyboy05]

....... . ( I don't even know what to say). It was Grand Finals right? If so congrats to ZeRo.

It was just winners finals so Ranai still has the chance to bring it back if he beats Dabuz in losers finals.

Edit: 'ed

 

[MF Viewtiful]

Shin Dabuz is on fire today!

 

[Nu~]

This doesn't look good...

Rosalina's GP is hurting Ranai's nuetral game...

Edit: THE ADAPTATION!

 

[MF Viewtiful]

DABUZ WINS!

 

[lbrasz44]

This has been one of the most hype top 8s of all time

 

[TDK]

Dabuz took out Ranai! So it's ZeRo vs Dabuz in Grands.

 

[Yikarur]

my Heart. I just died

 

[Baby_Sneak]

zero wins guys calling it right now

 

[RonNewcomb]

"3!...2!...1!...LUMA!"

GGs Ranai, but I'm on #TeamLuma

 

[TDK]

Dabuz is playing out of his mind. He just 2-stocked ZeRo.

 

[|RK|]

...Has Dabuz been in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber?

 

[Fatmanonice]

The thing that was infuriating me about the Ranai vs Dabuz set is how often Ranai tried to challenge Dabuz from above. Yes, nair and dair from above are awesome against virtually everyone else but Rosalina's uair negates them too easily. Challenging Rosalina from directly above is a terrible idea like 95% of the time.

 

[MF Viewtiful]

Dabuz's control of Luma is beyond peer and is what makes his Rosalina and Luma shine above the rest. He makes Rosa look the Arc System Works character she was meant to be.

Spoiler: Five minutes in MS paint

edit: image failing! how bout now? http://postimg.org/image/t1geq3rqt/

 

[Baby_Sneak]

Upset

Dabuz's control of Luma is beyond peer and is what makes his Rosalina and Luma shine above the rest. He makes Rosa look the Arc System Works character she was meant to be.

Spoiler: Five minutes in MS paint

edit: image failing! how bout now? http://postimg.org/image/t1geq3rqt/

zato-1? Is that his name?

 

[MF Viewtiful]

Upset

zato-1? Is that his name?

Yes.

 

[TDK]

Final Standings. Ggs Dabuz.

1st: ZeRo /

2nd: Dabuz

3rd: Ranai

4th: VoiD

5th: Nairo

5th: FOW

7th: Marss

7th: Larry Lurr

 

[Solfiner]

Seeing Ranai basically download his opponents was pretty terrifying. Not surprised about him losing against Dabuz though, that MU looks tough.

 

[Baby_Sneak]

Can't wait for the matches to be uploaded on YouTube, my video quality to watch twitch was below a potato. It was more like a rock.

 

[Thinkaman]

Ranai really stole Fow's thunder.

It's taking all my willpower to not ban you right now.

 

[HeavyLobster]

Dabuz's control of Luma is beyond peer and is what makes his Rosalina and Luma shine above the rest. He makes Rosa look the Arc System Works character she was meant to be.

Spoiler: Five minutes in MS paint

edit: image failing! how bout now? http://postimg.org/image/t1geq3rqt/

Remember back when everyone declared him and Rosa braindead 2 months into the meta?

 

[Planty]

Glad to see the Rosa meta develop so much. This time last year, Dabuz was basically standing around. Now he's using desynchs and fancy combos and the like. Nothing unknown was shown, but many uncommon things were used by him like grab release stuff and the jab cancels on Sheik.

I'm curious if any non-Rosa players were surprised at what was shown though.

 

[Teshie U]

The thing that was infuriating me about the Ranai vs Dabuz set is how often Ranai tried to challenge Dabuz from above. Yes, nair and dair from above are awesome against virtually everyone else but Rosalina's uair negates them too easily. Challenging Rosalina from directly above is a terrible idea like 95% of the time.

Dair has random range and power so its a gamble, with Villager's airspeed, its kind of needed.

The vertical spacing game is more trouble for villager than gravitational pull. Most characters can't just challenge turnips on offense and defense. Cloud is another annoying one for the same reason.

 

[Fatmanonice]

Seeing Ranai basically download his opponents was pretty terrifying. Not surprised about him losing against Dabuz though, that MU looks tough.

It's pretty BS for a mountain of reasons but Ranai did fantastic considering high level Rosalina players are barely existent. I'd argue that it's his worst match up.

-Gravitational pull.
-Approaching from above or below is typically out of the question.
-Luma absorbs hits like a goddamn sponge.
-Gravitational pull.
-One of the few characters that DGAF about his offstage and ledge options.
-Grab is super easy to punish even if you actually land it.
-Gravitational pull.
-Luma makes follow ups difficult because it can just rush back to Rosalina when you're trying to string attacks together.
-You can actually get hit by your own attacks if Rosalina uses Gravitational pull in close enough range.

You get the idea.