Character Competitive Impressions

[Yoshi Kirishima]

I'm sad Mr. R isn't playing Marth. Sorta been like tradition for smash to always have that sword dynamic, due to Marth being so good in both Melee and Brawl (and Metaknight). It's weird that swords aren't a norm now. Well, there's still Nairo's DPit I guess X)

(Also sad that AeroLink isn't using Palutena / his Palutena isn't good enough. His Palutena is great. I hope to see him bring her out at least once in the Top 16!).

 

[Sinister Slush]

ALSM wanted to win for months now, so he went to Diddy Kong.
He did the same thing in Brawl, he was a "Link" main but went to MK pretty early. Even before he tried to keep himself from going MK he still had pocket Tink and D3 before fully going MK.

Now that he luckily got that far into apex bracket from ez ride with Diddy to top 16, he ain't touching the goddess anytime soon.

 

[LostinpinK]

Honestly Sheik is the closest thing to Brawl's Marth gameplaywise, way closer than Sm4sh's Marth / Lucina, so I understand his decision.
Palutena is sadly too bad to compete at that level.

 

[TriTails]

Is the brackets for B44 yet to be updated?

http://apex2015smashwiiu.challonge.com/B44

Or am I looking at the wrong place?

 

[Emblem Lord]

ZSS is far closer to Brawl Marth then Sheik unless you just look at fair. But that just means you dont understand what made Marth good at the peak of his meta.

 

[HeroMystic]

I actually find it hilarious so many Diddys were destroyed in bracket.

I'm definitely looking forward to seeing the Top 8 now. We just have to hope it doesn't end up being M2K vs ZeRo GF.

 

[Sinister Slush]

I just hope top 8 has at least 6 Diddy kongs.

 

[etecoon]

There's a very good chance we'll see only two Diddys in Top 8. That's a lot better than what everyone was expecting.

I don't see why anyone would have expected something like the all Diddy top 8, realistically I expected Zero and M2K to be top 8 with a few others having a chance. Do people think that just because Diddy is really good that he doesn't need amazing players using him to place highly in international tournaments? Players like Ally, Nairo, NAKAT, Mr R, and Neitono are too good to not do well for playing slightly worse characters that require more skill, clear best character doesn't necessarily mean win button

I'm sad Mr. R isn't playing Marth. Sorta been like tradition for smash to always have that sword dynamic, due to Marth being so good in both Melee and Brawl (and Metaknight). It's weird that swords aren't a norm now. Well, there's still Nairo's DPit I guess X)

(Also sad that AeroLink isn't using Palutena / his Palutena isn't good enough. His Palutena is great. I hope to see him bring her out at least once in the Top 16!).

Marth always brought the hype in both Melee and Brawl, really too bad he's not a good character this time around

Shulk can be a good sword user IMO but he plays a lot differently, no one really does what Marth did that well in this game as far as I can tell. That's really frustrating in a game where clone characters exist and all of them are strictly inferior to the original

 

[warionumbah2]

Sad there's no meta knight but seeing variety so early in the meta game makes me fuzzy inside.

 

[HeroMystic]

Variety in the early meta should actually be expected since characters are still being explored.

It's years down the line that we should be worried about.

 

[FullMoon]

aMSa made it to top 16? Oh man that guy is my idol! His Greninja is such a beast, here hoping he can make it even further.

 

[Paper Maribro]

@Draconoa44

Zage mains Pac

3 Pacs out of pools, solid effort.

 

[Smog Frog]

heres to hoping my namesake wins apex

 

[Real Smooth-Like]

Anybody catch any links or charizards making it out of pools? I want my mains to be loved...

 

[HeroMystic]

No Links, but BloodCross made it out as Charizard.

 

[~ Gheb ~]

Apex results should not be taken serious under any circumstance, except like top 4. The seeding was absolutely disgraceful and screwed a lot of players who could've done way better. It's really a pity.

 

[Real Smooth-Like]

No Links, but BloodCross made it out as Charizard.

YESZ!! That makes me so psyched. I remember when people were saying charizard was the worst in the game and now here he is. Good on you bloodcross... Good on you. :')

 

[Nidtendofreak]

I actually find it hilarious so many Diddys were destroyed in bracket.

I find it more hilarious so many Luigis got picked off. Diddy we knew would be cut down simply because there are so many of them. There are realistically 0.5 Luigis left by the look. More Mario rep than Luigi in that top spread.

 

[Smog Frog]

http://www.twitch.tv/teamsp00ky alright, top 16 is coming up. lets see who makes it to top 8, top 4, then eventually gfs!

 

[Nu~]

Man...Koolaid got bumped out. But who knocked him out?
It's awesome that Abadango is still going strong.

 

[FullMoon]

Rooting for aMSa even though I can't watch the stream.

 

[Spinosaurus]

Abadango pockets Wario and I'm biased so I'm rooting for him to do well. :V

Although it's obvious to me Zero is gonna take it. He's on a whole other level.

 

[~ Gheb ~]

Man...Koolaid got bumped out. But who knocked him out?
It's awesome that Abadango is still going strong.

I heard Koolaid was put in one the dumbest pools in smash history with Tyrant, DEHF, 6wx, Nietono and Nietono in it. Only top 2 made it out.

 

[Smog Frog]

does zero know the pacman matchup?

 

[HeroMystic]

Going by history, the ones who have the best shot against ZeRo is M2K, Ally, and Nairo.

NAKAT and Nientono I feel are contenders as well.

 

[FullMoon]

I heard Koolaid was put in one the dumbest pools in smash history with Tyrant, DEHF, 6wx, Nietono and Nietono in it. Only top 2 made it out.

Nietono has cloned himself?

 

[Paper Maribro]

does zero know the pacman matchup?

Nobody really knows the Pac matchup. Not even other Pac players.

 

[Nu~]

So does anybody know the order of the bracket for top 16?

 

[~ Gheb ~]

Nietono has cloned himself?

Yeah, he's just that good!

For real though, that was obviously a typo. I meant to say Nietono and Choco ... which only goes to show how awful these pools really are.

 

[Nu~]

Explains why Zucco didn't make it. That was a huge surprise for me.

 

[Firefoxx]

Putting aside the fact that Smash 4 only gets a top 16, why in the world is anyone starting in losers? (I get that losses carry over from pools but that system doesn't make sense for these pools)

 

[HeroMystic]

Time constraints, mainly.

They even said that Brawl may have to be cut out because they're low on time.

 

[Nu~]

aMSa vs Ally is going to be amazing.

 

[Firefoxx]

The same time constraints that allow Melee to have its top 48 on stream? (I know, I know, its Melee. I'm just salty.)

 

[FullMoon]

aMSa got Ally huh? I don't know what to expect, but I think aMSa might be in trouble

 

[HeroMystic]

The same time constraints that allow Melee to have its top 48 on stream? (I know, I know, its Melee. I'm just salty.)

I understand the feeling, but Melee is the Smash Bros game that everyone is watching (even though Smash 4 peaked at 20k viewers!). While unfortunate, Melee's stability takes priority over Smash 4 for now.

Zero(Diddy) vs MVD(DHD) starting in a moment.

 

[Nabbitnator]

Maybe its because I almost always choose difficult characters aside from Yoshi in this game...i'm beginning to understand greninja. Is it good to learn two of the most difficult characters in the game to main or would that be too much when playing competitively?

 

[etecoon]

I heard Koolaid was put in one the dumbest pools in smash history with Tyrant, DEHF, 6wx, Nietono and Nietono in it. Only top 2 made it out.

If that's true that is incredibly stupid

 

[HeroMystic]

Zero's use of Diddy's U-throw is interesting.

 

[Smog Frog]

diddy 2-0