To be honest on those last two things about Trela. That only got some spotlight because most of the TX scene finally accepted that we have to cater to leddit fb etc. in order for recognition.
Really, that kind of sucks. It does help boost MSF and Mewtwo's awareness, but at the same time... Whatever, Trela showed the world and that's enough, but sometimes, the world is kind of... stupid.
Trela even went on some random rants in the houston thread how much he hated himself (not rly lol) for going to the dark side that is having to post stuff on reddit in order to be noticed months back when he made his first thread I think of a combo he did on Espy with Robin. People are just lazy and never do research themselves, everyone just wants things to be given to them for free on a silver platter without having to do any hard work which is a measly 10 or so minutes of digging around tournament results section to find that stuff.
Considering how many cookie cutters are out there on For Glory and tournaments, this doesn't surprise. People see Luigi doing D-throw to Fair and try to replicate it over and over even when it's not possible anymore because of the damage not to mention Diddy players failing to connect Uair from D-throw and U-throw and flail around stupidly or Fox's jab cancel which cool, all right, shofu saw Megafox connect Utilt from jab 2 and wanted to incorporate it into his game plan, but he needs practice and understanding to connect it consistently and make full use of it.
The other part is misconceptions which more or less leads to stuff like Yoshi is top 5, Luigi hard counters Diddy, and Ganondorf sucks because Brawl. Commentators say things on the fly, but it still irks me sometimes since people know how viewers will react. Megafox vs. Dao was basically like top player vs. competitive player or say, Mango vs. a decent Sheik player in Melee. Nothing against Dao, but it was clear that Megafox was controlling the pace and overwhelming him which made Fox look supreme and Falco a punching bag. When Saturn said he felt the MU between them is Fox 70:30 Falco, I felt like that's a severe statement. It's almost like saying Ryu counters Ken despite the fact they're the original shotos of Street Fighter and that they're similar fighters who happen to specialize in different fields. Going with Melee and Brawl and probably PM, Fox and Falco, Mario and Luigi, Dr. Mario and Mario, Link and Toon Link, Ness and Lucas, and Captain Falcon and Ganondorf probably go even with each other and slightly disadvantaged, 60:40, at worst. They're almost like mirror matches, but more like speed versus power or specialist A versus specialist B rather than character X versus character Y. I mean, if Ryu countered Ken that hard despite being similar character, then there might be no reason for Ken to even exist if Ryu does everything Ken does, but much, much better. Now, if Ryu countered say, Sagat or Guy, then whatever, different characters.
It's sad really. Still irks me Zero uses Sky getting 49th place at apex as a huge Yoshi accomplishment. Granted there's not many, but at least look at the characters boards and click 3 or so threads before saying stuff mang...
Well, ZeRo could be citing big results which does cater to the masses. I mean, if ZeRo mentioned Xeon from Puerto Rico getting 2nd, people probably would not care since Puerto Rico is basically nonexistent to the rest of the world aka the US... If ZeRo cited Eshura for that tournament, I bet there would be people saying Colorado's full of frauds and scrubs who can't beat Falco, a bottom tier. Still, both things would be relevant, but hearing something from a more "major" tournament compared to a local or regional has more impact even if it's so freaking outdated... the Sky of today is definitely not the Sky of Apex.
Not gonna lie, I was really unimpressed by those Colorado sets. Looking at the mistakes made, I don't think either player would claim that as an example of their best play. I walked away from the video without any additional respect for Falco.
A win is a win
Still, I pointed out how Fishbait basically fell apart during the 7 matches and Eshura was probably too since both their games ended with tons of mistakes and fishing. At that point, it was Eshura knowing Fishbait was falling apart and he tried to keep himself from falling below Fishbait. Both tried to punish every mistake and capitalize on every opening, but Eshura ended up doing that the best compared to Fishbait. As I said, look at Fishbait's Fox against Eshura's Pit - the second round. Fishbait clearly has a fantastic Fox, but somehow, he decided to switch back to Captain Falcon which is meh after seeing Fatality's and then Marth at the last round against a player who mains Lucina? Both were grasping at straws since Fishbait probably knows Eshura has a Lucina which lead to picking Falco who nobody really knows. Eshura's Pit, honestly, wasn't anything special, but then again, to me, Nairo has the best (Dark) Pit that I've seen and his Falco was pretty average if not barely passable compared to GimR, Cyro, and Gamegenie's Falco from months ago. Nothing against the players, but at this point, I'm expecting much more, especially since you can just look up a 10 minute video, take some notes, and practice for like 15 minutes every other day on something like Falco's D-throw to RAR Bair. Oh, but that's copying. Yes, but learning about it and making it your own isn't, but whatever.
Much of Falco's KO potential as witnessed in these games came from uair chases that would only work on fast fallers.
Uair in general is a chase past like 50%. It's never guaranteed and more difficult to land with compared to Fox, ZSS, Captain Falcon, Diddy, Mario, or Luigi who have something like fast ground speed to run under and jump, fast air speed to follow, or a setup that works pretty well whenever not to mention the sour-spot body hitbox making it a hit confirm, but only if you know and can react to it. The only thing Falco read where they're DI'ing and jump up immediately and hope they're there to Uair them. The trade for a slower Uair is that his Uair is strong and his jump makes it deadly since he can catch you at the blast line.
I have tons of respect for Falco's jab, bair, f-smash, and Void Reflector but don't see a coherent character emerging from these moves. (I have no idea what Falco would do in the close neutral without Void Reflector. Disengage? Walk forward and jab? Gamble on a f-smash???)
Jab, Ftilt, Dtilt, and if you can, Reflector. Blaster's not going to work like in past games or even like Mario, Luigi, Fox, and Rosalina's projectiles. Maybe RAR Bair, Nair, and Uair if you're against a tall character. That's pretty much it. Falco can't even disengage properly since he's slow and no, his walk speed isn't going to get him anywhere when it's barely slower than his run speed.
Quick thought: For all of Falco's flaws, I would take his bair on every character in the game. Without exception.
I would not; I would take Melee/Brawl Falco's Bair with Smash 4's Falco's Bair power. The lack of a front hitbox and lack of a sex kick kills on a character with fast fall speed and poor air speed making him even easier to juggle. Oh, and I'd like that frame 5 Dair back even if it means it won't spike until 999%. I'd like something to freaking challenge below me quickly and safely.
Wolf's Bair works because of Wolf's air speed and low jump - same deal with how Dr. Mario's Bair works so well, but mostly with his low jump. You can't slap that on Falco and hope it works as well. Wolf abused the hell out his air speed which let him Bair wall the frick out of everyone; Falco can't do that. I'd rather have Sheik's Bair on Falco or Samus's Nair as a Bair for Falco just because it can cover in front of him and potentially save him from being juggled to death.
His jab and f-smash are also top-5-in-slot; this is just obvious numerically.
Jab would be better if it has better IASA frames and if his rapid jab wasn't so easily interruptible. It's kind of stupid when Jigglypuff can Nair and Rest in the middle of rapid jab or how anyone with a quick aerial like (Dr.) Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Little Mac can Nair it or even grab through it. Might as well give him a Gentleman to be safe...
Side Smash would be better if it didn't have that extra frame of startup added. Why? Come on, seriously. Also, it's about the same or even weaker than Diddy's which comes out at frame 12 or something. Oh, but Diddy had severe end lag, but guess what? Diddy can setup Side Smash while Falco can't... Oh, and screw Diddy's stretchy limbs.
But a few amazing moves does not an amazing character make, sadly for Falco.
Doesn't help that they butchered his Dash Attack for no good reason, copy-pasted his Dair to fit everyone else - slow spikes like the rest of the cast -, and made his grab that slow for a melee fighter when chaingrabs don't exist meaning Falco can't possibly abuse his grab like in Brawl.
(undefeated with his entire bracket finishing top 8)
