Characters who can be the most relentlessly aggressive?

[Garquille14]

I'd like to pick up one of the more relentlessly aggressive characters just to whet that interest. Which are the characters that can fit that description the most?

 

[DrinkingFood]

Fox/falco/wolf/Lucas come to mind most immediately

 

[Halfhead]

If you want to off the beaten path a bit, try Squirtle.

 

[Celestis]

Fox/falco/wolf/Lucas come to mind most immediately

This.

 

[ECHOnce]

Just about any character can be played very aggressively; the strategies with which they use to maintain that aggressive gameplay may differ from that of what's usually associated with aggressive (e.g. Spacie rushdown), but so long as you're willing to commit to the playstyle and have the tech-skill and know-how to support it, you can be a character that's slow-as-heck like M2 and still bust out some crazy-ass combos.

 

[PMS | Tink-er]

Spacies, Lucas, Squirtle, Capton Falcon, Sonic, MK, Lucario, Pika, Yoshi, Luigi, Wario.

These are some of PM's most brutal rushdown characters.

 

[mimgrim]

Roy can be very rushdown orientated as well.

 

[ShadowGanon]

Roy can be very rushdown orientated as well.

You. You get a cookie.

 

[Burnsy]

Luigi= brutal rushdown?

lmaooooo

 

[PMS | Tink-er]

Have you seen Luigi? His movement options, recovery, speed, and combos are all nuts. He's awesome.

 

[mimgrim]

You. You get a cookie.

But I don't play him like that.

 

[Pippin (Peregrin Took)]

Just about any character can be played very aggressively; the strategies with which they use to maintain that aggressive gameplay may differ from that of what's usually associated with aggressive (e.g. Spacie rushdown), but so long as you're willing to commit to the playstyle and have the tech-skill and know-how to support it, you can be a character that's slow-as-heck like M2 and still bust out some crazy-*** combos.

Agreed. I'm aggressive with peach myself

 

[Celestis]

Have you seen Luigi? His movement options, recovery, speed, and combos are all nuts. He's awesome.

Luigi is the master of Mind games and Chases, but as rush down, I have never really seen him do that.

 

[Broasty]

Luigi's speed makes Sonic look slow if you have the technical ability to play him like that...and I can tell you it will take a LOT of practice before that comes second nature to you. If played right with all the techs that are available to him at this moment, he basically has the ability to play the best footies game out of all the characters and has potential touch of death combos that will remind you of Mavel vs. Capcom. In turn though, your recovery will be predictable and getting hit by any strong attack will make you slide off stage. He can be rush down, depending on the matchups and percents.

 

[victinivcreate1]

Luigi's speed makes Sonic look slow if you have the technical ability to play him like that...and I can tell you it will take a LOT of practice before that comes second nature to you. If played right with all the techs that are available to him at this moment, he basically has the ability to play the best footies game out of all the characters and has potential touch of death combos that will remind you of Mavel vs. Capcom. In turn though, your recovery will be predictable and getting hit by any strong attack will make you slide off stage. He can be rush down, depending on the matchups and percents.

I don't think it works like that. Luigi is completely sluggish in the air. Most rushdown characters have excellent movement in the air and on the ground (Fox can mitigate his sluggish air speed by getting momentum from a dash cancelled jump). If I am correct, wavedashes do not give jump momentum. Luigi only has good ground movement. His air abilities are lacking. Even his SHFFL is mediocre. Rush downs (Falco, Wolf, Lucas, Fox, Falcon, Zero Suit Samus arguably Marth and Roy, Mewtwo to an extent, Lucario, Meta Knight, etc) are highly mobile, fast characters able to apply insane shield pressure, and are usually on the more technical side of characters. Luigi's best tech is the most basic tech in the game. Wavedash. Yes he has tools to do some CRAZY stuff, but his main bread and butter is wavedash, like how SHFFL nair is to Fox.

 

[Deleted member]

hilariously, zelda

 

[thatoneguy1]

in terms of linking one hit to another without giving the opponent time to react id have to say fox/falco, lucario, and mario.

 

[Exodo]

thats all i have to say.. welll also diddy fox and sonic.

 

[Thane of Blue Flames]

hilariously, zelda

Really? How so?

 

[Deleted member]

Really? How so?

low startup, uncrouchable, disjointed, nearly lagless, SDI-proof, nearly unpunishable on block, lingering hitbox moves, good shield game, good shield, good combo weight, multiple launcher conversions, zelda clearly encourages heavy micro interaction any way you look at it. letting the opponent choose the match tempo means you'll get stuck with her crappy macro game so... better to go in hard!

=D

 

[Pippin (Peregrin Took)]

hilariously, zelda

And with the cdi impa texture you can be relentlessly aggressive with an old lady. Who needs to be a sheikah now?

 

[Hinichii.ez.™]

Really? How so?

Her fair is falcon's knee, but for girls.
Comes out quicker, more range... All around better move.
Mk4Rush

 

[ShadowGanon]

Her fair is falcon's knee, but for girls.
Comes out quicker, more range... All around better move.
Mk4Rush

False. It kills 20% earlier than Falcon's Knee. It's stupid.

 

[Thane of Blue Flames]

I think we've had this conversation before. Falcon can put his knee in a lot more places and a lot quicker than Zelda can, with her floatiness, meh ground speed and crap SHFFL.

Not disagreeing with the overall point that Zelda can rushdown, though. I've seen KDJ and Zhime do just that.

 

[ShadowGanon]

I think we've had this conversation before. Falcon can put his knee in a lot more places and a lot quicker than Zelda can, with her floatiness, meh ground speed and crap SHFFL.

Not disagreeing with the overall point that Zelda can rushdown, though. I've seen KDJ and Zhime do just that.

Lol. I just made a statement. You're the one who started the conversation.

But I'm just gonna...

 

[AfricanManBeast]

Charizard Ike Bowser DonkeyKong

 

[PMS | Tink-er]

Those are all grapplers with armour frames, you ding bat. Except certain play styles of Ike.

 

[Daftatt]

If you want to off the beaten path a bit, try Squirtle.

Yup, squirtle's movement options allow incredible punishes and relentless attacks while sliding away to safety. It's not easy to do, but he is incredibly successful as an aggressive character

 

[Garquille14]

I wanted to play Roy, but he's so similar yet different to Marth that I don't want to compromise my Marth too much.
after playing a bunch with suggested characters, I'm going with Lucas/Wolf/Squirtle for now

Lucas because his aerials feel great (and Mother is cool)
Wolf because of Chillindude's recent combo video (I'm easily influenced; I mained Sheik in Brawl after Gimpyfish's combo video)
Squirtle because squirtsquirt

gotta keep narrowing down my characters until I have 2-4 mains

 

[MattScar]

Definitely Wolf/Falcon/Mario. Falcon is brutal with The Knee comboing into more knees. Wolf feels like you're ripping your opponents face off, which is nice, but he's harder to use. Mario is mindless combos that my baby sister can do