Aaaannnddd there goes Sparg0 to prove me wrong after a week or two lol.
I didn’t watch all of his sets (mostly his Maister set), but the most interesting thing to me about his Pythra is that he doesn’t even really go for the duo’s more complicated tech, meticulous swapping, or even use Mythra most of the time. It could definitely be a byproduct of Wi-Fi as the redhead arguably shines more there, but for the most part, it is predominantly the Pyra show, only ever using Mythra to hurl the opponent offstage or to use her better air speed to get out of juggles.
His Pyra doesn’t even go for the more intricate parts of her kit like Blazing End footstools or platform extensions like MKLeo does. In fact, a lot of his gameplay mostly consists of going hard in his aggression when he gets a hit in, especially offstage, and going for really scary 50/50s off of DAir spikes and platform tech chases that earn him those 60/50% kills. It reminds of me a lot of how he wields Cloud in terms of the parallels between their aggressive play, sprinkled in with a bit of Ike-esque early kill confirms.
I won’t deny, it’s a really strong performance, and admittedly, it does paint a strong future for them going forward. That said, there’s two factors to keep in mind: First and obvious, these are Wi-Fi performances, and not everything seen here is going to translate to offline 1 to 1. Secondly, this is Sparg0 we’re considering who - to be fairly honest - might as well be the online equivalent of Zackray. This kid’s won tourneys with Cloud, Steve, and Roy for a while now. While these 1st placings are a sign of things to come, it does lose a little impact for me when he's just as capable of doing this well with some like Steve or Cloud, characters people seem to find far worse than the duo.
That said, if Sparg0 is able to do this well WITHOUT doing their crazier, more difficult things, it does worry what he might be able to accomplish offline WITH Mythra’s 40~50% combos, Pyra’s Blazing End footstools, etc.
Since I am on the topic of Sparg0, one more thing I’d like to add is that in the midst of Sparg0 sweeping online tournaments left and right and skewering practically every Wi-Fi Warrior he’s been fighting online, I do find it weird that it’s specifically Maister’s character that’s targeted as having a sword problem. Or is Sonic, Palu, Sephiroth, Ike, Pikachu, Lucina, PT, YL, Terry, ROB, etc. consistently losing to Cloud/Pythra/Sparg0 suddenly a "Wi-Fi-only" thing that isn't applied to G&W for some reason?
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