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I think that palutena was a gatekeeper for character viability up to a certain point in this games lifespan. But with her being toned down and more dlc added I don't think she does that role anymore.
I think a trivially more accurate claim to the gatekeeper title would be Wolf, who in that era enjoyed broader usage and seemed to have more diffuse results.
2-0 Kameme 2-0 Umeki 2-0 Raito 2-0 Abadango 2-1 vs Passeriman 2-1 Tsu 2-1 Ly was notable for just how insanely close it was In fact in Ly did not have that unfortunate SD in game 2 Ly would no doubt won
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prehaps you should not completely count Corrin out juussst quite yetIdk that he's entirely dropped Lucario because I've still seen Tsu pull him out very occasionally at Japanese tourneys, but functionally, Luc might as well not be in Tsu's character rotation anymore. Kongo Saga 2019 was the last super major he played
, beating Prodigy's and going to game 5 against Tweek's / and then he made the switch to maining. He also has a fairly regular iirc. At least in Ultimate's history so far, Tsu has always played multiple characters (at one point he was also playing and ), so I've questioned how loyal he was to Lucario in this game to begin with despite Tsu's claim to fame with him in Sm4sh.
He hasn't been too keen with Lucario for a while now. Even back in SSB4, during the 2018 meta, Tsu has been resorting to using more secondaries, sometimes more often than his Lucario. I am not sure if it has something to do with his mood with the game at the time, but Tsu has been very experienced with using secondaries for quite a while now.Idk that he's entirely dropped Lucario because I've still seen Tsu pull him out very occasionally at Japanese tourneys, but functionally, Luc might as well not be in Tsu's character rotation anymore. Kongo Saga 2019 was the last super major he played
I'm less familiar with his viewpoint(s) during the sm4sh era, but yes, I'm quite aware that Tsu does not look at Lucario positively in this game (maining the character myself and being familiar with the very few remaining representatives of the character). I see Tsu as a strong player in terms of skill and fundamentals, but I've wondered if he's lacked the mental fortitude needed to push Lucario further.
who's popped off at big wifi tourneys the last few months with wins against MVD, Wadi, Dabuz, etc) thinks he's a top 30-35 high tier character; a stark contrast to general consensus in the overall smash community and even among other Lucario mains....I won't try predicting the future, but if Luc's got a chance to have his perception changed in Ultimate's meta, Armadillo's confidence and optimism about him could be just the ticket if he competes at big offline events and places well at them once they return.
Some things to keep in mind: Corrin does pretty well against both ROB (probably slightly losing or Even) and Wario (probably Even, some say slightly winning, especially after the 11.0.0 Wario I could see it, before I thought it was Even). She does bad against Joker though, it's at best slightly losing but could be worse than that, and Zackray did 2-stock Ly when he went Joker. The character has a fair amount of bad matchups, including characters like Joker, Diddy Kong, Zero Suit Samus, Sephiroth, Shulk, etc etc, Zackray happened to play two MUs that aren't particularly bad for her though (ROB, which is slightly losing at worst, and Wario, which is Even at worst).
So I posted this a few years ago, and with the way Akakikusu has been playing Hero in high tier seems fairly likely. Top tier? I currently don't think so, but high tier seems plausible. Akakikusu is by far the best Hero player I've seen (better than Salem, I'd say). +HOPE+, the best player in Denmark, is pretty good too.
Since the 11.0.1 patch, there have been some lag spikes that sabledetect is unable to pick up.
— Shadoroth (@realShadoroth) March 26, 2021
This coupled with every1 sayin they are having trouble connectin sometimes, also more input delay, leads me to guess that nintendo changed their traffic protocol/started encrypting it
This tournament was absolutely crazy with upsets. This is truly feeling like a Japanese offline event.Kagaribi 3 Results
1. Tea
2. Atelier
3. Akakikusu
4. Zackray
5. tk3
5. Tsu
7. Shky
7. Huto
9. Repo
9. Eim
9. Kome
9. Lea
13. Hero
13. Nukoeru
13. Kameme
13. chicken
17. Abadango
17. KEN
17. Choco
17. Satau
17. Kept
17. Yuzu
17. Takera
17.Kyou
25. Taranito
25. Tet
25. Oreshi
25. Across
25. Jogibu
25. Biscord
25. Nanami
25. Noi
33. Senra
33. Yamanyon
33. DoubleA
33. Lunamado
33. Rotsuku
33. DIO
33. Akasa
33. Hitsu
33. Ike
33. Suinoko
33. Misia
33. Raito
33. Rinkururu
33.Ly
33. Mao
33. hasuio
Even since the beginning, Hero lacked anyone pushing him to any significant degree in high level, even mid level play. The closest is Salem, but he only uses him as a counterpick, even moreso now since he is focusing on Steve. The character is too flawed and inconsistent to have actual use in high level play.
Puff getting 25th/33rd at any Japanese event, no matter how big it is, is something not too unusual, even back in SSB4. The character super rarely gets any further though, and this is sadly the only real source of Puff results. BassMage and Speciar, as talented as they are, don't really provide the best of results in higher levels of play.
Agreed. Idk why people say PT is overrated or isn't top tier. Squirtle and Ivy have crazy combo games and then you get to be mini-Bowser when you're at high %
Wifi nerfs Squirtle so bad, so there's that.
I've always found it weird watching Japanese events because there have not been many players who have clear consistent results. It's partly because there are so many players there who are Top 100 / Top 50 caliber, but I kinda feel that a lot of it comes down to the fact that there are these seemingly random dips too. Abadango and KEN for example - they only got 17th this major, and they are usually higher than that. It might just be the fact that there's so many Top 100 / Top 50 players they take a lot of sets off of each other.
.Without a good hitbox to poke at from a distance while he's up a lead and building up Waft, there ain't much Tsu could've done aside from making risqué approaches, all of which worked in Zackray's favor. Bucket orOrbitars. One notable use of this was in his game 3 set against Zackray's, where he stalled via switching to Pyra to narrowly avoid Wario's second UAir and then proceed to NAir reversal him to delete his second stock. nerfs look like they never happened at all, even the UTilt one. I was floored when he still managed to get the late hit against Tsu game 3 and win against a 100% deficit because of it.is like an enigma to me, which honestly is the best way to describe his gameplay, because aside from Tea and Atelier, most players couldn't figure out what he was going for, not even Zackray. The best way I can describe it is... aware? He plays Hero's bait-and-switch shtick to the core, but he also doesn't suddenly start swinging when the opponent's getting close either. He sometimes approaches back but he doesn't really press a button if he knows the opponent won't commit to their approach. When he does, he knows just how to punish their approach, leading to a "to punish or not to punish" mindgames-esque tactic that felt very effective against other powerful bait-and-punish characters like Wario and even more aggressive characters like Chroy. This extends to his advantage state as well, knowing fully well that Tea was going for his usual Hydrant drop to stall his movement while recovering, and punishing accordingly by simply being right next to him while Bounce was still active. He only seemed to stumble a bit against more "methodical" aggression from Tea, who used Pac-Man's aerial drift and boxing buttons to play just outside of his OoS options while also making sure he can't do anything too crazy with his command selection. is still an unfair character. Those Side-B conversions off of not just Galaxian, but Bell were some of the most disgusting plays I've seen from Tea in a long time and it honestly did wonders in helping him seal those stocks outside of yolo F-Smashes.
It's at times like this that I kinda wish the Smash team incorporated icons to Hero's menu to fix the language barrier problem. Obviously this change won't happen since it's been nearly two years since Hero released, but I still wonder what prevented the devs from making it easier to recognize the spells.
"Easy" in what regards for the Aegis? To some extent they probably fall under easy to pick up but hard to master, with fundamentals-based players being very familiar with their playstyle, but it takes some outside-the-box thinking with their swapping to avoid falling into exploitable patterns for too long.Some notes watching some of the vids in the tourney (didn't get to all of them):
- Platform campy Zackray is something I thought I'd never see, but it definitely worked against Tsu's
- Two things I'm seeing with Pythra:
- The more I watch Pythra the less I'm convinced they're "easy" characters, more specifically Mythra. Tsu going for the easy-bake 2-3 hit strings in favor of Mythra's more complex damage routes really did not work in his favor against Zackray, who could easily even out the same amount of damage Mytrha did in 6-7 hits in about 2-3 with Wario. Having a better neutral than Wario really doesn't mean much if you can't match his damage output.
- One interesting development I saw with the two was when Tsu decided to swap between the two. He didn't really go for the traditional "Mythra-neutral-damaging-racking" into "Pyra-kill-bot", but instead used it as a means to stall their landing a la
And just how do you intend to do this without neutering Wario's combo capabilities entirely?
This is such an obvious solution, yeah, I wonder if it would be possible to get them to do this somehow? Twitter talking about it, perhaps? Seems unlikely though, maybe for the next game if Hero is still in it.
This is how Wario should have been balanced.
Just a slight correction on this, Oomph and Psyche up do affect the Zap spells since they's not actually projectiles.
Been saying this for years. Toon Link is always so slept on and it just always seems to be due to lack of interest in the character. He's got a lot going for him. One thing he lost was the ability to run through opponents, making his backthrow a bit more situational, but other than that I can totally see him as a firm high tier.
I picked up (didn't get to watch all of it though):
(Bat's Within) (Trick Shot) (Luigi Cyclone) (Dolphin Slash) (Pokémon Switch) (Grenades) (Rest, which is too high risk to be very practical) (With Grenades or Trick Shot, not practical outside of doubles)
I've long been a proponent that optimal Hero should use Menu a lot and that Salem's Hero had subpar Menu usage. Akakikusu seems to be proving me correct on that part.
Top 15-20 is still very good, so assuming that Twitter post is correct about that part (and it does seem plausible) then Wario is still good. Not quite as dominant as he used to be, though.
Well, if Wario up-tilts you it might be worth it to go for a Rest in case he Wafts, I guess? Though he might bait it and then punish your missed Rest. I wonder how hard that would be to time anyway?
and because, fighting them, they seem extremely similar characters. Aerial mobility, aerial grab, heavy, poor ground game, not a big fan of big swords. all have a winning matchup vs , it isn't because of a sword. Yoshi's fair stretches out enough that I'm afraid of trading with it, and all three of them will lose trying to trade punches with dinosaurs. But the little Links can put out multiple hitboxes offstage, edgeguarding armored double jumps easily. Metaknight just has great combos on Yosh's physics archetype. I also play but think he loses to Yoshi's, because the sword isn't comfortably long enough to matter, and there's no mitigating issue other than trying to f-air the d-jump.
Using Rest as a combo breaker is a strange thing in these kinds of situations (although I prefer think to think of Rest as a counter instead to not spam it like a Mario N-air) because of the risk-reward from both Puff and her opponent. It can work (she can also Rest some combos from characters like Mario, Falco, and Inkling), and it can be worth going for it, but it also depends on if Rest is baited, like you said. It's a guessing game between both the Puff player and the opponent, but people usually don't prepare for Rest breaking combos the first time around. It probably wouldn't be too hard to time considering Wario's fat hurtbox.
vs. Wolfen 
vs. Morsalsa 
vs. Echofire 
vs. Tuitt 
vs. Kira (Winner faces the loser of Capitancito vs. Moralsa) vs. Ed (Mtkat won 3-0, will face the loser of Sonix vs. Wolfen) vs. Mykonis (Mykonis won 3-1, will face the loser of Shinymark vs. Tuitt) / vs. Noway / 
(Shawn won 3-2, will face the loser of Yei vs. Echofire)
Yaaaas aSWT Central American South Qualifiers are running right now, here's Top 16:
WB:
Sonix
Capitancito
Yei
ShinyMark
LB:
Blender
Mtkat
Majestic Souls
Shawn
Top 6 of this Qualifier + Top 2 from this Region's last chance qualifier will advance to the Central American regional, and face of against the 8 who qualified from Mexico. A group that includes MKleo, Maister and Sparg0, so this qualifier is very important for these players.
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