Counter Strategies for Projectile Type Characters

[rezen1337]

Gah, using Sonic against those that heavily rely on projectiles can be a real pain!

I've posted this thread so I can compile a list of strategies against such characters. Any useful tips will be greatly appreciated!

 

[TwinkleToes]

The character specific match-up thread will probably give you more useful information if you look through it.

But, to get some of the obvious stuff out of the way:
Side-b through projectiles
Up-b to safety
Run around a lot and screw with your opponent's distancing
Keep the pressure on so that projectile spamming is never an option

 

[Terios the Hedgehog]

Spinshot works wonders.

 

[MdrnDayMercutio]

This is character specific and I don't remember on which ones, but it's a tech I use alot. I simply spin dash at projectiles. Enough of them have equal priority and they just send you back to a nuetral standing position. I use that to close gaps and than may short hop, shield, shrug. Pretty much whatever.

 

[ROOOOY!]

Umm...Sonic's one of the only characters who can really cope with projectile spammers, so....yeah....
Just keep in their faces, they can't use projectiles if they've got no room to.

 

[Piccolo_Z]

I made this post on the spindash vs thread. I think it would shed some light on this thread.

Geez, I guess I must be bored. I actually did further testing.

Before I start, something very interesting.

-*metaknight: found this kind of weird, but homing attack sometimes beats out tornado I guess it depends on the angle of hit.

Pls note: I did not test length of charges and whether it has an effect on priority.
also I mixed the results of sideb and downb since most results are the same.

here is an updated prelim list, if others can confirm or disprove pls do so.

First list spindash beats or clanks.

-link: Goes under arrows or clanks.

-samus: goes under smash missile, clanks homing.



-ivysaur: clanks razor leaf.

-peach: clanks turnip

-lucario: clanks either non or fully charged aura sphere.

-toonlink: clanks boomerang

-rob: clanks dreidle thingy

-pikmin fsmashes: inconsisistant results, need further testing.


Now the redundant list of projectiles that own spindash.

-Seems fire in general ownz spindash.

-mario/luigi fire ownz

-bombs owns

-all lasers owns

-needles owns

-ice cubes owns

-samus charge shot ownz

-waddle d's own

-toon link arrows own

-*lol Diddy's almighty peanut ownz

As someone mentioned before, the spin dashes, sideb, upa, nair, downb deflect snakes missiles.

I know the nair pwns snakes mortar.



I mix up my approaches with normal dashes and spin dashes.

Don't be afraid to approach with the spindashes, with practice you have great control of the spindashes. If they're spamming projectiles you can't clank, press a to jump and attack or retreat from above, you can then charge the spincharge in the air.