Dealin' with Diddy

[SuperFusion]

Ok, I'm having a hard time dealing with a spamming Diddy. He whips out those two bananas and it's over for me. I shield the first banana he throws and then he just throws another and does his rushing attack and I can't continue guarding or else it will result in a shield break. and i tried keeping him at bay with grenades but if i just throw them he runs past them or if i try and cook 'em he's already in my face to throw a banana and sheild. So I was hoping someone would help me, please

 

[Cecilanius]

What you can do is dash whenever there is a banana peel in front of you. You will pick up the peel as you roll. Try to use Diddy's bananas against him as much as possible. Don't sit back and wait for him to spam all that he has. Dash back and forth picking up the peels and throw the peels at him.

If you know he is going to start throwing both bananas at you, jump over him and go as far as possible. I would airdodge in the middle of the jump just to make sure Diddy doesn't do any aerials. After the jump either, dash towards him to pick up bananas and even hurt him, or dodge to get away from Diddy's smash attacks.

You can jump over the banana throws. So when the Diddy does his dash, you can just shield grab him to punish him. Throw him forward and use his bananas against him.

If you want to use grenades, keep one close to you. The other should be thrown fast to explode as the banana hits it. The explosion will most likely hit Diddy.

 

[SuperFusion]

Ah, thank you for that. I will try that the next time around I play my friend. It's really an annoying tactic.

 

[megamanexev3]

Exactly what Cecilanius said. I play Diddy when I'm bored and every now and then, I get beaten by having my opponent use my bananas against me. Snake's dash attack is much longer than Diddy's, so grabbing those bananas shouldn't be too hard.

 

[bludhoundz]

So when the Diddy does his dash, you can just shield grab him to punish him. Throw him forward and use his bananas against him.

Normally I would agree, but Diddy's dash attack is pretty unique, and he can perform a few attacks almost directly out of his dash attack (Usmash, Utilt) - if you try to shield grab you might get hit in the face. I'm not saying a shield grab won't work, but it could be risky.

I think Snake's tilts probably outprioritize Diddy's dash attack, or a grenade drop / roll would be a good option too.

To add on to what you said earlier, which I thought was good advice: Diddy's bananas allow him a certain control of the stage, somewhat like Snake's mines / nades and so on, but not nearly to the same degree. The difference is that Snake can use Diddy's bananas against him, while Diddy can't use most of Snake's arsenal against him (only badly used grenades). Snake has one of the best dash attacks for picking up items, and added to that you can perform the mortar slide to pick up Diddy's bananas too. You can use the bananas to hit him, or put them near something explosive so that Diddy will be more reluctant to try to retreive them / if he does you can try to punish.

 

[KoopaKoopaParatroopa]

Diddy has great edgeguarding game. Use your Cypher to recover up high, other wise you will get spiked or humped down to the bottom. Also, watch out for his aerials, b/c they come out really quickly.

I'm not a snake main, so I'm not going to tell you what to do about that, lol. It's just that Diddy's not all about his bananas.

 

[max_power]

I'm not sure if Diddy Kong has a great air game. But you could approach him with and aerials, that way you won't slip on the bananas.

 

[-Ran]

Always throw bananas straight up when you get them. Keep them off of the field, but don't throw them off, since he'll get them back immediately.