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I completely agree. I mean there's no doubt, fox can be a tough opponent anytime; he's a **** good character and players with good tech and skill can really mess you up; but in my opinion the matchup is as close to 50/50 as you're going to get with a top tier. No one's saying fox is easy, but they're saying alot of his strengths and weaknesses align with doc's such that its alot easier than, say,with Marth.fox is easy for doc. =/
idk why people find it hard.
you can cc dsmash/grab a waveshine, i've done it to raynex.
you can cc grab his best approach options
hes super easy to edge gaurd,
hes combo-able
he can get 0-death'd if you tech chase and be gay,
really if you grab him its not hard to take a stock.
what does he have against you besides speed =/
he cant really camp you, he needs to approach just as much as you do.
he cant uthrow uair,
being edge gaurded vs fox really ISNT that bad.
shine spikes are avoidable. very very avoidable.>_>
not to mention tech-able.
all of his other methods of edgegaurding arent that much better than the rest of the cast imho.
so really, his grabs arent that great against doc, he cant really approach you with out taking risk of getting grabbed, wich can lose him a stock.
idk, thats just me, i've never found fox to be a hard match up, i play raynex a lot, and of course i lose, but its more because hes straight up better than me than because fox ***** doc.
I think i'm with you on this one. I have a partner who plays a **** good link (I'll ask his opinion too), and while our matches are usually somewhat even, I think doc still has a slight advantage. Link is nowhere close to marth in my opinion. Okay,he has a sword, but it's shorter, doesn't move as fast, and has fewer options in general. I do find myself getting juggled and tech-chased easily with link, but bombs and projectiles are rarely a problem. Proper spacing, use of pills to pressure/intercept, and the cape all do a helluva job at messing up link's projectile game. He obviously has a huge advantage over doc in grabrange, which I think a good link can do alot with, but he's only really difficult to edgeguard if you dont listen to everything Stos says. >.> Which originally I didn't.are you serious.
i think doc > link.
Doc vs. Link is like a combo video even if the Link DI's.
I hate campy Links.
Desh, regardless of what has worked on me in the past...its impossible to CC a waveshine.fox is easy for doc. =/
idk why people find it hard.
you can cc dsmash/grab a waveshine, i've done it to raynex.
you can cc grab his best approach options
hes super easy to edge gaurd,
hes combo-able
he can get 0-death'd if you tech chase and be gay,
really if you grab him its not hard to take a stock.
what does he have against you besides speed =/
he cant really camp you, he needs to approach just as much as you do.
he cant uthrow uair,
being edge gaurded vs fox really ISNT that bad.
shine spikes are avoidable. very very avoidable.>_>
not to mention tech-able.
all of his other methods of edgegaurding arent that much better than the rest of the cast imho.
so really, his grabs arent that great against doc, he cant really approach you with out taking risk of getting grabbed, wich can lose him a stock.
idk, thats just me, i've never found fox to be a hard match up, i play raynex a lot, and of course i lose, but its more because hes straight up better than me than because fox ***** doc.
Wow, this is the dumbest thing I've ever read. So in one match, you get me down to one stock using your Fox and all of a sudden Fox is Doc's hardest matchup? What about the other 50 matches where you got 3 stocked? Drawing comparisons to the overall metagame based on one match against your friend is NOT the best way to draw conclusions.i think fox is a pretty bad match up for doc.
i went fox on otg today and i did alright, actually should have beat him like once. i was up 3 stocks to 1,
but hes just so gay and i ended up holding on the ledge and just falling and shooting lasers to my death.
after that one i got *****. so idk
otg is realllllly gay tho
Bah of course how could I be so foolish. All hail King Jona.what are you talking about OTG. you are obviously wrong if Jona says so. I think we all established that he's by far better than all of us here.
Ok I take back my statement, Jona needs to get assassinated.YOU GUYS WANTED HIM BEST DOC, YOU DEAL WITH IT.
Next time I know not to let others do my job.
well i mean assuming a fox isnt doing like perfect waveshines, you can do it =/.Desh, regardless of what has worked on me in the past...its impossible to CC a waveshine.
Shine CAN be CCed, but it still has enough hitstun there for me to get an usmash on you. I probably failed something, lol. Oh, and I think Doc>Link AND Doc>Luigi.
agreed 100%, but if you look at it how you explained it, link has a *slight* or maybe decent advantage if he plays smart and not fancy, not a large advantage, but really doc doesnt have much to go on unless he gets in, wich is with link at least half of the battle =/ . and again if the link isnt stupid he can just run away once doc does get close.Doc-Link.
When it comes down to the projectile war, what happens is that Link actually loses this in the long run. However, it's in the long run, because although he actually gets out produced by doc, Link can cover more options with his projectiles than doc. When it comes down to it, Doc can effectively stop Link from using his projectiles offensively, but Link can actually stop alot of Doc's offense all together with projectiles (Mike G was showing me some things, lol). Doc can still approach with pills are normal, all he has to deal with is a long range that's not Marth.
When they get closer, Link gets initiative because of range. This isnt anything Doc isnt use to. The problem comes from that, unlike most characters with a big reach advantage over Doc, Link isnt pressed to stay in on Doc to use his range. At any given time, Link can simply back out into projectile range. Link's smashes can all be punished, straight up. If link tries to get fancy and use u.smash while doc's on the ground, doc can actually duck it. (lol). Link cant do too much from a grab, usual business. I dont know if d.throw d.air is ever guarenteed. (Like, i seriously dont know).
But once doc gets into his range, it gets kinda interesting. Link cant to anything that gets him grabbed, because that leads to a chaingrab that ends with either a combo or a f.smash. He has to deal with Doc's ground game which is, in large, unpunishable by link, except for if Doc constantly commits to shield.
Link has no real problem being above Doc in the air or below him on the ground, seeing as he has a big disjointed hitbox that goes both ways. Being above him dissolves into a guessing game of "Will Link D.air or not" because if Doc avoids it, Link gets punished. If doc doesnt, well, Doc doesnt.
And then if one of them gets knocked off the edge, they're pretty much done. Link has a better chance of getting back than Doc, but both of their chances are pretty ****in bad.
**edit**
-looks up-
Oh yeah, you cant CC a shine. You can just change the distance you travel by DI. And you can only shorten it. Which is bad.
Doc Luigi? I can only tell you how I think that goes, I havent played a good luigi in forever. And when I did play them (ram/sheikssbm), i had no real clue wtf I was doing.
get the **** out outta here? I don't think that makes sense.gtfo outta here im the best doc and he's only like my 6th best or something
I have been checking this thread for about one month only waiting for this postgtfo outta here im the best doc and he's only like my 6th best or something
Sorry M2K, Kobe would jv5 your Marth. He did that to Ken, and he had to quit smash and go on survivor.gtfo outta here im the best doc and he's only like my 6th best or something
Wow this **** is done.gtfo outta here im the best doc and he's only like my 6th best or something