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Little Mac needs to play patiently to rack up damage then suddenly snap and throw smashes all around. You can try to rushdown, but more often than not that's not going to help you. Use your jabs and tilts.
Yesterday I created a post about how I'm starting not to like Little Mac. Today I feel completely different. I've changed up my playstyle to incorporate more Ftilts, Dsmash, and jabs. I've gotten way better results and feel like I'm playing a game and not just mindlessly running in. Little Mac is good but don't let his power trick you into thinking you can do whatever you want. You have to play him like you would in a Punch-Out!! game. Find openings and punish. He can pretty much walk up to characters with no fear and punch them in the face. His moves are all quick and his smashes come with super armor so you can power through attacks. Spacing, spacing, spacing!! That's super key for this guy. Good spacing with Ftilts cannot be beat. Safe on block. Lots of priority. Only counter moves beat it.
I don't agree with this. Are you hanging out in grab range much? Or do you go in for up close dash a much? I'm mostly at about max f tilt range if I can help it. That way I can pressure with safe (or even plus on block?) f tilt, whiff punish with f tilt, ko punch, f smash, or dash grab without being at risk for getting grabbed or really even hit by most characters. Ganon side b is def useful v Mac considering how grounded he is, but a good Mac should be giving himself enough range to react to it coming.
Actually, I'm just going off on theories here. I'm waiting for the Wii U version. Of course it's not like grabs are an impassable wall, but more offensive Macs tend to fall for it easily, so I pointed that out since some people forget about it.
I agree, there really isn't much info up on LM here yet. NAKAT just posted a LM guide, and went over each of his moves, but It isn't really an "analysis" of his moves, just a simple guide. I would really love that to be done though.
We need to get someone to run some tests on this. I think it probably is uncounterable since it's like a mini-Final Smash.
Yeah, we need research threads for each character. That would be excellent, and I'd love to conribute to some of the Little Mac ones that don't need more than one player to test.
K.O. Punch is probably uncounterable. It all depends on how counters work. Counters usually block the move then strike back.
I'll test this today with my friend on Local Wireless. Can somebody start that research thread? Or am I allowed to :D?
No, you'll throw yourself off and be put in a bad place (which is anywhere not on the stage)
If they just stand on the edge waiting for you to approach and trying to shield grab you just walk slowly to them and in max distance start pressuring their shield with ftilt, Mac's ftilt is safe on block and it's really fast so when you start pressuring them they don't have other option to get out of there, receive Mac's ftilt or get their shield destroyed :D
I usually come in with a grab, if it connects I send them back to the middle, if I get grabbed, a slip counter saves me from being thrown far off and recovering while sending them back to the middle
Just like the Terminator. Cool, but what if people start throwing projectiles?
Sweet! That would be awesome if you do. I can try to contribute to the research thread/help test anything out, but it would probably have to be after this coming Sunday. I've got a tourney to practice for =/. Still, I would love to be in on this if we have a research thread!
Yeah, just like that xD With Little Mac you can cancel most of the weak spamable projectiles with his jab or ftilt, i just did a thread of on how many of them it works. This is the link if you want.
Wait, F-Tilt Nullifies projectiles? As in, the tilt hits and then they disappear without dealing any damage? That's great news!
Weak projectiles like Mario Fireball or Link Arrow.
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I'm not sure that Robin is really the worst matchup for Mac. Once you're in close Robin may have that sword, but Mac's jab can easily rack up damage. Alternatively, once you're up close you can f-tilt the Robin away, then use Mac's super-fast dash to get over to Robin and follow up with a Dash attack if it's safe, or roll and do a jab. I've beaten a few Robins.
i think that thing about jumping over the Arcfire is actually good if the Robin's at close range and the Robin is charging an Arcthunder. Just don't do it near the edge and make sure you're going to hit, otherwise you're extremely easy to punish.
I only played one match against a good Dedede. If they're not safe they'll get in the air so getting them with upb or predicting what they'll do on land is pretty much your punish. Ftilt won't work a lot of the time if they are spacing right since they'll inhale. But really atm I think it is not a fun matchup for Mac.
