Ok after a long break from brawl I went to a tourney and during some friendlies, alot of things started making sense.
Hopefully its common knowledge that Luigi's best damage building throw is his down throw. What I realized is that it can be a good KO set up and just all around great mind game throw.
There are SO many options after a down throw, and they are very rewarding depending on how good you are at reading your opponent. So for this thread I'm going to name the options for follow ups after a down throw. (BTW I found the easiest way to land a grab is after a jab)
1) Down throw to Down throw (AKA pseudo chain grabbing.)
This one has become one of my favorites. Most of the time after a Down throw your opponent will air dodge and hit the ground. This is how you punish them for that. This mostly works at lower percentages ofcourse. After a while they will not air dodge after the down throw and this leads to my other option.
2) Down throw to aerials.
This of course is for when you think your opponent wont air dodge. My personal favorite aerial to follow up a down throw with is up airs. They come out REALLY fast and leave little openings for your opponent to attack/move etc.
3) Down throw to charged up smash.
I love this one. Most of the time it wont matter if your opponent air dodges or not. Predict where they will DI and charge an up smash that way. After an air dodge they are at your mercy and have to sit and wait for it to hit them. This is good for damage racking and KOing. Lucky for us Luigi mains that this kills metaknight fairly fast
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I have some vids of me doing these also from a tourney.
Friendly vs a MK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZYqtjczuVA
Tourney match vs Ankoku's Marth (Lost the set barely. Watch out for well spaced marths people lol)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkSaWDo0gzA
Yup so there you have it. Just wanted to show people some set ups I learned since I don't post here enough. I hope you all can implement this and lets all win some tournaments with Luigi!!
Hopefully its common knowledge that Luigi's best damage building throw is his down throw. What I realized is that it can be a good KO set up and just all around great mind game throw.
There are SO many options after a down throw, and they are very rewarding depending on how good you are at reading your opponent. So for this thread I'm going to name the options for follow ups after a down throw. (BTW I found the easiest way to land a grab is after a jab)
1) Down throw to Down throw (AKA pseudo chain grabbing.)
This one has become one of my favorites. Most of the time after a Down throw your opponent will air dodge and hit the ground. This is how you punish them for that. This mostly works at lower percentages ofcourse. After a while they will not air dodge after the down throw and this leads to my other option.
2) Down throw to aerials.
This of course is for when you think your opponent wont air dodge. My personal favorite aerial to follow up a down throw with is up airs. They come out REALLY fast and leave little openings for your opponent to attack/move etc.
3) Down throw to charged up smash.
I love this one. Most of the time it wont matter if your opponent air dodges or not. Predict where they will DI and charge an up smash that way. After an air dodge they are at your mercy and have to sit and wait for it to hit them. This is good for damage racking and KOing. Lucky for us Luigi mains that this kills metaknight fairly fast
.I have some vids of me doing these also from a tourney.
Friendly vs a MK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZYqtjczuVA
Tourney match vs Ankoku's Marth (Lost the set barely. Watch out for well spaced marths people lol)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkSaWDo0gzA
Yup so there you have it. Just wanted to show people some set ups I learned since I don't post here enough. I hope you all can implement this and lets all win some tournaments with Luigi!!
