Fox General Notes

[Shacknu]

Smash Ultimate: Fox

Tips

1. If you're playing to win, then you're going to maximize damage given while minimizing damage received
2. Move around stage a lot
3. Guerilla/burst playstyle
4. Dash attack: Use at mid to close (burst) range.

Pro Players

1. Light
2. Larry Lurr

Best to Worst Stages
Best: Pokémon Stadium 2
Yoshi’s Story
Lylatt Cruise
Battlefield
Smashville
Final Destination
Yoshi’s Island
Worst: Kalos Stadium

Practice

1. FF Bairs
2. Nair -> Upsmash
3. Parry aerials -> UTilt (low%)
4. Parry aerials -> Upsmash (high%)
5. Uair conversions

Neutral

1. Nair, UTilt, Dash, Grab, B

Tech Chase

1. DTilt -> Fair(drawdown) (any%)
2. Nair, FThrow, FTilt (~50% weight dependent)

Shield Pressure

1. Nair, Tilts, Jab (Edge)

Out of Shield

1. UTilt
2. Nair
3. Bair (opponent behind you)
4. Shine

Combos
Low%

1. Nair -> Jab
2. Nair -> UTilt -> Usmash
3. Nair -> FTilt -> Dash -> Nair
4. Nair -> DTilt -> Fair(dragdown) -> Jablock -> DTilt -> Bair(RAR) -> Dash -> Uair(SH)
5. Nair -> DTilt -> Bair(RAR) -> Dash
6. Dash -> UTilt
7. Dash -> Nair
8. UTiltx3 -> Jab (opponent DI’s to your front)
9. DThrow -> SideB -> Bair -> Upsmash
10. DThrow -> Bair(RAR)
11. DThrow -> Fair -> FSmash

Mid%

1. Nair(soft) -> UTilt -> Nair
2. Dash -> Nair
3. UTilt -> Nair
4. UTilt -> Fair

High%

1. Nair(soft) -> Upsmash
2. Dair(full hop) -> Upsmash
3. Shield -> Upsmash
4. Fair(dragdown) -> Jablock -> Upsmash
5. SideB -> Uair
6. Dash(soft) -> Upsmash
7. Dash(hard) -> Uair
8. Uair1 -> Upsmash
9. Upthrow -> Uair
10. FSmash(reads)
11. UTilt -> Uair

Dragdown Fair Reaction

1. If opponent techs in place, Upsmash/DSmash or DTilt -> Lead into Combo (below 30%) or UTilt (30-70%).
2. If opponent tech rolls, chase and Upsmash or SideB -> UAir (kills at 70-90% weight dependent)
3. If opponent does not tech, Jablock -> UpTilt -> Upsmash/Bair/Uair (0-15%)

Edge guarding

1. Gimp with Shine
2. Nair, Bair

Edge Recovery

1. Shine (delay mix up)
2. Save your jump!
3. Air dodge in after jump
4. UpB horizontal (delay mix up)

Ledgetrapping

1. DSmash, DTilt (2-frame)
2. Nair, Jab (general)
3. Bairs (jumping, high%)
4. FSmash (normal get up, high%)
5. DSmash (hanging on ledge too long)

Ledgetrap Recovery

1. Rising Fair
2. Dair

MatchUps
vs. Olimar

1. Don’t Nair too much cuz of Upsmash
2. Fox Dair beats Oli Upsmash

vs. Young Link

1. Don’t let up pressure. Don’t let him pull out bombs
2. Boomerang above you = bad

vs. Pokémon Trainer

vs. Lucina

vs. Pichu

vs. Wolf

vs. Peach