I am a die-hard Foxer. I enjoy light weight Foxing (ok, I'm done being clever) and in Brawl I loved him from the moment I layed fingers on him. I won with him, alot, but I soon discovered I was working alot harder than other players who were playing other characters. I would run gauntlet. I learned that you couldn't combo with him so I was all about using his speed and shining to hit, dodge, hit, dodge and other stuff to controll the battle.
But then I learned.
I learned that since you can't combo, it's all about the approach. Fox's approach moves are limited at best. This made most of Fox's moves pretty much forgotten. Not to mention the ability to mid air dodge so easily made his airials much more situational. The only one that K/O's is u/air which is hard to hit with do to the angle of the hit box.
Now let's talk about the moves that you can use with Fox if you successfully mid/dodge an attack. Jab, works well. F/tilt, works but can be punished if blocked do to recovery time that's just a bit to long. D/tilt, suprisingly slower in brawl and I'm not sure why, but none the less easily blockable. U/tilt, works well but easy to recover from and puts them in a good position to hit you.
His d/smash is quick and good to follow after a dodge but if you miss, it's easily the most punishable. Foward smash is good but punishable. Suprisingly enough his u/smash seems to be the least punishable and most effective when trying to get in a hit with fox.
His dash attack is quick and moves you foward but is easily block thrown.
I'm not bashing on Fox, I love him. I'm just saying that do to his limited knock back and limited stun time on his attacks, his arsenal of safe moves is limited.
NOW TO THE POINT!
With the fact that moves decay in this game, you have to save your K/O moves for when you need them. In Fox's case (not counting shinespike) it's his u/smash or d/smash if very damaged, or f/smash if very very damaged.
Now since these moves are also his most useful attacks mid battle, by the time you need them they are weak. If you save his u/smash for when you need it you will just be working do ****ed hard the whole match.
Fox is good. He's high tier no doubt. If you do enough dodging you can win any fight. You will just be at a huge disadvantage because you will not be able to K/O till much higher percentages. Fox used to be a really fast character with amazing shine and great u/smash. Now his a really fast character with a pretty good shine and a pretty good u/smash.
If you put as much effort into, let's say, Wolf as you would need to with Fox, Wolf would have a broken advantage over fox. This is why I say Fox is no bueno.
It pains me to say this.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE GREATEST CHARACTER IN MELEE
He was constantly criticized by Marth and Shiek for being below them in the tiers but in the end he, alone with Falco, ran melee and owned the top tier.
God bless him.
But then I learned.
I learned that since you can't combo, it's all about the approach. Fox's approach moves are limited at best. This made most of Fox's moves pretty much forgotten. Not to mention the ability to mid air dodge so easily made his airials much more situational. The only one that K/O's is u/air which is hard to hit with do to the angle of the hit box.
Now let's talk about the moves that you can use with Fox if you successfully mid/dodge an attack. Jab, works well. F/tilt, works but can be punished if blocked do to recovery time that's just a bit to long. D/tilt, suprisingly slower in brawl and I'm not sure why, but none the less easily blockable. U/tilt, works well but easy to recover from and puts them in a good position to hit you.
His d/smash is quick and good to follow after a dodge but if you miss, it's easily the most punishable. Foward smash is good but punishable. Suprisingly enough his u/smash seems to be the least punishable and most effective when trying to get in a hit with fox.
His dash attack is quick and moves you foward but is easily block thrown.
I'm not bashing on Fox, I love him. I'm just saying that do to his limited knock back and limited stun time on his attacks, his arsenal of safe moves is limited.
NOW TO THE POINT!
With the fact that moves decay in this game, you have to save your K/O moves for when you need them. In Fox's case (not counting shinespike) it's his u/smash or d/smash if very damaged, or f/smash if very very damaged.
Now since these moves are also his most useful attacks mid battle, by the time you need them they are weak. If you save his u/smash for when you need it you will just be working do ****ed hard the whole match.
Fox is good. He's high tier no doubt. If you do enough dodging you can win any fight. You will just be at a huge disadvantage because you will not be able to K/O till much higher percentages. Fox used to be a really fast character with amazing shine and great u/smash. Now his a really fast character with a pretty good shine and a pretty good u/smash.
If you put as much effort into, let's say, Wolf as you would need to with Fox, Wolf would have a broken advantage over fox. This is why I say Fox is no bueno.
It pains me to say this.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE GREATEST CHARACTER IN MELEE
He was constantly criticized by Marth and Shiek for being below them in the tiers but in the end he, alone with Falco, ran melee and owned the top tier.
God bless him.
