Jack20XX
Smash Rookie
I have a friend who is a Toon Link main and had played only as Toon Link for about 6 months since he started playing, the only exception being Crew Battles, in which he would choose Toon Link as well as Link, Marth, and sometimes Pikachu. He has only been playing Smash about 2 months longer than I have, him having about 8 months and me with about 6.
I would constantly play his Toon Link every time we hung out, and I would constantly lose. Since it was his only character and didn't enjoy playing other characters aside from Link from time to time, I started having less and less fun playing with him, after constant losing. I would change mains very often just to try to find a way to beat him. I tried Wolf, Roy, Marth, Falcon, Luigi, Falco, etc., with no luck except for maybe one fluke where he would SD 2 or 3 times.
What was very interesting about all of this is that he didn't use any techskill, and used projectiles to his full advantage, and with the knockback from said projectiles he would open up grab combos or follow ups very easily. I picked up L canceling and wavedashing about 3 months into playing, and still, no results. I was starting to think I just couldn't beat him. But recently he started playing Captain Falcon very often, more than his Toon Link. After a few games warming up, I could beat his Falcon maybe 3 out of 5 times with Luigi. Atleast now I knew I could beat him at Smash in general (atleast sometimes), but that was satisfying for me to realize. But after trying his Toon Link right after beating his Falcon a handful of times, I simply couldn't preform like I did against his Falcon. My biggest problem is the Projectiles. I almost 90% of the time get baited into them and they throw me off.
Now, Fast forward to maybe 4 weeks ago. I had been practicing my Fox a bit, and he came over. We played the Luigi v Falcon match up for a while, each of us kind of trading off wins between each other. Then, he went Toon Link and I went Fox. I lost the first game, but took 2 stocks and like 80% off him. The next game, I picked Fountain of Dreams (a rather bad stage for Fox). I managed to shine spike him twice and get 2 regular kills, and I won. I will admit, I had felt kind of cheap in doing so for some reason, but nonetheless I finally beat his main. We played Fox v Toon Link throughout the night and I found that pretty much the only way I beat his Toon Link is with 2 or sometimes 3 of Fox's shine spike.
LONG STORY SHORT: I can't consistently beat his Toon Link even with my Fox. I am more than willing to have a pocket character specifically for the Toon Link match up. PLEASE! Reccommend a character that would suit this match up!!!
I would constantly play his Toon Link every time we hung out, and I would constantly lose. Since it was his only character and didn't enjoy playing other characters aside from Link from time to time, I started having less and less fun playing with him, after constant losing. I would change mains very often just to try to find a way to beat him. I tried Wolf, Roy, Marth, Falcon, Luigi, Falco, etc., with no luck except for maybe one fluke where he would SD 2 or 3 times.
What was very interesting about all of this is that he didn't use any techskill, and used projectiles to his full advantage, and with the knockback from said projectiles he would open up grab combos or follow ups very easily. I picked up L canceling and wavedashing about 3 months into playing, and still, no results. I was starting to think I just couldn't beat him. But recently he started playing Captain Falcon very often, more than his Toon Link. After a few games warming up, I could beat his Falcon maybe 3 out of 5 times with Luigi. Atleast now I knew I could beat him at Smash in general (atleast sometimes), but that was satisfying for me to realize. But after trying his Toon Link right after beating his Falcon a handful of times, I simply couldn't preform like I did against his Falcon. My biggest problem is the Projectiles. I almost 90% of the time get baited into them and they throw me off.
Now, Fast forward to maybe 4 weeks ago. I had been practicing my Fox a bit, and he came over. We played the Luigi v Falcon match up for a while, each of us kind of trading off wins between each other. Then, he went Toon Link and I went Fox. I lost the first game, but took 2 stocks and like 80% off him. The next game, I picked Fountain of Dreams (a rather bad stage for Fox). I managed to shine spike him twice and get 2 regular kills, and I won. I will admit, I had felt kind of cheap in doing so for some reason, but nonetheless I finally beat his main. We played Fox v Toon Link throughout the night and I found that pretty much the only way I beat his Toon Link is with 2 or sometimes 3 of Fox's shine spike.
LONG STORY SHORT: I can't consistently beat his Toon Link even with my Fox. I am more than willing to have a pocket character specifically for the Toon Link match up. PLEASE! Reccommend a character that would suit this match up!!!
