Social Home of the ROBSquad - R.O.B. Social Thread

[PowerHungryFool]

Going to a tourney in Easton pa next Saturday, wish me luck. http://challonge.com/SFS4Singles

G'luck bro, you got dis!

 

[Jams.]

Wow, that bracket looks stacked. Best of luck!

 

[PowerHungryFool]

something something snow

something something cabin fever

 

[T0MMY]

I woke up this morning with an epiphany that I will be maining R.O.B. again.

 

[Mister Eric]

I woke up this morning with an epiphany that I will be maining R.O.B. again.

It was only a matter of time.

 

[T0MMY]

I should clarify and say "one of my mains".
Alongside Mii Brawler, Sheik, and a couple others I think R.O.B. can work out for me. It'll give me some hands-on (claws-on) experience in tournament and see where I can take him.

 

[Mister Eric]

I should clarify and say "one of my mains".
Alongside Mii Brawler, Sheik, and a couple others I think R.O.B. can work out for me. It'll give me some hands-on (claws-on) experience in tournament and see where I can take him.

And when you announce that he is your only main, I will simply refer you to post #125

 

[1FC0]

I should clarify and say "one of my mains".
Alongside Mii Brawler, Sheik, and a couple others I think R.O.B. can work out for me. It'll give me some hands-on (claws-on) experience in tournament and see where I can take him.

Why not just drop all that trash and go R.O.B. only?

 

[T0MMY]

The CPU is willing, but the programming is weak.

 

[UkeNicky]

I wish the Rob social was more active D:
You're all always so busy it seems. We need to be as active as the Zelda social thread :3

 

[Trekkerjoe]

I wonder, what custom moves have you been practicing? Any combinations that seem to work particularly well?

 

[UkeNicky]

Fire Gyro seems great, and I hear Robo Rocket is amazing but I haven't really tinkered with Rob's custom moves a lot yet

 

[Trekkerjoe]

Used to tinker with them, but dropped them when I heard they were all banned. Up to that point my favorites were the High-Speed Burner and the Slip Gyro. That greasy Slip-Gyro, I can tell it would be great for early kills via punishing the trip. I'm not sure about the Infinite Robo-Beam, I tried it but it seems very circumstantial. Perhaps it is useful against Villager, since he can take your gyro, it might be better to have a spamable projectile against him.

 

[1FC0]

The Fire Gyro seems nice to me because it does even more damage when thrown. And it does not go as far when shot so that you can easily grab it.

BTW I am practising with Gyro cancel , are there people here who can do it consistently using the hard way? I would love to be wavebouncing all over the stage with R.O.B.

 

[PowerHungryFool]

BTW I am practising with Gyro cancel , are there people here who can do it consistently using the hard way? I would love to be wavebouncing all over the stage with R.O.B.

Just keep practising over and over. I do brev gyro cancel and wavebounce drills for about an hour everyday.

 

[Mister Eric]

Fire Gyro seems great, and I hear Robo Rocket is amazing but I haven't really tinkered with Rob's custom moves a lot yet

Most of the active ROBs use the Skype group sadly. I'm not sad that we have an active Skype group. Just sad that some of that energy isn't exerted here too.
& I do stay busy.
I did get a gaming monitor yesterday! And my capture card is on its way. I will be streaming and training with ppl via Skype very soon :D

 

[PowerHungryFool]

Most of the active ROBs use the Skype group sadly. I'm not sad that we have an active Skype group. Just sad that some of that energy isn't exerted here too.
& I do stay busy.
I did get a gaming monitor yesterday! And my capture card is on its way. I will be streaming and training with ppl via Skype very soon :D

Yee. That sounds like a ton of fun. I probably won't have the spare cash for a capture card until after april :/

 

[Diamond DHD]

So I've been playing R.O.B. for a little while now, I've got down the basic punishes, combos, recovery options and KO methods, as well as some basic techs, such as the easy input gyro cancel and b-reversals, I've got a few things that I would like to ask people who've been playing R.O.B.

Is it worth getting a hang of using AT now or wait until I feel a need to actually use them?

What is the best way to punish someone who floats close to R.O.B., slightly above and in front of him, throwing out safe aerials? Characters who do this are mainly Wario, Jigglypuff and Shulk. Aerials take too long to come out since you need to jump, laser takes too long to come out, gyros are grabbed, they're too out of range to shield grab, and a roll back or spot dodge are usually punished.

I found in training mode that a roll can be cancelled by throwing a gyro, is there any practical use for this?

What combos are achievable only with jump cancelled glide tosses?

Also, as an additional question, is it just me or does playing R.O.B. cause unimaginable amounts of salt? Even my friends who are usually cool-headed get very salty, don't get me wrong, it's funny, but I wonder if it's just my playstyle.

 

[KeithTheGeek]

I can't comment too much on the match-up stuff, but as far as your question about ATs goes...yeah, you should probably learn them. Here's the thing - you'll have to learn how to apply any new tech you learn into your game, and while that means at first you might not see any improvement, it also means you can't learn the applications without learning it in the first place. I don't do too many ROB-specific stuff because I haven't learned it yet, but I guess to make a comparison it'd be like learning to wavedash in Melee. Just knowing the input won't improve your game, you have to learn how to use it as a spacing tool. Which is what some of this stuff ROB has is- spacing tools.

And yeah man, my friend's ROB makes me pretty salty and it's part of the reason I decided to learn the character. He's really fun but it must be annoying to be at the receiving end of all of those projectiles.

 

[PowerHungryFool]

So I've been playing R.O.B. for a little while now, I've got down the basic punishes, combos, recovery options and KO methods, as well as some basic techs, such as the easy input gyro cancel and b-reversals, I've got a few things that I would like to ask people who've been playing R.O.B.

Is it worth getting a hang of using AT now or wait until I feel a need to actually use them?

What is the best way to punish someone who floats close to R.O.B., slightly above and in front of him, throwing out safe aerials? Characters who do this are mainly Wario, Jigglypuff and Shulk. Aerials take too long to come out since you need to jump, laser takes too long to come out, gyros are grabbed, they're too out of range to shield grab, and a roll back or spot dodge are usually punished.

I found in training mode that a roll can be cancelled by throwing a gyro, is there any practical use for this?

What combos are achievable only with jump cancelled glide tosses?

Also, as an additional question, is it just me or does playing R.O.B. cause unimaginable amounts of salt? Even my friends who are usually cool-headed get very salty, don't get me wrong, it's funny, but I wonder if it's just my playstyle.

Learn those tougher ATs now. I put off learning them until the past few weeks, and I've quickly discovered it was a mistake to do so. Learning those ATs early will put you ahead in the game, so I really recommend it. As for punishing floaters, perhaps an upward angled ftilt will do the job? Against characters with lagless aerials like kriby/jiggs I've found the best strategy is to hang back and camp until they're at kill percentage. That roll cancel is actually what was called a glide toss in Brawl, you actually get a very small slide when you do it, but since a jump-canceled glide toss is much more practical, no one uses roll canceled tosses in this game.

 

[Mister Eric]

just dont become dependent on the ATs. learn them, but stay close to your fundamentals forever and always

 

[Zegend]

Hello, R.O.B. bros. I'm zegend, from the UK. I didn't play ROB in brawl at all, but he's really fun in smash 4 and I've grown to really appreciate R.O.B.'s insane defensive game. He's really unappreciated - I've hardly seen anyone using him in tournaments at all so far.
Who do you all main alongside ROB, then? I've been a Ness guy since melee, and especially in brawl, so after the buffs he got in 4 it's just a given that I have to play him. Villager is fun, and I also like C Falcon sometimes as well, for when I get bored of playing defensively and want some offensive action.

 

[PowerHungryFool]

Hello, R.O.B. bros. I'm zegend, from the UK. I didn't play ROB in brawl at all, but he's really fun in smash 4 and I've grown to really appreciate R.O.B.'s insane defensive game. He's really unappreciated - I've hardly seen anyone using him in tournaments at all so far.
Who do you all main alongside ROB, then? I've been a Ness guy since melee, and especially in brawl, so after the buffs he got in 4 it's just a given that I have to play him. Villager is fun, and I also like C Falcon sometimes as well, for when I get bored of playing defensively and want some offensive action.

Assumes ROB is a defensive character

 

[1FC0]

Assumes ROB is a defensive character

Is he not then?

 

[Trekkerjoe]

ROB's normal playstyle is generally defensive, relying on projectiles to rack up damage. But, he has been used with success in aggressive play. ROB is simply versatile, with an emphasis on defensive play.

 

[Zegend]

Assumes ROB is a defensive character

What? Laser + gyro is one of the best projectile combinations in the game. Of course he has offensive capabilities, though. He's pretty versatile, that's why so many people love him.

 

[PowerHungryFool]

My point is that exactly that, ROB is a versatile character, able to take on whatever role needed to win the match. Not the campy, defensive character many people write him off to be.

 

[1FC0]

What character is really defensive then? I thought R.O.B. was pretty high up there.

 

[Diamond DHD]

What character is really defensive then? I thought R.O.B. was pretty high up there.

Link/TLink, Rosalina, Olimar and standard Palutena come to mind.

 

[Zegend]

1FCO, I'd probably say Villager, DHD, Olimar and Pacman, although I do agree that ROB is defensively orientated.

 

[Mister Eric]

ROB is in an interesting position now.
In Brawl I felt like he was 50:50 when it came to being aggressive and defensive. maybe 60:40 with 60 being offensive.
I Smash 4, with he nerfed range on fair and ftilt, and buffs on gyro release speed and damage, i feel like the numbers have swapped. Now it's about 60:40 if not 70:30 with him being a bit more defensive than aggressive. Things will change as ROB develops tho. Just my initial thoughts so far.

 

[PowerHungryFool]

Custom controller is finally done! Sorry for my ****ty webcam

 

[Diamond DHD]

ROB is in an interesting position now.
In Brawl I felt like he was 50:50 when it came to being aggressive and defensive. maybe 60:40 with 60 being offensive.
I Smash 4, with he nerfed range on fair and ftilt, and buffs on gyro release speed and damage, i feel like the numbers have swapped. Now it's about 60:40 if not 70:30 with him being a bit more defensive than aggressive. Things will change as ROB develops tho. Just my initial thoughts so far.

I feel with customs his offense:defense ratio really changes, with slip gyro I find it's more 70:30 offensive since it turns him almost in to a pseudo-Diddy Kong that trades mobility for weight with down-b -> down throw -> uair, and with fire gyro though it had decreased range, you can just keep people out making him far more defense based, especially mixed with the reflector side-b.

 

[KeithTheGeek]

I don't think the decreased range is a bad thing. It's a trade-off, but it allows you to keep gyros closer to you and iirc the gyro itself is a bit more powerful. I prefer keeping a gyro close by anyways, so that'll likely be the custom I use if I ever go to a customs-on event.

 

[PUK]

Hello, i am new on this forum and i main ROB. I live in Paris and study law and Sm4sh is the first i play seriously with, although i played melee when i was a kid. I don't go on tourney yet but there is one this sunday and maybe i will participate.

Concerning sm4sh my secondaries are zelda end WFT

 

[1FC0]

Hi, and welcome.

I suggest dropping the girls and going Robot only. There is no need for carbon based trash when you have access to the greatness that is R.O.B.

J/K you should play whoever you like no matter how lame that character is =)

 

[PowerHungryFool]

J/K you should play whoever you like no matter how lame that character is =)

Unless it's Shulk. Seriously guys **** shulk.

 

[Zegend]

What's the matter? Not really feeling it? :>

 

[GwJ]

If anyone lives in the mideast PA/NJ area, I'm hosting my first tournament with the help of my university's clubs. If you will be in the area, I'd love to meet some of you!

http://smashboards.com/threads/mar-...fundraiser-center-valley-pennsylvania.393755/

 

[Mister Eric]

If anyone lives in the mideast PA/NJ area, I'm hosting my first tournament with the help of my university's clubs. If you will be in the area, I'd love to meet some of you!

http://smashboards.com/threads/mar-6-2015-man-on-a-ledge-weekly-pittsburgh-pennsylvania.363375/

wish i lived closer!
ya'll who are closer better go.