Kirbech
Smash Rookie
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- Jul 7, 2015
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As the thread title says, I've been struggling with Luigi while playing as Kirby. I've attended 4 monthly tournaments so far, maining Kirby at each one, and so far I have played 5 different Luigi mains in best of 3 sets (some multiple times) and have only taken one game as Kirby in total (I managed to scrape a set from a mediocre Luigi by switching from Kirby after losing game 1 to my barely trained Greninja and spamming F-Air and shurikens, which depressed me a little).
I've labbed this matchup extensively, and I simply cannot find a way through a Luigi who walls me with Jab, F-Air, B-Air and Fireballs. Every time I approach from the ground I have to either perfect shield Fireballs or crouch them, and the best reward I can get from a successful approach this way is a D-Tilt punish on a badly timed fireball (which usually leads to him tripping and sliding halfway across the stage before I can follow up) or a dashgrab, which usually only equals 10-16% depending on how many pummels I can fit in. In exchange, if I mess up a ground approach he gets to punish me with a D-Throw string for 25-50% depending on how well he reads me, or a D-Throw to KO if I'm at anything above about 80%.
If I approach from the air he can beat anything I can do horizontally with his superfast F-Air or his long-range B-Air, and if I try and drop down on top of him I usually get U-Smashed, shieldgrabbed or he'll just roll away, which Kirby is too slow to punish.
I'm definitely not a bad player by any means, as I have gotten to the top 10 in three out of the four 96 man monthlies that I've attended; in the most recent one I didn't even make it out of pools due to a sound thrashing by yet another Luigi.
Are there any experienced Kirbys that can help me with this, or is it hopeless?
Thanks,
Kirbech
I've labbed this matchup extensively, and I simply cannot find a way through a Luigi who walls me with Jab, F-Air, B-Air and Fireballs. Every time I approach from the ground I have to either perfect shield Fireballs or crouch them, and the best reward I can get from a successful approach this way is a D-Tilt punish on a badly timed fireball (which usually leads to him tripping and sliding halfway across the stage before I can follow up) or a dashgrab, which usually only equals 10-16% depending on how many pummels I can fit in. In exchange, if I mess up a ground approach he gets to punish me with a D-Throw string for 25-50% depending on how well he reads me, or a D-Throw to KO if I'm at anything above about 80%.
If I approach from the air he can beat anything I can do horizontally with his superfast F-Air or his long-range B-Air, and if I try and drop down on top of him I usually get U-Smashed, shieldgrabbed or he'll just roll away, which Kirby is too slow to punish.
I'm definitely not a bad player by any means, as I have gotten to the top 10 in three out of the four 96 man monthlies that I've attended; in the most recent one I didn't even make it out of pools due to a sound thrashing by yet another Luigi.
Are there any experienced Kirbys that can help me with this, or is it hopeless?
Thanks,
Kirbech
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