How Many People Actually CP Characters?

[|RK|]

How many of you actually counterpick characters?

 

[Jenkins]

um....a lot.

unless you're using MK.

 

[RP`]

I do only when I am at a strong disadvantage, like against D3 or something.

 

[Espy Rose]

How many of you actually counterpick characters?

I don't play to win, so I don't counterpick.
If I did, I wouldn't need to, since I'd play Meta Knight.

 

[|RK|]

Not necessarily. People like Malcolm play to win.

 

[Dekar173]

Nope. Diddy's sexy enough for me.

 

[Geist]

Counterpicking in a tourney is important, especially because competitively Brawl is pretty reliant on matchups. Unless you're really confident in your main, you should always consider counterpicking characters for tight situations.
In a friendly, counterpicking is meaningless though.

 

[Zankoku]

I ask the audience for my counterpick.

 

[Flayl]

I do, R.O.B. or G&W, depending on who I'm facing.

 

[Cherry64]

I do only when I am at a strong disadvantage, like against D3 or something.

Ditto. Otherwise I go for MY strongest player, Any match-up declared over a 70-30 for them I CP. Or just switch to a secondary

 

[|RK|]

Ditto. Otherwise I go for MY strongest player, Any match-up declared over a 70-30 for them I CP. Or just switch to a secondary

Heh, I don't CP. Then again, my character has no matchups worse than 40:60 and none better than 60:40. Playing Lucario highly relies on skill.

 

[Criosphinx]

I ask the audience for my counterpick.

This one.

No main, no pain.

But I don't play MK, because that's boring.

 

[JOE!]

i only CP for marth, and then I have Bowser/Wolf to make said marth like

 

[Shiri]

I randomly pick Meta Knight regardless of whether I win or lose the first match.

If I win the first match, it stops the set at game 2.

If I lose the first match, picking Meta Knight reminds me of what I should have done for game 1.

 

[Nidtendofreak]

I will once I get good enough with Bowser, and figure out which characters I randomly do better against with Captain Falcon then with Ike or Bowser.

 

[BBQ°]

CPing is for people who don't know their matchups. Unless it's just one of those god-awful matchups lol.

 

[Luigi player]

Nope. Diddy's sexy enough for me.

This.

10Diddys

 

[KayLo!]

I don't. Pikachu 4lyfe. <3

I'm looking into picking up a Marth counter, though, because that matchup is fun but really, really difficult if the Marth is good.

Sometimes I'll randomly pick Zelda if I can't win with Pika. Just to switch up my playstyle, though, not really to CP. I'll probably do the same thing with Marth once mine is good enough.

 

[Col. Stauffenberg]

I did once at the first weekly I ever went to. Haven't since.

I have my fun.

 

[Gates]

It depends on my opponent's character, the stage, and how I did against them with my first character. How well I know the matchup also affects my counterpicking process.

 

[.AC.]

since matchups are really important in brawl i tend to cp a lot if things arent working.it is also sometimes necessary so it can change things a little bit in your favor.this include stages etc.

 

[Ingulit]

I'll counterpick Wolf occasionally if I don't know the Diddy match-up that well and end up playing poorly (even though I won't necessarily know what the match-up with Wolf will be like either) simply because I like to play as Wolf as well. I mained him towards the beginning of Smash, and now that I've picked him up again, I'll rely on him as a fallback if my Diddy isn't up to par. He covers a FEW of Diddy's poorer matchups, and he's different enough to surprise the opponent if swap him out instead. So for me, it's more of a matter of having two characters I play with with one who happens to be my favorite as oppose to counterpicking. "Wow, Diddy really didn't work the way I thought he would in this match... Let's try Wolf!"

 

[Coney]

If I have a reeeally problematic matchup, either for my character or me personally, I'll CP.

Other than that, I'll stick it out.

 

[ytv]

I'll counter pick with random.

 

[Kamikaze*]

I don't. Meta is my only main and always will be.

 

[Crizthakidd]

well i use mk so theres no use in cp stages, or char. since i can paly 100 in any stage that i didint ban. which would be halberd, japes, ect

 

[Amazing Ampharos]

I have used R.O.B. as a Luigi's Mansion counterpick before, but I don't do that anymore. 100% Mr. Game & Watch is my best bet; I only use other characters in friendlies when I want to handicap myself. I consider myself someone who plays to win.

 

[BurningCrusader777]

I only CP at 70-30 or worse, or if it's a 65-35 and I feel that I can't think of a way to stay a certain character and beat the opposing character.

 

[jjvirus]

In the process of finding a secondary that I CAN cp with to cover bad matchups such as Mk, Zss, Gnw, ect.

Considering either Snake, Wario, or Marth.

 

[Alzi]

I never counterpick i just play toon link all the way and even if i do loose that match and i know the other player will use the same character against me i will still go toon link so i get better at that certain match-up. I don't really play to win.

 

[c3gill]

As I main Lucas, I have 4 matchups I consider possibly worthy of a CP character:

Marth - I go MK and pray, cause Marth is really gay.
G&W - Again, I go MK. and pray. stupid G&Ws
DK - Ummm Ill probably go Falco.
MK- going Diddy.

of course, thats assuming my opponent isnt some scrub and can play halfway decently- if they cant, im keeping Lucas

 

[DtJ XeroXen]

Just because I don't play any other character well, because I suck with any character other than Mario, I usually don't counterpick.

Not to say I wouldn't, I HAVE before, and did better against the matchup at hand.

Counterpicking is a huge part of competitive Brawl, unless you know every one of your matchups to the fullest knowledge, having a secondary in order to counterpick certain matchups is almost essential.

Unless your Meta Knight, but meh. He's not THAT hard to beat.

 

[Tarmogoyf]

I do frequently. I mostly base it on bad stages though.

 

[C~Dog]

I almost never counterpick. On the rare occasions that i do, it will be Kirby, since i main him for doubles. I am getting to the point where i can CP lucas, my new low tier main, although god knows if he would be any use for my ICs bad matchups lol

 

[da K.I.D.]

I main sonic.

Except in the worst situations, I will play sonic for game 1.

I also second Lucario, Fox, D3 and Wolf.

Regardless of the first matches out come, I usually play the character that I think will give me the best chance to win. And that relys on a few different factors.

What character my opponent is playing
What stage we are going to.
How much experience my opponent has against all my characters
How gay I feel like being.
Who I'm having the most fun with at the time.

These all make for some interesting CPs. Especially since based on my spread of characters, I can at times CP my opponent even if they choose the stage.
it also makes for some fun and really interesting matches.
Ex.
At my last tourney, I won a game sonic v. luigi, the luigi CPd me to japes, and I went fox, which allowed me to camp him pretty hard. as I recall, i think i won that game pretty handily.
I also beat a pikachu on norfair with DDD. That match was hard, super gay, really annoying and lots of fun, all at the same time.

 

[Pr0phetic]

Sometimes I CP MKs and Snakes w/ DeDeDe, thats about it.

 

[Mecakoto]

Luigi for the first match always.

I will then CP with Game & Watch, Olimar, Fox (depending on who I see), or Peach. (because I can)

If someone picks Meta, then I CP Diddy always.

 

[auroreon]

To prevent myself from being disloyal, I have prevented myself from learning how to play as other characters... so I can't CP.
It is theoretically possible for me to win every match I play using Yoshi so thats what I aim for. Yoshi and I laugh in the face of impracticality.
I wouldn't really be achieving much winning with a character that has an advantage... if you beat them it doesn't prove that your skill is superior to theirs. If I win a matchup where they have the advantage, now that is a real achievement. I also don't enjoy the playstyle of other characters as much.

 

[Tristan_win]

I never counter pick, I don't need to.

 

[Magik0722]

I completely counter pick 100 percent of the time not only the characters but the players as well