GimR
GimR, Co-Founder of VGBootCamp
I've noticed you guys have had a real problem against the Ice Climber's Blizzard wall so I thought I'd give some tips to get around it since it's the one thing that makes the match up really hard for you and makes all of you think it's impossible to win.
First things First:
When punishing the Blizzard Wall you always want to hit Popo. Why?
Secondly, there is no way to out prioritize the blizzard wall, so you have show your spacing superiority by hitting your opponent's holes and openings while they do blizzard. This isn't easy and takes practice but makes the match up much easier.
Alright let's get started.
Blizzard Wall in Place
You only want to attack the wall head on if your opponent is approaching you with it. If they're doing it in place you want to throw pikmen over it onto popo and Nana's heads.
If you get a purple hit popo in the same way was mentioned before(On the top of his head). This will split them and give you the opportunity to gimp Nana or at least rack massive damage on Nana. You'll have to be in the air for the purple throw to hit correctly
The "Slowly Approaching" Blizzard Wall
When the opponent approaches with Blizzard wall you can use the purple pikmen the same way as mentioned before but now you have a new tool: Forward Smash.
Best pikmen to F-smash with:
Okay so I hit Popo, now what do I do?
RUSH DOWN
One Last thing:
Sopo vs. Olimar is like 70:30 in Olimar's favor. Popo has no tools to get in. This also means that when you get them separated Popo has no tools to get in. So keep him out and get Nana killed.
First things First:
When punishing the Blizzard Wall you always want to hit Popo. Why?
- He's the one you're trying to kill so adding percentage on him is a must
- hitting popo means you get a free grab or hit on Nana afterwards which means there separated, which is exaclty what you want. If you hit Nana while she's blizzarding Popo can retreat where as Nana won't since she's stupid AI.
Secondly, there is no way to out prioritize the blizzard wall, so you have show your spacing superiority by hitting your opponent's holes and openings while they do blizzard. This isn't easy and takes practice but makes the match up much easier.
Alright let's get started.
Blizzard Wall in Place
You only want to attack the wall head on if your opponent is approaching you with it. If they're doing it in place you want to throw pikmen over it onto popo and Nana's heads.
If you get a purple hit popo in the same way was mentioned before(On the top of his head). This will split them and give you the opportunity to gimp Nana or at least rack massive damage on Nana. You'll have to be in the air for the purple throw to hit correctly
The "Slowly Approaching" Blizzard Wall
When the opponent approaches with Blizzard wall you can use the purple pikmen the same way as mentioned before but now you have a new tool: Forward Smash.
Best pikmen to F-smash with:
- Yellow: comes out really fast so it's easier to connect with it
- Blue/Red
- I'm not sure about white
- don't use purple
Okay so I hit Popo, now what do I do?
RUSH DOWN
One Last thing:
Sopo vs. Olimar is like 70:30 in Olimar's favor. Popo has no tools to get in. This also means that when you get them separated Popo has no tools to get in. So keep him out and get Nana killed.