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How to play against IC's

Peppers

Smash Apprentice
Joined
Dec 23, 2006
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75
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Philadelphia
evry time i grab nana hits me so i cant get an up throw in i try to seperate them but his wobbles infinite or Dsmash gets me
advice
hints
suggestions?



thx alot
 

Apocalypse™

Smash Journeyman
Joined
May 21, 2006
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261
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Houston, TX
Make sure you l-cancle you ****. Drillshine to separate them. Just go after the Nana; it's pretty easy to edgehog.. then 1 IC shouldn't be too bad.
 

FastFox

Faster than most vehicles
BRoomer
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The tall grass
Don't be afraid to run up and try to u-smash. Even if they shield, it'll push them too far back to grab you, giving you a free getaway. Always try to take out Nana first, because you have much better chances beating only a Popo. I wouldn't recommend drillshining, as when the IC's grab it's actually two grabs in one at slightly varied speeds. Full jump nairs, and L-Cancel them into shines, repeat. Try to space your nairs so you only hit with Fox's foot, and not his whole body. You have a greater chance of not being grabbed that way.

That's all I can think of at the moment.
 

Wilhelmsan

Smash Lord
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Against Ice Climbers I've always just tried to separate them with shines and fight Popo, not Nana. Sure, it's great to kill Nana by combos and edgehog/shinespike, but if Popo saves her, none of that damage counts. It's better to deal damage and hit them with a finishing move, IMO.
 

Shuriken

Smash Apprentice
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Nov 10, 2005
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Ottawa, Canada
Nana has her own % counter that isn't displayed. Generally I just try to jump in and shine quickly between them, then JC to whichever side nana goes, and just keep bashing her with shine until she's off the ledge where you can kill her just by holding edge/stalling if you're good at it. If Popo does save her, just try to upsmash both of them, and Nana should go higher and they'll be seperated, leaving Nana more open to uairs.
 

FastFox

Faster than most vehicles
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Against Ice Climbers I've always just tried to separate them with shines and fight Popo, not Nana. Sure, it's great to kill Nana by combos and edgehog/shinespike, but if Popo saves her, none of that damage counts. It's better to deal damage and hit them with a finishing move, IMO.
However, there could be an advantage to Popo attempting to save Nana. If I, for instance, shine Nana off the stage and Popo goes after her in an attempt to recover, that's extremely easy to take advantage of, especially via the use of the shine.
 

Zgetto

Smash Ace
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Jun 4, 2006
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906
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Utrecht Duidelijk
evry time i grab nana hits me so i cant get an up throw in i try to seperate them but his wobbles infinite or Dsmash gets me
advice
hints
suggestions?



thx alot

also just never grab when to 2 are close to each other.(the other will always hit you)
only grab when your fighting one at the time or when there far apart from each other.
 

RedYoshi92

Smash Lord
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Oct 14, 2006
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1,561
What Helps alot is when you seperate them by shining so that the chaingrabbing is not so devastating.Try to fight on stages like Dreamland and never pick flat stages with no platforms.
 

GOTM

Smash Champion
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Feb 4, 2007
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2,776
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West Chester, PA
wave shine Nana off, or if u cant, definitely go after her first, and then take popo one on one. going against a full IC's especially against a good player is very hard. they can get one grab in and then its over.
 

Retroking2000

Smash Master
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Oct 30, 2006
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3,577
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London , Silver Street
shine a lot because of the distance it sends the ICs is a great way of beating them because most of their moves are simultaneously linked together and plus the shine is the fastest move ................ so go go shine like you have never shined before ( ^ . ^ )
 
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