nightwing2024
Smash Cadet
I love DK (specifically Honky Kong), and I'm a pretty accomplished Smasher, but I'm just wondering about any general tips/tricks to make the funky monkey just a tad better.
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I just picked up DK. Any tips I need to know right off the bat?
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nightwing2024
Smash Cadet
Yeah, I know. But I don't want to wade through them. I know about the Cargo Death Hold, or CSS in technical terms. (I just call it the Death Hold because I pissed my friend off so bad with it he renamed it).
Basically just anything small, but if not, then it's off to practice for about 6 hours and then whip some *** at my local tourney tomorrow.
Basically just anything small, but if not, then it's off to practice for about 6 hours and then whip some *** at my local tourney tomorrow.
ook
Smash Lord
Running up-b, and up-b out of shield I swear are his best moves. Seriously, most opponents can't do a thing against them.
when it doubt, just throw out an up-b. It'll hit them.
when it doubt, just throw out an up-b. It'll hit them.
nightwing2024
Smash Cadet
Cool. Well, time to wreck **** with Honky Kong.
nash123
Smash Journeyman
D-throw to ftilt is pretty cool at 0-5%.
itsthebigfoot
Smash Lord
don't get grabbed
ever
ever
Skink
Smash Apprentice
Eat bananas and wear a tie at your tourney for persona.
Jim Morrison
Smash Authority
down-tilt. a good amount. when he's off stage, going for the edge... down-tilt. when he's in reach of a donkey punch... down-tilt. also down-b is so underused. obvious enemies will not see this coming. they will fall for it all fight long. battlefield is a good friend. smashville is a friend too.
i1337
Smash Ace
jungle japes and brinstar are his best counterpicks 
nightwing2024
Smash Cadet
Well, I won the tourney, his tilts are BEASTLY. I pulled off 3 or 4 cargo edge guards, it shocked the crowd. Got 25 bucks to Best Buy.
Also, did you know that on Yoshi's Island, standing on the ghost platform, you can hit someone on the stage with the donkey punch? I won the semifinal match that way. Everyone went bat **** crazy.
Also, did you know that on Yoshi's Island, standing on the ghost platform, you can hit someone on the stage with the donkey punch? I won the semifinal match that way. Everyone went bat **** crazy.
Tujex
Smash Ace
Headbutts are exrtremely lethal when used properly. They can wipe out entire nations.
UpB rips through the space/time continuum, rupturing space around Dk and annihilating everything nearby.
Africa Pawnch unleashs the Wrath of God with 9 winds, rather than fully charged. When full charged, DK uses the extra WoG strength he's built up to protect himself as he sends his divine knuckles into an opponents face.
I mean...anything and everything DK has in his arsenal is worth using...which is what makes him so great. Tilts are your friend. Get to know them all as soon as possible.
UpB rips through the space/time continuum, rupturing space around Dk and annihilating everything nearby.
Africa Pawnch unleashs the Wrath of God with 9 winds, rather than fully charged. When full charged, DK uses the extra WoG strength he's built up to protect himself as he sends his divine knuckles into an opponents face.
I mean...anything and everything DK has in his arsenal is worth using...which is what makes him so great. Tilts are your friend. Get to know them all as soon as possible.
ice_cream_man
Smash Journeyman
Ya i remember when he head butted yugoslavia. A moment of silence.
crifer
Smash Lord
nightwing2024
Smash Cadet
Ah. Well, I don't know if this is a widely used technique, but this is what I do. Knock them off the stage with the clap or a pimpslap. I use DK's ftilt to keep them from the ledge, then, I mindgame them and figure out what they'll do to recover to the stage. I grab them, cargo hold, and stage spike them.
I'm an expert mindgamer, so this works most of the time.
crifer
Smash Lord
now i understand what u mean^^
yeah I rarely use this, because this doesn´t work against most of the recoverys...
but i should try it out...
yeah I rarely use this, because this doesn´t work against most of the recoverys...
but i should try it out...
Donkey Bong
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Veggi
Smash Champion
Nice tourney win, out of curiosity, what were some comments you got?
daisho
Smash Lord
Kind of random but what are any uses of side b?
I think that DKs b moves pwn (I really need to use up b more) but really, when is a side b helpful.
(I can only think of if they trip and you get a free move then side b to double down b or fsmash or dk punch)
I think that DKs b moves pwn (I really need to use up b more) but really, when is a side b helpful.
(I can only think of if they trip and you get a free move then side b to double down b or fsmash or dk punch)
Veggi
Smash Champion
Side-b can be used if someone uses a laggy move right in front of you, if you predict someone's recovery, predict a tech roll, unplug their controller, do a bair and a side-b right after it. It eats shields very well and a bair to side b can break a shield.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=wWiQTh63_XU
^^
or you could do something epic like that.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=wWiQTh63_XU
^^
or you could do something epic like that.
daisho
Smash Lord
crifer
Smash Lord
bair to sideb rules!
other than that u can try to cancel momentum with it while recovering,
to mess uo the enemy edgeguard...
u can even try to sideB the enemy in the air or on the stage while recovering...
as spike its not that strong but it can be useful
other than that u can try to cancel momentum with it while recovering,
to mess uo the enemy edgeguard...
u can even try to sideB the enemy in the air or on the stage while recovering...
as spike its not that strong but it can be useful
paralasalud
Smash Ace
i used to do short hop headbutt out of shield all the time.
it works really well when someone dash attacks you, so depending on the dash attack you can reverse it if they end up on the other side of you (falco, fox, etc) or just do it in front of you.
highandmightyjoe
Smash Ace
I love his upB, I may even use it too much. Superarmor will win matches often. SideB *****, and breaks shields amazingly well. I actually got a kill today off of a shieldbreak, never seen that before. My friends Toon Link was standing at the edge of Yoshi's Islnad and I hit his shield with the headbutt, and when the shield broke he ended up falling of the stage and dying. Didn't know that could happen.
Also Jungle Japes is your best friend in most all matchups. Brinstar too supposedly but I don't have much experience there personally. Perhaps the most important tip, have a counter ready for DDD.
Also Jungle Japes is your best friend in most all matchups. Brinstar too supposedly but I don't have much experience there personally. Perhaps the most important tip, have a counter ready for DDD.
Uncle
Novus Ordo Seclorum
The big ape may be easy to juggle around, but he can definitely take a lot of punishment (only Bowser is heavier than him) and dish it out very well. Beware the big penguin of doom though, he makes DK's life miserable.
I'm sure you know about d-throw+f-tilt, right? That's a good early maneuver.
I'm sure you know about d-throw+f-tilt, right? That's a good early maneuver.
Donkey Bong
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i seriously doubt DK is the 2nd heaviest character
Veggi
Smash Champion
He is, with Snake as 3rd (wtf?)
superglucose
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If your opponent is a falco pick any other character.
Donkey Bong
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Tujex
Smash Ace
I agree. DK can handle everyone except DDD.
Donkey Bong
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king **** **** ****.
augh.
augh.
itsthebigfoot
Smash Lord
l2play
dk is actually the heaviest overall, he's second off the top after dedede, and second off the side after bowser, overall heaviest
yeah... **** the penguin
Grandmastershogun
Smash Rookie
well right at the start of a match i cargo -> down throw->down tilt[until they trip] -> down B and that usaually gets them to around 40% if they dont block anything.
Crystanium
Smash Hero
Veggi
Smash Champion
Oh, cool. I didn't know that.
Nine-wind punch does a good amount more knock-back than the fully charged one.
Donkey Bong
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nine winds is when you charge your Africa Paunch after DK rotates his arm nine times
it has higher knockback than a fully charged AP, its really useful to kill at absurdly low damages, i'm talking in the 40-70% damage range here, depending upon which character you're playing against.