I Wanna Main Kirby

[The Phazon Assassin]

OK, after playing Brawl+, a game I don't enjoy that much, I decided to main Kirby+. After going back to play regular Brawl, I realized that the two versions of Kirby are similar. I want to pick up Kirby as a hardcore tournament main, replacing ROB as my third, with Dedede and Snake being one and two. I have some questions that I hope will get me pointed in the right direction.

1. Who are Kirby's bad match-ups, and how does one overcome them?

2. After the F-Throw>Uair combo, what are good offensive options? And, if an opponent DI's out of grab range, what are other possible options?

3. Who has a good move that is actually worth attempting to Swallow for?

4. What is Kirby's best momentum cancelling Aerial? Also, is Aerial>Down-B a good way to cancel momentum?

5. Drill kick>Footstool. How easy is this to pull off consistantly?

6. I had a few more questions, but I can't remember them. I need to learn to write stuff down.

Anyway, thanks in advance for you time, and any other pointers you're willing to give me would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Kewkky]

OK, after playing Brawl+, a game I don't enjoy that much, I decided to main Kirby+. After going back to play regular Brawl, I realized that the two versions of Kirby are similar. I want to pick up Kirby as a hardcore tournament main, replacing ROB as my third, with Dedede and Snake being one and two. I have some questions that I hope will get me pointed in the right direction.

Welcome to the Kirby community! :D

1. Who are Kirby's bad match-ups, and how does one overcome them?

The ones that should give you the most trouble are Marth, G&W, MK, and Snake, according to what I know (I might be wrong). Stringing hits, while maintaining a clear mind and concentrating on what your opponent is doing (plus baiting him into doing what you want him to do) are the best ways to get past them.

2. After the F-Throw>Uair combo, what are good offensive options? And, if an opponent DI's out of grab range, what are other possible options?

spaced Bairs, ftilts, dtilts, spaced fair, and fsmashes are good against people outside grab range. Just make sure you're not attacking their shields, or they'll punish you for it (much like with every other character that likes poking shields).

3. Who has a good move that is actually worth attempting to Swallow for?

Can't really help you on this one, on the count that... I never swallow to take abilities when 'm versing anyone. ;D

4. What is Kirby's best momentum cancelling Aerial? Also, is Aerial>Down-B a good way to cancel momentum?

Some people use bair to cancel horizontal momentum, and dair for vertical momentum. Aerial>Down-B takes to long to start, so bair/dair work better.

5. Drill kick>Footstool. How easy is this to pull off consistantly?

Ridiculously easy if you hit someone with a dair head-on. However, some characters require a different timing, since they are smaller and you need to wait for them to jump and rise a bit more.

6. I had a few more questions, but I can't remember them. I need to learn to write stuff down.

Me too :D

Anyway, thanks in advance for you time, and any other pointers you're willing to give me would be greatly appreciated.

utilts are great combo starters, as are dthrows. I personally think kirby's ground game revolves around grabbing, tilts, short-hopped aerials, and smashes, in order of damage-racking... And, IMO, his air game revolves around bair a lot. It's your spacing tool, damage racker, KOing move, momentum breaker, and favorite OoS option if you want to attack without ending up vlnerable.

So, brush up on your reaction speed before hitting any tourneys as kirby! The better you are at reading others and reacting in split seconds, the more AMAZING you'll do as kirby!

 

[T-nuts]

OK, after playing Brawl+, a game I don't enjoy that much, I decided to main Kirby+. After going back to play regular Brawl, I realized that the two versions of Kirby are similar. I want to pick up Kirby as a hardcore tournament main, replacing ROB as my third, with Dedede and Snake being one and two. I have some questions that I hope will get me pointed in the right direction.

1. Who are Kirby's bad match-ups, and how does one overcome them?

2. After the F-Throw>Uair combo, what are good offensive options? And, if an opponent DI's out of grab range, what are other possible options?

3. Who has a good move that is actually worth attempting to Swallow for?

4. What is Kirby's best momentum cancelling Aerial? Also, is Aerial>Down-B a good way to cancel momentum?

5. Drill kick>Footstool. How easy is this to pull off consistantly?

6. I had a few more questions, but I can't remember them. I need to learn to write stuff down.

Anyway, thanks in advance for you time, and any other pointers you're willing to give me would be greatly appreciated.

1. kirby's worst matchups are (debatably) snake, marth, game and watch, and ice climbers. your other characters should be able to handle all 4 of them just fine.

2. after the uair connects you can do alot of things. regrab is good sometimes, reverse utilt is usually best at keeping a string alive, and often, just waiting for your opponent to react/playing some defense is good after the uair.

3. Hmm. lucario, meta knight, olimar, pikachu, samus, luigi...mostly any character with a projectile is helpful. careful though as some of them can hit you with a dair immediately after swallow ends.

4. dair. do not use stone.

5. easier than you might think, i get it all the time and often on accident lol

6. welcome to the kirby boards.

 

[A1lion835]

Kirby has a lot of matchups not in his favor, but they're more like 55-45 or at worst 60-40. The ones you'll have the most trouble with are marth(a) and snake (anyone quick with reasonable disjoints also screws kirby over, though mk is surprisingly only 55-45 his favor). He also has lots of pretty good matchups on high tiers:D(***** falco, goes about even with mk as I said, advantage on D3, even with Pika, etc.).

However next time, put this in the social thread. This is probably gonna get locked.

 

[|RK|]

I think I'll use this topic to announce I'm placing Lucario as my secondary and Kirby is my main now.

 

[A1lion835]

I think I'll use this topic to announce I'm placing Lucario as my secondary and Kirby is my main now.

Woot! Nice :D .

 

[Xiivi]

Please use the social/Q&A stickied threads.
Thanks for joining the Kirby community.