RedCap-BlueSpikes
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Same. People like Ryo and Trevonte consistently preform well with her and, even after making the switch to Diddy, AeroLink still believes she's mid-tier.
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I agree with you. Her custom moves don't make or break her as a character. The only thing I could criticize about default Palutena is the lag after her smash attacks, but other than that, she's good. Her Autoreticle (is that spelled right?) is an okay move, her Reflect can gimp, and she has a counter that's pretty useful.Personally I'm probably gonna use Palutena more. I get a Ganondorf feel off of her. Doesn't pack as much power but the playstyle is similar with punishing for mistakes and wants to go for strong single strikes but has a few more tools such as a warp, reflector, decent grab range, and a projectile wave, oh and a counter. And I find a trend that down throw sets up stuff for a lot of characters I play. DDD, Palutena, Meta Knight, ZSS, Ganondorf, etc.
I wouldn't say Palutena is bad. Just is more technical and has a learning curve.
I agree. I think if you put enough time and practice into a character who isn't speculated at a "whoa-awesome-S-Tier-character" can still be made viable. Just reading your opponent and practicing with your character is perfectly fine, and you can end up becoming a good player regardless of character choices.Honestly, I feel like there's too much faith being put into imaginary tier lists and their respective reflections on particular characters.
Just play who you want to play and make the most of their moves. Not exactly difficult. I find myself consistently performing best with Palutena, even with characters that are much higher-tier and that I'm equally skilled with, simply because I love the character.
It's not a case of "which characters are worse?", it's a case of "how can we make this character better?"Which characters are arguably worse?
Out of interest, which ones do you prefer?I liked her before custom moves quite a bit, but the second I saw her custom moves I honestly just couldn't turn back.
I'm a high risk high rewards kinda guy, so I lovvveee Lightweight.Out of interest, which ones do you prefer?
I'm of the very, very small minority that prefers the default moveset, eheheh~
I feel like I'm one of the few who like her defaults as well. Most of my friends and people on here say her specials are useless, but honestly, I can't count the amount of times I've screwed random players and friends alike over with her Reflect Barrier (probably the most unique reflector in the game IMO) knock-back mechanics and her Warp mind games, as well as her strange F-Smash mechanics that knock people away slightly; nothing better than killing someone with that wisp of wind that pushed them ever so slightly away, making them fall to their death. I believe I have seen a chart that also shows everyone's counters, I recall Palutena's actually ranking quite well in terms of frames active and damage returned.Out of interest, which ones do you prefer?
I'm of the very, very small minority that prefers the default moveset, eheheh~
Why wrongly assume I haven't seen Big D or Aerolink use Palutena? Snap your own judgements.@ Hippieslayer Watch Big D or Aerolink use Palutena before you make snap judgments.
I've seen it being suggested that you can play her in a similar manner to Ganondorf.When playing her I get this weird mix between Sheik and Ike. She has high mobility and can can get good combos off (Sheik), but has strong smash attacks that have a lot of cool down and should be used for punishing (Ike). But that's just me. I'm not a person who cares much about tier lists *hides my Sheik icon >.<* but I don't think that she's a bad character. I believe that many people are underestimating her abilities due to her obvious flaws (i.e. her laggy tilts) instead of focusing on her strengths.
Now that you mention it, she kinda does play like Ganon but faster and has more approach optionsI've seen it being suggested that you can play her in a similar manner to Ganondorf.
As a Palutena main / 'Dorf sub, this intrigues me~