Good stuff to all you guys that rep'd diddy at apex. Going to watch all of the vids and take notes tomorrow as its my day off from classes. gotta hit that lab. I know vman uploaded a match or two of bosses diddy, did anyone else get recorded? bracket, pools, MM's, even friendlies, as limited as they were. Gotta absorb everything.
Some stuff I've been stealing/using and incorporating into my game plan:
AGTing bananas on platforms above me, throwing them down back to the ground for use later. I stole this after watching one of Guy's vids where he did it on Wario ware to control literally the entire stage and keep his opponent limited to the ledge and about and inch of stage. It was beautiful. I enjoy how fast and safe it is, allowing me to "reset" my bananas without putting my face out there or fully committing to landing on a platform. It also looks really fluid and pretty bad ass.
Popgun reset on spacies after diddy hump. I try to use it sparingly, but when disqo first said something about it It kinda blew my mind. Most of the time I have trouble hit confirming side-b's in general off spacies, so especially at low percents this is a great tool to rack up percent, like 17% i think, and when it does jab-reset them its either a free grab>gimp, grab> uthrow >nair juggles, or usmash> juggle. fantastic option if you can catch them missing a tech.
Dairing as a follow up on mid-weights and floaties after a side-b. I mostly use this on characters I would have a ton of problems edge guarding if I just faired or up-b'd and didn't kill them outright, or against opponents I want to stay grounded for easy tech chases. I've found it really useful against peach and samus, who would just recovery for pretty much free anyway. I like to trade any percent I would possibly rack up through knocking peach back off stage for the chance to get a tech chased d-smash or even another side-b read. In theory I would like to use this on snake as well, the combo works on him if I read the DI correctly and edge guarding him can be a pain as well.
I'm still trying to incorporate dash attack off platforms into my game more. Its just not something I think about because I try to stay off platforms for the most part unless I'm using them to combo, forcing bad positioning for my opponent, or camping a peach or something. I see its uses though and am working on it.
I quit my job until the end of the semester so I have Saturdays completely open again, going to go to our bi-weekly pm tourneys now instead of just smashfests every week. Here's hoping I can put all this diddy practice to good use.
Some stuff I've been stealing/using and incorporating into my game plan:
AGTing bananas on platforms above me, throwing them down back to the ground for use later. I stole this after watching one of Guy's vids where he did it on Wario ware to control literally the entire stage and keep his opponent limited to the ledge and about and inch of stage. It was beautiful. I enjoy how fast and safe it is, allowing me to "reset" my bananas without putting my face out there or fully committing to landing on a platform. It also looks really fluid and pretty bad ass.
Popgun reset on spacies after diddy hump. I try to use it sparingly, but when disqo first said something about it It kinda blew my mind. Most of the time I have trouble hit confirming side-b's in general off spacies, so especially at low percents this is a great tool to rack up percent, like 17% i think, and when it does jab-reset them its either a free grab>gimp, grab> uthrow >nair juggles, or usmash> juggle. fantastic option if you can catch them missing a tech.
Dairing as a follow up on mid-weights and floaties after a side-b. I mostly use this on characters I would have a ton of problems edge guarding if I just faired or up-b'd and didn't kill them outright, or against opponents I want to stay grounded for easy tech chases. I've found it really useful against peach and samus, who would just recovery for pretty much free anyway. I like to trade any percent I would possibly rack up through knocking peach back off stage for the chance to get a tech chased d-smash or even another side-b read. In theory I would like to use this on snake as well, the combo works on him if I read the DI correctly and edge guarding him can be a pain as well.
I'm still trying to incorporate dash attack off platforms into my game more. Its just not something I think about because I try to stay off platforms for the most part unless I'm using them to combo, forcing bad positioning for my opponent, or camping a peach or something. I see its uses though and am working on it.
I quit my job until the end of the semester so I have Saturdays completely open again, going to go to our bi-weekly pm tourneys now instead of just smashfests every week. Here's hoping I can put all this diddy practice to good use.