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Rizen

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Well this is the Link forum and people post here. In Brawl I would critique replays in the video thread and give MU advice. I'm not in a position to do that in SSB4 from lack of experience. :urg:
 

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In other words, your fundamentals as a player should be more important than your main's placement on a teir list. Just because you play a good character, doesn't exactly make you good. And besides, a teir list can change, so until you're a solid player, then it shouldn't mean jack s*** to you.

Edit: Didn't see Elessar's post when typing this, but yeah, what he said.
FG kid, I play as captain falcon cause he is fast, that makes me good at smash brothers automatically.

*looses to link on FG*

Link is OP, He needs a nerf!

*goes home crying*

@ link7 link7 Links spin attack is worse than brawls and looses his tether recovery.
 
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If anything is pointless, it would be reading your nonsensical post where not only you mentioned Shulk twice, but you also say "link is better but has bad MU vs". What, pray tell, was your measure for "better" if not MU?
I will respond to you under the cut since you asked a direct question here.
1) DUKEL was probably being snarky at cat and doesn't axtually/honestly want to hear from experience.
I was being half-sarcastic. I do actually want to hear his opinion. Was just responding to his snark with snark.
 
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Himura Kenshin

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Can we all just agree that Link got screwed over majorly? He was BARELY viable before the nerfs, then they destroyed him because he's popular.

Edit: We'll have to wait and see how he looks at high level play, of course, we already know that no one is going to play as him, because there are characters that are faster, stronger, and have a better projectile game, so there's no point in using Link professionally. Thing is, the devs know that we'll be using Link whether he's good or bad, so why even make him better?
 
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DUKEL

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Can we all just agree that Link got screwed over majorly? He was BARELY viable before the nerfs, then they destroyed him because he's popular.
I blame AceStar. One of the most popular Smash YouTubers releasing a video declaring Link to be OP, simply because he wasn't a capable enough player to deal with him.

The video's very painful to watch. He pretty much posted it due to salt, and you can hear his whine the entire video.

So it was his video, and the many many many people calling the jab cancel an infinite...

He got nerfed so hard due to misinformation and stupidity.
 
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DUKEL

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I saw three links at the last tourney I was at. And the tourney only had 60 people.

Granted, all three of them were FG Links but...
 

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I saw three links at the last tourney I was at. And the tourney only had 60 people.

Granted, all three of them were FG Links but...
My last tournament were 3 links (including me) out of 36... the other two were FG level... btw, I'm a little more confident of myself to classify me as FG scrub...
 
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Serac

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Do you guys remember the tip in the vault that said that Link's jab linked into anything? I have been looking for it since some days ago and can't find it. Do any of you have a screenshot or a link about it that could share, please?
 

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I blame AceStar. One of the most popular Smash YouTubers releasing a video declaring Link to be OP, simply because he wasn't a capable enough player to deal with him.

The video's very painful to watch. He pretty much posted it due to salt, and you can hear his whine the entire video.

So it was his video, and the many many many people calling the jab cancel an infinite...

He got nerfed so hard due to misinformation and stupidity.
Be sure to leave some hate comments for him and explain how Nintendo should have went about patching Link's jab. And the fact that Nintendo actually took his video seriously shows how inexperienced Sakurai's staff is. Why did Namco have to leave? Ugh.

To be honest, I'm not expecting anything out of this patch besides bombslides getting removed. I'll be surprised if Link gets any kind of buff, and I would have a seizure out of pure happiness if he got anything major. But again, I'm not expecting a lot of good coming from this patch.

Do you guys remember the tip in the vault that said that Link's jab linked into anything? I have been looking for it since some days ago and can't find it. Do any of you have a screenshot or a link about it that could share, please?
If that is indeed true, it could be safe to expect a buff to jab 2's ability to combo into things. But yeah, someone needs to look for that. I remember someone talking about it and saying that it was BS because jab 2 doesn't actually combo into anything besides maybe jab 3. But even if it is true that the information is in the game, Nintendo could always just remove it and not do ****.
 
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Do you guys remember the tip in the vault that said that Link's jab linked into anything? I have been looking for it since some days ago and can't find it. Do any of you have a screenshot or a link about it that could share, please?
It is probably gone because that would be a false statement now.
 

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Do you guys remember the tip in the vault that said that Link's jab linked into anything? I have been looking for it since some days ago and can't find it. Do any of you have a screenshot or a link about it that could share, please?
I remember that tip in the vault.
It used to show up all the time for me.
Now it just makes me pissed when I remember it.
 

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*Moved from my last post*

I've found the information on Smashwiki. "Standard Attack– Opponents struck by the full three-hit combo will get launched, or you can combine the first two hits with up or down smash attacks to keep things fresh".

Here's a link to where I found the info.
http://www.ssbwiki.com/List_of_tips_(SSB4-Wii_U)

Funny thing is, it doesn't actually mention anything about jab 2 being able to combo into his smashes besides maybe the word "combine". I guess we'll just have to wait and see if this means anything for Link's jab in the next patch.
 
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I wonder how many annoying ******* we'd get rid of if we just locked the social. Would sure clean up nicely.
 

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Well, it is kind of hard to tell if someone is sarcastic on the internet. Maybe add some like *sarcasm* something next time you are sarcastic.
Or you could just, you know...use the forum's built in sarcasm feature? Just do like you're gonna make a quote or spoiler and write "sarcasm" in the brackets (without the quotation marks, of course). It'll generate a funny looking text Ļίķέ ţħίş.
Does it matter? Probably not. It's still something that we can discuss and debate over instead of the pointless trash that filled last page between former mod + person who puts too much stock in age.
A) I've never been a mod of the Link boards. Although I'm flattered that you liken my demeanor unto one worthy of modship.

B) When referring to 'pointless trash' I assume you're talking about the content that came from the opposite party because my posts most defiantly had a point. It just seems that some people (including the intended recipient) were too dense to realize it.
 

DarkDeity15

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Or you could just, you know...use the forum's built in sarcasm feature? Just do like you're gonna make a quote or spoiler and write "sarcasm" in the brackets (without the quotation marks, of course). It'll generate a funny looking text Ļίķέ ţħίş.

A) I've never been a mod of the Link boards. Although I'm flattered that you liken my demeanor unto one worthy of modship.

B) When referring to 'pointless trash' I assume you're talking about the content that came from the opposite party because my posts most defiantly had a point. It just seems that some people (including the intended recipient) were too dense to realize it.
Most defiantly indeed lol.
 

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I finally felt like I was getting back to the swing of things with link again last night. I guess grueling away at absolutely sucking it up with lucario gave me the break I needed. Also I played the "how many times can I hit you with upb" game.
 

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RIP Cristopher Lee. You made a great Saruman.
He played a great Count dooku from star wars and saruman from LotR. He will be missed.
May the Triforce of Courage be with us.
This patch better buff Link is some areas.
I blame AceStar. One of the most popular Smash YouTubers releasing a video declaring Link to be OP, simply because he wasn't a capable enough player to deal with him.

The video's very painful to watch. He pretty much posted it due to salt, and you can hear his whine the entire video.

So it was his video, and the many many many people calling the jab cancel an infinite...

He got nerfed so hard due to misinformation and stupidity.
****ing **** head. Hope they nerf his character hard.
Link's popular?
Wyut?
Link popular... *busts out laughing* more like infamous.
 

ama99

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But we are not talking about 'favorite video game character tourney' are we?
I am merely stating that Link is a popular character, there is indisputable evidence supporting that. Especially among more casual players.

The only group that he is "infamous" among are salty scrubs who can't shield.
 
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I am merely stating that Link is a popular character, there is indisputable evidence supporting that. Especially among more casual players.

The only group that he is "infamous" among are salty scrubs who can't shield.
Yeah, I can't disagree with you. I have a friend who loves the Zelda series... But says Link is his least favorite character cause I 2 stock him every time we play. LOL scrubs.
 
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The only potential buff I see coming, is dtilt. They're probably going to make it kill like a normal move again, because dtilt as of now can't even kill in sudden death - which is bullsh**.
 

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I just posted a few things in the metagame thread if you guys feel like taking a look and sparking a conversation there. Besides, the thread hasn't seen too much activity for a while. It's about time we fully revive it, especially with the patch coming this weekend.
 
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The Merc

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Have you guys heard this piece yet?
Its.....beautiful.....

It brings back a lot of memories.

Just because it's different doesn't necessarily mean it's bad.
I don't know. A lot of the time that seems to be the case with some series. Just look at SS.

Or you could just, you know...use the forum's built in sarcasm feature? Just do like you're gonna make a quote or spoiler and write "sarcasm" in the brackets (without the quotation marks, of course). It'll generate a funny looking text Ļίķέ ţħίş.
There's a sarcasm feature?

[sarcasm]Testing[/sarcasm]

Edit: Dam, it's not working :/
 
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smokebomb12

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Have you guys heard this piece yet?
Its.....beautiful.....

It brings back a lot of memories.



I don't know. A lot of the time that seems to be the case with some series. Just look at SS.



There's a sarcasm feature?

[sarcasm]Testing[/sarcasm]

Edit: Dam, it's not working :/
Skyward sword was amazing.
 

TurboLink

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I blame AceStar. One of the most popular Smash YouTubers releasing a video declaring Link to be OP, simply because he wasn't a capable enough player to deal with him.

The video's very painful to watch. He pretty much posted it due to salt, and you can hear his whine the entire video.

So it was his video, and the many many many people calling the jab cancel an infinite...

He got nerfed so hard due to misinformation and stupidity.
Can I have a link to this video?
 
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