Low KO count with Kirby

[CJR]

When I play Kirby against my friend's Ganondorf on 3 stock, even though I win about 70% of the matches, he gets WAY more KOs. It seems that I'm rarely applying the final blow on my opponent, but provoking him into a mistake. Repeated unanswerable small attacks can make a powerful player get frustrated, and want to go in for the major kill. Then I normally do creative edge-guarding to ensure they don't recover from their move

Is this how Kirby is meant to be played? I really can't see him going in with the big smashes all the time.

 

[skellitorman]

Not nessessarily. That probly wont happen often against more skilled players or in a tournament. Work on getting KOs. Its better that way. Also if you kirbycide alot that doesn't can't as your kill.

 

[Dragon_Hawk]

The idea behind Kirby is that you use his evasive game (good roll, quick sidestep, crouch, good shield) to poke at them until you can knock them off the level and edgeguard them (usually with B-airs off the stage, above the stage or D-smash if they're sweet-spotting). This is obviously complicated by his lack of the following: range, damage, durability, combo potential and kill move.

You also have to stick to the other guy to win because he gets pressured by spam very easily and doesn't have an answer to it. He's also approach ********, but he fares even worse at a distance so stick to the other guy. Less breathing room is better.

 

[CJR]

Some nice advice, thanks all Does a death caused by edgeguarding count as my KO? Not a meteor smash but just denying him back on the stage

 

[Pariah]

Yes.
If you make it past their ledgeguard to the ledge, jump to bair.
Works. Every. Time.

 

[CJR]

Um... so if they are ledgeguarding you, and you get past, hit them off?

 

[Wilhelmsan]

Yes.
If you make it past their ledgeguard to the ledge, jump to bair.
Works. Every. Time.

No.
If you jump to bair, you can expect a WD back -> Fsmash from just about any character.
Nothing. Works. Every. Time.

 

[Zorga]

I'm a little using Kirby, and I play a defensive game. He has good rolls and dodges, a big shield compared to his lengh, and an super grab range =D effective for shieldgrabbing. I don't understand why players think he is so bad...

 

[Buttcrust]

He dies very easily and has a tough time killing players with good DI. Other than that he's great though.

 

[CJR]

The way I've always seen it is that if you don't get hit by anyone, he's just as good as the rest Only when people start pinging you round the map does Kirby's weaknesses before apparent