Luigi Stage Pick Discussion

[King_Peachee]

What sort of stages are you guys banning on a regular basis? Which ones are you wanting to take your opponent to? I know it varies depending on the character (for instance, I am almost always banning halberd against Diddy) so include information on your stage striking and counter pick strategies against certain characters.

Personally, I like taking Luigi to Battefield or Smashville, though some characters do really well with the platforms, I think we have more options having platforms than without (like on FD).

Counterpicking, I typically choose Delfino or Castle Siege as the transformations tend to throw opponents off their game plan.

 

[busken]

All depends on the matchup. In my favor I like to go to low ceilings since Luigi gets most his kills of the top via up b, nair, cyclone.

 

[hey_there]

Battlefield and Town&City are my favourite for starter stages. Luigi's strength on battlefield has been well documented, but Town&City has been really good, too. I find with his high jumps he can reach some of the higher platforms much easier than a lot of other characters and can really apply huge pressure with them.

I actually like halberd as a counterpick because of the low ceilings and sharking with his great aerial game. I also really like Congo Jungle because I find it much easier to edge guard, but against heavier characters I don't like to go there because of the high ceilings.

 

[ThunderSt0rm]

Yea I'm not afraid to take diddy to halberd. Diddy can die probably as early as 80-90% from dthrow>cyclone and you should be able to avoid dthrow>uair at higher percents if you DI correctly.

For some reason I've found myself going to Duck Hunt more than I thought I would.

 

[King_Peachee]

I totally agree with your sentiment about Dunk Hunt. I like that stage for some reason. I should pick it more often.

What's the stage Luigi has the most difficulty with?

 

[Yonder]

Never take FD unless the character your versing has no projectile or a weaker projectile than Luigi. Like Luigi vs Falco, Link, Villager, etc on FD is bad news.

 

[STiCKYBULL3TZ]

Been playing in some tournaments lately and I've been forced to think about stage selection.

Luigi can perform well on any stage so he pretty much has to pick stage based on who he's fighting. Against projectile characters I would avoid FD, Duck Hunt, Smashville (one platform isn't enough), and Lylat(linear platforms). I would pretty much always avoid Lylat unless you know you're better on that stage than someone else. A few times I've dropped grabs because of the tilting.

If you're going against anyone else, I would go with Halberd, Delfino, or T&C because of lower ceilings. Most of Luigi's kill moves kill off the top. Against characters with no projectile or a non-spammable projectile you could go FD or a linear stage and force them to your pace with Fireball

 

[ThunderSt0rm]

Been playing in some tournaments lately and I've been forced to think about stage selection.

Luigi can perform well on any stage so he pretty much has to pick stage based on who he's fighting. Against projectile characters I would avoid FD, Duck Hunt, Smashville (one platform isn't enough), and Lylat(linear platforms). I would pretty much always avoid Lylat unless you know you're better on that stage than someone else. A few times I've dropped grabs because of the tilting.

If you're going against anyone else, I would go with Halberd, Delfino, or T&C because of lower ceilings. Most of Luigi's kill moves kill off the top. Against characters with no projectile or a non-spammable projectile you could go FD or a linear stage and force them to your pace with Fireball

I personally have sv and town&city switched in your statement. T&C is pretty big and gives someone room to camp you/run away while sv is a bit smaller than brawl's version so it keeps you somewhat close to the other person.

 

[MintChipper]

I love baiting my opponent to the tree on Duck Hunt for easy kills. It's my favorite stage in the game.

 

[Soupy]

I enjoy Battlefield, Town and City, Smashville, and Lylat. I love Halberd but it's my "unlucky" stage. I always either do extremely well or extremely terrible there haha. However, I love killing with up b off of the low ceiling.

I ban dunk hunt (because I just dont like duck hunt) and Delfino a lot.

 

[PXL]

i think he does best under battlefield..