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Classic MAX INTENSITY CLASSIC MODE Discussion

kylexv

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Have been on a personal grind to beat 9.9 with everyone. Currently have 6 left (:ultvillager::ultpalutena::ultduckhunt::ultbayonetta::ultsimon::ultisabelle:).
If anyone has any tips, let me know.
I guess on the topic of scoring, :ultyoshi: is my highest with 2.094 million. And that required me to beat Rathalos while already at 9.9, which is no easy task.

Your intensity seems to go up more the faster you clear a round and the less damage you take. I've gotten +0.9 on the first round before. The easiest way to see this is to go into Wii Fit Trainer's classic, and when the round starts, do a down b. Wario will use Side-B. Shield it, Wario will drive past it and kill himself. Get +0.9 every time as long as I don't take damage there.
 
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JiggyNinja

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Have been on a personal grind to beat 9.9 with everyone. Currently have 6 left (:ultvillager::ultpalutena::ultduckhunt::ultbayonetta::ultsimon::ultisabelle:).
If anyone has any tips, let me know.
I guess on the topic of scoring, :ultyoshi: is my highest with 2.094 million. And that required me to beat Rathalos while already at 9.9, which is no easy task.

Your intensity seems to go up more the faster you clear a round and the less damage you take. I've gotten +0.9 on the first round before. The easiest way to see this is to go into Wii Fit Trainer's classic, and when the round starts, do a down b. Wario will use Side-B. Shield it, Wario will drive past it and kill himself. Get +0.9 every time as long as I don't take damage there.
I'm the one that wants tips! I haven't done nearly as well as you have.

My highest score is 2.022 million with Young Link. and if you notice from my giant post in the last page, he's one of the characters I don't have 9.9 with yet. Don't know how he's my high score. Go figure.

Just got Palutena 9.9 today. For her:
:ultzelda::ultlink: and :ultsimon::ultrichter: and :ultbayonetta:: try to keep your distance and Explosive Flame and Auto-Reticule them for damage. The Belmonts' whips can be pretty savage.
:ultcloud:: Shark under the platforms with Nair.
:ultshulk:: Camp one of the blast zones at the top and shield grab -> back throw to victory. Do not chase him down, that just wastes way too much time. He'll come to you.
:ultpit::ultdarkpit:: Do not chase them down, stay at one of the sides and just try as best as you can to blast them all off.

Bayo: Bullet Climax is great for racking up damage, and Heel Slide is a good mid-range lunge attack. For the Pits of Skyworld, camp on the top platform and punch them in the face (f smash) when the come up to attack you.

Simon; It's the same tactics as Richter, just a bit harder. Give them a bullet hell with all your projectiles, than Holy Water -> F smash for victory.

Finally got Jigglypuff!! ****ing had 9.8 going into the last fight, hate it when the game's like "you didn't quite do THAT good". Fortunately DK's a chump. You need your Rests on point for this fight.
:ultlink: and :ultmario:: Escort them to the blast zone with Fairs, they suck. Mario can be killed with Sing -> Rest, but Hyrule Castle is too tall to be worth doing against Link.
:ultsamus::ultyoshi:: You can try to cheese it be leading all the way to the left cloud and hoping the SD after it disappears, but this can be quite difficult. I KOed Samus with a Drill and threw the base at Yoshi.
:ultkirby::ultfox:: Rest aggressively. Fox is way too fast to try to fight normally, and Kirby is hard to gimp. They each die to one rest anyway.
:ultpikachu:: Reprising his role in SSB64 as The Rat, he's small, fast, with disjointed attacks that out-prioritize everything you've got. In other words, Jigglypuff's worst nightmare. You've basically got no choice but to try to whiff punish with Rest. Unfortunately it takes two to kill him.
:ultfalcon::ultluigi::ultness::ultjigglypuff:: You cannot win this fight the standard way, you will be bounced around like a pinball. Aggressive Resting is the only hope you have.
Giant :ultdk:: And at the end of it all...a total pushover. Just don't get smashed. It's up to you if you want to escort him to the blastzone with a fair chain or send him to the sky with Rest.

Then I tried again and got 9.9 after the secret character fight. Got a great Pikachu fight hitting him with 2 Rests after he whiffed an up smash and side B. Seriously, your accuracy with Rest is everything. That "9.9 with just Rest" video on Youtube isn't a meme, it's basically the strat.
 
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kylexv

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I've done it.
I've officially beaten 9.9 with everyone.
First with :ultkirby:, last with :ultisabelle:. I don't have to touch classic again until Joker comes out.

Some Stats:
  • My first 5 9.9 clears were with :ultkirby::ultjigglypuff::ultlucina::ultwario::ultlucario:
  • My last 5 9.9 clears (in the base roster) were with :ultpalutena::ultduckhunt::ultsimon::ultbayonetta::ultisabelle:
  • My highest score is :ultyoshi:, with 2,094,900
  • My lowest score is :ultsteve:, with 1,477,760. This is actually a score from an unsuccessful attempt, but it ended up being higher than my 9.9 run.
  • More info on scores is below
Total Score: 154,675,131

:ultyoshi:: 2,094,900
:ultlink:: 2,081,070
:ulthero:: 1,997,630
:ultbowser:: 1,993,940
:ultpiranha:: 1,979,930
:ultwario:: 1,975,800
:ultlucas:: 1,972,130
:ultsimon:: 1,960,860
:ultfox:: 1,957,980
:ultwolf:: 1,956,770
:ultpyra:: 1,954,370
:ultken:: 1,951,550
:ultmarth:: 1,945,260
:ultryu:: 1,944,050
:ultduckhunt:: 1,943,390
:ultkirby:: 1,935,420
:ultridley:: 1,930,160
:ultpokemontrainer:: 1,926,210
:ultlucina:: 1,923,460
:ultlittlemac:: 1,921,870
:ultkrool:: 1,920,620
:ultincineroar:: 1,914,860
:ultinkling:: 1,911,940
:ultsamus:: 1,908,980
:ultfalco:: 1,904,800
:ultminmin: 1,904,210
:ultpalutena:: 1,903,470
:ultdaisy:: 1,901,170
:ultpeach:: 1,900,660
:ulticeclimbers:: 1,898,220
:ultkingdedede:: 1,895,960
:ultmegaman:: 1,889,470
:ultwiifittrainer:: 1,889,250
:ultrobin:: 1,887,320
:ultdoc:: 1,886,210
:ultbowserjr:: 1,884,750
:ultgreninja:: 1,882,790
:ultsora:: 1,882,660
:ultcloud:: 1,882,110
:ultsephiroth:: 1,876,540
:ultike:: 1,876,240
:ultbyleth: : 1,875,300
:ultroy:: 1,872,110
:ultolimar:: 1,871,500
:ultshulk:: 1,870,390
:ultsheik:: 1,869,420
:ultjoker:: 1,869,270
:ultpit:: 1,867,880
:ultganondorf:: 1,866,610
:ultrichter:: 1,860,190
:ultyounglink:: 1,859,260
:ultdk:: 1,857,630
:ultmewtwo:: 1,854,030
:ultness:: 1,846,710
:ultzelda:: 1,843,520
:ultcorrinf:: 1,842,770
:ultsonic:: 1,842,270
:ultchrom:: 1,840,100
:ultbanjokazooie:: 1,836,650
:ultsnake:: 1,835,290
:ult_terry:: 1,830,670
:ultdarksamus:: 1,830,370
:ultgnw:: 1,830,050
:ultdarkpit:: 1,815,660
:ultrob:: 1,808,030
:ultlucario:: 1,802,890
:ultpichu:: 1,794,510
:ultkazuya:: 1,789,470
:ultfalcon:: 1,784,730
:ultpacman:: 1,784,670
:ultisabelle:: 1,780,570
:ultdiddy:: 1,778,170
:ultmetaknight:: 1,776,590
:ulttoonlink:: 1,773,280
:ultpikachu:: 1,771,930
:ultjigglypuff:: 1,763,390
:ultvillager:: 1,732,830
:ultrosalina:: 1,731,250
:ultmario:: 1,716,100
:ultluigi:: 1,652,950
:ultbayonetta:: 1,605,911
:ultzss:: 1,558,072
:ultsteve:: 1,477,760
I'll continue to update this post as DLC characters come out.

UPDATE: I have also completed every Co-op Classic Mode at 9.9 with my roommate. It's been something we've been working towards for over a year and now it's finally done. Scores may or may not be posted soon.

EDIT: Added Joker.
EDIT 2: Added Hero.
EDIT 3: Added Banjo.
EDIT 4: Added Terry.
EDIT 5: Added Byleth.
EDIT 6: Added Min Min.
EDIT 7: Added Steve.
EDIT 8: Added Sephiroth.
EDIT 9: Added Pyra/Mythra.
EDIT 10: Added Kazuya.
EDIT 11: Added Sora. And, with that, I can finally rest...
 
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channel_KYX

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I've done it.
I've officially beaten 9.9 with everyone.
First with :ultkirby:, last with :ultisabelle:. I don't have to touch classic again until Joker comes out.

Some Stats:
  • My first 5 9.9 clears were with :ultkirby::ultjigglypuff::ultlucina::ultwario::ultlucario:
  • My last 5 9.9 clears were with :ultpalutena::ultduckhunt::ultsimon::ultbayonetta::ultisabelle:
  • My highest score is :ultyoshi:, with 2,094,900
  • My lowest score is :ultzss:, with 1,558,072. I got to 9.9 before the Hands, but died twice to them.
  • More info on scores is below
Total Score: 133,058,708

:ultyoshi:: 2,094,900
:ultbowser:: 1,993,940
:ultpiranha:: 1,979,930
:ultwario:: 1,975,800
:ultlucas:: 1,972,130
:ultsimon:: 1,960,860
:ultfox:: 1,957,980
:ultwolf:: 1,956,770
:ultken:: 1,951,550
:ultmarth:: 1,945,260
:ultryu:: 1,944,050
:ultduckhunt:: 1,943,390
:ultridley:: 1,930,160
:ultpokemontrainer:: 1,926,210
:ultlittlemac:: 1,921,870
:ultkrool:: 1,920,620
:ultincineroar:: 1,914,860
:ultinkling:: 1,911,940
:ultsamus:: 1,908,980
:ultfalco:: 1,904,800
:ultpalutena:: 1,903,470
:ultdaisy:: 1,901,170
:ultpeach:: 1,900,660
:ulticeclimbers:: 1,898,220
:ultkingdedede:: 1,895,960
:ultmegaman:: 1,889,470
:ultrobin:: 1,887,320
:ultgreninja:: 1,882,790
:ultdoc:: 1,886,210
:ultbowserjr:: 1,884,750
:ultcloud:: 1,882,110
:ultike:: 1,876,240
:ultroy:: 1,872,110
:ultolimar:: 1,871,500
:ultshulk:: 1,870,390
:ultsheik:: 1,869,420
:ultpit:: 1,867,880
:ultganondorf:: 1,866,610
:ultrichter:: 1,860,190
:ultyounglink:: 1,859,260
:ultdk:: 1,857,630
:ultmewtwo:: 1,854,030
:ultness:: 1,846,710
:ultcorrinf:: 1,842,770
:ultsonic:: 1,842,270
:ultchrom:: 1,840,100
:ultsnake:: 1,835,290
:ultdarksamus:: 1,830,370
:ultgnw:: 1,830,050
:ultkirby:: 1,825,470
:ultdarkpit:: 1,815,660
:ultrob:: 1,808,030
:ultpichu:: 1,794,510
:ultfalcon:: 1,784,730
:ultpacman:: 1,784,670
:ultisabelle:: 1,780,570
:ultdiddy:: 1,778,170
:ultmetaknight:: 1,776,590
:ulttoonlink:: 1,773,280
:ultpikachu:: 1,771,930
:ultwiifittrainer:: 1,749,661
:ultjigglypuff:: 1,733,830
:ultvillager:: 1,732,830
:ultrosalina:: 1,731,250
:ultlink:: 1,729,921
:ultmario:: 1,716,100
:ultlucina:: 1,682,031
:ultzelda:: 1,655,101
:ultluigi:: 1,652,950
:ultbayonetta:: 1,605,911
:ultlucario:: 1,596,491
:ultzss:: 1,558,072
Congrats man. I consider myself somewhat of a completionist as well, but I hate classic too much to torture myself doing this kind of challenge.
Any idea how many tickets you used? At 5k gold per piece, I wouldn't even know how to get so many.

Now try to get 2m points with all of them :p
 
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JiggyNinja

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Wario's one of your firsts? He's being a massive pain in the ass for me! Along with Mewtwo, ZSS, Olimar, and many others. I just suck with a lot of these characters right now.

I'm currently at 40 / 75 cleared at 9.9, with 16 more above 9.0. 5 of them are at 9.8! Getting a deathless 9.8 is such a kick in the balls. And there's still so many I can't even beat when I start at 5.0 (basically everything below G&W). I need to get better at killing instead of just racking up damage.

Bayonetta - 9.9
Bowser - 9.9
Chrom - 9.9
Cloud - 9.9
Daisy - 9.9
Diddy Kong - 9.9
Donkey Kong - 9.9
Fox - 9.9
Ganondorf - 9.9
Greninja - 9.9
Ike - 9.9
Incineroar - 9.9
Inkling - 9.9
Jigglypuff - 9.9
Ken - 9.9
King Dedede - 9.9
King K. Rool - 9.9
Kirby - 9.9
Link - 9.9
Little Mac - 9.9
Lucario - 9.9
Lucina - 9.9
Mega Man - 9.9
Palutena - 9.9
Peach - 9.9
Pichu - 9.9
Pikachu - 9.9
Piranha Plant - 9.9
Pit - 9.9
Pokemon Trainer - 9.9
R.O.B. - 9.9
Richter - 9.9
Ridley - 9.9
Rosalina & Luma - 9.9
Roy - 9.9
Ryu - 9.9
Shulk - 9.9
Simon - 9.9
Wolf - 9.9
Yoshi - 9.9

Dark Pit - 9.8
Dr. Mario - 9.8
Ness - 9.8
Robin - 9.8
Young Link - 9.8
Wii Fit Trainer - 9.7
Corrin - 9.6
Mario - 9.6
Marth - 9.6
Sheik - 9.6
Captain Falcon - 9.5
Samus - 9.5
Snake - 9.5
Dark Samus - 9.3
Luigi - 9.2
Villager - 9.2
Isabelle - 8.6
Mr. Game & Watch - 7.5
Bowser Jr. - 7.3
Lucas - 7.1
Falco - 7.0
Toon Link - 7.0
Wario - 7.0
Olimar - 6.9
Sonic - 6.8
Mewtwo - 6.3
Meta Knight - 6.2
Zelda - 6.2
Zero Suit Samus - 5.9
Duck Hunt - 5.6
Pac-Man - 5.5
Ice Climbers - 1.7 <- !!!!!!

I have an excuse for Icies! I had just switched to Tilt stick and kept flubbing attacks, so I didn't even try. I just cleared it to get through it.

ETA: Still grinding! I've cleared Young Link, Captain Falcon PUNCH!!!, Snake, Lucas, Ness, Dr. Mario and Olimar.

I used to have trouble killing with Olimar until I realized his f tilt is ****ing bonkers. It's basically a smash that you can't charge. All the other ones I just needed to get better (and less stupid) at.

I also got 9.8 with Luigi then DIED ON THE GOD DAMN DRACULA FIGHT. I'm getting better hitting the Weegee Shoryuken and dealing with the mobs, so it's only a matter of time until things work out for him.

I'm mostly down the the list of characters than I really have problems improvising with, or just have other problems that make the route hard (like Toon Link being all chaotic team battles). I do fairly well on Dark Samus until I hit the Pokemon fight, and they just kick my ass. Saffron City is an absolutely terrible stage for a floaty projectile fighter, and I don't know how to handle it.
 
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ganondorf_22

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Have been on a personal grind to beat 9.9 with everyone. Currently have 6 left (:ultvillager::ultpalutena::ultduckhunt::ultbayonetta::ultsimon::ultisabelle:).
If anyone has any tips, let me know.
I guess on the topic of scoring, :ultyoshi: is my highest with 2.094 million. And that required me to beat Rathalos while already at 9.9, which is no easy task.

Your intensity seems to go up more the faster you clear a round and the less damage you take. I've gotten +0.9 on the first round before. The easiest way to see this is to go into Wii Fit Trainer's classic, and when the round starts, do a down b. Wario will use Side-B. Shield it, Wario will drive past it and kill himself. Get +0.9 every time as long as I don't take damage there.
For duck hunt, do your best on the first two to help your final score be as close to 9.9 as you can. Keep your distance particularly on the k. Rool, star fox, and mii animals fights. Get items as they appear and use them. Only go in for the attack after they whiff an attack, if you have time for it. On the duck hunt fight, try to lure/crowd the other duck hunts to the side of the stage, and you can knock them out earlier and more quickly. Get items as you can in that fight, but usually not if it loses your advantage on the far left or right of the screen. Make sure to dodge and avoid counterattacks from them as much as you can. For rathalos, get all items and use them. Use deku when ratho is on the ground facing you. If you can’t get it perfect with the second nut, it’s ok to just hit rath with it even if it doesn’t stun him. Don’t want to wait around forever, after all. For the pitfall, bury it into the ground, rath should run over it eventually. Try to aim for rath’s weak spots as much as you can. Smash attacks when rath is buried or deku nut’d or incapacitated. Try to get hit by nothing. Do a full jump jump up b to avoid rath’s fireballs and return when rath does that. Make sure to hop around a lot, and attack while doing so, if rath’s in the sky, but know when to shield and dodge. Don’t get slapped by tail. If rath is on the far right or left of the screen, and you’re even farther left or right than rath is, do what you can to get on the other side of rath, or rath’s screams could push you off and kill you. You probably (?) won’t be able to get 9.9 before making it to rathalos.

Aw, heck, I just realized you’re the same person who later said you beat them all. Dang. : (
 
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kylexv

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For duck hunt, do your best on the first two to help your final score be as close to 9.9 as you can. Keep your distance particularly on the k. Rool, star fox, and mii animals fights. Get items as they appear and use them. Only go in for the attack after they whiff an attack, if you have time for it. On the duck hunt fight, try to lure/crowd the other duck hunts to the side of the stage, and you can knock them out earlier and more quickly. Get items as you can in that fight, but usually not if it loses your advantage on the far left or right of the screen. Make sure to dodge and avoid counterattacks from them as much as you can. For rathalos, get all items and use them. Use deku when ratho is on the ground facing you. If you can’t get it perfect with the second nut, it’s ok to just hit rath with it even if it doesn’t stun him. Don’t want to wait around forever, after all. For the pitfall, bury it into the ground, rath should run over it eventually. Try to aim for rath’s weak spots as much as you can. Smash attacks when rath is buried or deku nut’d or incapacitated. Try to get hit by nothing. Do a full jump jump up b to avoid rath’s fireballs and return when rath does that. Make sure to hop around a lot, and attack while doing so, if rath’s in the sky, but know when to shield and dodge. Don’t get slapped by tail. If rath is on the far right or left of the screen, and you’re even farther left or right than rath is, do what you can to get on the other side of rath, or rath’s screams could push you off and kill you. You probably (?) won’t be able to get 9.9 before making it to rathalos.

Aw, heck, I just realized you’re the same person who later said you beat them all. Dang. :(
I'm good now, but thanks anyway.
 

JiggyNinja

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I've recently started looking at these again to fill out my 9.9s. I also started uploading some stuff to Youtube, though as of this posting I just have Joker and Richter up right now. Currently I have 52 of them at 9.9, and need some advice on some of the ones I haven't cleared.

First, Samus and Dark Samus. The team fights screw me up. Even if it's on Omega Norfair, 3 on one against Mewtwo, Bowser, and Ganondorf(?) is just way to hard. I get hit once and I'm ping-ponged around until I die. And Dark Samus's might be a 2v3, but Saffron City is one of the worst stages possible for Samus to fight one. It's very vertical and has hard walls, so there's no room to even shoot things. What the hell do I even do in these fights? These two fights **** me up every time.

Isabelle: What's my best kill option? Down smash? I have a really hard time getting used to her, and getting thrown into a 1v3 fight right off the bat just makes me avoid this route more.

Sonic: What do I do against Metal Sonic?

Wii Fit Trainer: Whatever idiot decided to put a 1v3 fight on Great Cave Offensive of all places needs to be beaten. In fact, whatever idiot decided to make it a stage at all needs to be beaten. Time is very important to getting a good score, so how can I even get a score if I have to chase them all down like ****ing rats?!?
 

Oddball

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The only 9.9 I've got is with King K. Rool.

I've gotten close with Bowser and Little Mac, but their end bosses wreck me. Little Mac isn't suited for air battles, and Metal Mario is just plain nasty.
 

DaveTheEpic4

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I just managed to get a +1.5 intensity with :ultbyleth:
Also I believe I once died in an earlier battle and used a ticket but still got 9.9. I'm not sure if this is definite but I think I did.
 
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which character would you suggest i use to get to 9.9 intensity?
 

the_tall_titan

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Honestly for those who have the guts dedicated to spending SO MUCH of their time with this mode, I dare all of you who ARE devoted, to accomplish THESE challenges I've come up with, cause I'm just steps away to accomplishing the other three out of four of them. (Yeah, I actually scored myself the 9.9 intensity with ALL characters prior to Sora at this point)
 

Zimer

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9.9 is the basic now. Now try to get these scores.

Scores that finishes at 1 were done in 9.8 of difficult an the rest in 9.9.
 
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