Tyrant practices against Fox dude. he plays Fox himself, so iono where this is coming from that Metas dont practice the match up. Even for Falco, you have to consider that Tyrant plays the match up and plays Falco himself. And lets be honest; until the advent of Shugo, no Falco was even remotely close to Larry's level. Even now a lot of people dont know to what extent why Falco is so good. they just say laser, chain grab, and phantasm.
They disregard uair frame trap which like one of the most important things for falco. His bair frame traps, his jab, his double jab cancel that even Meta cant do anything about if canceled properly ( a lot of character cant actually). The fact he has so many ways to string back into his frame traps is amazing. Not saying that Falco just craps on MK or something. Im just tired of people babbling like Falco isnt all that good, when all they have to show for it is crappy Falco practice.
Top MKs do try to learn match ups. We had Neo (back in the day),ESAM, Larry, TKD, ADHD, Razor, Gnes etc. that used to slaughter like any MK. Granted they are still doing well vs MKs, however Mks have improved in those match ups because they obviously put in the effort. Most top MKs play other characters too, so its not like theyre not aware of what a character can do. They just chose to go MK cuz thats their best character for the most part.
And Judo I definitely disagree. I think a lot of community still doesnt know enough about the MK match up. People are still getting double dsmashed. Ppl still dont realize they get free hits when a Meta does a reverse SL recovery. Ppl still act like SL is invincible in the air. People still dont take into account how to beat Dair camping. So if you are speaking in that regard i think its straight bs.
MK is just well developed, in contrast with a lot of characters. Even the top characters, like Snake, Diddy, and Falco. Hell Falco was straight up just DEHF for the majority of Brawl lifespan so far. I think that BBR is has been reasonable with these match ups.
I also believe that match ups such as Fox, Diddy, and Pika will become more "even" as more top players pick up these characters. Unfortunately, because for a time people had this invincible complex towards MK, a lot of top players just stuck with him. And to be honest, it doesnt matter if these characters match ups are deemed even because the top MKs probably wont switch to another character after putting so much into MK. Its up to the community itself to get better, especially in these match ups so that more people will pick up those characters ( i mean right now who DOESNT want to main a character that goes even with MK and isnt MK) and the metagame as a whole for the characters will grow.
Thats how I feel. I mean just take a look at the MK boards. Theres so much info there, and top players are helping other MKs with strats all the time. Compare that to other boards, where you have really one person who truly knows what theyre talking about. MK is definitely the best overall. I think people need to finally understand that the advancement of MKs is a huge factor as well. Especially when most top MKs play top level with other characters; which means they can share those strats with other top MKs and vice versa.
Its like in Marvel, you gotta build up your Anti- Sentinel technology otherwise Sentinel looks like the most broken thing alive, WHICH HE ISNT. MKs have been building anti- insert character- technology for years. Compare that with one top other character main building Anti-MK technology; by himself. Especially when a lot of punishes tend to be character specific in this game, which somewhat limits other players joint efforts.
