Kirby Phelps (PK)
Smash Journeyman
I've been a Ness main for a while, so I've gotten how he feels ingrained in my mind and fingertips. I've been trying to get a hang of Ness once again in this game and I wanna ask if anyone else thinks that they nerfed him in some areas. It feels like his b-air and d-air have been nerfed. I especially noticed it with b-air, it just doesn't feel as powerful upon impact and they don't go as far. With d-air, it also doesn't feel as powerful on impact but it also feels like the timing is slightly off somehow. It's harder for me to land it on even CPUs in training. It might just be me needing to get used to Smash3DS's mechanics? But I've also noticed his dash and f-air are different too. They used to do multi-hits and kind of lock the opponent inside the sparkles, but now they push them. This is a huge deal for me because now it's much harder for me to follow up with a grab or something because they're too far away. His PK Fire also doesn't seem to do nearly as great a job locking people inside the fire as it used to. But even though he feels nerfed (which is silly because Ness is already lowish tier in Brawl), I keep hearing from people that he got a huge buff. But I'm not seeing it so far.
EDIT: Okay, Ness's d-air was definitely, definitely nerfed. I was fighting a Sheik at around 95% or higher. I managed to do the d-air on her and meteor her. In Brawl, she would've been done, no questions asked. But instead, she just calmly jumped back up and up-B'd herself to safety.
EDIT: Okay, Ness's d-air was definitely, definitely nerfed. I was fighting a Sheik at around 95% or higher. I managed to do the d-air on her and meteor her. In Brawl, she would've been done, no questions asked. But instead, she just calmly jumped back up and up-B'd herself to safety.
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