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cmart
An excellent point. Please ignore my rambling if it's not constructive.
I'm glad you seem to be around/interacting with the boards more. Can I ask for your thoughts on Bowser's smashes?
The following
are not complaints. Hell, I'm probably
personally responsible for about 3/4 of the total global enthusiasm for 3.5 Bowser, and could hardly be happier. Just got questions is all.
I'm loving the new dsmash - though it seems to basically obsolete the usmash. Though I've only played a few hours of 3.5 so far (against others, anyway. quite a few more in the lab), I haven't found a single occasion where usmash was a reasonable/the best option. In my limited experience so far, it seems like the same purpose is better served by dsmash, utilt, or an aerial. I'm sure there's some niche use for it, just haven't found it yet. What is the intention for this move? When should I be using it?
I'm also curious about the fsmash, which hasn't been changed at all. Is fsmash being kept the way it is for the sake of more casual players, or perhaps in fear of giving Bowser too much kill power? On the very rare occasions that I find myself using this, I almost always regret it as I get clipped by a lingering hitbox during the leanback, or the move simply gets panic-shielded at the last moment. Dsmash (and sometimes bair) seems to do everything this theoretically does (cover spotdodges, break shields, punish sloppy ledge play), but better.
Am I wrong for thinking fsmash is completely useless/redundant? Or is the current philosophy simply that the move is bad, and that's totally okay?
Again, none of this is criticisms or complaints or anything. I'm just trying to capitalize on your attention while it seems I have it. I don't really have any intention of playing another character in tournament ever again, regardless :D
I also plan on putting together the rest of an extensive series of videos on how to play Bowser -- if there's something that's perhaps slipped our attention about Bowser's new tools, I'd love to know.