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Smash Ace
Hello everyone, im a pikachu main who was very fond of falco on brawl, mainly due to the SHDL (short hop double laser)
SHDL was falco's identity as a unique character in the past game, with this taken away (although some attacks got buffed and others nerfed) falco became a dull character with almost no personality... unlike fox, with a very similar kit having his super fast combo character that can snipe you personality unaffected.... at least falco can uhmmm, jump high?
SHDL was amazing in neutral, required certain amount of skill to pull off, had many combos, worked as a gap closer (horizontal movement falco lacks right now, specially since side b was nerfed too in both speed and insta side b after a jump was virtually lagless) and well, falco being a very vertical character cant exploit his strengths because he has no horizontal momentum to get to the opponent
I certainly dont know falco in this game, i know his recovery is better, he has less lag in a lot of moves, he has a very improved recovery, but he lost his old awesome DAIR, his SHDL, his chaingrab (i personally hate chaingrabs) and his lagless side b... plus, the fact that no1 plays him or places high in tournaments with him doesnt help either
So. The reason this thread was created is to make some type of awareness that nintendo announced patch 1.1.6 earlier today to be released within this week and i would love if the falco community could do some sort of effort along with me to try to make everyone know that falco desperately needs a buff and that SHDL could be a very viable solution to this. It will make falco better, i dont think he will be a top contender again like in last game but he will actually be viable again and a character who had a personality of a very flashy vertical combo game, that makes opponent's approaches harder and approaches with caution to send you up and back down all time would be great to have in smash 4, rather than a character with no special qualities.
Thanks for reading
SHDL was falco's identity as a unique character in the past game, with this taken away (although some attacks got buffed and others nerfed) falco became a dull character with almost no personality... unlike fox, with a very similar kit having his super fast combo character that can snipe you personality unaffected.... at least falco can uhmmm, jump high?
SHDL was amazing in neutral, required certain amount of skill to pull off, had many combos, worked as a gap closer (horizontal movement falco lacks right now, specially since side b was nerfed too in both speed and insta side b after a jump was virtually lagless) and well, falco being a very vertical character cant exploit his strengths because he has no horizontal momentum to get to the opponent
I certainly dont know falco in this game, i know his recovery is better, he has less lag in a lot of moves, he has a very improved recovery, but he lost his old awesome DAIR, his SHDL, his chaingrab (i personally hate chaingrabs) and his lagless side b... plus, the fact that no1 plays him or places high in tournaments with him doesnt help either
So. The reason this thread was created is to make some type of awareness that nintendo announced patch 1.1.6 earlier today to be released within this week and i would love if the falco community could do some sort of effort along with me to try to make everyone know that falco desperately needs a buff and that SHDL could be a very viable solution to this. It will make falco better, i dont think he will be a top contender again like in last game but he will actually be viable again and a character who had a personality of a very flashy vertical combo game, that makes opponent's approaches harder and approaches with caution to send you up and back down all time would be great to have in smash 4, rather than a character with no special qualities.
Thanks for reading