Pit Spamming

[DimensionalDepth]

I always play a friend of mine that mains Pit, excepts he spams a lot and somehow wins. He uses arrows, and down smash to forward smash, and the occasional a and side b. I know it doesn't sound like a spammer, but beleive me, he is. I can't dodge these for some reason. Any ways I can maneuver around this would be fantastic.

 

[Afropony]

There are heaps of things you can do.
shield, Pshield, jump and airdodge if you need to, spotdodge.
Also some characters can use their jab move to cancel out Pit's arrows.

If you have any other questions about Pit you can always use this thread.
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=179200

 

[Black_Heretic]

you have a reflector...

 

[SilentPinoy]

Out spam him with SH lasers. Have a friend, mains a Falco while I'm a Pit. I don't spam arrows, but as an approach since we tend to space far he approaches with SH lasers. We also can reflect, but the key for you is obviously get closer so he can't shoot arrows. An arrow spamming Pit should easily be punished by a chaingrab or anything else.

 

[Teran]

Camp with SHDL followed by immediate reflector. That should make him approach.
A good idea would be to visit the character match up against Pit thread, much more useful info there
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=210623

 

[DimensionalDepth]

Thank you, guys, for your advice. I will try it.

 

[M-WUZ-H3R3]

hiyaya!!!! hiyiya!!!! thats what he sounds like? ****, this is pretty bad xD

 

[Darxmarth23]

If he spams it shouldn't take you that long to break through his playstyle and go for the K.o.

 

[§witch]

Spam SHAD, spot dodge, and reflector to get in close.

Pit's fsmash is balls, just shield it and punish accordingly.

 

[Denzi]

Chaingrab him and see how he feels then.

 

[8AngeL8]

I don't mean to offend at all, but maybe you just need to get better at the game? Spammy playstyles are always easy to get around when you're experienced enough to predict and punish his moves.

 

[Denzi]

HEY!
Do you want to feel so anti-spammy?
Try POWERSHIELD!
The technique for people who deal with GRATUITOUS AMOUNTS OF SPAMMING!

 

[8AngeL8]

These aren't your dad's lasers! These are TURBO LASERS!!!

 

[Teran]

Two more methods to help you win.
1) Punch him really hard in the face
2) Use MK, because Pit is an inferior, homosexualized MK.

 

[8AngeL8]

Lol, that's what I think every time I see a Pit player. Why play MK junior when you could just play MK?

 

[Denzi]

Two more methods to help you win.
1) Punch him really hard in the face
2) Use MK, because Pit is an inferior, homosexualized MK.

1) You have to yell, "FALCOWN... PAUNCH!" when you do it or it doesn't count
2)But Mk is already homosexual, so what does that make Pit?

 

[Teran]

2)But Mk is already homosexual, so what does that make Pit?

MK isn't an adolescent with a castrati worthy voice who prances about with a gay bow, fluorescent arrows and pansy wings. If MK were gay he'd be the man of the relationship, but Pit is blatantly the girl.

 

[Denzi]

MK isn't an adolescent with a castrati worthy voice who prances about with a gay bow, fluorescent arrows and pansy wings. If MK were gay he'd be the man of the relationship, but Pit is blatantly the girl.

OK, maybe it's just the people who use MK that are gay j/k

 

[8AngeL8]

Lol, I feel bad for making Meta my secondary now

I try to tell myself it's just a backup to take care of hard matchups and weird stages.

 

[Teran]

Lol, I feel bad for making Meta my secondary now

I try to tell myself it's just a backup to take care of hard matchups and weird stages.

Marth covers Falco really well, but why bother? Meta Knight is cool, who cares if he's the best in the game, good for him, he's a badass.

 

[8AngeL8]

Wow, I'm a hardcore tier ***, now that I think about it. I main Snake with MK and Falco as my secondaries

I've played Bwett's Yoshi too many times not to respect the low tiers, though...

 

[Denzi]

Wow, I'm a hardcore tier ***, now that I think about it. I main Snake with MK and Falco as my secondaries

I've played Bwett's Yoshi too many times not to respect the low tiers, though...

Yoshi's amazing. He'd be even more awesome if his shield didn't suck.

 

[Teran]

Reason to play high tier: You enjoy winning
Still Low Tiers aren't to be underestimated.
So off topic, it's amazing. Teran17 for Falco Back Room? Lol j/k (I proposed it though)

 

[Denzi]

So off topic, it's amazing. Teran17 for Falco Back Room? Lol j/k (I proposed it though)

Vids or you're not good enough to get in.
lol jk

 

[8AngeL8]

I'd invite you, but I didn't make the group so I'll leave it up to the creator...

 

[Jinha44]

use down B

and laser spam back

AND front smash

 

[Teran]

use down B

and laser spam back

AND front smash

Ummm what? Front smash is laggy as hell, you'll get punished if you use it excessively, especially by Pit.

 

[Shy Guy 86]

Jumping over the arrows and reflect them if you can't, non projectile spamming is dealt by D-Air or B-Air, and then you start fighting him when you have a chance, and shields/spotdodges don't hurt...

 

[Denzi]

Jumping over the arrows and reflect them if you can't, non projectile spamming is dealt by D-Air or B-Air, and then you start fighting him when you have a chance, and shields/spotdodges don't hurt...

Jump? The arrows curve.
Other than that, everything you said.

 

[XxBlackxX]

well...you can SHAD, can't you?

but yea you're right you can't just "jump over them" lol.

 

[Undrdog]

You're not going to find a real answer to Pit's arrows when playing against a good Pit. Your best bet is to fight in spite of them. Make sure to Powershield any arrows coming from the front, and keep an eye out for tactical arrow strikes from the other sides of the screen. Falco's reflector shouldn't be used excessively against a decent Pit. It's kind of hard to explain but I'll give it a go.

When fighting a Falco, Pit's biggest strength is altering the pace of the game. By reflecting arrows Falco comes to a stop and leaves himself open from the top and behind. This might not sound like a big deal, but to a Pit who is a good deal away from Falco, this will lead into an Arrow Chase.

Gah, I can already tell that I'm all over the place in my description. I'll reiterate.

Pit can change the direction of his arrow at the last moment and avoid having the arrow be reflected back at him. A good Pit can also control Arrow Loops while fighting. With this in mind, Falco's reflector is just a slower shield that lags him considerably. However, Falco can still do what any other character can do. Powershield and Shield Dash. When Shield Dashing properly you don't lose much momentum in your run and thereby keep the pace of the match in your hands.

And luckily for Pit, he can survive Falco's Chaingrab to Dair on most stages. But it still does nearly fifty damage to him at it's maximum if I remember correctly.


But in the end, Falco has the advantage in this match-up. Though in my opinion it's a closer match then most of Falco's other match-ups.

Final thought; keep in mind I'm referencing good Pit players. I've only seen three or four that can actually do what I mentioned in this post.

 

[Orion*]

I don't mean to offend at all, but maybe you just need to get better at the game? Spammy playstyles are always easy to get around when you're experienced enough to predict and punish his moves.

yes and no. there are people that spam and do it incredibly smart. inui would be a good example

 

[8AngeL8]

Well, Inui would be an exception 99.99% of spammy players spam because they're bad and their opponents aren't good enough to get around it.

 

[CELTiiC]

Reason to play high tier: You enjoy winning
Still Low Tiers aren't to be underestimated.
So off topic, it's amazing. Teran17 for Falco Back Room? Lol j/k (I proposed it though)

That's right, Ness is amazing. Never underestimate him.

Eh, everything has been said, camp back and use your Reflector.

 

[XxBlackxX]

That's right, Ness is amazing. Never underestimate him.

Eh, everything has been said, camp back and use your Reflector.

lasers> ness.

it's true

 

[8AngeL8]

SMART lasers > Ness.

Ness' down b > spammy lasers.

 

[CELTiiC]

SMART lasers > Ness.

Ness' down b > spammy lasers.

True, but Ness is awesome.

 

[Denzi]

True, but Ness is awesome.

We never disagreed

Some people say that Falco users just spam lasers until they can get the CG, but we're not like that at all, right guys?

 

[8AngeL8]

Nope, I throw in some empty nairs in between the lasers for spacing

 

[Mith_]

We never disagreed

Some people say that Falco users just spam lasers until they can get the CG, but we're not like that at all, right guys?

I am.
All I do is shoot lasers and hit the grab button.