planking with olimar...

[Dabuz]

*reads topic title* i wonder if he can do it effectively, because he has up air and his whistle could stop a good section of the cast from stage spiking with aerials, thoughts?

 

[mcmuff1nman]

I occasionally plank with Oli. Especially on Lylat where you can uair and move over under where nobody suspects you to go. It usually works and you are rarely spiked...... dangerous though without correct timing and lotsa Pikmin......

 

[Llumys]

Olimar's best combo:

Camp to plank.

Sounds good.

 

[Snail]

Really really dangerous. A simple edgehog could mean your doom, you really need a character with multiple jumps and at least a half-decent recovery to plank... not to mention it's really gay so you shouldn't even be trying. I suppose it could work, theoretically... but to me the risk is just way too big.

 

[.AC.]

you can powershield the aerial and some characters can punish it rather easily,i thnk it is too risky for oli to attempt.maybe it could work ocassionally.

 

[Noa.]

Another reason not to plank with Olimar is he can only grab the ledge three times with UpB. He'll need to use it when the opponent gets down and tries to stop him.

It doesn't hurt much at all, but it's a restriction nonetheless.

 

[DanGR]

Upb isn't necessary to use every time. You can drop-> fall along the edge of the stage->jump->upair through the stage->go up and diagonally through the air to the ledge->ledge snap. If your opponent is slow enough, you can add in a falling upair as you drop.

This method is really, really safe unless you're fighting someone like Snake with stupid hitboxes and grenade countering. >_>

 

[Jim Morrison]

I prefer camping over planking... It's usually banned, people hate me even more for it and camping is twice as fun/safe.

 

[Zori]

you can plank with olimar this is done best on smashvill, what you do is throw all pikmin away and up-b curving the ledge its barely punishable but works

 

[DtJ Hilt]

I've mentioned this before but planking on Jungle Japes is much much more safe than on a regular stage like smashville. Olimar can drop under the right platform, shark with uair, then grab either of the two ledges of the right platform.For several characters there's little they can do to this.

 

[IcyLight]

^^^ i plank jungle japes every time i get. i camp the right platform, if they approach i plank xD beware the croc though if you play like this then he will get you if you aren't paying attention :x

 

[BOB SAGET!]

planking is ok, but your ****ed if u plank too much.

 

[Tin Man]

Simply put Camp > Plank (to risky)

 

[Padô]

Last time a Oli player here in Brazil tried to plank with uair i fullhopped fast falled a Dair with wario and StageSpiked him.

 

[_lemons]

planking is ok, but your ****ed if u plank too much.

Bob summed it up in the simple, eloquent manner to which we've become accustomed.

(Hilt is insufferable.)

But on a serious note, in my admittedly limited experience with Olimar, I'd say planking isn't terrible viable.

 

[MJG]

I occasionally plank with Oli. Especially on Lylat where you can uair and move over under where nobody suspects you to go. It usually works and you are rarely spiked...... dangerous though without correct timing and lotsa Pikmin......

I see a lot of olimars doing this when they are pressured on the ledge.

I wasn't able to test this out with the olimar in my area but when I am playing as toonlink, i can drop a bomb on the stage where Olimars where execute their Up Air move to get an opponent off of them or to 'plank' and the bomb will stage spike olimar due to its huge blast radius.

 

[RichBrown]

I'll do this when I really just need to collect myself and take a breather, I'll FF off the ledge and jump and do a Uair. I try to bait my opponent to try to stage spike me so I can roll up and then control the middle.

 

[o-Serin-o]

How the hell is RichBrown's name NOT purple? >.>

 

[Fino]

How the hell is RichBrown's name NOT purple? >.>

Because he's not in SBR?

If you think it's because that idea is brilliant or something... rich and all the other olimars have been doing this for a long time now ._. lol

On topic: I will sometimes uair through the stage until a purple is next in line, and then drop down and toss the purple at my opponent.... getting from the ledge to the stage can be a ***** against some char <.<


~Fino

 

[itsthebigfoot]

rich, get in the SBR, you need a purple name. It fits with your purple spam.

 

[RichBrown]

^lmao

Yeah once the Mk ban thing dies down they will probably let more people in, I was in it back in the melee days (even though I never went to tournaments haha).

Fino: Yeah I do that all the time too, it works really well. My opponents tend to catch on sometimes, so I very recently started conditioning them to shield the purple, then after I know they are gonna wait in their shield I can do weruop's idea and land just behind their shield and Utilt, or grab.

Something else I've been working on (awex showed me this) is that thing with the tether where you tether the ledge while you're above the stage, then DI towards the stage and land with no lag. What's **** about this is that you can have a purple in front and if they are at KO %'s you can probably grab them since they'll be shielding. I still mess up the tether thing though >.<

 

[Tin Man]

I will sometimes uair through the stage until a purple is next in line, and then drop down and toss the purple at my opponent.... getting from the ledge to the stage can be a ***** against some char <.<


~Fino

I should try this, sounds like a good idea :D

 

[Llumys]

That's actually an interesting strategy. It can easily be sped up by dropping, the jumping to the uair.