Kinda sorta.
I've been out of the loop for brawl since APEX 2012, gone to maybe 7-10 tournaments since then compared to me going to a tournament every week or two back when Brawl was kinda fun and really active here in TX around 2010. WHOBO 5 is around the corner though and not sure what to expect from people that's been playing lately.
But one thing I've noticed since I watch popular brawl streams here or there cause no tournaments or money to play the game. Is that I feel like the Meta Knight mains... are evolving from just camp to win.
I mean sure CT Zero tried to time ADHD out, but look how that turned out cause he got a little too cocky.
Not just Meta Knight mains of course, Salem is another good example. Flashy fast aggressive playstyle caught people off-guard and it worked for awhile, He won APEX 2013 which is a pretty good feat. But people are slowly getting use to his style and playing just as aggressive (and keeping armor parts away from him), and he hasn't won a tournament since I believe.
The only times I'd see camping just to win is against Ice Climbers most of the time, nobody wants to go in on that especially when you have people like Vinnie and Nakat running around barely dropping their grabs.
Anything else I can think of that isn't top tier players and characters (since NJ/NY is about the only big tournaments/most active scene I can think of that's constantly having streams up and videos posted by CT) is I guess the hype for Raptor's flashy aggressive style, Seagull, and Pink Fresh? I dunno.
So what do you guys think? Has the metagame slowly edged toward being more aggressive counterplay to win matches, or is camping still a lot better than going in without giving your opponent much room to breathe and pick him/herself back together from the last onslaught? Matchup dependant? Players?
Who knows, I hardly do.
I've been out of the loop for brawl since APEX 2012, gone to maybe 7-10 tournaments since then compared to me going to a tournament every week or two back when Brawl was kinda fun and really active here in TX around 2010. WHOBO 5 is around the corner though and not sure what to expect from people that's been playing lately.
But one thing I've noticed since I watch popular brawl streams here or there cause no tournaments or money to play the game. Is that I feel like the Meta Knight mains... are evolving from just camp to win.
I mean sure CT Zero tried to time ADHD out, but look how that turned out cause he got a little too cocky.
Not just Meta Knight mains of course, Salem is another good example. Flashy fast aggressive playstyle caught people off-guard and it worked for awhile, He won APEX 2013 which is a pretty good feat. But people are slowly getting use to his style and playing just as aggressive (and keeping armor parts away from him), and he hasn't won a tournament since I believe.
The only times I'd see camping just to win is against Ice Climbers most of the time, nobody wants to go in on that especially when you have people like Vinnie and Nakat running around barely dropping their grabs.
Anything else I can think of that isn't top tier players and characters (since NJ/NY is about the only big tournaments/most active scene I can think of that's constantly having streams up and videos posted by CT) is I guess the hype for Raptor's flashy aggressive style, Seagull, and Pink Fresh? I dunno.
So what do you guys think? Has the metagame slowly edged toward being more aggressive counterplay to win matches, or is camping still a lot better than going in without giving your opponent much room to breathe and pick him/herself back together from the last onslaught? Matchup dependant? Players?
Who knows, I hardly do.
