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Post the most unwinnable matchups (serious topic)

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PoundSlap

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MODS DONT CLOSE THIS. IF OTHER USERS DONT RESPECT THIS TOPIC THEN GO AND INFRACT/BAN THEM BUT DONT CLOSE A GOOD TOPIC THAT IS MEANT TO BE VERY SERIOUS.

that being sad, let me repeat it once again. this is a serious topic. dont flame or troll or go off topic because the title tells you that this cannot be the case here. keep it respectful, alright?

ok i was wondering what the worst matchups in melee are. i know we have a matchup chart but its primary goal is to be a guideline on who is supposed to have the upper hand in the matchup. and it doesnt really show how certain characters get ***** by cheapness and it would also be nice to hear objective opinions on this.

when i made my thoughts on that i came to the conclusion that peach, for instance, is a character that gets ***** a lot. this is because peach is this borderline between high and low tier, so she is often played and therefore top tiers know the matchup pretty well but shes also not good enough to keep upt with the higher tier metagame. low tiers have this factor of surprising but peach does not have this.

so one of the most **** matchups for peach are fox, jigglypuff, falcon and ntsc sheik. i would say peach - jigglypuff is 80:20 for jigglypuff because jigglypuff has the backair projectile which can cut through turnips and outranges everything what peach got. also you can combo backair, utilt, uair into rest, a move that kills peach at 12% and is very cheap and people who need to play gay with puff in order to have a slight chance of winning tend to suck with other characters at this game too which means they suck overall.

then theres the (NTSC) fox vs peach which is a 90:10 matchup for fox. if the fox is campy he can get 40% each stock with laser and then on ore two nairs and the peach is in killing range. an usmash kills at 80%(!) which is insane. plus one waveshine is an instant usmash set up -> every stock is an autokill and thats really some sort of cheapness and definately unwinnable for peach except youre a god.

but its also interesting that we got a 100:0 matchup with sheik - pikachu which is, i guess, the worst in ssbm. only because of the cheap chaingrab and thats something not only pikachu affects but also peach.

so yeah, maybe i post some more unwinnable matchups later but just tell me what do you consider to be unwinnable in super smash brothers melee. dont be scared to go into in depth strategies or situations that this all concerns.
 

RTpmwe

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Gannon vs. anyone 90-10 matchup for Gannon

Except for Gannon vs. ness is only 80-20 for Gannon
 

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Naw, Peach vs Jiggs is pretty gay. 85-15 in Peach's favor easily. She can just avoid the Bairs and throw turnips all day. Playing Peach honestly takes no skill.
 

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i have never beat and will never beat any jigglypuff, ever, due to the mu being impossible

The real worst MU's, imo, are:
Roy Vs IC (roy's too slow and can't keep ic's out properly, most of his "good" moves end up lagging a lot and when spaced improperly give the other player a free grab)
Pichu Vs Sheik (a ****** could win this mu if you show them how to dthrow, ftilt and fair. It is literally the easiest mu in the game)
Marth Vs GW (marth completely outranges GW and can punish everything gw does hard, when gw gets in control he can actually do some neat things but when marth clips gw's pinkie toe his stock ends. He cancels most of gw's strong points, except ledgeguarding)
IC Vs GW (same logic as roy MU, this one kind of assumes wobbling because i'm not 100% sure you can dthrow dair GW, but seeing as gw can't l cancel everything, ic's can just wd back a lot and get grabs for free)
Fox Vs GW (gw is maaaaaaaaad light and lags frequently, fox can do whatever he wants. GW can't answer running away and lazering, he gets supercomboed by nair, he gets ledgeguarded by bair, and he dies a lot to upward killing power)
Falcon Vs Bowser (some people might disagree with this, and to be fair it's theorycraft, hypothetically falcon can just space nairs and camp grabs whenever bowser telegraphs his upb oos, but the thing that sells me on this MU is falcon's speed)
Fox Vs Kirby (uthrow uair, lazer camping, shield pressure. It's like playing vs jigglypuff, but he just has the fair, and it's behind him)
Marth vs Kirby (ledgeguards)

These are part experience, part me thinking about it. I'm sure some low tier players will disagree, and this list is not complete, but yeah, this is my opinion.
 

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Stats:
Attack Skill: 14
Defence Skill: 7
Shots: n/a
Damage: 10-15
Health: 40
Speed: 7
Cost: 500 gold
Weekly Growth: 3 per week
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Trolls are butt-kicking brutes, with higher Attack and Damage then the similar Ogres, and just as much Health. But their heaviness makes them a little slow, and their lack of brains gives them no Defense to use effectively. Don't get in their way, just to make sure."

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Stats:
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Defence Skill: 7
Shots: n/a
Damage: 10-15
Health: 40
Speed: 7
Cost: 500 gold
Weekly Growth: 3 per week
Special Abilities: Regeneration: Top creature in stack regenerates all health at the start of each round

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Trolls are butt-kicking brutes, with higher Attack and Damage then the similar Ogres, and just as much Health. But their heaviness makes them a little slow, and their lack of brains gives them no Defense to use effectively. Don't get in their way, just to make sure."

Anybody who knows what game this is from is automatically cool.
Star king I love you, where have you been? lol.
 

The Star King

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Why is C.Flakon so high in the tiers if everyone complains about how bad he is?
The point of maining Falcon to many people is so that you can main a pretty good character, yet with enough flaws so that you can ***** about every single match-up.
 

Divinokage

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Obviously this needs to be posted....

I was just wondering why Ganondorf is in the very middle of the tiers. Before I get into what I mean, allow me to first put out there that I have been playing for years, and I have watched MANY videos of the tournament masters.

My brother and I found out, through years of play, literally EVERY advanced technique in the game, except the wavedash, which we stumbled upon, but wrote off as simply hilarious. I was surprised to find that all the wacky observations we have encountered and adapted are actually defined in the glossary in the sticky topic above! Three of the particularly surprising terms that I could not believe had been widely known and utilized were the Phantom Hit (I just thought I had a glitchy game) and that effect where recovering at the right time from attacks that sent you flying results in an upward boost if you jump out/air dodge/whatever early enough (I cannot remember what it was called in the sticky), and the waveland.

Now, I have been using Ganondorf against my brother lately, and he cannot seem to beat me. We think we know why, and we think it puts Ganon at the top of the tiers. I will be brief. Ganondorf has his air forward. We call it 'The Punch.' It has that special hitbox like a sword, hence it goes right through anything except an attack with that same type of hitbox. It does 17% max, is relatively fast executing, has basically instant recovery on a barrier cancel, and is quite massive, killing at rather low percentages.

If he misses, he can just do his A punch if the opponent tries to retaliate, or shield/roll. I am telling you, Ganondorf is a crazy meat mountain who crushes bones with many attacks doing 15+%, survives to insane damages thanks to his weight, and has ridiculous horizontal recovery (Double Jump, Ganondorf Kick Down B, ANOTHER Double Jump, ARE YOU SERIOUS, Up B).

Next, check his roll. It goes like half screen. It makes him rather fast, nearly eliminating his speed problem on the ground, and a great character when it comes to the defensive game. It pretty much eliminates the need for his wavedash, which, with Ganondorf, who needs to do most of his attacking from hops, is pretty much useless already unless you are looking to smash attack. Wavesmashing, however, in my opinion, is also a bad idea, because, in the time and damage it takes you to actually land a smash, you could have just used The Punch and killed you opponent by then.

Even though he has to fight mostly in the air, 3 of his 4 air attacks are pretty fast, and are quite massive. A major advantage he has is that nearly all his attacks move the opponent considerably, and can topple him from 0%, so his opponent gets little to no counterattack opportunity.

The only explanation I can find for why he is low on the tiers is that no one has used him seriously. I think he really keeps up, if not tops, the top tier characters.

I really do not like to simply shoot my mouth, and I am not one who thinks it right to shower a character in encomium, and never actually prove anything. Is there online for this somewhere, or is that simply wishful thinking? If not, please do not yell at me and stuff until you at least check out The Punch. Goes right through projectiles, goes right through attacks, goes right through faces. Please just give Ganondorf another shot and tell me what you thnk.

Final Comment: People have a tendency to think that posts from newcomers to a board but veterans of its respective game are saying they are better than everyone else, regardles of what the post actually says. Please note that I did not say 'I am better than you' or 'Ganon is better than Fox.' I said, essentially: 'Ganon seems to be great. These are his strengths. He may top Fox. Check him out and see if you agree.' I will say, however, that I am a full master of Ganondorf.

Please give Ganondorf a second look before responding so you know where I am coming from!



Now.. enough of this! Ganon is top tier, gtfo. (I think Ganon/Roy is unwinnable for Roy. =))
 

4 Aces

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Good player vs. Bad player.

It's pretty unwinnable. Unless Bad player mindgames Good player really hard into suicidal sandbagging.
 

KirbyKaze

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fox kirby is pretty bad i think

fox bowser on some of the huge campy levels is also probably annoying

edit: i'm surprised we haven't completely spazzed at the OP saying fox peach is 90-10 fox favour in ntsc

or how that ratio's been posted in the OP of a thread with the title "serious topic" in it

oh well

smashboards surprises me sometimes lolol
 

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kage, not sayin u dont ****, but you aint a master of ganon lollll


that basically contradicts everything you said before it
 

Divinokage

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kage, not sayin u dont ****, but you aint a master of ganon lollll


that basically contradicts everything you said before it
Before what? That post is just something old I picked up long ago. And obviously I will not take the word of some scrub that I am not a master of Ganon. I am everything that is Ganon.

Jonas, on Gamefaqs I'm syradshadow.
 

bossa nova ♪

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lollllllllllllllll yo peabody already did that ****


lol u right, i'm workinonit



again, i dont mean no offense, just sayin there's more to master if ganon really has the potential you think (or thought) he does
 
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