Sensei Seibrik
Smash Hero
I love him, know a whole lot about him, but as the meta game carries on, its getting seemingly and seemingly harder to even just CP with him.
I used to be able to use him for every snake i wanted and win.
However it was never because the matchup was bad, it isn't...
I was just the most advanced player in the matchup at the time (meaning i had the best ddd vs snakes, and there were no snakes that knew that matchup as well as i knew snakes)
I think i pretty much proved that at Apex... I beat every snake in a MM there, losing one set 2-0 to Ally, following that with two strait set wins against him 4-0.
in my mind the matchup for DDD is at best even, and even then is starting to slowly seem in snakes favor, as the snakes ACTUALLY learn to know what they're doing, what they're best punishments are, how to control approaches godly, ect... IMO snakes best stage in the matchup is actually FD... DDD has nothing to aid his ariel game there, when he's falling its obvious and he has very little mixup that the snake can't simply solve by shield, meanwhile airchasing a good snake is near impossible with the "Chopz" recovery mixed in with proper B reversal, or no reversal at all...
That stage is where Afro recently beat me on in the last tourny, the last match i've used ddd for, and it was the only stage my snake was able to beat Co18 in two best of 5 sets we had.
If i can't beat snakes that know the matchup at the top level, theres just no point in me playing king ddd. Co18 can't even beat afro anymore, afro literally dominates every ddd he runs into.
Me and afro met again in losers finals after he lost to Chopz, and i stayed mk the whole time and won, same vs chopz... Chops also beat my ddd in a set coming from losers in grand finals last week at a mk banned tourny, and i was able to somehow win the last set...
In any case, i feel like maining mk and 2nding snake will work out way better, snake is just accelerating way faster as a character compared to DDD, so i no longer feel the need in playing him, at the moment anyway. I'll still be lurking these boards every now and again, i'll help anyone that is seeking it and willing to learn, just PM me or post in this thread if u have any comments or future questions...
Thanks for always being there, hopefully I can return the favor soon.
KirbieSeibrik
I used to be able to use him for every snake i wanted and win.
However it was never because the matchup was bad, it isn't...
I was just the most advanced player in the matchup at the time (meaning i had the best ddd vs snakes, and there were no snakes that knew that matchup as well as i knew snakes)
I think i pretty much proved that at Apex... I beat every snake in a MM there, losing one set 2-0 to Ally, following that with two strait set wins against him 4-0.
in my mind the matchup for DDD is at best even, and even then is starting to slowly seem in snakes favor, as the snakes ACTUALLY learn to know what they're doing, what they're best punishments are, how to control approaches godly, ect... IMO snakes best stage in the matchup is actually FD... DDD has nothing to aid his ariel game there, when he's falling its obvious and he has very little mixup that the snake can't simply solve by shield, meanwhile airchasing a good snake is near impossible with the "Chopz" recovery mixed in with proper B reversal, or no reversal at all...
That stage is where Afro recently beat me on in the last tourny, the last match i've used ddd for, and it was the only stage my snake was able to beat Co18 in two best of 5 sets we had.
If i can't beat snakes that know the matchup at the top level, theres just no point in me playing king ddd. Co18 can't even beat afro anymore, afro literally dominates every ddd he runs into.
Me and afro met again in losers finals after he lost to Chopz, and i stayed mk the whole time and won, same vs chopz... Chops also beat my ddd in a set coming from losers in grand finals last week at a mk banned tourny, and i was able to somehow win the last set...
In any case, i feel like maining mk and 2nding snake will work out way better, snake is just accelerating way faster as a character compared to DDD, so i no longer feel the need in playing him, at the moment anyway. I'll still be lurking these boards every now and again, i'll help anyone that is seeking it and willing to learn, just PM me or post in this thread if u have any comments or future questions...
Thanks for always being there, hopefully I can return the favor soon.
KirbieSeibrik