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Problems against Wolf...

RIP101

Smash Rookie
Joined
Mar 9, 2008
Messages
13
Location
Northwest Indiana, Chicago area
I'm having major problems against Wolf. I can beat any character my friend uses (mainly he is Snake though), but whenever he uses Wolf I just can't beat him. I even have troubles with CPU Wolf too. Can anyone give some hints on their stratagies against Wolf?
 

Love And Lament

Smash Rookie
Joined
Jun 6, 2008
Messages
18
Alright, I know my profile says n00b, but bare with me lol.

Wolf's only real effective strategy is forcing approaches with blaster spam. You, as Samus, can beat him at his own game by out-camping him. If he decides to sit and hold his reflector, run in and punish him during his ending lag -probably with a short hopped dair- and combo off of that. Right after that, get out of his range again and repeat.

If he approaches, then you punish whatever he does. Plant a bomb while he's approaching, that'll help. Most unexperienced Wolf players (which I'm assuming he is because he plays Snake?) spam smash attacks. His smashes have little start up lag, but a fair amount of ending lag and they're predictable. Shield and punish. Get him in the air (your lag-less air game > his lag-heavy air game) or off the stage and go for an easy gimp.

Gimping Wolf seems hard at first, but if you press away from the edge, z, and z again, you'll quickly grapple right back on and score some extra invincibility frames. When timed right (at the end of Wolf's recovery) you get a free kill. Going for a spike during the start up of his recovery moves is pretty effective too, just a lot riskier.

Overall, just read him, punish, and focus getting in the air or off the ledge. If he happens to get you off the ledge, avoid his bair, stall with your bombs, and screw attack rather than grapple (I've had my fair share off being ledge spiked by Wolf's bair while recovering with the grapple). With that, and good DI, he'll have a hard time killing you. Avoid using your charge shot and super missles. If he reflects them, they're coming back and hitting you before you can shield. Lastly, if he gets in close and starts giving you a hard time, screw attack out of you shield or down-angle a forward tilt to push him away.

That's all I got. Hope that helps. :)
 

Coldfront

Smash Apprentice
Joined
Mar 16, 2008
Messages
128
Location
A-Town
Right, if he's off the stage just Nair him until he's forced to use his Up+B and then edge hog him, works every time.

The real issue is of course getting him off the edge. Watch some videos of Tudor vs. Fox on youtube and that will give you a good idea of what you need to do up close.
 
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