Question from my Marth Friend

[HeroMystic]

In a few weeks a group of friends and I will be heading to our first tournament. We all think we'll most likely lose, but we still wanna try to win.

On that note, my Marth friend has a dilemma. He's thinking about choosing a secondary so his game plan won't be as so predictable in the tournament, but he thinks that if he chooses a secondary, he'll end up losing skill with his Marth. I understand Marth is one of the few characters that doesn't have a hard counterpick, but he (and I) am concerned because he doesn't want to become predictable in the tournament setting.

So the question is pretty simple but mildly important for my friend: Should he pick up a secondary or stay with being Marth only? If the former, what secondary should he pick up?

 

[Emblem Lord]

Snake...because it's Snake.

 

[Shaya]

Since when was D3 so hard with Marth?

 

[Emblem Lord]

Yeah, I changed my post.

 

[Shaya]

Also use Meta Knight if you're the type to be in raptures over being called a cheap horrible person or something.

Otherwise just use Snake. Just keep spamming ftilt till they jump then utilt ftw.

 

[ZHMT]

Go with Snake...I actually had to pick him up a few times(dont hate me lol).

Snake and Marth is a great combination, Snake is the best youll get against MK besides MK himself.

 

[HeroMystic]

Mind going a bit more in-depth with why Snake is the best secondary? It'll take plenty of explanation for my friend to pick him up seeing as how he's a huge Marth fan and Snake... not so much.

 

[Shaya]

Have him watch the Snake and Marth codec.

It's all "DUDE", "SWEET", "RESPECT" once you watch that.

 

[3xSwords]

Ummmm G&W imo is one of the easiest top tiers to pick up, or ROB b/c going from being a zoning Marth to a camping ROB is something that could screw your opponents up. I'm saying ROB b/c ROB is imo easier to pick up then Snake in terms of deep gameplay.

 

[Steel]

I learned GW in like 10 minutes. i'd suggest him

 

[Shaya]

how hard is it to ftilt ftilt jab combo jab combo throw a grenade an utilt steel? HOW HARD?

 

[3xSwords]

How hard is it to bair over and over again? HOW HARD?!

 

[Steel]

Snake actually has some sort of learning curve though.

 

[¯\_S.(ツ).L.I.D._/¯]

Ya, in two days you can be good but then in a week oh ho, you can be great. And in a month, you can dominate your region.

 

[Pierce7d]

http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=188570

 

[¯\_S.(ツ).L.I.D._/¯]

Or look in my sig.

 

[HeroMystic]

http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=188570

Uh... my bad I guess.

Can't say I'm getting a quick answer though. Oh well, the majority here says Snake. Maybe that'll be enough to persuade him (G&W is out of the question whatsoever).

EDIT: I'll use that thread next time when my friend has a question. Dunno how I missed that.