Ok so I know this should probably be put under a guide or anything but start a new thread, however, after experimenting with Roy for quite a while, I've noticed some interesting techs, subtle details, and other tips that may be of use to those who'd like to pick up the Melee veteran.
- Neutral B kills at zero when fully charged.
Under the correct conditions and on most characters, a fully charged neutral B can and will kill at
ANY percent. (At least near the edge) This one is easy to see and most of you might know this, but in general, this is pretty impressive. I'd like to see how this impacts doubles matches in the future.
- His pivot grab is amazing
Simply put, I think Roy has the best pivot grab in the game. I first noticed this when I accidentally pivot grabbed a zero suit from about an eighth of final destination away. I thought it was a simple windbox error or something of the sort, but when I pulled it off again, Roy was able to grab from a large distance. The furthest distance I've gotten was about 1/5th to 1/4th of final destination. This is extremely impressive, and arguably the best pivot grab we have in smash 4.
You may be thinking, "No duh, Smash 4 gave almost every character a great down throw. What makes Roy so special?" Good question! In fact, Roy's down throw is an awesome combo starter that bounces a character to about above Roy's head. At low percents, following up with a jab, up tilt, up smash, or forward tilt are all viable options. However, this grab get's better at about 30% (20-25% for fast fallers). Up tilts can be used in succession, and if your opponent has trash DI, you can even follow up with up airs and even and up special if you really want to go deep. This works so well due to up air and tilt's ability to juggle fairly easily. Finally, note that down throw can be combined with a pivot grab to forward air opponents offstage, and with characters like DIddy or Ness, gimp their recoveries. Just remember not to go too deep and end up in the blast zone.
- Roy doesn't have trouble killing
Once again, no duh! Of course Roy would be able to kill, I already mentioned how strong neutral B was. However, most people don't know the sheer amount of kill options Roy has. Firstly, his smashes. I'd like to say that any move I mention will kill at 120%, but most will kill much sooner. All of Roy's smashes kill. However, forward and up smash can kill reliably at around 90% in the sweet spot near the base. Not too bad. Next is tilts. Both up and forward kill, however, up isn't always super reliable. That being said, if you sweet spot it, up tilt will do its job and take the stock. On to aerials. Forward air will just barely kill at 120%. Back air, however, has great kill power on the sweet spot going as far as 110% near the edge. Time for specials. Forward special may kill, but due to knockback that doesn't kill but knocks opponents very far away at high percents, it is super unreliable and I recommend you avoid it at all costs. Up special kills super early at sweet spot, killing at 105% in some cases. Counter will kill if counter wants to, that's just how counter goes, and neutral special kills at 0 so yeah. And that's about it!
Overall, Roy is an amazing character with great potential all around. Fast, powerful, and just plain cool, I recommend you check him out if you haven't already. If you liked this "guide" tell me down below. I'm pretty new to Smashboards, but I hope this could help out people new to Roy regardless.
As for my opinion, I don't believe he's top tier, but he's at least C-tier.
). He's surprisingly nimble for his power and he'll definitely be a force to reckon with.
