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Roy's biggest fears?

SpeedBoost

Smash Journeyman
Joined
Jan 31, 2014
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United States of MERICA!
I am just curious what is a good way to beat a roy. I don't have trouble in that matchup, because I play Ness, but it can be very close at times.

A roy player I play the most is really reliant on F-Smash. I have noticed.
 

Mark Kadah

Smash Rookie
Joined
Jun 23, 2015
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2
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Indiana
Listen, this is coming from a Roy's perspective. Your pk fire and your upair juggles are absolutely essential to winning this match up.
Pk fire, because pk fire is EXTREMELY annoying for Roy to deal with. The only ways for him to avoid it are to DD around it, shield it, or jump over it, two of which take away lots of his offensive momentum. After that you should see if If you can hit him with pk fire in neutral, because you can get a grab for free unless they sdi it fast. Another thing you need in this match up is a solid punish game. That's where the upairs come in. Roy, being a fastfaller(think foxish fall speed), gets eaten alive by Ness's upair strings. After you tack on enough damage with juggles/pk fires/grabs out of pk fire, then you can backthrow Roy into the shadow realm because Roy's recovery is garbage. Also Since Roy relies on flare blade (his side b) to recover, you can probably pk thunder him for free but idk you have to test that on your own.
 
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