Samus Better With Lag in FG???

[MageofSymphonia]

I just played a Samus who was still a roll happy SoB, but was different from others as he actually was a semi decent player. And by all means correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems as if she is better in lag, her rolls are harder to punish than most other characters, the lag has goofed up priority as her down air out prioritized Rosalina and her halo at the far end of the hitbox as well as out prioritizing Rosalina's dash attack hitting directly in front of her at neutral.....no character, not even sheik or any other character I've played especially offline have hit Rosalina out of her dash attack in the front, that's not possible. Overall, she seems to be a lot more pain to deal with than Link or even Little Mac players online. I do not consider myself a bad player by any means as I have beaten these types of spammers and have held my own against PR ranked players in my hometown region offline, but this has been something that really makes me curious as this specific Samus player was literally doing things game mechanic wise that just shouldn't be happening.

 

[YoshiYoshi]

I agree. There are a number of reasons why Samus is better with lag in FG.

The projectiles are OP when you have poor mobility. Samus, for the most part, only has press R, B, and tilt the control stick in two directions to win neutral, but you have to avoid her obstacle course of death which requires many more inputs, especially with the control stick. This cannot be done gracefully in lag. Even with a reflector, your chances of failure skyrocket against Samus with lag.

You cannot perfect-shield the projectiles correctly in lag. If you fail to perfect-shield one missile and one charge shot, your shield is broken and you are dead. It's harder to jump away from missiles and charge shots in lag, so sometimes you either have to break your shield or eat a shot for 25%.

No Johns, Samus is definitely a high tier character in various forms of online lag. Characters who can kill from across the stage with projectiles usually have an advantage in lag. The more disjointed the character, the better.

 

[MisterDom]

I also agree. You can play a roll happy Spamus in lag but be fine, where as my Jigglypuff can't handle lag very well. They usually win, and eventually I made a joke to my friends that some players probably purposely make their internet laggy so they win. XD

 

[ChaikaBestGirl]

I think she is better with lag on FG because whenever she fires anything if it spikes there is no way to avoid it

 

[Wintermelon43]

Dat moment when Samus is so bad that lag makes her better