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DEAR SANTI,
I'm going to a huge tourny tomorrow, and at every tourny I go to I always get beat out by the same Lucario player. I **** his first 2 stocks, but when he's right about to lose, he'll throw me off the stage, and then stand at the edge. If I roll onto the stage he'll grab me or smash me. If I press B to get up, he'll shield grab. If I jump he'll jump up and use an aerial. If I ledge hop he'll shield grab me or just grab me if I don't attack.
What do I do? I was thinking about ledgehop to airdodge...but meh. I'm thinking of counterpicking stages like Brinstar or Norfair so I can attack from under the stage, and banning stages that he likes like Pictochat.
You have a few other options you haven't exploited yet.
1)First of all, on your way to the ledge, don't grab it. Land on stage. As you are coming to the stage take out a bomb, throw a boomerang, and shoot an arrow. That way he is busy dodging/shielding projectiles instead of focusing on attacking you.
2) If he is going to sit on the edge of the stage drop down and back and use up B to get back ON the stage. If you do it right, you will catch him in your Up b. Also doesn't hurt to take out a bomb before you up B onto the stage. The explosion can help you out in case you get into trouble.
3) To get back onto the stage, don't tap jump, b, a, or r. The best method is to drop down or back and THEN do some sort of jump. You have much more control over your character and no beginning/end lag. So if you want to air dodge onto stage it is much easier and more efficient. So in other words. Tap down on the control stick. Then tap jump and air dodge onto the stage. Or tap back, then jump and air dodge.
4) You can drop down, take out a bomb, grab the edge. Drop back, jump and throw a rang, then move towards getting on the stage with bomb ready in hand for when you may need it.
5. Drop down and jump up using your uair. If he is right on the edge then this will make him move back.
There are a ton of options. Fool around with them and figure out what works. You might also try to lure him off the edge by jumping up and hitting z so you tether grab the edge real quick and perhaps he will jump out at you in an attempt for an aerial.
