Smash Back Room Weekly Character Discussions! FINAL UPDATES: Ness + Lucas. All done!!

[Sonic The Hedgedawg]

Hmm... I'm thinking #7 is either Toon Link, Zelda, or Falco. Most likely Falco, but it could be Toon Link since they both have fantastic projectile games. Zelda has her Din's Fire which is one of the best "projectiles" (if you can even call them that) in the game, and it's true it's hard to punish her recovery. I'm going to go with Falco or Toon Link though, since they are both thought of as good tournament characters.

That line about using them in air or on the ground... I'm not sure if it was referring to the character or the character's method of recovery. If they were referring to recovery, surely they are talking about Falco and his buffed Phantasm.

see... this is what really bugs me: zelda is in the same league as falco and toon link, she really is. The problem is she's underplayed for god knows what reason. but most anyone who's serious about the game doesn't deny zelda's skill and potential.

Zelda IS great, she just isn't popular so tournament results don't back her up

 

[Blad01]

Falco's recovery is very gimpable, and Zelda is not a consensus top competitor. It's Toon Link for sure.

Hum, Falco's ^hantasm is hard to punish...

But he places well in tournaments...

Hum...

 

[Snail]

I think it's Zelda. Much praise but I haven't seen her do very well in tournaments :/

 

[petrie911]

There's only one character I can think of that would use his recovery on the ground that also isn't placing as well as you'd think, and that's Pikachu.

Seriously, this guy received nothing but buffs from Melee (including a ridiculous buff to Thunder), and Sheik can't horribly chain throw him anymore. Where's the Pika love?

Zelda's the only other one that would be reasonable, as has been mentioned before.

 

[AlexX]

If they were referring to recovery, surely they are talking about Falco and his buffed Phantasm.

I would think it would be a referance to their recovery in general, not just part of it. Phantasm is indeed a good recovery move, but if he needs any sort of vertical distance, he must use his up-B, which is much more easy to gimp.

 

[Zelc]

My first reaction was Pit, but Toon Link probably fits the description best. I was thinking Wing Renewal or something for the recovery, but the Spin Attack is more likely .

ETA: "ROB has several weak spots, including beneath him, behind him, and anything at a 9 o'clock position (if ROB is the center of the clock) is totally safe from ROB"

Isn't the 9 o'clock position behind ROB?

 

[Rat]

The next character is Falco.


If I'm right will you give me 5$?

 

[GamerGuitarist7]

NOW i'm guessing its toon link, since his up-b out of shield can be pretty effective.

at first i thought marth til i saw projectiles.

 

[Dream Land Works]

I think #7 is Zelda. The projectiles fit her right and there was early talk of her being a good character in Brawl, but on the ranking list she is low.

 

[:034:]

It's Toon Link. Everybody agrees he is good, but he's hardly used in tournaments. He has various projectiles, making him hard to approach. And, he's good up-close as well.

 

[itsthebigfoot]

definitely not pit, pit's recovery is extremely easy to punish

possibilities

1. toon link - good projectile game, tether recovery combined with floatyness and great vertical recovery, and he's fairly hard to gimp, everyone was predicting him to be sweeping tournaments, and very few have gotten far

2. pikachu - very hard to approach, his recovery is nearly impossible to gimp if you have not played the pikachu enough to know his recovery pattern, on top of this, quick attack canceling seems to open up a whole lot of options for the little yellow rat, several people thought he would be up to his old 64 self, however, he has been nearly non existent at tournaments.

those are the two likely ones that i can see

the upb hint kinda points towards them, most other characters who have strong projectile games can get punished hard either during, or after upb

 

[clowsui]

This week's character is someone who nearly everyone thinks is a very strong competitor, but strangely isn't placing as well in tournaments as some would expect. Perhaps nobody has tapped into the character's true potential yet? One way or another, this character can be frustrating to approach with the character's great projectile game, but is no slouch when you get in close. Couple that with a recovery that is hard to punish, whether you use it in the air or on the ground, and you have a character that only very few would enjoy playing against.

Falco.
Everyone thinks he's near top tier but only Sethlon has really placed with him.
Hard to approach with Lasers + shine
Recovery is ridiculously hard to punish (phantasm)

 

[Conda]

#7 is OBVIOUSLY toon link.

 

[vanderzant]

Yep #7 is toon link most likely.

 

[Airgemini]

I have a feeling its Zelda.

 

[M.K]

I don't know too much about the characters that the tournament players use, but I can guess it's one of those "select" few that have been used more often than others.

 

[ROOOOY!]

Why not Zero Suit Samus? She was the first person to spring to mind.
Not that much of a projectile game, but still..
Maybe Toon Link.

 

[Elemental Knight]

I really think it's Zelda.

 

[MdrnDayMercutio]

Zelda.

Espicially after I played a **** fine Zelda main that used the teleport as a beautiful mind game. Granted it was on WiFi and the usual johns. But it wasn't easy to punish. Every time I chased to do so I ended up mis spacing. When I did space it perfect it turned out the lag wasn't what I expected. Maybe I'm just not familiar with her, or whatever, but I think Zelda definatly fits.

 

[Mikezor]

Toon Link?

 

[J18]

i totally called that ROB update.
but i got no clue who the next one is. maybe pikachu or toon link?

 

[Sonic The Hedgedawg]

The "Recovery used on ground" is the only thing keeping me from being absolutely certain it's zelda. But that still doesn't entirely convince me, because it can be used in such a way.

It's DEFINITELY either Pikachu or Zelda.

 

[Mez]

samus or toon link are the ones that i can think of.... samus is really hard to aproach with her homing missiles, charged shot and Zair, can recover with her extremely long grapple or use her high priority screw atack to get to the stage, not to mention get bomb jump and floatiness, and she can use her screw atack on the ground out of shield to interrupt combos; and toon...well u all know toon link ^^

 

[-Linko-]

It is Toon Link. His recovery move is different in the ground and in the air, he has a hell lot of projectiles... But he is not placing well on tourneys.

 

[Oh Snap]

I hope the next one is Zelda.
Her recovery isn't easily punished due to the damage that is done at the end.
She's usually placed in high tier, but tourney results show that Zelda isn't doing to well!

 

[-Aether]

Sounds like toon link to me.

Everything fits, even the change in recovery from air to ground.

 

[Surri-Sama]

Samus maybe, i dont really think Pikachus projectile game is that great, but who knows, people around here think pikachu sucks in general so :|

 

[Valken]

Falco?

10chars

 

[N.A.G.A.C.E]

number 7 is zelda

 

[MiraiGen]

Zelda hasn't shown up on the map yet, it's ambiguous on gender, Zelda's recovery is VERY hard to punish.

Gotta be the princess.

 

[chansen]

I'm going with the toon link trend. Plus he's the most popular so far on the boards...

 

[WafflKong]

I think it's Pit.

 

[Finch]

For the third week in a row the hint sounds strongly like Toon Link.

 

[Devil7]

I'm all for pit, because people are thinking pit is so awesome and you see it on the boards often because pit is used by a lot of wifi ffa players but he kinda left behind in tourneys.

 

[Krayn]

Next week is going to be Toon Link.

 

[BibulousDan]

I firmly believe that this one will be Fox or Falco, mainly because that they were expected to be great in Brawl cuz they were great in Melee, also the description matches them both.

 

[Tien2500]

Either Zelda or Pit I think. Although Pits recovery is very punishable if you can get to him while he's away from the stage so I'm leaning towards Zelda.

 

[Trillion]

Fox, everyone expected him to be great, hes not doing as hot at tourneys as everyone expected, he can spam lasers, his smashes are powerful and he has a pillar for up close, his fire fox is powerful on the ground or in the air since the fire is around him.

 

[Ørion]

I vote for fox or falco.

 

[Crooked Crow]

It's Toon Link.
Maybe Lucas?