Spamming PK Fire?

[Korou Tenshi]

Ok, I'm gonna come clean. When I use Ness I tend to spam the PK fire move, building up damage to an enemy, not letting them move due to the flinch effect it has. I'll usually corner the enemy and keep piling it up, not allowing them room to escape whilst continuing to hit them with the move. I mean, I'll move around them when they come out and I anticipate attack and I'll grab them in the stun of the fire and throw too.
I was just wondering if it is frowned upon to continuously stack the move. (of course I still use his other moves, not just PK fire, just use it when I have the chance)

 

[Earthbound360]

Ususally hitting with Ness' PK moves (minus flash) can be repeated. PK Fire into a shothopped second, and PKT juggling. People do sometimes hate it, but that's just Ness, dont be ashamed to do this.

Its so funny. I PKT juggles my friend the other day so much, after the match, his message was "PKT spam? No thanks"


But I dont reccomend repeatedly PK Firing. It just doesnt do that much damage (unless they're Bowser or DK) as a throw or usmash combo which I alsways follow with one PK Fire.

 

[Ademisk]

And it's highly punishable. Use it intelligently.

 

[Conda]

I use PK Fire as an alternate dash attack.
Also, use it as a punisher as it... well.... it is good at that.

 

[Korou Tenshi]

Ah, thanks. I was just unsure if repetition was a good thing or not. Obviously after a while, the enemy will pick up on it if its too predictable. I was worried I wasn't playing Ness right because I prioritise not letting the enemy attack, by stunning with the PK fire and smashing/throwing them from it, PK thunder juggling which if the manage to dodge, I'll PK flash.
So if this is how he's meant to be played I guess it's all good =)

 

[DiasFlac]

They can just DI out of it, guard it once it hits them or roll dodge it after it hits them. Their still take the damage but they can escape it fairly easy. Once you PKF them its a good idea to run up and do what you want to do quickly.

PKF then PKT2 doesn't work PKT2 takes to long and their be out of the PKF before you connect the PKT to your Ness. (I do sometimes hit PKF and PKT2 on players but thats because they don't know any better)

You learn a lot about PKF when playing against someone who knows what their doing. Careful when using it because if they dodge they can punish you. Its a horrible projectile when it doesn't hit sadly.

Ness should learn to PKF like Lucas.

 

[Earthbound360]

PKF to PKT2 works if the opponent rolls out of it once.

 

[cHooKay]

Ness' PK Fire is definitely not reliable as a spammable projectile, you definitely cannot spam it like pit's arrows, mario's fireballs, or even lucas' PK. Do not spam this move noobishly or else faster characters or even characters with more priority will punish you.