The Best Samus Player in the Country.

[Dobs1007]

What's up with Samus players these days? lol.

Whats up with Canadians these days? Bring me some syrup at ROM 4

 

[Juggleguy]

Everyone criticizing Duck for a *few* missed edgeguards vs S2J and Lovage need to realize that his solid edgeguarding is a huge reason why he made it that far in the first place. While housing Johnny, Oscar, and SFAT after the tourney, they *all* said that Duck's edgeguarding is on par with Hugo's. Michigan and the Midwest has known this for months, and I'm glad others know now as well.

 

[Teczer0]

It's really unfortunate he wasn't able to show that stellar edgeguarding. I heard he has never been in a situation like he was in at big house. Where such a huge crowd of people were cheering him on at and off the venue, so nerves coulda played a role.

I'm expecting to see lots of stuff from duck, personally I already knew he was good from the times I went to MI but he just went on a train at that tourney lol

 

[the_CAM_factor]

i knew duck was good but damn i thought he played very well. hopefully he makes it to a national so we can all see how well he would play

 

[Deleted member]

watch duck vs sfat and tell me his edgeguarding is bad rofl

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also, regarding me vs duck, he played extremely well, i beat him 3-1 though and if it went to 5th match i think my ghey counterpick stage would have sealed the deal anyways

 

[TheCrimsonBlur]

The future looks bright for Samus.

I don't know why the **** shes returning to the metagame but its nice to have her back.

 

[G. Vice]

Tink vs you was mad close too S2J. I didn't expect it to be that close, but Tink is sooo smart and really good. He earned alot of respect in my opinion right there.

Midwest is legit. Duck, Dart, Tink, Kels, and MattR are all amazing players.

 

[Dr Peepee]

maybe regional crews can return

I want a south crew dang it LOL

 

[strawhats]

maybe regional crews can return

I want a south crew dang it LOL

pp
hbox
Chillin
Azen
Tope
Colbol
Plup
linguini
RockCrock
vist

Substitutes: lozr, Everlasting yay, Rayku, Druggedfox, $Mike's falcon (love this falcon)

Damn...it grieves me not being able to put shiz's name on that list anymore...lambchops too.

also some really good up and coming samuses in duck and plup

 

[Dr Peepee]

Chops is back in the FL but he doesn't play as seriously anymore iirc

and MD/VA is EC

 

[Corigames]

Best Samus?
Workin on that. I'll get back to you later. As for right now, I don't care who does it, but someone needs to make Samus S-tier unstoppable for a good year or so.

 

[RaynEX]

Duck is the business. He might not be the best currently, but he's on his way.

 

[Max?]

Chops is back in the FL

Whoa since when? I saw him at a Brooklyn tournament not much longer than a month or so ago.

 

[Dr Peepee]

I don't think he's been there a month yet lol. I played with Linguini a few days ago in NC(he was visiting for family reasons) and he told me Chops came back and they played already.

I think I also saw Chops post it on FB.

 

[Strong Badam]

i'll upset some ppl with DK
if i can make it to a goddman regional one of these days.
:/

 

[trahhSTEEZY]

dying to see some chops

 

[Dr Peepee]

supposedly he's not playing as seriously anymore. guess we'll find out

 

[-Philip Coast Philip-]

yeah wes WHAT i can put titles too rep the W.C. YEAAAHHH

Samus only tournament

winner represents their region

region of winning samus is best region in America

lets do this

this doesn't just include samus mains, guys, let's do this!

hugs: bra, 'we all know' you're the best, no other samus (main) has even close to your tournament record. but we do like to discuss the potential we see in others nameen - lighten up, will ya?

Spoiler

always used to wish i could friendly you at a tourney someday... never got to. even had a couple dreams (nightmares) about it, dang. you and m2k. i finally played him though. i remember i got a 'wtf moment' from him on marth's counter with samus' foot hitbox on her uair. yeahhh /samus represent.

ihsb: blondes? what is this? nice picture btw, very accurate... could have made it a bit bigger though, it was kind of drowned out by those big circl- when are you going to finish that combo video of yours? finish it, i dair er... **** it.

plup: i watched half of one of your videos (against fox), i liked your style already, i'd care to see more.

/love this thread.

p.s. there's plenty of untapped potential with samus. we never did quite explore this option now, did we? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlLl3L8s2BI

Spoiler

double wof, wtf??

 

[ihavespaceblondes]

ihsb: blondes? what is this? nice picture btw, very accurate... could have made it a bit bigger though, it was kind of drowned out by those big circl- when are you going to finish that combo video of yours? finish it, i dair er... **** it.

I guess "had" would be more accurate. Oh well, I'll change it back at some point.
Probably never on the combo vid. I'm so lazy.
But the avatar needs changing, and that's easy, so good call.

 

[Avalancer]

Can most Samus players SWD without any mistakes?

 

[Max?]

If IHSB and I ever play it's about to be a Clash of Kings.

 

[MonkUnit]

Can most Samus players SWD without any mistakes?

Probably not. SWD is probably on the same level of usefulness that the extender has.

 

[Krynxe]

Extenderrrrrrrr

Anyone see either extender or swd used efficiently in competitive play before? I only recall seeing it in videos prior to like 2004 without very good results lol.

 

[Violence]

I think the person with the highest consistency I've seen with it is Edgeluca from BC.

SWD is a frame perfect action, telegraphed and has a low potential for reward even if hit properly.

Just a few days ago, in friendlies, after taking a stock off of Lovage, I dash danced a bit, already had my shot and went for an SWD. Hit it, Oscar knees me out of it.

SWD is pretty terrible, I think the only time I would recommend using it is in certain situations in doubles.

 

[Pi]

SWD has some very rare reliable instances in which it's ur best option
but it's so unreliable when u need it lol

it's all about shffm >=)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiERQrX40wA

 

[ph00tbag]

Extender is much more useful than SWD. The only viable use of SWD I've seen is as a way to mix up your positioning as your opponent is respawning. It could even be considered an ambiguous mix-up in this regard.

The extender, however, bears only advantages over normal grabs. It's minimum start-up time is equal to any other grab, as is its cooldown. But it negates the efficacy of dodging/teching mix-ups by homing in on your opponent, and allowing you full control over the activation of the grab hitbox. In a tech situation, it literally creates a 50/50 mix-up for Samus between grabbing to auto-chase techs, or dtilt/fsmash/whatever to punish missed techs. Mixing it into her pressure game gives her more range on grabs, and the ability to punish reaction dodges. And obviously, it can catch players unawares if they're staying too grounded while below Samus, although this is more of a pattern-recognition-dependent use.

All in all, I think Samus mains should be more willing to take the time to find openings to set up the extender, and learn how to apply it. It's not a hard option to activate, and I think it's well worth the time commitment.

 

[ihavespaceblondes]

The one disadvantage of the extender over the normal grab is that it cannot grab out of the air. Not that this is a particularly common thing, but if I get a downair on space animal at 50%+ percent, I'm going to want my free grab -> uthrow -> charge shot dammit.

 

[Corigames]

JC Extenderrrr
Use it on Mute City. Watch it home in on Sheik's UpB. It removes limescale, blood, and urine stains.

In doubles, when it gets down to that 2v1 part, use the homing on the extender to make sure you are going to grab the right person instead of accidentally grabbing your teammate. Works well if you aren't an idiot : )

 

[Krynxe]

Is approaching with something like shffm->swd->tilt/smash from like across fd really that bad though? I'd imagine, on fd especially, it being pretty useful compared to the extenderrr.

 

[-Philip Coast Philip-]

All in all, I think Samus mains should be more willing to take the time to find openings to set up the extender, and learn how to apply it. It's not a hard option to activate, and I think it's well worth the time commitment.

Where's that video of the samus extendering dk on fd over and over again... lol. edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYADlT-D9-8&t=79

Can most Samus players SWD without any mistakes?

We actually mess up on the WDOoS more than the SWD nowadays

Spoiler

no not really, no

. Some people have the feeling down really well, the muscle memory - but even then, there's usually a chance to fail.

It's probably slightly more precise for us than consistently powershielding? Probably depends on who you ask there...

 

[Pluplue]

is hugs going to apex? off topic but im just curious

 

[-Philip Coast Philip-]

is hugs going to apex? off topic but im just curious

not off topic. and you need to focus that curiosity, channel it... mindgames on, mindgames off.

 

[Pi]

this thread has a topic?

 

[hungrybox]

is hugs going to apex? off topic but im just curious

The man himself

 

[KirbyKaze]

Plup doesn't have that ducktilt.

 

[Comrade]

spaceballs is the future. I believe.

He just need to LEARN TO BEAT IORI

 

[Blistering Speed]

When Samus has more decent players than Marth, Sheik and Puff, you know this game's ****ed.

 

[Strife]

spaceballs is the future. I believe.

He just need to LEARN TO BEAT IORI

IHSB himself has said that he isn't the future of Samus. And sadly I agree with him. I really hope both Duck and Pulp go to Apex. I think they could accomplish a lot.

 

[DtJ Jungle]

I believe Duck has close to zero intentions on going to APEX.

 

[Dark Hart]

someone get Duck to ROM