Q&A The Bowser Questions and Advice Thread

[HideousBeing]

Against Link. When your L-cancelled arials are shielded, he shoots out his hookshot and I always try to spot dodge, but either the lag on the spot dodge is too high, or the L-cancel just doesn't cut enough time from the post-lag animation. How would Gimpy approach a situation like this? I have this problem with all other characters too, except that with Link, you can't avoid the grab by distancing your attacks (mainly fair).

Edit: So I guess my question is, should I go for the spot dodge or fortress, or is there an alternative?

 

[QTx314159]

gimpy, will you marry me?

 

[KevinM]

Shotgun Gimpy, NO BLITZ.. looks like i got him! hah

 

[Gimpyfish62]

fortress i guess... dont spotdodge haha its slow and horrible and punishable. only useful in some very specific moments.

klaw his shield instead and avoid the problem completely XD

QT honestly i've been thinkin about it a lot what with the child coming and all... I dont know we will have to discuss that further later.

kevin i have on clue wtf you just posted BUT YOUR SPAM WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED ANYMORE.

qt you have limited spam abilies, but dont go to far. XD (meaning dont make topics about how i'm gone when you know i'm gone -_-)

 

[KevinM]

Err.. my post was joking on the post above me, and sheesh you make it sound like all i do is spam >_>

 

[DarkKnight077]

Hey Gimps or Kevin. Is Bowser bad on Mute City and Poke Floats? I know FD is horrible for Bowser but counter stages...well I don't know.

Some tournaments actually allow Green Greens, Poke Floats and Mute City.

 

[Gimpyfish62]

most tourneys do, those stages SHOULDNT be banned

uhhh mute city has no edges, which means no getup attack, but it also means that you have ridiculously easy fsmash edgeguards against a LOT of characters... overall though? i'd have ot say not a good bowser stage.

pokefloats you also lose the edge advantages but the stage is pretty massive too, some chars could camp you pretty hard there but kills aren't to hard to get... i dunno, i wouldn't advise you to COUNTER on pokefloats but i dont like freak out when somebody does i guess haha

 

[HideousBeing]

ummm i'm gonna HOPEFULLY be money matching and recording vs Deva, a surprisingly good link (hes pretty campy too so it'll be good for you guys to hopefully see how to deal with projectile spam) and hopefully he gets the videos so they will actually be uploaded haha

Where are these vids? I want to watch these! Otherwise, any good links to Bowser vs Link vids?

 

[BladeWise]

gimpy, how come we dont play each other, like, ever?

 

[Gimpyfish62]

dude i dont even know, we gotsta fix that so i dont like sd 6 times vs you next tourney or something lol

 

[KevinM]

Gimpy don't you think that Mute City would be a terrible bowser stage clearly for the fact that your bowser is hindered by lack of fortress canceling and other trixies.. the edgeguard is easier but it slows my bowser down a lot.

Idk i haven't played on it to much so I'm not as used to the stage but i know i take an involuntary gulp when i hear it yelled out in a set. F-smash Edgeguarding sure is fun though.

 

[Gimpyfish62]

i dont like mute city with bowser at all

high ceiling big stage bowser is just freaking ridicously easy to edgeguard there (so are most chars but still)

i dont like it, i'd say its a pretty bad bowser stage. very slow for bowser T-T

 

[HideousBeing]

When Bowser does his upsmash, his animation shows him actually jump off of the ground. When he appears to be in the air, do low attacks miss? (ie. Sheik's dtilt). I noticed that Ganon's taunt can make low attacks miss...

 

[Gimpyfish62]

yes you can dodge by jumping over some attacks with his up smash

 

[Inferno_blaze]

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'MMMM BAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!! I bet you all didn't even know I was gone but deep down you missed me, I KNOW YOU DID!

Anyways.. say you decide that, hell, for no apparent reason you're going to take on 3 noobies at once on smash as bowser, they can pick whoever they want. FF is off. What'd be a good stage for this and have ya got any tips?

 

[ohpistachios]

is roll EVER useful?

 

[Luck - DGZ]

warts better fair edgegaurd or bair edgegaurd if opponent is trying to come over you.

 

[Crackboom]

your questions are piling up, here comes another

Explain to me how to or what are the best situations to tech chase with down throw? Their recovery roll send them much to far away.

 

[KevinM]

All of these questions are so situational like.. You might as well ask, Whats the best ledgehopped option i have..

A lot of these are spur of the moment things, we can't answer them before it happens for you

 

[Junpappy]

*serious question*

How do I beat Bowser on Yoshi's story?

*less serious question*

How do I beat Gimpyfish on Yoshi's story?

<<<<Falco player

 

[KevinM]

You can't..

You can't ever...

 

[Crackboom]

gimpy could answer them...

 

[KevinM]

No like, its possible to answer your questions crack, but like..

When you say how do i tech chase the D-throw..

There are so many variables-

Characters
Percent
What Your Looking to Do

Like know what i'm trying to say?

 

[Green Shell]

:O
I'm starting to play as Bowser, and I've got a question.
Why doesn't his Up-B provide more height boostage?
Srsly, oh ma gawd.

And why is Fair so smexchy?

 

[petre]

you shouldnt have to worry about tech chasing after a dthrow, when i dthrow my friends with bowser, they just stand there with a look on their faces like 'WTF DID BOWSER JUST DO TO MY CHARACTER'. then i do another.

i can actually chain throw them 0-death this way.

i have a question, though...is it ever worth it to use the dsmash as an edgeguard (even when you dont know exactly when theyre going to land), or is there always something better?

 

[KevinM]

Well Petre

There is always something better, but if your not comfortable enough with timing and would rather just tack on some damage, then why not..

But honestly it would be a lot better to just throw the good old angled f-tilt out there for an intercept and a stock

 

[Green Shell]

you shouldnt have to worry about tech chasing after a dthrow, when i dthrow my friends with bowser, they just stand there with a look on their faces like 'WTF DID BOWSER JUST DO TO MY CHARACTER'. then i do another.

i can actually chain throw them 0-death this way.

i have a question, though...is it ever worth it to use the dsmash as an edgeguard (even when you dont know exactly when theyre going to land), or is there always something better?

I'll make a question based off of yours, and to KevinM's reply.
What would be better to use, U-B, or D-S?

 

[HideousBeing]

you shouldnt have to worry about tech chasing after a dthrow, when i dthrow my friends with bowser, they just stand there with a look on their faces like 'WTF DID BOWSER JUST DO TO MY CHARACTER'. then i do another.

i can actually chain throw them 0-death this way.

i have a question, though...is it ever worth it to use the dsmash as an edgeguard (even when you dont know exactly when theyre going to land), or is there always something better?

It works fine if DC'ed against anyone with long lag after landing their jump. *coughzeldacough* Edgehog to force the landing, then punish. Simple. But like Kev said, there's prolly better options.

 

[knightpraetor]

so i am wondering what the best options are if you're up against a marth who di's inwards from bowser's dthrow..he's still out of range of an ftilt at most damages...so you can dash attack or flame cancel..SH aerial if you think he's going to jump out..but my brother likes to hover with forward B from di in.

i haven't had any chance to play with it..but it looks like nothing short of dash attack will hit him in time..because of bowser's lag on his dthrow..can i just always make it a practice to dash attack when he di's in? i think it will hit him before he touches down to tech if he's diing inwards.

 

[QTx314159]

Wow, haven't been here in a while. Anyway, I promise to keep the spam to a minimum, but I have some very sad news... WE CAN'T GET MARRIED TODAY T____T My cousin got tickets to this Rise Against concert, and I have to go to it, so unless you can get both plane tickets and concert tickets before 7:00 Eastern Time we can't get married. Is tomorrow good for you though?

 

[exarch]

Gimpy: Why is GGs so crazy good for Bowser? Is it because the edges act like YS's?? And why do they only sometimes work and i slide off the outside edges 20% of the time?

What are we going to counterpick at FC? I like YS ^^

Most importantly: Why are they even having teams when they should just go ahead and give us the winnings?

WAFL team = borken

 

[Silent Wolf]

Gimpy, why iz ur hair sso kurlie?

 

[KevinM]

QT.. i really am so jealous that you get to see comeback kid
HMPH

 

[knightpraetor]

aww no answer to my question yet..bumpity bump bump

 

[Gimpyfish62]

dont ever bump again on smashboards

i'll get to these eventually i haven't had time to even look it over i just know theres several new questions

 

[Chanto327]

gimpy, will you marry me?

Eww, he's like, 20 o_O

 

[Gimpyfish62]

we got married the other day chanto, so GTFO with that garbage

 

[Chanto327]

Dammit >_<

Well, anyway, on-topic, Is it possible to beat a Lv. 9 Captain on FD with Bowser?

 

[O D I N]

>_>

Serious question: Is there a good stage for a counter pick against a yoshi? I tried yoshi story, but it only seemed to hinder me (must be doing something wrong)... Also, once bowser hits 100%+, what's the best way to recover back onto the stage?

 

[Chanto327]

Nevermind the question in my last post. I just beat him. By 2 stocks.

Gimpyfish.....you shall never know how much anger you have caused me this day.....so I leave you with this:

Take this! My love, my anger, and all of my sorrow! SHINING FINGER!!!!

*nothing happens*....****......