The Kirby Stage Selection Thread

[SmileyStation]

Alrighty, once again heres my effort to help out the kirby community a bit. This thread is to discuss stages to pick or counterpick against specific matchups. This post here will be reserved for the answers that will be asked about certain stages.


Vs. Bowser
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Vs. Captain Falcon
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Vs. Diddy Kong
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Vs. Donkey Kong
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Vs. Falco
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Vs. Fox
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Vs. Ganondorf
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Vs. Ike
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Vs. King Dedede
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Vs. Link
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Vs. Lucario
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Vs. Lucas
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Vs. Luigi
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Vs. Mario
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Vs. Marth
Recommended Stages: Jungle Japes, Rainbow Cruise, Yoshi's Island, Delfino Plaza
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Vs. Metaknight
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Vs. Mr. Game & Watch
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Vs. Ness
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Vs. Peach
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Vs. Pikachu
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Vs. Pokemon Trainer
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Vs. Olimar
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Vs. R.O.B.
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Vs. Samus
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Vs. Shiek
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Vs. Snake
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Vs. Sonic
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Vs. Toon Link
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Vs. Wario
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Vs. Wolf
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Vs. Zelda
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Vs. Zero Suit Samus
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[SmileyStation]

If you guys dont mind. I'd like to start with Toon Link. Lately I've been having problems with fighting against Toon Link. Some occasions worst than others, but I've been thinking maybe its been because of the counterpicks against me. Or maybe it's the stages I myself have been picking?

What are some good stages to counterpick against toon link if i have the chance?

 

[CaliburChamp]

Green Hill Zone, Green Greens, Luigi Mansion, Rainbow Cruise, and Rumble Falls. Mostly because those stages have obstacles in the way that get in the way of Toon Link's projectiles, or constant moving stages which prevent projectile spamming and camping, and slanted stages like Green Hill Zone, giving Kirby more ways to evade the spam.

 

[SmileyStation]

Thx for the info. Where I play i think Green Hill Zone is a banned stage. But i was thinking luigi's mansion for a while, but i always forgot to pick it cause i was too frustrated or something.
I have problems with TL's arrows the most, they set me up for his up-smash, and its always a pain trying to dodge it.

 

[MK26]

Marth:

Stages (in order of priority):
Jungle Japes – High ceiling prevents Star KOs, and water + Marth's horrible horizontal recovery = low percent gimp kills
Rainbow Cruise – Take advantage of your multiple jumps; also bad for Marth's recovery
Yoshi’s Story – Marth's worst neutral stage (Thanks Emblem Lord)
Delfino Plaza – An alternate option that allows you to take advantage of your recovery
Battlefield – Marth loves this stage. He can easily take advantage of the platforms, and nothing about the stage gives him an undue disadvantage. When doing stage strikes to pick the stage for the first match, ban this stage
Lylat Cruise – See Battlefield.
Halberd – Stay away from it. The low ceiling will provide Marth with low-percent U-smash KOs

Snake:

Stages (in order of priority):
Rainbow Cruise – Try camping, Snake. I dare you. This is your go-to stage, but a smart Snake will ban it.
Luigi’s Mansion – Huge blastzones shift the play from outright kill to gimp. (Courtesy of Commander Blitzkrieg)
Jungle Japes – High ceiling to avoid U-tilt KOs and small platforms make Snake uncomfortable.
Lylat Cruise – Tilting stage allows for stone mindgames and messes with Snake’s recovery.
Brinstar – Tiny ceiling and sides, and Snake has an infinite chaingrab at the bottom. Ban it.
Final Destination – Match will be: grenade, grenade, nikita, plant mine, snake-dash, rinse, repeat. It will end with U-tilt KOs.
Green Greens/Corneria – Tiny blastzones make for a happy camper (but only if the camper is Snake)

From the matchup thread.

You should also add universal counterpicks and stages that Kirby should stay away from in general (with a subtitle "Except against...")

 

[SmileyStation]

Marth:

Stages (in order of priority):
Jungle Japes – High ceiling prevents Star KOs, and water + Marth's horrible horizontal recovery = low percent gimp kills
Rainbow Cruise – Take advantage of your multiple jumps; also bad for Marth's recovery
Yoshi’s Story – Marth's worst neutral stage (Thanks Emblem Lord)
Delfino Plaza – An alternate option that allows you to take advantage of your recovery
Battlefield – Marth loves this stage. He can easily take advantage of the platforms, and nothing about the stage gives him an undue disadvantage. When doing stage strikes to pick the stage for the first match, ban this stage
Lylat Cruise – See Battlefield.
Halberd – Stay away from it. The low ceiling will provide Marth with low-percent U-smash KOs

Snake:

Stages (in order of priority):
Rainbow Cruise – Try camping, Snake. I dare you. This is your go-to stage, but a smart Snake will ban it.
Luigi’s Mansion – Huge blastzones shift the play from outright kill to gimp. (Courtesy of Commander Blitzkrieg)
Jungle Japes – High ceiling to avoid U-tilt KOs and small platforms make Snake uncomfortable.
Lylat Cruise – Tilting stage allows for stone mindgames and messes with Snake’s recovery.
Brinstar – Tiny ceiling and sides, and Snake has an infinite chaingrab at the bottom. Ban it.
Final Destination – Match will be: grenade, grenade, nikita, plant mine, snake-dash, rinse, repeat. It will end with U-tilt KOs.
Green Greens/Corneria – Tiny blastzones make for a happy camper (but only if the camper is Snake)

From the matchup thread.

You should also add universal counterpicks and stages that Kirby should stay away from in general (with a subtitle "Except against...")

Thx for the info. And i added universal good and bad stages for Kirby. Thx for that idea as well.

 

[~Shao~]

I think Frigate Orpheon is an awesome counter-pick for Kirby because his recovery is good and it generally messes up their recovery, unless their like ROB, Pit, Meta. And it's great against space animals in my opinion.