Q&A The official "Ask Your Questions" thread

[Strong Badam]

cargo dthrow between each other is best combo

 

[Diddy Kong]

DK doubles? Can I see a vid of this?

 

[KingofCereal]

Don't have a vid, but at a smashfest recently we played Dk team vs DK team. I was the only one that had any real idea how to play DK. It was confusing and epic. Way better than our Pichu+Roy team dittos.
We also played a few more serious matches and when I teamed with someone they said that they had to go Ganon for the team. Why Ganon? Who is DK's best teammate?

 

[Diddy Kong]

I imagine DK + Ganon could be really scary to. Cargo U Air combos into his F Air... Very destructive.

 

[Strong Badam]

DK works well with Peach and Jiggs. A good player with most any other character will also work, I've had good success with Fox as well as Falcon.

 

[KirbyKaze]

DK and DK team doing punch to punch combos?

Puff Pound > DK Stomp > Puff Jab reset > Puff Uair > DK Giant Punch

IMHO

Or something into Giant Punch into fully charged Rollout

 

[KingofCereal]

Was that list a combo or a series of greater thans?
A punch to rollout combo would be so dirty, so uncontrollably wild.

 

[Nedech]

DK doubles? Can I see a vid of this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N7BsrWxwhA

DK is not very reliable in teams. Every weakness he has in singles is doubled (size, inability to approach in a varying way, no projectiles etc etc). He can work as a wild card at given situations, much like any other character, but that's about it.

 

[Strong Badam]

Nedech: How do you approach the Sheik match-up? It's pretty different in PAL so I was curious what insight you might have, since Sheik's aspects other than grab are explored more deeply by PAL Sheik mains than most NTSC mains (top level ones aren't ******** but I don't have as much experience against them).

 

[Toadster5]

How practical is powershielding vs falco? I know it's basically impossible unless you're turned around but has any DK been able to use it effectively? Falco and Sheik (especially needle spamming) are the only two matchups that I feel really hopeless in.

 

[MEXICAN]

How practical is powershielding vs falco? I know it's basically impossible unless you're turned around but has any DK been able to use it effectively? Falco and Sheik (especially needle spamming) are the only two matchups that I feel really hopeless in.

I can't powershield for shizzwizz. I usually do a full hop, rising n air, which SOMETIMES baits falco to jump at you, and I fast fall a b air or u air really quickly afterward. One of my mindgames against falcos. Works sometimes. And if you're quick enough, you can usually get a grab after the b air. If you go with the u air, you can just juggle after if they're at higher damage. If they're at low damage, or 0, they'll just fall to the floor. This NEVER gets teched because it's too hard. So I just jab reset them if they're at 0 damage when i hit them. Then I get the grab and they go on a rollercoaster ride.

 

[Smooth Criminal]

Then I get the grab and they go on a rollercoaster ride.

Like this

or

like this?

Smooth Criminal

 

[MEXICAN]

Like this

or

like this?

Smooth Criminal

Wtf did you just make me watch?

 

[KingofCereal]

Toadster asked a very practical question about powershielding. But when I think powershield, and (I think) when people talk about it, they only are thinking about lazers. This past weekend DoH suggested trying to ps things like Falco dairs... is this a real option for DK? if so then that could be pretty huge and (with enough practice obviously) would make the matchup much less awful.

 

[phish-it]

Powershelding attacks is just as difficult. The difference bewteen trying to powershield a laser from afar and missing it is you take 3 damage. If you miss the powershield on a Falco's incoming d-air, you eat a huge combo. Although you are going to eat huge combos anyway, so why not go for it?

 

[KingofCereal]

If you're in a position where it's powershield or anything else, and you can't get away, I guess you do have nothing to lose. Shield and get hit, dodge and get hit, try to run and get hit, jump and get hit, roll and get hit... options are not DK's strong suit.

 

[Green Ranger]

Any big monkey mains going to Zenith or Impulse?

 

[Strong Badam]

im probably going to impulse

 

[phish-it]

I'll be at Zenith.

 

[Green Ranger]

Niice! I'm most likely going to both of these events! Can't wait to meet some fellow DK mains!

 

[Green Ranger]

DK doubles? Can I see a vid of this?

Fresh from Zenith!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-I1vGeO9zE

 

[Эикельманн [РУС]]

you and adam did work. good **** guys.

 

[Ripple]

me and strong bad vs. GR and phish it

 

[phish-it]

It has to happen. Winner gets the Golden Banana.

 

[Strong Badam]

let's do it at FC
$10 each

 

[Green Ranger]

It's on.

Spoiler

like Donkey Kong.

 

[Green Ranger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQxMYzjZ4Uo

 

[PGH Carroll]

phish it and GR about to make that FREEEEEEEE MONEY

 

[Strong Badam]

FREEEEEEEE MONKEY

 

[Green Ranger]

Btw, what do you think are the best/worst stages for DK in the new FC stagelist?

 

[Strong Badam]

i miss jungle japes

 

[Эикельманн [РУС]]

ME TOO

and brinstar.

 

[Strong Badam]

real talk though, it depends a lot on MU. brinstar is good against like spacies/sheik/marth but not so hot against jiggs, mute city is surprisingly decent in some MUs, same for rainbow cruise. i might do some testing and report back.

 

[Эикельманн [РУС]]

would you test out brinstar against falcon or doc? i'm curious.

 

[Green Ranger]

mostly curious about RC and Mute City.

 

[phish-it]

Rainbow Cruise is a good one for characters not named Fox or Falco. I actually forgot about Mute City it's been so long since that was legal, it's like a pseudo FD so it's can be an alternate space animal counterpick.

 

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

It's on.

Spoiler

like Donkey Kong.

Yo playing u in both pools and brackets was cool, your dk is a funky kong and i thought u seemed like a pretty cool guy. Then i saw this post and i knew u were a cool guy

 

[Green Ranger]

Oh my worrdd it's BEN GRIMMMMMMMM!

GG's in friendlies, pools and bracket man. Had fun playing you at Zenith! Let's do it again sometime

 

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

Oh my worrdd it's BEN GRIMMMMMMMM!

GG's in friendlies, pools and bracket man. Had fun playing you at Zenith! Let's do it again sometime

Yo definitely, but maybe we can cut it down to once in the touney. Playing in both pools and bracket seemed a little excessive lol. Also just shout out to all u Pittsburghgiens u all seemed like really chill guys

 

[Van.]

if someone has time, can you please repost the cg info for fox/falco on fd? thankssss