*Sigh* Why can't people just leave my arguments to myself?
I said Yoshi isn't placing high in any prominent tournaments..........oh and guess what? He's not.
Well... Define "High". There's not really alot of characters placing "High" these days
Luigi has insane priority, plenty of KO options(including the ability to kill at 50%), 50% combos, and wierd traction properties that allow him to escape potential combos. His KO moves are among some of the most powerful and speediest in the whole game............only a moron wouldn't place him in at least mid.
He also has some of the worst approaches in the game (Cyclone is decent, but once you know how to deal with it, it's easily punishable), his traction is a double edge sword, and his UpB is very punishable if whiffed. His recovery seems to be overjustified. It has great distance, but at times, you can't really defend yourself when recovering.
Yoshi's shield is horrible. In a game where shielding is one of the most important aspects in the entire game.........having a ****ty shield means your a ****ty character. That alone will keep him in low mid to low for the remainder of Brawls' time.
Poor Shield =/= Poor Defence. DK also has one of the worst shields in the game, but is his defence bad? No, and neither is Yoshi. His physical defence is enough to cover the flaws of his shield.
Obviously the SBR based the first list primarily off of potential and less off of tournament results. Since then Yoshi hasn't done much of anything to deserve a drastic climb up the tier list. Boss has proven what Luigi is capable of.....what Yoshi player does anyone hear about? At least Luigi has one top-line player on the tournament front.......Yoshi not so much. Mac used the "nobody plays my character excuse" as the reason for the SBR's bias. The same can be said for Luigi except Luigi is actually a good character and people realize this. Obviously the SBR saw a better character and clearly more potential in Luigi that they did in Yoshi......even without tourny results. Shows you how little anyone thinks of Yoshi even with the advances in his metagame.
How does this make any sense? Pretty much what you said here was:
Tier List = Potential > Tournament Results
Potential = Tournament Results
Therefore Tier List = Tournament Results?
Makes no sense to me. Plus your saying that an highly recognizable pro who has been playing the game since Melee times is using Luigi, that automatically proves his Potential? Isn't that an unfair comparison? That's pretty much like saying "Ha Ha! We have Boss and you don't you suck lololololololoooooolllllol".
And if you aren't reading my arguments all the way through and just ASSUMING that you are the one that is being biased. Plus was Luigi sought to be nerfed to hell? Was Luigi Complex? Was Luigi considered the worst by most?
Your right, I don't know much about Yoshi......but you can't deny that his shield is horrible. In the world of Brawl....that's not good.
His shield is horrible, I can't deny it. However that doesn't mean his Defence is horrible. Also, a good benefit though is that his shield slides alot (Almost as much as Luigi's, no joke, so he usually gets out of harms way fast. Can't counter with it, but it does it's primary job as a shield.... I guess.
His matchups are also bad. Marth, G&W, and Lucario all destroy you. Snake, Falco and ROB also have sizable advantages. The MK debacle is just laughable.......why should Yoshi move up? Instead of telling us to prove why he shouldn't, give us a few reasons why he should. With those matchups...........he's not going anywhere.
If you think a 40:60 is "Destroyed", then sure. Also Yoshi has Zero Deaths against both Snake and Falco (Snake is harder to pull off, and Falco is still under heavy debate), and ROB might actually be Neutral(ish). Also how is Yoshi vs. MetaKnight Laughable?
And if you were comparing Yoshi to Luigi, Luigi does even WORSE against the Higher Tiers! So Yoshi should remain Low Tier because his Matchups against the High Tiers are "Terrible", but Luigi should rise up to High Tier when his Matchups are WORSE! Your Logic astounds me.
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Yoshi (6 top8, 4 top4) - 21.7 - 31
Basis for criticism isnt exactly required. Its up to yoshi mains to prove thier point to everyone where it really matters, not for other people to try and understand his good points when those results are the only obvious indication we have of how good yoshi is.
Before you quote his current placing, Remind that I already told you that Yoshi had a Win (ZOMG WTF HAX!) and a Top 8 This week. Ankoku doesn't update daily anymore (He updates Weekly), and if you REALLY want legitimacy, Ask him.
i am contesting against the fact that you say that yoshi has the tools to move out of low tier, when every thing you mention as strengths of his are strengths that other characters in low tier have
Which would be?
trust me i know how your character works, i used to play shiri all the time and not too long ago i played the yoshinator for like 3 hours straight, why do you feel that if somebody knows the facts about yoshi but still think hes bad that theres something wrong with him?
I haven't seen either play, but if you think he's garbage because his Recovery is one of the easiest to intercept and his Projectile is one of the shortest and slowest in the game, then I'm guessing they didn't really do a good job repersenting Yoshi... either that, or you are biased as hell
i also lurk your boards and learn about the character i know youve seen me, dont act like im lying. and have you ever thought that everybody is saying the same ting cus its true? i mean obviously the "lol FS yoshi and he dies" stuff is stupid, but that doesnt change the fact that you play a bad character with some positive things going for him
It's amazing that you say that, when I recall you are the same person who said that Sonic completely owns Yoshi because of Foot Stalling.
And if Yoshi REALLY was a Bad character, then I would agree, However Yoshi IS NOT a Bad character, and this is why I defend so much
i play sonic because he is my favorite video game character ever. what of it?
There you go, so does almost everyone else who mains Sonic. He's just naturally popular.
think about it, what makes more sence, a good amount of knowledgable people saying, " sonic isnt that bad, hes about lower mid tier material," or one guy living up in an igloo somewhere in canada that cant even get to a tourney saying "Yoshi si amazing!!! PLEASE BELIEVE ME!!!"
Yes. I live in an Igloo. I am communicating on my computer made out of Walrus Flubber, and my keyboard made out of the bones of a Musk Ox, using it's tusk as a Mouse. Now if you don't mind, I have to build some stone statues to divert a family of Caribou, and hunt them so that I can upgrade my Graphics Card to play FarCry 2.
and for the record sonic has that many tourney wins because djbrownie is basically the best smasher in australia and he happens to use sonic.
Amazing, isn't it?
We usually have people who play that character discuss with us the matchup, and as of now, we have a huge amount of near even, even, or advantages. We only have about 5 extremely difficult matchups.
What? We don't have 5 "Extremely" hard matchups (unless we have (and probably do) different definitions of "Extreme") My "Extreme" is something over 70:30, and he only has one, which is Game & Watch. Honestly though, I'm starting to think even thats overblown
And I also agree that Wolf isn't really a good comparison. He has nothing but good matchups after his bad ones. However almost all of his bad matchups are in Top Tier... Irony
Hey now mmac, i didnt beat DSF =P
I wish XD I almost did tho.
I thought you did say you beat DSF recently though. I do recall you saying you beat DSF one time in the chat....