elusiveTranscendent
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Happy one year anniversary to our ninja frog being confirmed for Smash 4!
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Social The Pond - Greninja General Discussion
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FullMoon
i'm just joking with you
Oh wow people kept track of the date? I'm surprised.
elusiveTranscendent
Smash Lord
I actually had it pointed out by somebody several days ago that today was the one year anniversary. :s
Funkermonster
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I kinda like Greninja not being all that popular..... yet. just mistakes him the sleeper character that will strike back before people know it. As long he doesn't get any drastic changes or anything, I can see people recognizing what he can do as the meta goes on. I also find that fellow Pokemon fighter Charizard 
is being slept on too, and even though I don't main him I still hope his future goes well and that he gets some more attention too. Even though Greninja's my character and always will be, I tend to get sympathetic towards other characters I like and hope their futures turn out well too, even if I don't really play them or like how they play. This goes for , , , and ; people ain't really giving these guys much respect right now and their futures are looking kinda grim competitively. Even though I already have a main and a secondary, I want these 5 characters to be good because I love them and their games, and I hope their metas can turn around soon without or without being buffed.
On a side note, where I live there aren't very many others Ninjas around here, and people seem to look at me as the best one our state has yet with a lot of potential. I kinda like being the only ninja where I live, since a low amount of competition would solidify my spot of becoming the best Greninja in my state, and maybe even take it further to one of the best all of America. I'm kind of a person who likes to fight for glory haha. I'm pretty inexperienced right now though and I've got some bad habits I need to work on and some fundamentals to get a good grasp of. It's gonna be a long journey on a long path if I wanna git that gud, but I'm willing to walk that path, and I support you guys and all other Greninja fans who've got the same plan, let's all do our part to advance his meta. As long as we're not both Arizonans, hehehe.
Luckily for me, there's also no king in my state either, so maybe I can claim my spot for the champion at him while I'm at it too..
is being slept on too, and even though I don't main him I still hope his future goes well and that he gets some more attention too. Even though Greninja's my character and always will be, I tend to get sympathetic towards other characters I like and hope their futures turn out well too, even if I don't really play them or like how they play. This goes for , , , and ; people ain't really giving these guys much respect right now and their futures are looking kinda grim competitively. Even though I already have a main and a secondary, I want these 5 characters to be good because I love them and their games, and I hope their metas can turn around soon without or without being buffed.On a side note, where I live there aren't very many others Ninjas around here, and people seem to look at me as the best one our state has yet with a lot of potential. I kinda like being the only ninja where I live, since a low amount of competition would solidify my spot of becoming the best Greninja in my state, and maybe even take it further to one of the best all of America. I'm kind of a person who likes to fight for glory haha. I'm pretty inexperienced right now though and I've got some bad habits I need to work on and some fundamentals to get a good grasp of. It's gonna be a long journey on a long path if I wanna git that gud, but I'm willing to walk that path, and I support you guys and all other Greninja fans who've got the same plan, let's all do our part to advance his meta. As long as we're not both Arizonans, hehehe.
Luckily for me, there's also no
king in my state either, so maybe I can claim my spot for the champion at him while I'm at it too..
Cutie Gwen
Lovely warrior
People smacktalking the best frog ever? Better buff Greninja
mimgrim
Smash Hero
The moment when you realized you randomly stopped getting alerted to a thread.
BlueTerrorist
Smash Ace
So I had to face Vinnie at my last tournament. I'll show you guys the video. Greninja was in 1st round of the set only.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDwB3-YMk5o
The rest of my vids of the tournament are in the video section.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDwB3-YMk5o
The rest of my vids of the tournament are in the video section.
Jaguar360
Smash Lord
I keep track of the date because I know it's the day before I joined Smashboards :3. I'll be switching to my original avatar tomorrow in celebration.
Tbh, I still find most of the better nerf Greninja jokes funny. Then again, I'm not one to get tired of memes too easily.
I made a palette swap for Greninja today after messing around with GIMP when I was bored. Probably needs a bit more work, but I don't feel like working on it much more right now. If you haven't guessed by now, green is my favorite color.
Tbh, I still find most of the better nerf Greninja jokes funny. Then again, I'm not one to get tired of memes too easily.
I made a palette swap for Greninja today after messing around with GIMP when I was bored. Probably needs a bit more work, but I don't feel like working on it much more right now. If you haven't guessed by now, green is my favorite color.
Makani
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He's got a bad case of gangrene goin' on with his tongue around his neck...
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i just started playing smash 4 again on sunday, and i've already done greninja's full footstool loop on 5 different people multiple times. i'm sure this won't be a big deal n the future since it'll probably be more widely used (unless sakurai nerfs it), but i do find it funny how a few months ago everybody was saying how impractical it was.
Jaguar360
Smash Lord
Oh dang it you're right. That needs fixing -_-
1 year anniversary on Smashboards hype! Water swords confurmt -- oh wait, that already happened.
FullMoon
i'm just joking with you
Teach me your ways because I can't do it at all.
You're on M2k's stream atm...xD
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FullMoon
i'm just joking with you
Wha.
I guess you were playing Vex on Anther's ladder? Vex is streaming on his channel at the moment.
FullMoon
i'm just joking with you
Wtf I didn't know he was a pro player.
How do the people that wreck me always turn out to be real pros?
I wasn't expecting to show up on a stream like that anytime soon.
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its easy. especially if you use nair to whiff punish.
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I can't even imagine getting something like that Nair to footstool stuff down consistently. I can't even running Shadow Sneak consistently, and it took me like six months to get OoS Usmash down on command back in Brawl. Great stuff, Bunny!
spiderfreak1011
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I know the feeling. I got wrecked by this pro Wario on Anthers awhile back (forgot his name), first match i got wrecked, second match i wrecked him with Shulk, third match he figured me out i guess because he came back and wrecked me. I still dont know how he destroyed me in that last match when i did so well prior.
elusiveTranscendent
Smash Lord
It was patched out in the 3DS version. Likely to be patched out in Wii U with this upcoming patch.
bc1910
Smash Lord
You made some good points here and gave me some food for thought. However saying "no offense" before repeatedly insulting my skill level doesn't make it okay to do that. Sonic's Spin Dash and other moves have been proven to be effective at a skill level far beyond mine, dealing with them is not simply a case of "get better". I have some counterpoints but I'm not really inclined to discuss this further, to be honest.
Yeah I totally agree, this is one of the great things about the frog. So rewarding when you win a tough match, or when you get a Ganon-esque string that leaves the opponent's head spinning. I really like that Greninja's advantage is so strong, he can hit like a heavy sometimes. Great job on your recent vidoes, by the way.
I've really been loving Greninja's down throw lately, has anyone else been experimenting with it? I noticed some discussion about follow-ups earlier. I find at high percents (100%+) his down throw provides the perfect popup for a running Up Smash to catch pretty much any option except jumping away. If you can start to read the jumping away you can usually follow with double jump Uair for the kill.
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FullMoon
i'm just joking with you
You're a bit late
Also thank you, even though I haven't uploaded anything in a while.
I already have plans for another montage featuring our frog though, I have plenty of replays for it and probably will have more once Mewtwo arrives to cleanse my replay list.
Jaguar360
Smash Lord
Yeah me too. I used to think of it as really mediocre, but I am finding it a very good option in the past week or two. At high percents, it leads into near-perfect placement for running U-smash and F-air and Shadow Sneak are also good followups as well to mix things up. It also creates a nice 50/50 mixup at low percents between dash attack and dash grab and Water Shuriken is also a decent followup at low percents. It's nice when U-throw starts staling and getting predictable.
bc1910
Smash Lord
Haha, I did that exact punish today. If I know they're going to airdodge I also like to walk forward and Dsmash since it kills at very reasonable percents, or sets up a really good low angle edgeguard. I think Usmash is useful for option coverage because you can beat attacks which Shadow Sneak/Dsmash generally lose to, but Shadow Sneak is the better (and flashier) option if you know they're gonna dodge.
Yeah, it's really important to keep Uthrow fresh at higher percents because it kills early for an Uthrow, but it's so useful it's usually stale as hell when it comes time to kill with it. I generally use Dthrow as soon as Uthrow puts them high enough that they can easily double jump away from the Uair follow-up. Although sometimes I'll use Uthrow a bit longer since some people like to airdodge after they get thrown, and you can Uair the airdodge for the kill most of the time at around 100%.
elusiveTranscendent
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Oh no. I can't resist not liking posts on this thread. I'm turning into @NonSpecificGuy.
elusiveTranscendent
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FullMoon
i'm just joking with you
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FullMoon
i'm just joking with you
That explains why there was a sudden burst of activity in my video yesterday and I got like 28 views in just one hour.
And also why I got a Japanese subscriber all of sudden.
elusiveTranscendent
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I've seen the video before, but, upon rewatching it, this kill makes me seriously want to reconsider choosing 3111 over 3112. Hmm.
FullMoon
i'm just joking with you
Whether you use Substitute or Exploding Attack really depends on the MU. In MUs where you're pretty much never going to hit with Sub, like Sheik or Pikachu, Exploding Attack is probably better.
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Wait, hold on a moment. Greninja powered his water attacks from Mewtwo's tears, right?
Does that mean when we finally get Mewtwo on the 15th, Greninja will lose of it's power? What if that balancing patch is coming with just the sole purpose of nerfing Greninja because of that?
You Greninja mains need to find someone else's tears, and fast!
Try Pichu!
Does that mean when we finally get Mewtwo on the 15th, Greninja will lose of it's power? What if that balancing patch is coming with just the sole purpose of nerfing Greninja because of that?
You Greninja mains need to find someone else's tears, and fast!
Try Pichu!
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Sakuraichu
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Maybe Greninja is getting nerfed constantly because Mewtwo is coming back!
IT'S A CONSPIRACY!
Also I got a Greninja amiibo.
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elusiveTranscendent
Smash Lord
Heropon_Riki
Smash Cadet
Oh my god how? I woke up at 6:50 to try and get one only to find out they went up at like 3 in the morning T.T
FullMoon
i'm just joking with you
Wait, the Greninja amiibos already released?