Those laggy TV's really threw me through a loop. I couldn't perform the combos I normally pull off. Another part of it was I was feeling sick, so I couldn't play at my best... Not to mention, we were playing 2-stock 6 minutes. Honestly, I prefer 3-stock, since it gives you more time to adapt to your opponents playstyle. With 2-stock, I felt like it was more of a rushdown game, which is something Pit players tend to struggle in. In general, Pit players tend to struggle against the top tiers, due to their speed, combos, knockback. When playing as Pit, you need to learn to read your opponent, which is why you don't see many Pits place very high in tournaments (besides me
).
Since no matches were recorded, i'll post my report on how the tourney went.
R1: Bye (Due to high seeding)
R2: Akiro
0-2
His Sheik was like no other Sheik I have ever faced. I had trouble getting inside him, and he kept juggling all over Pit. Such an ugly loss, and the button lag gave me so much trouble throughout the match, along with no sound at all.
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R3LB: ???
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Game 1
Smashville:
For some odd reason, he used the dash attack (plant pot) and somehow my GO killed him at around 35%. I don't remember the exact percentage, but I remember I deflected his plant and suddenly he lost a stock right there. He kept on spamming the bowling ball, and I juggled all over him.
Game 2
Final Destination
At the start of every stock, I pulled a crazy combo on his Fox. I did a dthrow to fair to regrab to dthrow to fair until he was at high enough percentage. I managed to gimp his Fox with 5 arrows in a row off stage. Wish that could've been recorded
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R4LB:
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???? 2-0
Don't remember too much what happened. All I remember is I 2-stocked them both games.
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R5LB: Kings
2-0
Game 1 Smashvile: I had trouble approaching his campy Pikachu. It was a very close match, but I was able to adapt to his playstyle by game 2.
Game 2 Town and City: Once I was able to adapt to his playstyle, the match wasn't as hard. Still it was pretty hard to hit Pikachu. Not only did his size gave me some trouble, but the button lag was awful.
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R6LB: Pat
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2-1
Game 1
Smashville:
His Ike was decent. He kept spamming the nairs and usmashes a lot throughout the match. It was very easy for me to punish every move he threw at me, so I 2-stocked him easily.
Game 2:
Lylat:
ALWAYS BAN THAT STAGE, especially when your going up against a Pikachu that spams nothing, but thunder shocks. Unfortunately, I SD at 30%, which cost me the game. Even still, I was able to bring him to 70% last stock.
Game 3
Final Destination:
It was pretty simple for me. With no platforms for Pikachu to work with, it was harder for Pikachu to camp Pit. Once I figured out his playstyle, it was a walk in the park. Literally I walked back and forth using dtilts and ftilts until he started to use his aerials. That's when I punished him with nairs. When he kept camping he with his thunder jolts, I jumped and shot an arrow to punish him. Overall, I 2-stocked him at around 60%.
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R7LB: Gamerhead
Game 1 Smashville: The match on Smashville was very close. He actually KOed Pit at 90% from a bthrow on the platform near the blastzones. We kept trading hits until he got me with another bthrow. Those combos from Ness were crazy.
Game 2 Battlefield: By the point, I began to adapt to his playstyle. Everytime he made any attempt grab me, I would punish him with dtilts and nairs, and then did my usual combos. Once again, I gimped Ness with my arrows and that was pretty cool! I 2-stocked him there with 110%
Game 3 Onett (Omega Form): Again, did exactly the same thing as game 2. Only, it was back and forth until I landed the first kill, and he started to lose momentum from there.
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R8LB: Tetsion
(Dun dun dun DUUUUN)/
2-0
Game 1 Smashville
:
Surprisingly, I trounced him pretty badly. He was in shock at the level of mind games I was pulling off on him. Somehow, I managed to gimp his Pit at low %. Then he lost momentum, and I stage spiked him at 75% with a bair.
Game 2 Town and City
:
His Sheik was better. It was a closer match, but I felt like I had the upperhand the whole time. There were some crazy dthrow to multiple fair shananginz, but I was able to DI from that. I believe I 2-stocked him, but if I had to pick which character he was better with, he should go with Sheik. He was a really nice guy, and I had fun doing Pit dittos
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R9LB: JJROCKETS
1-2
Game 1 Battlefield:
I was able to use his bananas against him. The matches were back and forth. It came down to the first player who lands a hit wins. On the first stocked, I gimped his barrels with my arrows and he died at around 70%.
Game 2 Smashville:
I got bodied pretty hard. Looking back, my biggest mistake was to not let him hit me with the bananas. He kept on tossing the banana to a fsmash like 3 different occasions. Next time, I should put my shield up more often.
Game 3 Castle Siege:
Back and forth match. He had the upperhand at one point. Eventually, he lost patience at the part where there they had the giant statues. Diddy came up to Pit and as he was try to reach up there, I shot him with the arrows. Then the match became tied at 50% last stock. By the end of the cycle, we were both in the red zone and next hit wins. I though I had the match when I hit his barrels, but he went straight up instead (which I don't understand why that happened...). I saw him rolling back and forth, and I though "Oh side b should take care of it". Sure enough, I whiffed and he dthrowed me to uair to my doom...
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Result:
4th/38 players
