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Trying to Find a good Meta Knight Counter

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Munas

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Well, it just so happens that Meta Knight has a pretty significant advantage over my main - Toon Link, so I'm looking for a sub-main that I can counter pick not only as a compliment to my Toon Link but particularly as a good Meta Knight counter.

(Please don't suggest Meta Knight, I don't like to play as him)

I've looked at both Falco and Wolf and I like them, but I want to look at what my options are and give a couple more characters a good try before I really start practicing and learning my sub in a dedicated kind of way.
 
Shy Guy 86

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Donkey Kong and Snake. though Falco can work since he can stop the whorenado with lasers.
 
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Shy Guy 86 said:
Donkey Kong and Snake. though Falco can work since he can stop the whorenado with lasers.
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exactly. Dk for his heavy versitilities and snake for well just being snake *sighs*. falco can work too if u can manage to pillar mk perfectly otherwise its a hard match with falco. but yea snake and dk ftw. I use DK myself when i fight snakes and other DKS ^^, stage spikes ftw =P
 
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Munas

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Personally I'm not incredibly fond of DK. I could be convinced to go Snake though. How does Wolf fair? It's a little confusing because in the Meta Knight match up thread Wolf is listed as one of Meta Knights harder match ups, but the Wolf Boards Wolf Match up thread claims Metaknight has a womping 7:3 advantage over Wolf, thoughts?
 
DFEAR

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Munas said:
Personally I'm not incredibly fond of DK. I could be convinced to go Snake though. How does Wolf fair? It's a little confusing because in the Meta Knight match up thread Wolf is listed as one of Meta Knights harder match ups, but the Wolf Boards Wolf Match up thread claims Metaknight has a womping 7:3 advantage over Wolf, thoughts?
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me myself have trouble with certain wolf's than others depends on their strategy, if they are aggressive and like fair and or nair me alot then hell ill do same back really depends though. but u can try wolf against a mk cpu and see how it fairs.
 
ckm

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metaknight is not a very bad matchup against toon link. Learn how to punish the tornado and not get gimped... spam arrows and bombs, and youll be fine. A good toon link player vs a good mk player is a very even matchup, IMO.

If you insist on choosing another character as a counter, wolf is probably best.
 
alkaowari

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Who is else is in the PAWWWNCH!! teir?
Also, have you tried R.O.B. as a Meta Knight counter?
 
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Prax said:
Snake and DK are good counters. Diddy is pretty good too if you use your bananas right.
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diddy for some reason can prove to make some players go crazy on the diddy player. if they play correctly and place bananas in certain spots and combo them right u can barely land a finger on a pro diddy :\. but still must say dk and snake are official best counters.
 
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samdaballer said:
rofl you probably get smashed by MK's

snake is MK's best counter
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Doing better than everyone else verses Meta Knight doesn't make Snake a counter. He just doesn't get completely ***** like the remainder of the cast. MK outspaces anything Snake can do on the ground. And Snake is easily juggled. Once MK gets him in the air there goes the stock. The saving grace of this matchup is that utilt kills MK at around 85%~. Should he land the hit. The matchup is even at best.

And DK a counter to MK? Lmao.
 
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omfg i started playing this one diddy player. hes too sick with those dam nanners. controls the whole match i dont even know how i can take a stock off
 
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Crizthakidd said:
omfg i started playing this one diddy player. hes too sick with those dam nanners. controls the whole match i dont even know how i can take a stock off
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I play fox, so bannanas pose no problem for me:laugh::laugh::laugh:, In fact, Diddy is usually the one getting owned by bannanas >:D
 
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PK Hexagon said:
Doing better than everyone else verses Meta Knight doesn't make Snake a counter. He just doesn't get completely ***** like the remainder of the cast. MK outspaces anything Snake can do on the ground. And Snake is easily juggled. Once MK gets him in the air there goes the stock. The saving grace of this matchup is that utilt kills MK at around 85%~. Should he land the hit. The matchup is even at best.

And DK a counter to MK? Lmao.
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u have not played bum DK he ***** Meta Knight so bad:laugh:
 
ADHD

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Diddy with him is even. In fact this matchup is good for diddy, because diddy has great aerials and nanerz ftw and the ground.
 
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DK's alright. Personally I haven't gotten much good against Metas with DK. Falco on the other hand is probably my favorite to use for MKs. He can chaingrab Meta up to ~40%, he has 3-4 different ways to cancel the 'nado, his Bair and Dairs have great priority, camping with lasers will make tornado spammers extra cautious and his Usmash can kill Meta at around ~110%.
 
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ZSS isnt that easy to fight with Metaknight, though not necessarily a counter. ZSS outranges MK pretty well, and MK can't edgaurd ZSS without risking getting spiked. Still, Meta has a huge speed edge.

Toon links that camp bombs and other projectiles are hard to approach because bombs **** nado, and Toon link is hard to edguard once he brings out bombs.

Snake
Falco
DK

You should've seen Tommy G's Falco vs. M2K's Metaknight. That was just way too good. Falco vs. MK is pretty even if the Falco player can frustrate and outrange the MK player.
 
Endless Nightmares

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I picked up Dedede in a desperate attempt to counter Metaknight. It's worked well so far =]

Plenty of high-priority attacks to keep MK at bay, lots of range, he's heavy and takes a long time to die, great recovery and ridiculous grab range.

Oh and utilt kills Meta at like 90%

EDIT: I'm not saying D3 is a Meta counter, it's just easier to fight Meta with D3 than most other characters imo
 
Beetle Juice

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yea those two would but you have to remember is more about the skills of a player not the character. A good player will always win against a player that uses a character just because his counters the other.
 
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