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Ganondorf does pretty well. The matchup plays out quite similarly, but Ganondorf has more freedom to safely poke at Wario on the ground and does gobs of damage, in exchange for not being as threatening with grabs (IMO) and being a little less reliable with his disadvantaged state. Easier to air camp Ganondorf, too, in my limited experience. Probably about the same, honestly; I could see Ganondorf going even or better.
My that's a sexy top 8 spread.
Heavily dependent on Rage. Full Waft deals 27%, and mostly-charged does anywhere between 20% and 29% depending on how close it is to full charge. Both have high BKB and KBG, to the point where 60% -after the hit- is not impossible with Rage at 100+% even on-stage, assuming you're at least near the edge. This is why the low-percent combo of falling U-Air -> both N-Air hits -> Waft (seen in my 0-to-death against False, as well as an older set against Fatality) is so potent.
And... How do you know this? We had like three non-customs changes last patch... Seems more likely that they wanted to just see what happens instead. Even had a major glitch slip through.
Don't be daft, I don't think he's great in 1v1s. I'm just saying that we've had plenty of nerfs that can only be explained as FFA adjustments with absolutely no return, and with the shield mechanics changes he seems like a likely candidate for a correction.
Of those characters, from personal experience, I believe Doc has the advantage against Ness and Mario due to Doc's B-air spacing and U-smash outclassing their best options in neutral for the large part (and he can edgeguard both of these characters pretty consistently).
TheReflexWonder
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I think we all want that anyway lol.
What's a hitstun modifier?
Doc > Luigi honestly right now. The main thing Luigi had over Doc was easy KO confirms out of grab, but with that gone Doc's superior OOS and less floaty physics matter way more than that. They do kinda similar damage and kill at similar percents, but Doc has fewer fundamental blind spots (the lack of a good F-air is resolved largely by his U-smash frame buff).
Maybe I have my terminology messed up... The multiplier thing that makes Marth inherently safer on shield. Electricity adds an extra 0.5, remember?
Not completely sure, but hitstun modifiers should be the amount of hitstun somebody takes when hit. I would imagine it's damage times hitstun modifier and maybe the addition of some constant. Of course that's assuming that hitstun modifier is a thing. I'm not the most knowledgeable on these game mechanics.
I'm near certain that's a hitlag modifier.
B-but i always knew he was good.
Right there with you.
I know this is a joke, but it's not true. Anti placed top 8 at Big House 5 using Luigi.
I don't see how Doc is good versus Rosalina. He suffers from the same issues Mario does (low range character versus a really good wall), except those issues are magnified by his worse mobility. His combination of fall speed and air mobility also makes him incredibly susceptible to Rosalina's juggles; he struggles even to ledge reset without taking a lot of damage. He does have some advantages in this matchup versus Mario, but I think that's outweighed significantly by his disadvantages, and Rosalina is already a tough matchup for Mario. Personally, I think this is one of Doc's toughest matchups. There is a PRed Doc in my region and he agrees with this.
Man I can finally say I was kinda right for once! Insofar as Doc being a great secondary and decent. It only took one year.
Your avatar is golden.
? His main weakness is that he's decently easy to kill offstage, but in this 20XX world, everybody dies offstage. That means that he's a character with the best footsies by far, but his main weakness is shared among the entire roster. Sure he struggles to land, but all he would have to do is win neutral once with an F-tilt or super armored smash attack (which is easy for him) and then you're dead. 
My reasoning being Rosalina vs Dr.Mario being at the very least a better matchup than Mario vs Rosalina is mainly because of Doc's extreme ease to take out Luma in this matchup. All the jank Rosa has at her disposal does work well vs Dr.Mario, which is why i still don't consider the matchup to be even in our favor, but i never felt like it was that bad due to how Doc should/will often make Rosa fight w/out Luma. We also gimp her decently as soon as she's forced to UpB.
I don't think we can say this for sure. Luigi could have new stuff to work with to compensate, but we haven't seen a Luigi ever since 1.1.0 because the changes take pretty damn long to adjust to. I wouldn't be surprised if Luigi bumps up to high tier after a few weeks/months, but I can say for now that if I saw someone get far in a major tournament anytime soon I'd be shocked as hell.
Then everyone will recover high. Can Little Mac recovery high? NOPE. Still the same predicament.If in some 20XX future, everyone is a master of taking advantage of the ledge vulnerability, who would be the best character?
I'm probably gonna get a bunch of people telling me that Little Mac has a poor neutral game but...... thoughts?
TheReflexWonder
Doc does fine vs. Fox, Ness, and Mario. Unsure about Sonic but if you dislike dealing with Fawkes, B-Throw, and Mario, Doc is pretty decent vs. them and fun to play. Those are the ones I'd recommend training for if you're using Doc as a secondary, they're where he performs best I think.
If you recover high you get puishe dbecause Mac's D-smash has like... no endlag.
Mario takes out Luma more easily than Doc.
This is the counterargument to the biggest of assumptions on characters; people jump to conclusions about characters until they're entered in tournament play. Beforehand, the people would think the character's bad. But if the character wins a set in a major around the top 16, people will reconsider the character's viability.
