Welcome to the Maze! A Pac-Man Guide

[ptrk83]

ptrk83 submitted a new guide:

Chomping our way to victory! A Beginners Pac-Man Guide (My guide made on the Pac-Man forums page.) - pac-man

Hey it's ptrk83 here (PRiDE) - the pink Yoshi main from NJ back in the early days of Brawl. I have been a part of the Smash competitive community since the early days of Melee and was a huge part of the early to mid Brawl scene. Pac-Man was the very first video game I played when I was 4 on the Atari! I have loved him ever since and am super excited that he is in the new Smash! Because of this I want to contribute as much as possible to the development of his meta-game by writing and...

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[ptrk83]

ptrk83 updated Chomping our way to victory! A Beginners Pac-Man Guide (My guide made on the Pac-Man forums page.) with a new update entry:

Addded in-depth melon + apple summary.

Hi! I just tweeked some things and added a more in-depth apple and melon write up.

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[Rathenix]

I'm trying to get into Pac-Man, and this is a great guide, but I wanted to point something out for you. You mentioned that a single bair doesn't always send the hydrant flying and that you'd need to figure out why. It takes 11% to fling the hydrant, so it can only done in one hit with a fresh bair. If it's stale, you'll have to follow up with an ftilt.

 

[ptrk83]

^ yeah! thanks.. I figured that out a month ago but I forgot to go back and update ^_^ Gonna be updating this guide with Wii U pictures ^_^ this weekend

 

[ptrk83]

I think I'll update all the basic things today with wii u pics.

 

[ptrk83]

ptrk83 updated Welcome to the Maze! A Beginner's Pac-Man Guide with a new update entry:

HD Pics - Plus Added changes to basic guide post 1.04 patch

Hi guys. After spending a week having fun with the game I am back to updating this guide. I added all the percent changes since the latest patch. Will work on fixing the advance guide this week.. Have we learned anything new since the release?????

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[ptrk83]

ptrk83 updated Welcome to the Maze! A Beginner's Pac-Man Guide with a new update entry:

added fruit trajectories!

Yay.. thanks to the gamepad... I am able to show the trajectories of the fruits!!


Could have accomplished this with Microsoft paint... but lol it was so convenient to do it on the pad!

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[ptrk83]

ptrk83 updated Welcome to the Maze! A Beginner's Pac-Man Guide with a new update entry:

Updated with more Bell and Key strategies with Pictures.

I finished updating the Bell and Key advance strategy section with pictures. Gonna work on strategies for obtaining key for key dropping based on stages..

Also my next update will include NEUTRAL attack strategies..uses, spacing etc.

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[FoxHyode]

Do you know how to auto-cancel charging fruits in the air and doing Side-B or Down B instantly after without having to air dodge ?

 

[Firedemon0]

Do you know how to auto-cancel charging fruits in the air and doing Side-B or Down B instantly after without having to air dodge ?

No, because the air dodge cancels the charge, and the special then cancels the air dodge. It is a chain of actions.

 

[ptrk83]

Do you know how to auto-cancel charging fruits in the air and doing Side-B or Down B instantly after without having to air dodge ?

wait what? I am confused what you are asking me.

 

[Firedemon0]

wait what? I am confused what you are asking me.

He was basically asking how to cancel fruit charge in air without air dodging first, and just going into the other special, I explained it though!

 

[ptrk83]

He was basically asking how to cancel fruit charge in air without air dodging first, and just going into the other special, I explained it though!

lmfao thanks. I wasnt sure if he had something new to tell me that I didn't know or not.

 

[XAQuiri!]

Very, very useful guide. Very innovative use or fruits and the hydrant.

 

[doyouknowbobby]

"A z-dropped melon does its normal 12% This allows it to be used to launch your hydrant with a z-drop. Simply air drop the hydrant and quickly z-drop your melon sending both the melon and hydrant flying! Both moves can actually hit your opponent racking up the percent!"

This is not true post 1.04, is it? hydrant is 13% now, right?

Great guide overall. The pictures are very helpful for fruit gushing.

 

[Pacack]

"A z-dropped melon does its normal 12% This allows it to be used to launch your hydrant with a z-drop. Simply air drop the hydrant and quickly z-drop your melon sending both the melon and hydrant flying! Both moves can actually hit your opponent racking up the percent!"
This is not true post 1.04, is it? hydrant is 13% now, right?

Great guide overall. The pictures are very helpful for fruit gushing.

Only the Key and the Galaxian (hits twice) can launch the hydrant z-dropped. It's useful for z-drop to nair, but it doesn't launch it on its own.

 

[ptrk83]

Yeah I fixed this This was written pre patch. I need to start working on a Custom move section of my guide now but I havent had much chance to play with them to come up with anything substantial ..

 

[doyouknowbobby]

I think the Customs have been covered pretty well in some other posts/guides here but if you want it in your guide I can't fault you for that.

What would be super cool (and I wouldn't ask if you hadn't already done something similar for Fruit) is images showing Hydrant launch trajectories. I think there are only three or four possibilities (as far as launching it ourself).

 

[PEPESPAIN]

Awesome guide, congratz

 

[Foar]

Nice guide!

 

[hardytack]

As someone who wants to main pacman, this is very helpful ^.^

 

[ptrk83]

Why thank you

 

[ptrk83]

I think the Customs have been covered pretty well in some other posts/guides here but if you want it in your guide I can't fault you for that.

What would be super cool (and I wouldn't ask if you hadn't already done something similar for Fruit) is images showing Hydrant launch trajectories. I think there are only three or four possibilities (as far as launching it ourself).

This is an excellent idea. Will get on that.