What control scheme do you use and why?

[Hybrid222]

I wanted to see what people have changed around and why so possibly I can get some ideas that will make playing more comfortable. The only thing I have changed at the moment is attack to L for obvious reasons like dash cancelling and easier aerials (seeing as i use X for jumping). What does everyone else do?

 

[SirKibble]

Wii Remote and Nunchuk

D-Pad
Up: Up Smash (I never use this)
Side: Side Taunt (makes it much easier to get to than pressing 1 and 2 simultaneously, and I do enjoy taunting very much, lol)
Down: Jump (I got used to using the C buttons and then Y in the other two games)

Remote
A: Attack
B: Special
1: Up Taunt
2: Down Taunt

Nunchuk
Z: Shield (took me time to get used to doing it with my left hand, I always used R on the GCN controller)
C: Grab (I need my grab by my shield, plus I definitely couldn't get used to jumping and moving with the same hand)

Tap Jump: On
Shake Smash: Off

 

[Sans Glutin]

Gamecube Controller

L: Shield
R: Jump (allows me to ETS with Yoshi and I guess you could Zap Jump with it too)
Z: Grab (Chaingrabs)
X: Jump
Y: Jump
A: Attack
B: Specials
C-stick: Smashes
D-pad: Taunts
Tap Jump: Off

Pretty standard but having R (I use L to shield, maybe because i'm right handed? you could use R) as Jump allows me to use some advanced techniques that I couldn't use otherwise.

 

[Hype]

tap jump off, X set to special so i can SHDA easily since im a t.link main.

 

[Ramgigon]

Wii Remote and Nunchuck:

Tap Jump: On
Shake Smash: Off

D-Pad Up - Up Smash
D-Pad Side - Side Smash
D-Pad Down - Down Smash

A - Attack
B - Special
A+B - Jump
1 - Jump
2 - Down Taunt
1+2 - Side Taunt

Z - Shield
C - Grab

Gamecube Controller:

Tap Jump: On

L - Shield
R - Shield
Z - Grab

A - Attack
B - Special
Y - Jump
X - Shield (good for shieldgrabbing)

C-Stick - Special (don't know whether to use Smash or Special, Special doesn't seem to be holding up very well though)
D-Pad Up - Up Taunt
D-Pad Side - Side Taunt
D-Pad Down - Down Taunt

So yeah... I use that because I can't live without my Tap Jump.

 

[Hybrid222]

What exactly does tap jump off do?

 

[Ramgigon]

You can't push up on the control stick to jump if Tap Jump is off.

 

[Hybrid222]

Oh def need to turn that off then. I wish there was something that you could do to make like X short hops only and Y regular jumps.

 

[ytv]

What exactly does tap jump off do?

Tap jump off won't let you jump with the analog stick.

My controller is just the basic gamecube controller. Default on everything.

 

[wasabicheese]

G cube controller with tap jump off

 

[SHined BLind]

Classic Controller Pad: almost always
Tap-Jump: off
D-Pad: taunts
L: shield
R: attack
Both Zs: unused (shield)
a: jump
b: special
x: grab
y: unused (grab)
C-Stick: smash attack

Attacking and teching have to be quick, so the shoulder buttons are used. Zs and y are two far away, so I ignore them. Jumping and specials are used a little more than grabs, so they're closer to my thumb. C-Stick is kept at smashing for techniques like hyphen smashing. No tap-jumping also makes u-tilts easier.

For GameCube controllers: Almost as good as the classic pad, but not so comfortable
Z: attack
L: shield
R: unused (shield)
A: special
B: unused (special)
Y: grab
X: jump
D-Pad: taunts
C-Stick: smash attack
Tap-Jump: off

Same reasons, just reorganized.

Wiimote and Nun chuck: only if it's my only option
Tap-Jump: off
Shake Smash: off
Z: jump
C: shield
A: special
B: attack
A+B: unused (grab)
D-Pad Down: grab
D-Pad Side: side smash
D-Pad up: up smash
Numbers: taunts

Same reasons again, but jumping has been moved to the left side to make the d-pad feel more like a c-stick. Also, I'd rather not use two buttons at once in case I only hit one of them.

Wiimote: Only against a n00b.
D-Pad Up: jump
B: shield
A: grab
A+B: unused (Grab)
-: taunt
1: special
2: attack
1+2: unused (grab)

Tap-jump is the only good jump button here. Funning grabs are basically non-existent, so it won't matter if I'm holding a direction while grabbing. Regular attacks are used more than specials, so they're closer to the thumb. Lastly, I'd rather be playing my best with a horrible set-up than holding back with a better set-up.

Guitar Hero guitar: would'ave been sso awesome.

 

[Aeothera]

Wii+Nun. With Down d-pad as down smash, over as grab and up as up smash. Just works for my style of play

 

[Jewdo]

GC controller, no scheme modifications - exactly how I played since Melee. It just feels... right. Traditional. Familiar. Comfortable, too. I haven't experienced any problems or found an AT that I need to change the controls to perform. It ain't broke, so I ain't fixin' it.

 

[AbsoluteZero255]

if you turn tap jump off, you can't up smash/up-b out of your shield.

Wait.. Can you up-b out of your shield in brawl?

 

[Pure-???]

Standard Gamecube Set-up. there's really nothing to change, In my opinion. I might not have been competitive or anything in Melee, but I played enough to feel most comfortable with it's control set-up in brawl.

 

[KiteDXX]

Basically the default Gamecube configuration, only with tap jump disabled.

It's what I've been used to due to Melee, and I really don't see anything I could do that would improve on my playstyle instead of causing confusion. I guess the default has grown on me.

 

[Wafflekin]

Tap Jump off
R - Special

I jump with X, so it's hard to jump and do a special (with B) simultaneously (without rearranging my hold), so I set R to Special (I shield with L).

 

[fkacyan]

Tap jump off, X to grab.

I hate the position of the Z button, so I don't use it at all.

 

[TheStagesmith]

I use the standard Nunchuk configuration, with the D pad's down button set to grab, and tap jump turned off. I don't know if it slows me down, but it feels natural to me (since I always used L to shield in melee) and the A+B grab can be unreliable when you need to do something on the fly.