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The DK is butt hurt that I "played like a b****". Not sure why he posted this here. My flaw was that I got comfortable with my lead and let up. DK kills Pika very early (as seen in video) so I think my playstyle was justified. You can't trade blows with a heavy DK like he expects me to.That Pikachu was zoning hard. If he would've kept it up instead of approaching, he could've had that match.
The DK is butt hurt that I "played like a b****". Not sure why he posted this here. My flaw was that I got comfortable with my lead and let up. DK kills Pika very early (as seen in video) so I think my playstyle was justified. You can't trade blows with a heavy DK like he expects me to.
First let me just clarify that: When I discuss attacks, I am not referring to attacks that do not deal damage as their primary function - things like Ness' down special, and so on.
Besides those oddities; attacks (jabs, tilts) and specials are both, generally speaking, an attack. There is no real classification for them outside of this simple concept; they are things that deal damage.
Using an attack doesn't automatically mean its offensive, it just means that you are pressing one of your attack buttons.
It's what you do with that particular attack, in conjunction with your left analog stick, that defines not only how you personally play the game, but also whether or not the attack is classified as defensive or offensive.
In short, it's all about how you move.
Pikachu was using his side special almost all game, and it's actually a great example of how you can use an attack in two different ways. In the game linked, whenever DK would try and approach; the Pikachu would jump away and spam his sparks.
This gave the DK two options; he could have either approached slowly between the shielded sparks, or he could have chosen to simply not approach at all; it really is no fun playing against someone who always chooses the easiest option.
Two good examples of this being: a full jab rotation at low percent, and running away from an opponent as they approach you, only to jump into them and attack, or jump away from them and attack.
Both these things can boiled down into a simple definition of; a defensive option - even with the former being that you jump into them and attack; you still jumped away from them before you moved in and attacked.
And that's pretty much what it comes down to; Gretalian, by choosing to always run away from DK, you forced the entire game into what it became; one player not knowing how to deal with projectile spam, and subsequently playing far more defensive -- and the other person who constantly chose to zone his opponent. It was your choice to play campy / defensively, you only have yourself to blame.
I'm not being rude, I'm just being honest, and it's not like its a bad thing either; you just need to learn more about the game itself, and understand why you choose to play the game like you do - simply put; learn to self reflect.
As a side, DK is a big character, and Pikachu is a very, very small character; DK can easily be bodied by characters that can attack in fast succession - Pikachu can do this.
In other words, you have absolutely no reason to be scared of DK as Pikachu. You should have just walked right up to him; jabbed him a few times, and then moved into up tilt juggles to build quick percent.
Is this entire thread just to validate either one of your egos?First of all, Gratalian is the DK. You're right though, he did play defensive because I forced him to. But what you don't take into consideration is his play style, which isn't really shown in the video he posted. There were 15 matches prior to this that he obviously didn't show you. Typically he plays a dodge/block and punish game. Makes it hell to approach him. So by your standards, he forced me to force him to play the way he did. At least you agree he played defensively.
Yeah you can, it's called GIT GUD.Oh, and for a minute there I though you knew what you were talking about until you said to run up to DK and jab him with Pikachu. Lol