Why do you play Marth?

[Clint Jaguar]

I played roy in Project M, then went to Marth/Falcon/Sheik in both melee and project m. And mainly because of M2K

We have the exact same mains.

 

[Sleepy Driz]

I play him because of his ability to shut down an opponent and dictate the tempo of the match with his large range and disjointed hitbox. I enjoy feeling in control and Marth fits my style of patient, reactive, fundamental play with a ruthless and efficient combo and punish game. Plus spikes are just the most satisfying thing ever.

 

[Dandy_here]

We have the exact same mains.

I also play Dr Mario...

 

[gosujasu]

When I first started playing as a child I settled on Link as a main. Upon rediscovering my gamecube/watching the Smash Documentary I was in awe at the depth that was put into a game that I always played so casually. So I wound up picking Peach as a main and kept getting F-smashed by my buddy on Marth. Out of frustration I picked Marth, started to learn the combos, and the first time I Ken Combo'd him was so satisfying.

Plus I use grab a lot and he has the longest grab in the game.

 

[Clint Jaguar]

I also play Dr Mario...

This is getting scary.

 

[MCDMars]

I tend to play kind of ranged characters and I love Marths aesthetics, as well as him being the Melee equivalent to a ranged character, minus projectiles, but screw projectiles.

 

[nyricanjr]

I was entranced by the concept of using a sword as a kid, and still am. I first played Young Link when I played Melee as a child. Funny thing was, I absolutely hated playing Marth back then. I just didn't understand him.

Fast forward a multitude of years later, I discover the competitive scene and watch damn near every national tournament on youtube within the last 5 years that has Marth featured, resulting in me becoming absolutely enamored with his play style. It seemed elegant to me, and I wanted to emulate that. Because of him and the rest of the FE crew in Sm4sh, I also started really liking the Fire Emblem series, further concreting my desire to play him. Thus, Marth became my main for almost every game, and I play him near exclusively in Melee/PM.

 

[JC10101]

Marth has always appealed to me as a character. the disjointed hitboxes are really nice.

 

[Kellen]

Aside from my love for using sword wielding characters, I like his combos and I like his movement. Mainly his movement, I feel like I can move anywhere I want with dashes. Also dairs are so satisfying.

 

[PixelPerfect]

I started playing him a lot in Smash 4 and since many had said that he was better in Melee, I decided to watch some gameplay of him. Watching people like The Moon, PPMD and M2K, I really liked how he played with his spacing game and combo potential. I've been playing him as a main ever since.

 

[sabbathareking]

i honestly live for the sound of a tipper and the feeling you get when you dair someone into oblivion haha, god i love marth

 

[dahuterschuter]

Marthplay is a thing of elegance and beauty.

 

[Wafflesaurus]

What I enjoy the most from Melee is movement, Marth has some of the best and coolest movement in the game
He's just so satisfying to move around with and I find most of his match ups cool. Also, swords are cool and his sound effects are some of the best.

 

[FEOwain]

Probably because Fire Emblem is my favorite game series evar. Yeah, there might be some slight a lot of mew2king influence

 

[mel0]

Because I can hide behind his long a$$ disjointed hitbox like a little *****. He's the ultimate spacie. I also find the counter and tipper very satisfying. Generally, no character makes me feel more awesome than Marth, he's like a graceful badass ballerina that dances around with his blade and just doesn't give a ****.

 

[br3ad]

I play Marth to get that buttery smooth frosting in my video games.

 

[Alternative]

When I was a little kid and my friend first got melee, He liked to play Roy. Because he was older and I really looked up to him, I wanted to be like him. I couldn't play the same character, so Marth was the next best thing. We stopped playing melee within a year or two. Fast forward to about a month before PM 3.5 came out, I started hanging out with my old friend more. He and his friends played Project M and wanted me to start playing too. I remembered liking Marth a lot, so I picked him up in pm. Marth is my boy. Within the past month, we started playing melee again. I know it's backward, but I do play Marth in melee because of PM.

 

[AquaTech]

Back in high school, my only strategy with any character was to spam fsmash and fairs. Marth was the one character who let me get away with that before going deep into the game with friends.

 

[PlamZ]

I play Marth because I hate playing against Marth.

 

[LucasZero]

When I was very young I didn't know most of the characters so I just picked who I thought was the coolest. I picked Marth and my neighbor picked Roy. He doesn't play anymore but yeah, Marth always just stuck with me. When I went to play the game again after many years, he just felt the best and most familiar to me. He also fits my playstyle of patience and spacing with hard punishes.

 

[FE_Hector]

When I got interested in Melee, I found Roy. This was like... a month after first beating FE7, and since Roy is Eliwood's son, I felt obligated to use him, and took a great liking to him. After a little while, I discovered the existence of a tier list, and when I saw the imbalance between Marth and Roy on the tier list, my first reaction was "BS". I tried out Marth... and he sucked. Still, I figured it was that I was used to Roy's lower jumps, which was what kept messing me up, so I tried again. And again. And again. And again. Before I knew it, I was WAY more proficient with Marth than I ever had been with Roy. <.< Now I've just gotta whip my Marth into tournament shape.

 

[TheBoyRoy]

I loved the design of Roy but Marth just feels a lot better to play and is many times more rewarding.

 

[ssknight7]

I really wish there was a way to hide topics. Every time I see this topic I get pissed off because the question is so unimportant / self-serving.

Feels like circle jerk in question form. I'm sure this post seems unreasonably flamie but just had to vent.

 

[Smashing Turnips]

"Fox is a machine, Marth is a work of art"

 

[SwiftBass]

Marth fits the way I decided that I want to play the game.

 

[NTHPlayr]

Combos, Quick movement, Aerial Mobility, Ken, punish game, has disjointed hitboxes, and feels just right for me.

 

[SCf3]

Got bored of Puff so I wanted to try another character. I love his movement, spacing, and combos. Plus I hated playing against him too as Puff. I played him a lot as a kid too, so nostalgia is another factor, not a huge one though.

 

[plernatious]

Marth's movement is nice af and he's got the large ass fly swatter if any spacie wants to mess. 20FE is happening boys

 

[Murderthon9000]

I used to play marth a few years ago because of his ability to edge guard was great, I also thought he looked cool. Then I saw how M2K played him and that pretty much sealed the deal for me.

 

[Skydra]

I often played Marth as a younger kid, in both Melee and Brawl. Of course, I was a complete scrub, but the character was always fun to me.

I got into competitive Melee during its rise in popularity last year. Though I had to learn Marth from the ground up since I was just a special move and c-stick spammer in my casual days, I enjoyed how the character could move and combo.

Nowadays I'm working on various characters, currently Falcon, but Marth is still my main man.

 

[Herbie]

His combos and Movement make him a fun character to use.

 

[JFB (JurgaBurgaFlintines)]

When I was younger (3 years old) I would switch characters often. I would play Ganon, Roy, Link, Falcon, but I would always go back to Marth for some reason. He just seemed really cool to me. When I heard of competitive Melee, I picked Marth up not knowing that he was actually top tier. After I heard Marth was a good character and saw videos of M2K, I decided to stay Marth because I wanted to just do cool stuff with him like those front facing back airs M2K does.

 

[AudioSilver]

I started playing as Marth first in Brawl about 5 years ago, since Brawl was the first Smash game I owned. I started in Brawl as Marth competitively because I saw Ken play as him and thought it looked fun.

It turns out, it is fun! Although Melee is still my favored Smash entry and is what I play competitively now.

 

[-ACE-]

Roy was my first "main", marth my first competitive main, then around 10 years ago I started maining Ganon and never looked back. I also secondary'd luigi because he's so fun. But lately I've dropped luigi to opt for marth as my secondary (i never actually stopped playing marth, per se) to help keep up with the constant progression of the metagame (everyone is so good these days).

I play marth because I love the neutral game and the importance of spacing, along with his grab range and grab game (a killer dd is a huge bonus). I love juggles and chaingrabs. Admittedly I determined long ago that my hands will never be able to do what I want them to do in order to play spacies (especially Fox) at a high level, but I like the way marth feels, and his wd timing comes more naturally to me than any other character. I also have this indescribable love of bodying spacies which will always far exceed my desire to play them. Hard to explain. I also love edgeguarding, as a concept in general, so marth is a fun choice.

 

[Sp1nda]

GUYS I HAVE A STORY LOL

When I was younger, I loved playing video games with my brother. I still do today, because he's the reason I wanted to play and get better than him at video games in the first place. Having him really developed my passion for video games and my competitive attitude, since he was always better than me. He would always beat me, he played Fox and Marth and Falco, today of which are all of my mains. He definitely played those characters because of the games we played, such as Star Fox 64 (and Assault and Adventures lol) TLoZ, though I didn't play it I loved watching him play and stress over the puzzles, but I didn't know why he would play Marth. I had never heard of Fire Emblem, and thought Marth was stupid.
The very first time I beat my brother was when he was using Fox, and basically what would happen was he would do the rapid jab SOOOOO much, and I decided I should go either Falco or Marth because that's who he also played. So, even though I hated Marth, I chose him. Basically, forward smash. He got really salty after I beat him, probably because he's six years older than me and he KNEW I had no idea what I was doing.
Many many many years later, I get back into Smash when the 3DS/Wii U version comes out. Then I start to remember Melee, all the fond memories of screwin' around with Pichu, because so kyoot, and Kirby. All the times my brother destroyed me were also fun. I discover competitive Smash due to a friend who is obsessed with Project M. I see something known as the Smash Documentary, and watch it. Marth everywhere. BEAUTIFUL combos, and such precision that it made me instantly gravitated toward the character. I remember when I first beat my brother, and see now how good Marth's framedata is, his juicy tippers and practicing spacing and movement, so simple and fresh, ultimately I wanted to be a Marth main. He moves like butter on the stage, and dat Ken combo.
I was playing Melee one day, practicing new tech I found online, such as Wavedashing and L-Cancelling. My brother sees the game and wants to play me, and I obliterate him. I don't think beating anyone in tournament will ever give me the same satisfaction as being better at games than my brother. That's where it was official,
"Hell yeah, I'm maining Marth."

 

[BartholomewRR]

He is strong enough for me to succeed without being too invested in the game.

 

[FE_Hector]

He is strong enough for me to succeed without being too invested in the game.

Right up until you start playing in tourneys work legit players

 

[ShadowKing]

I play marth because I'm used to playing with fast Characters and he fits my style easliey

 

[BartholomewRR]

Right up until you start playing in tourneys work legit players

Winning locals is all that I really care to achieve in this scene, and Marth does well enough in that regard.

 

[FE_Hector]

Winning locals is all that I really care to achieve in this scene, and Marth does well enough in that regard.

Do you not have too good of opponents in locals?