Working on a guide for choosing a main and need your help!

[WispBae]

Hello there!

With the Smash scene growing and many more new players still to come, I though I would make a little guide highlighting each characters strengths and specialties, to help anyone take their first step into competitive Smash, or for anyone contemplating picking up another to their personal roster!

The main dilemma I have is I don't main EVERYONE in P:M, nor am I a self-proclaimed Smash genius. So, I thought I'd ask you guys, the experts to your respective mains! If you could help me out by filling out a few lines of info for me, I'll be collecting the data and responses during the week and compiling them. Once it's all collected, I'll release the guide (somewhere on the boards, not sure yet...). So if you could take a few minutes to help, I would really appreciate it!

Pros: Strengths and advantages of this character!
Cons: Weaknesses and disadvantages!
Character Specifics to Learn: Techniques exclusive to only this character (example: Squirtle's shell abilities)
Similar To: Characters that play similar to this one or have a similar strategy.
Secondaries that Compliment: A secondary character that covers certain weaknesses the main has.
(Optional) Best video example of this character in action.

Cheers!
(Sorry if you see this thread posted in multiple character forums, I find the best way to gather info is to ask directly!)

 

[Jake The Preacher]

Pros: 2nd fastest running speed, great combo game if placed correctly, reliable finisher (THE KNEE!) and finisher (KNEE) setups. Solid grab game, easy read punishes, all around moderately balanced character.
Cons: Extremely easy to read recovery, extremely limited. No projectile, poopy grab range, combo food if you allow it, susceptible to juggles and combos due to his high weight and falling speed.
Specifics: Get your tech chases and L cancelling down pat. Make sure you know when you can get the knee, if you're 90/100 percent sure, you don't know so I recommend not trying it, take what you can get if you can't get a knee. Make sure you can get up air strings without danger. Know when you can "Go for it" if it's flashy and you know you can get it, do it, if not, don't do it.
Similar to: Going out on a limb here: DK. Mango himself said they're both similar, they both get that one hit and can dish out ridiculous damage, or even death, with that one hit. Not to mention they both have reliable grab games.
Secondaries: I'm not too great on syncing secondaries, but you can try my previously mentioned DK theory
Look for a guy named Roman on Smashing grounds, or look up melee Falcon's since they're really similar, I remember at bar wars 2 that Darkflame showed up and but on a good show with the TO jesse

 

[krazyzyko]

Pros:
-Great ground mobility
-Decent aerial range and comboability.
-Plenty of KO moves.
-Good tech chasing options.
-Safe options from the ledge.
-Quick edgehog options.
-Uair & Bair autocancel.

Cons:
-No projectile.
-Predictable recovery.
-Combo food.
-No anti-air.
-Slow ground moves.

Character Specifics to Learn:
-Gentleman
-Moonwalk
-Hax dash
-Scar jumping

Similar To:
Ganon (slower and stronger)
Sonic (Camp until opponent whiffs)
DK (combo or get comboed)

Secondaries that Compliment:
Fox
lvy

 

[jollypong]

Pros:
-Great ground mobility
-Decent aerial range and comboability.
-Plenty of KO moves.
-Good tech chasing options.
-Safe options from the ledge.
-Quick edgehog options.
-Uair & Bair autocancel.

Cons:
-No projectile.
-Predictable recovery.
-Combo food.
-No anti-air.
-Slow ground moves.

Character Specifics to Learn:
-Gentleman
-Moonwalk
-Hax dash
-Scar jumping

Similar To:
Ganon (slower and stronger)
Sonic (Camp until opponent whiffs)
DK (combo or get comboed)

Secondaries that Compliment:
Fox
lvy

What do you mean when you say bair and uair auto-cancel?

 

[jollypong]

Pros:
-Great ground mobility
-Decent aerial range and comboability.
-Plenty of KO moves.
-Good tech chasing options.
-Safe options from the ledge.
-Quick edgehog options.
-Uair & Bair autocancel.

Cons:
-No projectile.
-Predictable recovery.
-Combo food.
-No anti-air.
-Slow ground moves.

Character Specifics to Learn:
-Gentleman
-Moonwalk
-Hax dash
-Scar jumping

Similar To:
Ganon (slower and stronger)
Sonic (Camp until opponent whiffs)
DK (combo or get comboed)

Secondaries that Compliment:
Fox
lvy

What do you mean when you say bair and uair auto-cancel?

 

[Mystic-]

http://www.ssbwiki.com/Auto-canceling take a gander

 

[krazyzyko]

What do you mean when you say bair and uair auto-cancel?

When you short hop > bair / uair WITHOUT fastfalling, you land with the standard 4 frames landing lag and not the aerials' landing lag.