Social Young Link Discussion

[JonnyW]

YL > DK anyday.

 

[rhan]

Played YL in a crew battle over the weekend.

Video should be up eventually.





Mad crowd hype.
And **** talk.
As I was playing.

 

[choknater]

hehehe

sounds fun

 

[MonkUnit]

How many stocks did you take off?

 

[rhan]

4.

Lol I'm bad.

First round was against Doll who is a very good Peach player but he only had 1 stock anyway then the next round was against a local Falcon.

Didn't do so well cuz our crew started with 5 stocks each and the last 2 had 6 stocks cuz it was uneven crews but it was for pride.

SoVA vs NoVA.


It was epic all around. On both ends. So much hype for it!

AND HERE IT IS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlP7U49aQ0U

 

[Bing]

Played Ylink dittos at the toronto tournament last Saturday. Got up 3 stocks to 1. He rage quit.

 

[BRLNK88]

4.

Lol I'm bad.

First round was against Doll who is a very good Peach player but he only had 1 stock anyway then the next round was against a local Falcon.

Didn't do so well cuz our crew started with 5 stocks each and the last 2 had 6 stocks cuz it was uneven crews but it was for pride.

SoVA vs NoVA.


It was epic all around. On both ends. So much hype for it!

AND HERE IT IS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlP7U49aQ0U

Your reads and spacing are fairly solid, but your edgeguarding needs a little work.
dtilt meteor is great when it works, but nair off stage is your best option.

 

[AXE 09]

So I went to a tourney in Cali this weekend and asked everyone to MM my Young Link, but almost nobody wanted to D= What's up with that!! Barely anybody has even seen it yet lol.

But I did MM 2 people and I won both of them =D I won $4 haha ($3 against a Sheik/Falcon, and $1 against a Pikachu).

I think I should carry around a 1.0 or 1.1 version of Melee at all times cuz YL's recovery is better in those cuz of boomerang hookshot, and that really helps me out a lot of times. It sucks when I don't have it lol.

I love Young Link!

I'm gonna keep playing him a lot

 

[Hack]

Your reads and spacing are fairly solid, but your edgeguarding needs a little work.
dtilt meteor is great when it works, but nair off stage is your best option.

I beg to differ. In some situations (at least against CF), a delayed dash attack covers the options even better. If they land on stage, you obviously take your time to either pull out a dsmash or a dair, depending on percentage.

 

[Armada]

Guess I should be walking close to you so I can play on that version aswell. Haven't used it once so far

 

[BRLNK88]

I beg to differ. In some situations (at least against CF), a delayed dash attack covers the options even better. If they land on stage, you obviously take your time to either pull out a dsmash or a dair, depending on percentage.

nair is much easier though, it has the crazy long hitbox and requires far less timing.
Also as you say, that only works in some situations. Jiggs and maybe Peach are the only characters I feel nair off stage is a bad idea.
Though admittedly I do play much more Link than YL, their dash attacks are radically different.

 

[rhan]

The older version is better anyway. Spin attack is hard to DI out of so it's free hits.
Main reason why I love it.

<--- Young Link/Samus main.

Free damage is always nice to get. Especially when you're a ****ty character..

 

[Bing]

So I went to a tourney in Cali this weekend and asked everyone to MM my Young Link, but almost nobody wanted to D= What's up with that!! Barely anybody has even seen it yet lol.

But I did MM 2 people and I won both of them =D I won $4 haha ($3 against a Sheik/Falcon, and $1 against a Pikachu).

I think I should carry around a 1.0 or 1.1 version of Melee at all times cuz YL's recovery is better in those cuz of boomerang hookshot, and that really helps me out a lot of times. It sucks when I don't have it lol.

I love Young Link!

I'm gonna keep playing him a lot

Ylink dittos? Lets dance buddy >

 

[AXE 09]

Guess I should be walking close to you so I can play on that version aswell. Haven't used it once so far

Armada following me around the venue!?!? YES PLEASE! Now I HAVE to carry around a 1.0 or 1.1 lol

Ylink dittos? Lets dance buddy >

Heck yeah I'm so down let's do it!!! =D Sounds fun =D

 

[Bing]

Young Link dittos are fun. One of my only matches recorded XD

That and me getting 4/3 stocked by weon-X

and 3/2 stocked by Shroomed....

 

[AXE 09]

I just got a few friendlies recorded against Tai lol. Fox is so hard to deal with =( But idc, YL is too fun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmktw-nBSEo#t=10m15s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=htOKpVdU2d8

 

[Bing]

Whenever I play against a Fox I just throw **** until I can get a grab, the combo them to death or gimps, either way they die...

 

[rhan]

1st game: You really wanted that flame spike at the end.. I love how technical you are. There are still some things I can't do consistently like edge hop bomb pull regrab. Yeah YL v Fox is ******** stupid. But you played it well. Nair/Bair shield pressure was legit.

2nd game: FD is a horrid stage. I hate it.. I honestly believe that YL needs platforms. At about 1 minute in that was soooo unsafe.. lol The tauntttt! Then your show off tech skill.. eff you.. I can't moonwalk up B edge cancel either (With YL at least). Gay Fox after that. Not much could have been done about that. I noticed that you tend to get behind him when you Nair/Bair and then you jump back in front of him. If you add in a up tilt after you land behind him it could lead into a set up. Since most players tend to either jump when someone's behind their shield or roll away. Or they stay stuck in shield. And no one wants to be stuck in shield.. Ouch on the final kill..

Would watch more but I'm lazy. <3

V Fox anyway I think it's best to just Up B that way you have that off chance of hitting him and preventing him to shine you. If you grapple then you're asking to get shined/gimped.



Side note: Big hometown smashfest today. I'm gonna be recording (If my recording software wants to cooperate). Pretty hype.

 

[Bing]

Grapple gimps are great...

I hate fd for any character, but I do agree, Ylink needs platforms. he doesnt have any real auto combos so anything to help

 

[rhan]

Bomb -> any aerial.

The only Auto combo.

 

[BRLNK88]

I just got a few friendlies recorded against Tai lol. Fox is so hard to deal with =( But idc, YL is too fun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmktw-nBSEo#t=10m15s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=htOKpVdU2d8

Good stuff Jeff.
You've got the reads and the tech skill to make a great YL.
Got any matches against Tai's Marth? It's a garbage MU, but I'll play it against a bad or average Marth to practice my spam and spacing game. Plus once you actually get a combo going against Marth its sex.

 

[Bing]

Yo Jeff is so good. His Ylink > Armada

 

[BRLNK88]

lol, Jeff needs to beat Hbox with YL, then he can say that.

 

[AXE 09]

Yo Jeff is so good. His Ylink > Armada

LOL not even close but I'll keep working on the lil guy =D Thanks man!!

And Rhan thank you sooooooooo much for all the compliments and stuff :D So freakin awesome lol. YL is so fun

And you too BRLNK, thank you so much <3 Those are the only friendlies I have of YL right now I think, but maybe I'll get more another time

Now that I think about it, I might have a tourney match up against Tai's Marth with my YL from a while ago, but I've gotten a lot better since then.

 

[Bing]

Go all YLink at the next tourney you attend.

Be a man

Do the right thing.

 

[BRLNK88]

Go all YLink at the next tourney you attend.

Be a man

Do the right thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qtrAMK7_Qk

 

[Bing]

No idea what that video is because im at work and cant open youtube... nor would I because that would be really stupid.

 

[BRLNK88]

I wouldn't be on smashboards at work brah...

 

[Bing]

Im in a call center selling insurance

Im keeping my sanity.

And leading the company in sales.

 

[BRLNK88]

Im in a call center selling insurance

Im keeping my sanity.

And leading the company in sales.

LOL WUUUUUT, I sell insurance in a call-center too.

 

[Bing]

ahaha thats ****. I sell Accident Insurance... Like a Boss

 

[BRLNK88]

I sell Employee Benefits and Property & Casualty.
Basically I'm their CRM and Excel bi***.

 

[King5280]

i just started playing y link and he's tight, what do you guys do to lead into or land downsmashes? its really hard to kill with this lil guy sometimes

 

[BRLNK88]

Laijin has a guide for getting kills with YL.
Every problem that Link has killing grows exponentially with YL.

 

[King5280]

yeah i saw that but thats just what moves happen to kill. i mean more along the lines of when it works well or how to set up oppurtunities to use it.

 

[Beat!]

Yo Jeff is so good. His Ylink > Armada

Absolutely not.

 

[choknater]

planning to play some young link this weekend, especially in teams.

 

[Bing]

Absolutely not.

2 things about that statement.

1. I actually know Axe, so obviously Im going support him over Armada(nothing against Armada)
2. Slight troll, clearly succeeded


As for getting ko's with the little guy, I use lots of bomb-Aerial combos and up-b gimps. Forward tilt is pretty decent. As for d-smash. Get Lucky... thats all I can tell you I think nair to d-smash can work

 

[King5280]

i love baby L's forward tilt.

 

[Bing]

Its pretty beast mode.
Way better then that laggy *** f-smash.