Your most difficult matchup

[Victory.IsMyDestinySSB4]

Every character has another that they despise playing against. (mine is sheik) This can be due to a bad matchup, or the fact that you don't know how to counter their very powerful tools. Do you guys have any tips on improving on bad matchups?

 

[MacSmitty]

Bayonetta for obvious reasons. I hate fighting her so much...

 

[Nah]

I play

fighting kinda sucks


But anyway, one of things one can do to make a MU go better for you is to learn how to play it: Go to that character's board and ask for tips on how to play the MU. Go find someone who plays that character and (regularly) spar with and get feedback from them.

tho there's a few matchups where there's little you can ever do to make it significantly better

 

[SteadyDisciple]

For me, it's gotta be Kirby. That little puffball is the bane of Wii Fit's existence.

That said, it depends on the matchup. If it is an issue of just not knowing how the matchup works, then you practice and learn the matchup. However, there are some matchups that it has much less to do with lacking experience and more to do with the character's designs. In those cases, it can often be a better idea to just pick up a secondary. For example, I picked up Mr. Game & Watch as a secondary because he covers many of the matchups that Wii Fit Trainer dislikes (Pikachu, Ness, Mario, etc) and goes even with some of the others (Kirby, Mr. Game & Watch himself)

 

[Victory.IsMyDestinySSB4]

Bayonetta for obvious reasons. I hate fighting her so much...

For me, I just never approach her, and never edgeguard. This makes it harder for her to start her infamous combos.

 

[GLORY12HOUND]

Shulk because my his stupidly good counter is too good against my attacks and he can out space me.

 

[Victory.IsMyDestinySSB4]

Shulk because my his stupidly good counter is too good against my attacks and he can out space me.

When I fight against shulk, I play extremely defensively, and only go for the true combo, so his counter doesn't do so well.

 

[Ryuphoton]

I play Miis, so most matchups (assuming I am playing default size, 1111 moveset) aren't in my favor, but i'll name what I think is the most difficult matchup, at least for me.
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Swordfighter: Fox, Falcon and/or Sonic since they are extremely fast characters that also have heavy hitters, 2 things Swordfighter isn't. This is compounded even more with Swordfighter's sluggish moveset and bad recovery.
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Gunner: Sheik probably since the gap between Gunner and Sheik can be closed extremely fast by Shiek's fast movement and combo game. Gunner might be able to wall Sheik out in the neutral somewhat but Gunner's combo game is so limited it doesn't mean much in the grand scheme. However those fair hits might be able to make the Sheik player play maybe a little more aggressive and you could punish, but these opportunities don't come up often, at least not for me.
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Brawler: Any character that is projectile heavy. Shotput is too slow to be a viable approach option, and Brawler really has no other approaches other than maybe nair or fair, but that's a crapshoot. Brawler is a pretty fast character still so the speed should help out a bit but that is never enough for me at least to not get wrecked at range and stuffing my approaches.

 

[Axel311]

Cloud. Hate that character with a fiery passion in smash 4. Ironically, I'm a huge FF7 fan. But I hate how they translated him into smash, so unfun and frustrating to fight against. Partly because his hitboxes are absurd and partly because of limit camping.

 

[iEatGlue]

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[Duplighost]

As a main, pretty much any of the the top tiers give me trouble, but characters that can easily outrange me like and can be pretty frustrating. Cloud is frustrating for obvious reasons, being the not-so-fun character that he is, but since Palutena relies so much on spacing, fighting Marth can be a pain. Additionally, any character that is small (Palu is pretty tall) and lighter (lack of combos) is difficult for me to deal with.