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HeroMystic
the Greninja boards are gonna discuss the Mario MU now so I wanted to know, what do you think about the MU? The folks at the boards all seem convinced that it's 60:40 Greninja but I feel it's probably around even.
Disclaimer: You're the first strong Greninja player I went up against, and my observation beyond that is Ally vs Amsa and it was pretty obvious Ally had no idea how the MU worked, so take this with a grain of salt.
Seems Mario has a good amount of things to look out for. Greninja is fast, has a good grab, nice kill setups, and pretty much juggles Mario for free (nothing new here). Greninja's edgeguarding on Mario is also quite strong. Mario's gonna have to combat him on a grounded level and stay mobile, and pretty much never be directly above him.
Greninja has to look out when Mario gets in. He has a good pressure game, can combat Greninja in CQC and he can't really zone Mario due to Cape and Fireballs, and he can punish a good amount of his stuff. So imo Mario should have the advantage in neutral most of the time and should be doing his best in keeping control of the match and playing a reactive playstyle.
Greninja has to exploit Mario's poor disadvantaged state as much as possible, and Mario just needs to keep stuffing his options while respecting his N-air and staying away from his grab.
I also asked the Mario Skype Group for their opinions.
[3:33:36 PM] HeroMystic: So I got asked by the Greninja player what do I think the MU rating is.
[3:33:46 PM] Inferno3044: even or slight mario
[3:33:49 PM] HeroMystic: Anyone wanna comment on that?
[3:34:05 PM] Inferno3044: i don't know enough about greninja to give a fair guess
[3:35:09 PM] XeroXen: I don't either.
[3:35:16 PM] XeroXen: 100/0 mario
[3:39:27 PM] HeroMystic: Thanks rofl.
[3:39:53 PM] XeroXen: We can zone him out really well
[3:40:10 PM] XeroXen: And win in terms of CQC (imo). He just has some stuff we need to avoid.
[3:40:39 PM] XeroXen: He can combo us decently and cover our landings, so as long as you are in control you should win.
[3:41:14 PM] XeroXen: He doesn't have many ways to take that control away from you, either.
I'd go with Even until this MU develops more. It honestly has not happened at a high level nearly enough times for me to tilt an advantage towards any character.