SSB Ultimate Reveal
SSB 2018 Invitational Tourney
I'm most hyped about Daisy, Wolf, and Lucario. My roomie is hosting a farewell to Sm4sh at our place. The fact that all the characters are returning for this makes me wonder how balance will play out in the long run. My pea-brain is still impressed they patch these games on consoles now-a-days.
What about you hubski?
What are you excited for?
Are you excited for any characters/mechanics/stages making a come-back?
Any great memories with the franchise thus far?
I've been getting more into Smash 4 tournaments lately (Pika main). The thing I like about pikachu is he feels like a faster character with broken aspects, but overall well balanced. I'm looking forward to playing him in Ultimate; as is he looks broken, but I'm sure they'll balance it out. But also, they seem to prioritize faster pacing in general for the game, which I appreciate.
Pikachu is rare in that he's a more difficult version of sheik- nice, quick, strong character with a heavy emphasis on neutral and damage combos. His advantages are Small hitbox Crazy damage output from combos (grab at 0 leads to ~60-70% if you react to DI correctly) Quick Attack. Quick Attack is the best move in the game, by far. Better than witch time. It gets out of combos/disadvantage for free, starts combos at all %, recovers for free, and can hit them from across the stage quicker than people can react to. The only counterplay is for them to read when you use the attack, and if you'll hit them or where you'll land (which can be any point on stage, more or less), and throw out a lingering hitbox there. Has multiple kill confirms Best ledgeguarding in the game Disadvantages: All of pika's kill confirms are technical/tough to do consistently. This makes pika have one of the highest competitive skill floors for consistent tournament play. * Pika's light and dies earlier, but this usually isn't an issue. About same weight as sheik. I think there are 2 reasons there are so few pika players. 1) "Just play Sheik" Honestly, pika has a discount sheik stereotype, and it's not wrong in ways. Sheik doesn't have pika's kill confirms, QA, or smaller hurtbox, but has a relatively free neutral. And Pika's neutral is, in many eyes, his best advantage, so just go with the best neutral character in the game. (Personally, I think pika's other attributes make up for it, but I get this viewpoint.) 2) Pika is a technical character. I've had to play him for quite a few months before I got results, just because landing a kill under pressure is really difficult. Kill confirms are character specific, % specific, and rage specific, so going in to a matchup you have to know which ones will work and which won't. I think Pika is potentially the toughest character in Smash, but with best play, easily top 5. Oh, also, Pika beats the current top 5 IMO. Pika bodies diddy and cloud, no doubt. 60/40 and 70/30 respectively. Sheik is 50/50 or 45/55ish, maybe better. Never played against many sheiks. Pika Bayo is either 50/50 or 55/45. I'm leaning towards the latter. Pika combos bayo easier than bayo can combo pika (small hurtbox + SDI), better kill power too. Pika's worst matchups are Mario and Ness. something like 40/60 each, maybe a bit worse. Upsmash (mario) and uair (ness) are safe, strong moves in neutral that can kill pika a bit early and also beat out Quick Attack. In conclusion, there's a few things that are very broken (QA), but overall Pika's just a really strong character without any real weaknesses.
Well shit, only tourneys I've heard have been Melee. Not a fan of Falcon? The pro switch controller looks to have essentially the same layout, granted the PS/Xbox style button pads. Is that what you've been using instead of the sticks thus far?We's specifically set up tournaments with the original N64 Smash Bros. We did this weekly for several months.
Honestly I'm just excited to own a Smash Bros game for the first time! Switch is the first Nintendo I've ever had. They could have just re-released the WiiU Smash Bros like they did with Mario Kart and I'd have been happy. In summers me and some friends used to play 4-player Melee. It's still my favourite brawler to this day, and it will take a lot for Ultimate to match it. My most played character was Jigglypuff, with the ability to (almost) fly and to turn to stone and fall down on enemies as a powerful attack. I rarely won, but I had a lot of fun regardless! :-)What are you excited for?
Any great memories with the franchise thus far?
Cheers, the titles thus far make it sound like Switch is what Nintendo's been waiting for to bust out great games all at once - Breath of the Wild to start and SSB Ultimate + 'the' Mario Party on the way (expecting them to be big, at least). Aww yiss. Looking forward to seeing how Ultimate matches up to Melee. The fact that the Gamecube controllers will be compatible still feels like nostalgia factoring into - though I'd love to attribute it to Melee being a great game overall. Rather than the later controllers being a tad less intuitive. 4 Man brawls are a good time, I have similar memories with my brothers. Heh. The Jigglypuff has her sleep/rest for down B attack; Kirby turns to stone. ;DHonestly I'm just excited to own a Smash Bros game for the first time! Switch is the first Nintendo I've ever had.