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Competitive Super Smash Bros. Melee Discussion Thread
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fredrancour
Member
Axe starting doing in-depth matchup guides starting with fox and it has me wanting to play melee pikachu. i wonder how hard I'd be messed up by maining pikachu in smash 4. is there anybody here who plays multiple smash games and can speak to how multi-gaming affects your play in general?
why are all my favorite melee characters midtiers
I think describing Armada's run in EVO and TBH5 is overrating it. Armada almost went to losers before top8 in a close set with Silent Wolf. He then 3x0 PPMD, where each game could easily have gone the other way. Finally,he beat HBox in a close 3x2, after beating HBox in a bit more dominant fashion at winners.
Big House 5 was really dominant, although the only player Armada faced that usually gives him trouble was Hbox. (He has lost 1 set to m2k his entire career).
The Summit was indeed dominant, although the set against Mango was really close.
Overall, it depends mostly on bracket. Facing players he historically destroys (M2K, Westballz, Ice, PPU, Plup) makes his run look more dominant. Same is true when he faces opponents he has trouble with (Leffen, HBox, Mango).
I think his Apex2015 run was more dominant, although he lost in GF. He beat Leffen, Hbox, Mango and PP in sequence.
Captain Rage Quit 69
Banned
I'm covered due to my mains changing in every smash game, so I don't have to worry about thinking "oh yeah, x character can't do that here" or such. Maybe I'd need a few matches to remember the different airdodge when I'm going back and forth between Melee and Sm4sh, or remember how much simpler 64 is.
Probably the most difficult part is making the time to play each game, but you'll always have that one smash you're better at than the rest lol.
theprodigy
Member
I'd just like to point out that this Melee-themed debate thread is absolutely amazing.
fredrancour
Member
the debate thread is pretty great.
well i certainly don't have to worry about melee-samus competing with smash 4 samus for nerd-minutes, haha.
my friends having far more interest in smash 4 means that'll probably be the one i'm better at most of the time, unless i wind up radically overcompensating or find new practice partners. I still like melee enough that it'd take me quite a bit of time to grow bored with the "solo practice - get bodied at tourneys" cycle.
well i certainly don't have to worry about melee-samus competing with smash 4 samus for nerd-minutes, haha.
my friends having far more interest in smash 4 means that'll probably be the one i'm better at most of the time, unless i wind up radically overcompensating or find new practice partners. I still like melee enough that it'd take me quite a bit of time to grow bored with the "solo practice - get bodied at tourneys" cycle.
this is art.
Captain Rage Quit 69
Banned
omg
ALL-STAR
Ice Climbers
Barack and Michelle Obama
better together - fans wanted a third term
this is amazing
That is fucking incredible. Dear lord.
I feel good knowing that HugS references me as the guy that made him the "Saltiest" he has ever been.
HugS referencing me in Bad Melee podcast.
HugS referencing me in Bad Melee podcast.
Scythesurge
Member
Ultra Numb
Member
This "Five Gods" announcement is hella hype.
I wonder who the 20 will be
Everyone better prepare hard, we're likely going to see a near-peak Armada there. He's going to the US early to get tons of practice.
I wonder who the 20 will be
Everyone better prepare hard, we're likely going to see a near-peak Armada there. He's going to the US early to get tons of practice.
Thanks, is there a link to a hype trailer or video or where are you guys getting this information. I'm out of the loop.
Thanks, is there a link to a hype trailer or video or where are you guys getting this information. I'm out of the loop.
There were a series of tweets about it and a post on r/smashbros that collected a bunch of them
https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/...battle_of_the_five_gods_tournament_announced/
Oh cool, thanks!
Thanks!
Did you get the girl?
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
HugS says no, lol.
theprodigy
Member
LucidMomentum
Member
Speaking of HugS, I played him at Bad Blood in my pools this weekend. I took 2 stocks off him game one, and then one stock off him game two.
Hit him with a stitchface and made him shake his head, he said I have good turnip use and spacing but I just need to work on my punishes and handling missiles.
Went 3-2 in Melee, went 1-2 in PM. Had some horrible matchups for Ganon and just got salty. Switched to Bowser both games and that wasn't a good idea.
But, our Melee Puff main made it to top 32, lost to Dunk. Our Sheik main lost to Red X in pools, and our Falco / Fox main made it to top 16, beat Dunk, and lost to Kira 3-1 to end up 9th.
My brother got 9th in PM with R.O.B., losing to our rival who plays Zelda. He eliminated Mr. Branandorf and got 5th, losing to Spark.
All in all, we had a good time. Not sure if we'll go back - it was a rather roughly run tournament and I don't think I got the most value out of it with how much it cost to go.
We did get this GIF of my brother, during his 4th Ganondorf match in pools:
theprodigy
Member
So Pound 2016 hit its original Melee cap of 768, cap got 128 added to it at the expense of 128 from Smash 4 (then again seeing as Smash 4 just broke 320 it's not like it can hit 640 all of a sudden lol).
Captain Rage Quit 69
Banned
meme time
Ultra Numb
Member
I hope a non-god wins Pound. It's not a super major this time around but its got some good competition there, would be great for the scene.
fredrancour
Member
is there a list of attendees anywhere? didn't seem like they put anything on smash.gg
Ultra Numb
Member
I remember there being some reddit [yeah I know] page a week or two ago, with a full list of "known" players attending. I can't find the page. However, I did end up saving a lot of the names.
Hungrybox
Mango
Plup
Westballz
Axe
Shroomed
SFAT
PewPewU
MacD
Drugged Fox
Colbol
Hugs
Duck
Wizzrobe
amSa
Nintendude
The Moon
Professor Pro
Swedish Delight
DJ Nintendo
Chu Dat
Gahtzu
Blade Wise
KJH
Ryan Ford
Fruitloop
n0ne
Prince Abu
Laudandus
Chillindude
HMW
Alex19
Redd
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
Hax ain't shit
LOL no, but I've hung out with her a few times a year ever since and we have a pretty awesome relationship. I can't complain. We had a room together last year at EVO and we'll be doing the same this year.
HugS just isn't in the know, but that's because he isn't the real HugS anymore.
theprodigy
Member
He's gonna show up, play one pools match, then leave and play LoL /s
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
The entire winners set against Leffen from Beast could be in there, honestly.
theprodigy
Member
So apparently pools for that Five Gods tournament got released, kind of a weird format there but whatever (could've invited 25 players to have 5x5 instead?)
Inviting 5 more wouldn't change the format though. It'll still be the round robin with first in each group auto placed in top 8 bracket and second in each group doing another round robin for the last 3 spots.
theprodigy
Member
I know I'm just saying pools of 4 feels kind of lame
Hey, I made it into this plays of the week video, around 2:45:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vkGbFtM0EY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vkGbFtM0EY
RIP me
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Haha, yeah. I really should not have done that. Didn't want to wait too long for the Fsmash to end and him to shield, but that's not really an excuse since I went like 45 seconds too early. Should have refreshed instead, at the moment I got up.
All things considered though, I'm glad that he got it, glad to hear the crowd reactions etc. At the end of the day it was fun.
theprodigy
Member
fun fact: this is the 8th anniversary of Brawl's release in the US
fredrancour
Member
my friends and i call them hypnosmashes when that happens. "ahaha that's gonna be such a free punish time to to close in and oh goddammit."
LucidMomentum
Member
fun fact: this is the 8th anniversary of Brawl's release in the US
You mean the PM launcher, right?
I kid, I kid.
I spent a good year or so with Brawl, and I really wanted it to work. Down to playing over Wi-Fi obsessively even with the lag.
Then Project M brought me back into Smash, a few years later.
We always called 'em bugzappers. Just can't resist sometimes.