Recent content by Brendannn

Hey guys, I've been having some trouble with the Pikachu matchup overall, really all across every character. Right now I'm kinda at a character crisis, playing mostly Mario and Ness, with some Cloud and Falco. For whatever reason, to me it just feels like no matter what the state of the game is...

1. he can just run up and shield pk fire and if he's caught he can up b or roll out almost every time 2. if sonic gets the lead he can run away and ness cant do anything about it because sonic can cover any approach option

Definitely change Fox to +1 in Ness's favor. Really the major thing that was keeping this matchup even was jab locking and with that gone I dont see a reason why Ness doesn't win this MU anymore.

are you sure? my 3ds version(1.0.8) still does 11 percent

not sure if this is new(tested on past patch tho) and falco up air was changed 11%-->10%

can confirm fox's double jab no longer locks people in as the second jab seems to send them slightly farther

I really struggle vs Luigi as Ness. I feel like the best way to approach this matchup is to only throw out safe moves(jab, fair, nair, etc.) and just work on using projectiles and punishing as our way to damage and beat Luigi.

even on day 1 its easy to tell that ness has all of the tools to beat ryu pretty convincingly. PKT off stage, great combo game, etc.

my bad, i was saying you could reflect the aura sphere back with ness's fsmash n_n.

usually just powershield his projectiles, try to get in early and don't let up pressure. first match is a pretty good example of that; although the ness player definitely looks and is more experienced. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCykwgX8EMo

while im not a top tournament player or the best ness by any means i do know a lot about these matchups so i'll go ahead and give my thoughts. :4miibrawl: +1; easy to combo, just be wary of up b. :4villager: -1; hard time getting in, has tools to challenge aerials. can kill with back throw and...

i've been playing with mii brawler a lot(customs) and been finding he handles a lot of ness's unfavorable MUs. Neutral Special 1 destroys Luma and can be really effective against her at a lot of points in the match. He can also break out of a lot of Sheik's combos/strings with nair and jab while...

does anyone have advice on using pivot grabs? i've noticed that ness has a great pivot grab and obvious great follow ups after a grab so i'd like to know how to use them effectively in battle.

Sorry if this has been asked already, but how does Ness deal with being juggled? I know being a floaty this is one of the consequences of that but I feel like I can be doing more against characters like Falcon and Mario when the matchup is typically in my favor.

As a Ness main I actually struggle in this matchup lol. Shulk has more range and has an easy time gimping Ness due to his inconsistent recovery. My advice is to stay in the air a lot and just try to keep him away. And when Ness goes off stage it's a good time to go into Jump monado and try for a...