H.O.U.S.E.
Smash Rookie
Doctor Mario was my main in Melee, so when I saw him come back in Sm4sh I was hyped and wanted to try him out again.
After playing for a bit I started to get angry at his horrible recovery, but after playing him more I found out some ways to get past that.
The first important thing to know about is the DOCTOR'S SHEET, his Side B or just the Cape. Seeing as it doesn't stall, it ruins his already awful vertical recovery from afar. Closer to the edge, however, the Cape extends the distance from which Doc can grab the ledge or makes it easier to grab it.
Doc also has a wall jump that will help you a lot in some of the FD versions os stages that have walls underneath them, such as Wily's Castle, for example. This together with a B-reversed Up-B will improve the Doctor's recovery.
Now for the attacking part:
A lot of people use or at least used in previous games Mario's B-reversed fireballs after running as a means of getting closer to the opponent. Personally, I use Doc's Cape after short hopping because it doesn't stall and it reverses any incoming projectile. Also, if I get close enough to the opponent using this method the cape turns the opponent around and his attack or grab too.
Other than the Cape, Doc's Nair is really good to use once you get closer to your opponent
If the opponent is rushing towards Doc and attacking him without giving you much option, you'd want to Up-B out of shield push him away and get a KO at higher percents.
His Down Smash and the Tornado are great punishing tools. The D-Smash is really quick and insanely strong, so it's good for punishing some roll happy people. The Tornado can punish Spot Dodges because it lasts a lot and you can Air Dodge into Tornado if you're not too close to the ground.
For combos a D-Throw to Uair or Nair is good to rack up some damage and if you time it right you can string a D-Tilt into a F-Smash. His jabs are really strong and fast so they're good to catch an opponent off guard.
For edguarding I recommend not going too far out of the stage and pretty much just stay near the edge and use a good Fair, Bair or Dair when the opponent tries to recover. Also, using the Cape to invert a recovery is hilarious and amazing when you pull it off.
I guess that's all I have to say so thank you for reading and please point out anything that I may have gotten wrong. I hope this guide helped you in some way or another.
After playing for a bit I started to get angry at his horrible recovery, but after playing him more I found out some ways to get past that.
The first important thing to know about is the DOCTOR'S SHEET, his Side B or just the Cape. Seeing as it doesn't stall, it ruins his already awful vertical recovery from afar. Closer to the edge, however, the Cape extends the distance from which Doc can grab the ledge or makes it easier to grab it.
Doc also has a wall jump that will help you a lot in some of the FD versions os stages that have walls underneath them, such as Wily's Castle, for example. This together with a B-reversed Up-B will improve the Doctor's recovery.
Now for the attacking part:
A lot of people use or at least used in previous games Mario's B-reversed fireballs after running as a means of getting closer to the opponent. Personally, I use Doc's Cape after short hopping because it doesn't stall and it reverses any incoming projectile. Also, if I get close enough to the opponent using this method the cape turns the opponent around and his attack or grab too.
Other than the Cape, Doc's Nair is really good to use once you get closer to your opponent
If the opponent is rushing towards Doc and attacking him without giving you much option, you'd want to Up-B out of shield push him away and get a KO at higher percents.
His Down Smash and the Tornado are great punishing tools. The D-Smash is really quick and insanely strong, so it's good for punishing some roll happy people. The Tornado can punish Spot Dodges because it lasts a lot and you can Air Dodge into Tornado if you're not too close to the ground.
For combos a D-Throw to Uair or Nair is good to rack up some damage and if you time it right you can string a D-Tilt into a F-Smash. His jabs are really strong and fast so they're good to catch an opponent off guard.
For edguarding I recommend not going too far out of the stage and pretty much just stay near the edge and use a good Fair, Bair or Dair when the opponent tries to recover. Also, using the Cape to invert a recovery is hilarious and amazing when you pull it off.
I guess that's all I have to say so thank you for reading and please point out anything that I may have gotten wrong. I hope this guide helped you in some way or another.
