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Idk if it's possible to cape it, personally I just like to shield it, then punish with a dash grab and throw combos.
Aha! The reason I never gained height was because I used it after my second jump.
You have two good options to recover.
This is almost universal among the majority of reflectors, Doc and Mario's Capes included, but I don't know where there is data on specific multipliers. My recollection is for reflecting purposes, the Capes are identical. Doc's Cape however has a better vertical hitbox which helps for edgeguards.
I think since Doc's recovery isn't as good as Mario's he can make more use of it. Plus I found that his wall jump keeps him closer to ledge compared to Mario which means you can follow-up a wall jump with a B-Air to punish anyone guarding the ledge, though this can be extremely risky. Characters like Falcon can snuff or trade with your B-Air for an U-Tilt which will spike you.
I think at this point Doc and Mario are so different it comes down to more than just tiny little differences in each individual move. Doc is more of a read and punish character while Mario is more of a rush down combo character. Pick which ever one reflects you play-style better and work with it.
I would have figured that Mario is better able to take advantage of reads and punish better on account of having greater mobility and combo options, whereas Dr. Mario needs to rely more on reads but does not necessarily do it better. Now of course Dr.'s upB is a neat punish unique to him, and his downB is better able to punish rolls.
Luigi Cyclone gains much less altitude when used in the air.
I believe Luigi's full height is higher than Doc's, but it's damn near impossible to mash that hard =)
If you can force your opponent into grabbing the ledge twice, a dtilt will combo into usmash at certain percentages.
Nice but Usmash does have some actual combos now; mainly reverse Usmash to Up B (29 dmg) and reverse Usmash to Jab combo (24 dmg). I think the new Usmash is decent since it can be used as a starter but it would be a lot better if it had less lag.
What exactly is reverse USmash? Making sure to hit with the back (starting active frames) of the move? I imagine pivots are my friend here.
Yeah, since the back of Usmash comes out first and has more range. The only downside of reverse Usmash is that you have to wait for the move to end which makes the move seem laggier than it is.
You might wanna browse the video thread if you wanna watch some good Doc's go to work. Other then that, there doesn't seem to be any real Doc player that stands out among the rest that I currently have any knowledge of.
Short hop it a lot to stay mobile, and against some taller characters you can even fullhop Pill to zone. Use it after F-throw. Honestly just throw it whenever your opponent isn't in range to powershield DA you or be smart and throw it to force them off balance.
Care to explain why it isn't viable? (Up B)
