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Crappy Bowser Jr. players.... they think i'm disrespecting them by trying to beat him with their own main... except I main Jr. as well... 
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Just wait. One day you'll get your dong whipped by a good Marth player and change your mind.I'm a DK main and when I ever enter for glory or face off against ppl in friendlies I hate facing off against Lucina, Marth, and Ike the most, because they have absolutely no chance of ever winning. Lucina and marth are just bad, and Ike's horizontal recovery against DK never works, guaranteeing death. Ever since I started playing in late December I always knew marth and Lucina were the lowest tier with Ike also being low tier, and I'm playing a mid to low tier character in DK so it was just obvious. I mean I respect their willingness to choose playing those characters and try to make them usable,
and I did find some great Marths from time to time, but the odds are stacked against them so much that I can't help but feel sorry for them and wish they would leave so I don't destroy their confidence.
Edit: actually shulk is above even those characters, i rediscovered. My baby brother plays him and he knows how to use him against me, but many ppl on FG, including many good to great shulks, simply do not know how to use his counter,which is his most powerful move by far. Shulk is such a cool character and that along with a combination of it being my baby bros character makes me want to actually teach the shulks how to face me, I actually have tags that tell them to use counter, use it in the air, etc, and to "trust me", no kidding.
How about you guys? I'm sure some of you zss players feel sorry for Dk players? Don't forget to mention who you play as if it's applicable.
I did face a GREAT marth once, he won more than I would have liked but I attributed my losses to me simply not playing where I could have been. We only played about 10 games and he won half of them.Just wait. One day you'll get your dong whipped by a good Marth player and change your mind.
And you shouldn't be feeling sorry...for all those that play shulk, you know he needs all the help he can get.I don't feel bad for people; I just seek to destroy them. If I was a person to pity my opponents, I would probably pity the DK players I face in FG every once in a while who just get eaten up by my Monado Buster D-throw combos. Anywhere between 9-47%, if I grab him, he's going to be eating 35% damage (d-throw -> F-smash). 0-8% will be D-throw -> F-tilt for 28%.
(Shulk)
I put (Shulk) at the end to remind what character I'm maining. I understand how that can be seen differently than I intended... I shall edit that. (also, you might want to watch the double postsDelete plz
I'm a DK main and when I ever enter for glory or face off against ppl in friendlies I hate facing off against Lucina, Marth, and Ike the most, because they have absolutely no chance of ever winning. Lucina and marth are just bad, and Ike's horizontal recovery against DK never works, guaranteeing death. Ever since I started playing in late December I always knew marth and Lucina were the lowest tier with Ike also being low tier, and I'm playing a mid to low tier character in DK so it was just obvious. I mean I respect their willingness to choose playing those characters and try to make them usable,
and I did find some great Marths from time to time, but the odds are stacked against them so much that I can't help but feel sorry for them and wish they would leave so I don't destroy their confidence.
Edit: actually shulk is above even those characters, i rediscovered. My baby brother plays him and he knows how to use him against me, but many ppl on FG, including many good to great shulks, simply do not know how to use his counter,which is his most powerful move by far. Shulk is such a cool character and that along with a combination of it being my baby bros character makes me want to actually teach the shulks how to face me, I actually have tags that tell them to use counter, use it in the air, etc, and to "trust me", no kidding.
How about you guys? I'm sure some of you zss players feel sorry for Dk players? Don't forget to mention who you play as if it's applicable.
Actually the name is darkjaws, not kaws. Also, I said DK was mid to low tier, not mid tier (and since you say you disagree I wonder where you place him, customs off). Don't worry, I'm not offended or even put off by your remarks because you're mostly wrong, as you yourself know. I've also faced great falcos and Charizards, and you'll never see me doing anything but trying my damndest to try and beat them, and anyone who says they are the lowest of low tier are dead wrong. FYI, I can also hold my own against many diddy's with DK.Reading this thread, I realize the purpose is to talk about how you feel bad about being on the fortunate side of a bad match up, so I guess to contribute I'll mention I feel bad playing a projectile character into a big slow character like Ganon.
However, I feel that you're slightly mislead DaRKKaWs, and I feel compelled to be 'That Guy' and post something about it. I don't like how you've worded some of your responses, and I believe it to be slightly toxic. While uneven match ups occur, no one in this game is Melee Kirby and you shouldn't feel as though someone should play a different character in order to not have their confidence crushed by you or their chance at glory reduced to nothing. You say that Marth, Lucina, and Ike are low tier, and you're playing DK which is Mid Tier (which I disagree with but is besides the point), meaning you are going to win. That is simply not the case. You mention that you have been bested by Marth and that you attribute your loses to you not playing where you could have been, which is absolutely it, not the characters position on any tier list. The victor will for the majority of matches come down to skill, and not your choice at the character select screen. I've seen great Charizards and Falcos do incredibly well against competent high tier players for example. I can hold my own against the common Diddy using Zelda. There's no reason to think because you're playing Donkey Kong that you have the ultimate advantage over Marths, Lucinas, and Ikes specifically. They may or may not have a bad match up, but the better player will win. Tier position does not guarantee outcome. An incredibly good Ganondorf main can work around a Duck Hunt.
I will never go so far as to say tiers do not exist, but they do not dictate the game.
Ike's recovery is predictable and can be gimped, yes, but that doesn't mean you're going to win the majority of the time. Other characters have this same issue. Ike's punish and spacing game is great. I honestly believe Ike is a much better character than DK.
You know, one would think at the outset that they are solid and have no flaws, but the outcomes of the matches really say otherwise. Even the japanese think they are the worst in the game, but I had long said to many that they are the worst in the game. If you think others are worse by all means please give us your list of characters, and I won't get offended if you think DK is at the bottom.I don't agree that Marth and Lucina are the lowest tier. Bottom 20? Yeah, probably. Bottom 10 or bottom 5? No way. The nerfs to Marth haven't been kind, his shortened sword has taken a toll on him, but he can still come out on top with smart play. As much as I wish it did, Ken style Marth does not work well in this game. However, a smart defensive player mindful of their spacing and offstage game will make Marth do some disrespectful things. Lucina is in the same bag, however she has a slightly lower reward ceiling than Marth due to the lack of tipper. I believe she is only slightly worse than Marth overall, but slightly better in situations where you can't concentrate on perfect spacing. Marth and Lucina do not deserve to be bottom 5, they are solid characters without any glaring flaw.
You're making a mountain out of a molehill here, of course I know that they need to understand how to use it and not to spam it, but in the few words I want to communicate to them simple messages go a long way. Look, here is a true story: I faced one GREAT shulk who I was simply r@ping, and he was at a loss at what to do, by this point I had beat him 15 times in a row, sometimes very badly. I mean, he clearly mastered his other movesets but, like yourself, only used counter 2 or 3 times a game. Maybe against some characters that is the maximum it should be used, but against my DK you have to use it more. and at first he disregarded my message but eventually started using it more and found that, SURRISE!, he started winning close to half of the matches. He was one of those late night matches I had, around 2-3:00 AM, so you can tell he was a Smash junkie. And I guarantee you, if you wanted to face me with your Shulk and only use counter 2 or 3 times, You're going to get *****. Period.Shulk is a great character, I'm glad you've decided he's at least better than Marth and Lucina. I feel like his play style is comparable to melee Marth with his exceptional range and the added benefits of the Monado arts. However telling anyone to ever "Use counter more" is counterproductive advice. Counter moves, especially Shulk's, are very risky. They should not be seen as "This is my most powerful move." as you suggest. They should be seen as "This is my most powerful punish in certain situations." Instead of telling someone to use their counter more often, you should be suggesting that they work on their fundamentals, so that they can judge when using a counter is worth the risk.
If you tell players that they need to use counter more it may end up causing them to develop the bad habit of spamming counter. Counter spammers are some of the easiest players to win against once you read them. Counter spammers only beat impatient, sub par players. Counters have a lot of ending lag, and good players are going to punish it. It may just be a simple grab punish at first, but once the counter spammer is read it will eventually be a charged smash to the face, causing them their stock. If I use a counter more than twice or three times in a match I feel as though I am using it too much. In fact most of my matches either don't have a counter involved, or only have one. If you have a counter it should be the ace you keep up your sleeve. The move that you don't throw out so that your opponent forgets you have it, but you will very harshly remind them when you get a great read on them.
Shulk shouldn't prioritize using his counter in the air either. Shulk has a great aerial game, and is much better throwing out a hit box to space out the opponent than throwing out a counter 9 out of 10 times. Dat Nair. The only character that I can maybe think should be using his counter a lot in the air is Little Mac, but that's because Little Mac's air game is a joke, unlike Shulk's. Little Mac is usually safer spamming air dodge even though that's punishable as well.
Yo I only play Ganondorf and DK too, I wonder what it is about those characters that many that play one of those characters plays the other? You're not the only other one I've heard of that plays both. The only reason I play both is that I was a DK main in sb64 (In my mind probably the best one ever, a shame I stopped playing it as I would have given Isai a good matchup), and when DK sucked in melee i switched to Ganondorf, went back to DK in Brawl when Ganondorf sucked, and now both are mediocre so I play them both lol. Although I must say that I simply will not play as Ganondorf without customs anymore, there is no point. There's only so far you can get with him before it just becomes repetition alone. At least with customs it brings some variety vs. characters he would normally never beat otherwise.I main Ganondorf and DK
I dont play as anyone else but them.
Add me
DARK-PHAZ0N
i will show you a good Ganondorf & DK
In situations like that I like to switch to characters I'm not as skilled with, to hopefully give the opponent more breathing room.I don't feel bad for any specific character, just when I come up against someone really, really terrible. Like, matches that I end within 30 seconds. I just kinda feel like a jerk for completely murdering people, but I do it anyway. I mean, what am I supposed to do, lose on purpose?
It's better to say that in the hands of a great player that diddy is probably #1. In the hands of a mediocre to good player, he is not invincible.I honestly could add Diddy to me list as well. I find him very predictable. He isn't as good as everyone says he is.
Definitely my favorite heavyweight to fight as ZSS. Heavyweights/big characters are easier to hit with multiple aerials, and DK is the easiest. Easier to approach than Bowser or DDD because he lacks that fire breath or giant hammer.You took the words right out of my mouth. I am a ZSS player and I feel really bad when I get paired against a DK player online, because the matchup is completely stacked against them.
No, I don't believe he is the best even in the highest level of play.It's better to say that in the hands of a great player that diddy is probably #1. In the hands of a mediocre to good player, he is not invincible.
Ever since I became a pretty damn good player I've only met one great diddy online, and I'm friends with him on nintendos network as a result.
Who are your top 5 or 6, in order?No, I don't believe he is the best even in the highest level of play.
Rosalina, Sheik, Diddy, Sonic, and Yoshi I'd say.Who are your top 5 or 6, in order?