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Why Marth?
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Lord Chair
Smash Master
I forgot.
PEACE7
Smash Champion
The satisfaction you get when you tipper a move because your spacing is that awesome.
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Deleted member 189823
Guest
Mhmmm.
ViCTORiOUSViC
Smash Apprentice
Tipper and ShieldBreaker
Death Arcana
Rum is for Drinking
because he stole my hair
HeavySmashGuy
Smash Cadet
Because they took out Roy.
T-Murder
Smash Apprentice
It's all about the counter. Especially pulling of a mid-air counter attack when no one expects it
Zink Imp
Smash Ace
Marth gives me a lot of nostalgia. I have the anime on VHS (the English dub in which he's called "Mars" for some reason) and played the Super Famicom game when I was younger.
He does have a level of class not a lot of other characters have.
Also I just fair a lot w/e.
He does have a level of class not a lot of other characters have.
Also I just fair a lot w/e.
He's called Mars because the original fire emblem took many a homage from greco-latin culture and folklore, Mars is the God of the War in Roman paganism. Yes, you main the god of war.
Tselel (5805)
Smash Cadet
I started with Marth way back in the day when my friend and I were still playing through his copy of Melee (I didn't have one at the time). We were trucking along, taking turns at 1 Player mode when out of nowhere I see the "Challenger Approaching" que. Then a swordsman with speed, elegance, and just the right dash of cockiness begins to fight.
I learned him the best I could in the early years, switched to Roy because he was the even newer kid on the block, then switched back for that charm that Roy just didn't quite have.
It was only over the past year or so that I discovered the Smash community and the true limits you could push Marth. It's kind of like having that childhood friend that you meet after years of separation, and they've grown to be an even better pal than before.
So to shorten that. Nostalgia for times long gone and to prove how much I've grown as a player since.
I learned him the best I could in the early years, switched to Roy because he was the even newer kid on the block, then switched back for that charm that Roy just didn't quite have.
It was only over the past year or so that I discovered the Smash community and the true limits you could push Marth. It's kind of like having that childhood friend that you meet after years of separation, and they've grown to be an even better pal than before.
So to shorten that. Nostalgia for times long gone and to prove how much I've grown as a player since.
Russy
Russydorf of Cincy
Because of the overall elegance of his playstyle, if you know what you're doing, you can dance around your opponent while racking up damage, and finish off with a perfectly spaced tipper fsmash
Jackson
Smash Lord
One of the things that makes him so appealing to me, is that, in my opinion, all of his moves are viable. All of his aerials are solid, he has some good tilts, especially Dtilt, and his smashes are overall pretty nice. Not to mention the incredible dancing blade and his powerful Dolphin Slash out of shield. He has numerous tools to take on foes.
Jackson
Smash Lord
Okay... most of his moves are viable.
d-man2292
Smash Apprentice
just the tip
Jackson
Smash Lord
Because he takes finesse.
ellord
Smash Apprentice
The great feel when you sucessfully place a meteor.
I picked Marth because when I was deciding on a character to main (just found about the competitive scene) I saw some matches of Mikeneko at Apex. Of course I was blown away by basically everything, but somehow the style Mikeneko used to play Marth just made me real interested in him. I started looking for more info on him and eventually discovered the flashy Europeans Marths, Mr R and Leon (and sure Leon is Canadian now, sort of) and found it interesting how differently all of these players played Marth.
Overall the playstyle of Marth seemed to be quite elegant, about precision, pretty versatile on top of which you could actually do some nice combos (Mr R's combo video the Messiah was amazing to see at the time and still just blows me away every single time I rewatch it). So I liked the playstyle, and decided to give Marth a go. I wanted to play like the best Marfs out there. Thus I wanted to beat people but at the same time play in a way I would find personally find entertaining to watch.
So these days I have mained Marth for like a year, and the more I've learned about him the more I've felt like patting myself on the back for making a good choice. He is fast, he has speed and range in his moves, all the moves he has (besides the useless Bthrow) are viable moves and make it possible to be creative, go for some fun mix-ups. He has the tools to beat anyone in the game, but at the same time he requires precision and finesse. You need to play smart, choose the correct option and at the time same time keep your spacing good. And if you manage to play smart, you will be rewarded greatly in the form of ever so sweet to land Fsmash tipper and generally being pretty safe. And since Marth does not have any BS (MK's Dsmash, UpB, Tornado, auto frametraps more or less impossible to gimp, ICs chaingrab, Diddy's bananas, Olimar and his camping and stupid Usmash, Snake and his ridiculous weight and tilts and Falco and his lasers) so you generally need to simply outplay your opponent not being able to rely on stuff like that. This can be seen on Marth's MU chart as well with him not destroying that many characters.
Maybe I am biased with my ever so high opinion of Marth being a nub and all, (yeah gets juggled superhard, easily edgehogged/gimped, not best on the ledge, RCO lag yay) but that's why I play Marth anyhow.
tl;dr Mars la Marf is awesome
Overall the playstyle of Marth seemed to be quite elegant, about precision, pretty versatile on top of which you could actually do some nice combos (Mr R's combo video the Messiah was amazing to see at the time and still just blows me away every single time I rewatch it). So I liked the playstyle, and decided to give Marth a go. I wanted to play like the best Marfs out there. Thus I wanted to beat people but at the same time play in a way I would find personally find entertaining to watch.
So these days I have mained Marth for like a year, and the more I've learned about him the more I've felt like patting myself on the back for making a good choice. He is fast, he has speed and range in his moves, all the moves he has (besides the useless Bthrow) are viable moves and make it possible to be creative, go for some fun mix-ups. He has the tools to beat anyone in the game, but at the same time he requires precision and finesse. You need to play smart, choose the correct option and at the time same time keep your spacing good. And if you manage to play smart, you will be rewarded greatly in the form of ever so sweet to land Fsmash tipper and generally being pretty safe. And since Marth does not have any BS (MK's Dsmash, UpB, Tornado, auto frametraps more or less impossible to gimp, ICs chaingrab, Diddy's bananas, Olimar and his camping and stupid Usmash, Snake and his ridiculous weight and tilts and Falco and his lasers) so you generally need to simply outplay your opponent not being able to rely on stuff like that. This can be seen on Marth's MU chart as well with him not destroying that many characters.
Maybe I am biased with my ever so high opinion of Marth being a nub and all, (yeah gets juggled superhard, easily edgehogged/gimped, not best on the ledge, RCO lag yay) but that's why I play Marth anyhow.
tl;dr Mars la Marf is awesome
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Kidney Thief
Smash Journeyman
If you take away the speed from melee, I think Marth becomes an interesting character because you can see everything happen in slow motion and that's good to get your spacing down. Also I can't stand any other character if we're talking high in the tier list, all the other characters I use are bottom for sure and I enjoy actually having a chance against meta knight
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