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GetSmashedWithTheBros
04-11-2008, 05:39 PM
I play as Toon Link and I've been having issues with a guy I play against pretty frequently who uses Bowser. His main strategy is as such:

1) Spam Fire Breath (Bowser's B)
2) When you're being tooled, grab them and jump off the edge (Bowser's Forward B)
3) If your opponent has 1 stock left, grab them and jump off the edge (Bowser's Forward B)

:mad:

I can run him up all I want (most recently about 120% relatively unanswered), but he'll just cut his losses and grab me and go over the edge. Additionally, the second he gets a stock above me, he'll just Forward B me straight to a 0% death. My only recourse at the moment is to camp the middle of the stage (if that's not a huge oxymoron) and spam my distance weapons. His reach is big enough that when i go in for a finisher he'll just Forward B, killing us both. Does anybody have any tips for dealing with Bowser?

Additionally, I'd like to bust out some advanced Toon Link techniques on him too (like RARing) just to teach him a lesson, but I'm having trouble getting them down. Can anybody provide me with a good guide on Toon Link's more advanced stuff?

QUIVO
04-11-2008, 06:16 PM
If you have lower percent, you get to control where the over b goes. So make sure you haev the lower percent by spamming projectiles.

If you know hes going to grab you with the over b on stage, just spot dodge and maybe follow up with a usmash or nair.

How is he getting you with the over b off the stage? Make sure to recover from below the edge or if youre above the stage, just airdodge.

edde
04-12-2008, 03:22 AM
bombs, boomerang, air game and mind games should do

by the way... if he side b's you, you have to tap the controll stick in the direction you want it to go... the lowest % wins the direction... if taping the stick is not enough then spam buttons lol

rarrl
04-12-2008, 03:09 PM
just stay on the side sheild then when he comes closer grab and then meteor with down A i beat a guy with 5 stock.

w3bhead
04-12-2008, 09:27 PM
It's good that you spam projectiles because Toon Links game heavily relies on that, I recommend going in with a Short Hop aerial so that you get over his fire and with correct spacing you will hit him instead of being grabbed by him, also when you are grabbed you actually have some influence over the direction that Bowser jumps in, so just jam your joystick in the opposite direction of the ledge. Hope this helped and good luck.

TLMarth
04-13-2008, 01:40 PM
First, don't panick when he uses fire breath. Just shoot him a million times. Make sure that when you go in for a finisher, he is stunned with a bomb, arrow or whatever. You could try to fake his side b, so that when he finishes you attack him.
Keep flexible, so when you go to use your finisher you don't end up spamming moves. Wait for a good opportunity to attack him.
Spamming projectiles is GOOOOOOOD.
I'd recommend looking at this:
http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=160643
and this:
http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?p=4214396#poststop