Recent content by Cronoc

Sorry to tell you but it was the exact same way in Smash 4. Yes, just like Smash 4, and especially in the online environment, there will be times your character just stands/jumps instead of doing the move you wanted, and your easy punish window is gone. Or you'll try to throw that second aerial...

When getting someone out of the air who's throwing a hitbox, Bowser's pivot grab is basically a whiff punish read based on judging an opponent's behavior and good spacing. Lots of characters don't really get punished for trying to zone with short hop aerials, and certainly aren't used to being...

Outside of cases where you don't want to stale your fthrow/bthrow and the uthrow followup window is gone so you just take dthrow for the damage... it doesn't have much use. It's also there for those "oh god why did I dthrow" misinput moments. Those are fun.

Hmm no I use smash c-stick too. Usually I end up doing a dash or some such silly thing with the c-stick. I'll look into this. And yes it's a shame fsmash has no armor + practically no shield pushback.

Re: pivot attacks, I don't find ftilt all that useful, but I feel like pivot fsmash could have some use. Not from a standing position, but as a mixup when retreating. Unfortunately it has to be done with the A button and that ends up making me stand there charging it longer than I want to...

When you get an ftilt it's because you inputted the sequence out of order. Pivot grab requires you to start dashing, press grab and quickly press the opposite direction of your dash. If you input the opposite direction before the grab you'll get an ftilt. What you're really doing in this...

Ha this is hilarious. I remember after the patch that added Bowser's throw combo, Rice was picking him up. Somehow he gets the grabs on these players in tournament. I still wouldn't consider Bowser anything close to a counterpick, but given NorCal's style of play (going in all the time), it's...

A well-spaced ftilt is safe on shield against most characters, but not on whiff, which makes it a risky thing to throw out at the edge of its range. Regarding jabs - if Bowser is in shield grab range it's not safe. And dtilt can be safe because of pushback on shield, but it doesn't have enough...

@CreamyFatone yeah I'm not giving up c-stick aerials :/ Utilt is great for specific uses, like catching people when you're not entirely sure which side of Bowser they'll land on, for it's coverage when people are on ledges above him, out of uthrow and low percents, beating characters who don't...

If no other characters but Bowser (and Miis) got access to customs, Bowser would move up some spots, maybe jump a tier. Having it as a landing option and ledge getup option, not to mention combo possibilities and the way it changes the neutral game are all huge thinngs to add to Bowser's...

Bidou is certainly interesting, but until top players start using it I think we're safe. Bowser won't get as much off it as many other characters, unfortunately. Bidou has been known for some time already, we'll see if the current swell of talk results in anything beyond "look what I can do in...

General comments: Running under nair would only be possible if Luma isn't with Rosa. Luma covers underneath Rosa during nair normally. I'd like to see you slow it down against Rosa. While Luma is there you have to play defensively, and throws won't get you much. When Luma is gone you've got to...

As a Bowser main I find the Bowser talk here amusing, I don't grimace when I see Cloud like I do many other high tier characters. Maybe it's a 45:55 or even 40:60 matchup at worst, but that's out of respect for Cloud's neutral. Bowser can turn those tables real fast if the Cloud messes anything...

It's hard to give specific advice without seeing the matches. Generally, I would say you shouldn't be afraid of the trampoline. It isn't a huge damage dealer, and once it's out on stage it is both a hindrance and liability to both players. On Bowser's side, it allows for lagless falling aerials...

Yes, I believe those numbers are before uthrow is initiated. Not my list though, I believe it belongs to @1PokeMastr (goes by a different name in the Bowser discord so I get things mixed up). The window can be pretty tight with rage and DI changing those numbers (and occasionally missing one...