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People are also intimidated at his relatively fast-attacks with decent disjoint, and don't realize that PacMan needs to attack the opponent to 180% before he has a chance of an "easy" kill move (BAir or BThrow) Before 180%, PacMan's kill options are... Key, Hydrant, and Smashes. I guess you can...

Okay, I feel a bit more comfortable with matchups now. I've hung out online on "Elite Smash" a bit. I dunno how good they are compared to the typical community, but that's what I'm basing my opinion on. PacMan has issues when he is out-zoned. Samus, Mewtwo, Robin, Falco seem to cause me the...

I seemed to have missed this post. 6920 3513 8126 As I stated before: I'm not playing as often as I used to. But feel free to add me. Maybe we can get a game in or two.

I'm pretty sure Jab1 -> FSmash (minimum charge) is a true combo from jab lock. Beefy Smash Dudes says Jab-lock window is 25-frames (weak hit after tech-miss), and then 38-frames between the Jab -> Final hit for a true combo. PacMan FSmash is 16 frames. If Jab1 doesn't work, maybe weak-hitbox...

I'm certainly open for some games, although I'm kinda sensitive to lag. So if the lag is bad, I'll probably stop playing, lol.

It should be noted that Hydrant -> Dashoff -> Bair -> Jab1 only launches when Bair is fresh. Sometimes, you may need Jab2 to launch. I dunno if Jab2 has a far-hitbox. I guess I have some labbing to do still... The Jab1 Far hitbox is in my tutorial video btw: https://youtu.be/YUeM7IRNms4?t=26...

Hydrant Bair -> Jab1 is a nifty ledge-kill setup, especially vs Ike, Chrom, Lucina, and other characters without a reflector or projectile. VS Projectile users: they can hit the hydrant on the way back (ex: Pit) or even reflect (Mario / Falco), so its a very matchup dependant setup. (When pit...

PacMan has good aerial speed and relatively disjointed hitboxes on all attacks (included grounded ones, like FSmash, FTilt, UTilt, Fair). They aren't the best in the game, but they're workable. It means that when PacMan can certainly rushdown on certain matchups. We're not talking like Chrom /...

You're definitely lacking matchup exp vs PacMan. The biggest mistake is how you rush-down into the hydrant setups. PacMan's "run-off -> FSmash" hydrant launch breaks your particular approach angle. Throughout the video, you're pretty much attacking where PacMan is at the moment. You need to...

Its been over a month, and no one else has figured out that PacMan can jump out of Fruit Charge? Fruit-charge -> Nair == great defensive option now. The PacMain community has been looking for buffs in the wrong location. PacMan's BAir -> Jab1 (close hitbox) or Jab1(far hitbox) are among the...

IMO, PacMan's best pressure is Melon. Key is good damage and a off-stage kill-threat (its knockback on stage isn't that good actually...), but I don't expect Pac-Mains to actually use Key often. Melon greatly reduces the opponent's options: if they decide to catch it, opponents will catch melon...

I just did a few things in Training mode, so I felt like sharing. It seems like PacMan has a lot of potential in Ultimate. I haven't seen anyone really do strategies with his new fruit recycling mechanic, so I thought I'd do a few bits on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUeM7IRNms4 Hydrant...

I edited the title and closed this old thread.

The main issue is that Fox-Trot Dsmash is almost a superior option for punishing both spotdodges and rolls. I see no reason to turn-around Grab when Fox-trot -> turnaround Dance Trot -> Dsmash / FSmash is an option (my goto for the baited / predicted ledge roll) The main issue is practicing...

Some of these setups look good actually. But IMO, the video is relying far too much on your opponent's mistakes. I'd estimate that over half of your setups wouldn't work against an ideal opponent (there is one particularly egregious example where your opponent walks into a fully-charged...