Mr. Game & Watch's defensive crouching

As everyone here hopefully knows, Mr. Game & Watch has a fantastically low crouch. What you might not realize is that it has real defensive application; a large variety of moves simply cannot hit Mr. Game & Watch while he is crouching. I have tested every move from the ground with every character. In the case of specials, I do not make any claims about their ability to hit while the user is short hopping. All tests were also done on training mode; I don't know if that matters.

If I put a * next to a move, that means it can hit a crouching Mr. Game & Watch if it is angled downward. With many tilts and smashes, the users of the moves frequently do not angle the attacks making crouching a fairly viable defense.

Mario:

nothing

Luigi:

Fire Jump Punch (up special always lands weak hit)

Peach:

up tilt
standing grab
running grab
Peach Bomber (forward special)
jab (beam sword)

Bowser:

up tilt front side (back can hit)

Donkey Kong:

up smash

Diddy Kong:

Peanut Popgun close range (neutral special)
Monkey Flip grab (forward special, far range kick can hit)

Yoshi:

up smash
running grab

Wario:

nothing

Link:

Gale Boomerang outgoing*
Bow close range (forward special)
Spin Attack (up special)

Zelda:

jab
forward tilt*
up tilt
up smash

Sheik:

jab first hit

Ganondorf:

jab
forward tilt
forward smash*
standing grab
running grab
Warlock Punch (neutral special)
Warlock Kick (down special)

Toon Link:

Bow close range (forward special)

Samus:

jab first hit
forward tilt*
forward smash*
up smash
Charge Shot any charge except full (neutral special)
Super Missiles (forward smash special)

Zero Suit Samus:

jab first hit
forward tilt*
up tilt
standing grab (except at max range)
running grab (except at max range)
Paralyzer (neutral special)

Pit:

Palutena's Arrow (neutral special)*

Ice Climbers:

nothing

R.O.B.:

jab first hit
forward tilt*
forward smash*
up smash
Robo Beam far range (neutral special)*

Kirby:

nothing

Meta Knight:

up smash

King Dedede:

up tilt
Waddle Dee Toss close range (forward special)

Olimar:

up tilt

Fox:

jab first hit
Blaster (neutral special)

Falco:

Blaster (neutral special)
Reflector (down special)

Wolf:

nothing

Captain Falcon

jab combo (excluding rapid punch sequence)
forward tilt*
forward smash*
standing grab
Falcon Punch (neutral special)
Falcon Dive (up special)

Pikachu:

nothing

Squirtle:

nothing

Ivysaur:

Vine Whip (up special)

Charizard:

up tilt

Lucario:

up smash
Force Palm grab (forward special, blast can hit)

Jigglypuff:

nothing

Marth:

up tilt
Dancing Blade hits 2 and 4 up (forward special: unsure if I'm right here)

Ike:

jab first hit

Ness:

up tilt

Lucas:

nothing

Mr. Game & Watch:

up tilt
Fire (up special)

Snake:

jab combo
Nikita Missile (forward special)*

Sonic:

nothing, but by crouching under a spring on the ground, Mr. Game & Watch is safe from all aerials

nice i didn't know snake's jab combo can't hit you while your crouching. although they usually mix them with some f-tilts :S. nice info.

I should note that Snake's first hit of forward tilt is one of many moves that can hit you while crouching but has a hard time (off the top of my head, Zelda's standing grab is like that too). Expect many "odd" misses from that while you are crouching... but watch out as the second hit of the forward tilt has no trouble hitting you at all.

I could also swear I've seen Falco's reflector hit me while crouching before, but I simply couldn't replicate it in training mode. All I can guess is that my past experiences must have involved slopes...

Amazing Ampharos said:

I could also swear I've seen Falco's reflector hit me while crouching before, but I simply couldn't replicate it in training mode. All I can guess is that my past experiences must have involved slopes...

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lol probably, cuz thats how i feel like

hey this is kinda off topic, but r u a mod on Smogon?

You probably let go as the shine was above you, so you never saw yourself uncrouch but you got hit by it as soon as it was possible.

Yea, GaW's crouch is amazing. It dodges moves like you said, and it also has an amazing tilt with no lag out of it! Thanks for all the research and data. Welcome to the GaW boards.

Does G&W have the lowest crouch? Or does Jiggly, Snake, or Kirby (just to name a few) compete for lowest?

nice thanks for info

Oooo thanks. This is very useful. Imagine the look on my opponents face when I just crouch to avoid the fsmash or usmash...lol. I think there is something like this on the Kirby boards.

Good stuff

Good job
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