CT Chia
Smash Obsessed
Consider this an extension of my ROBlog, but a topic separate enough deserving of it's own topic.
It has to be done, I'm officially dropping ROB in the Meta Knight match up. It's impossible. We know it's the worst matchup, yet some have said it's still possible for ROB to have the tools to win. Flat out: no it's not. Yes, you can beat MKs that don't know the matchup. Fortunately, there are so few ROBs out there, that barely any MKs know the matchup.
I've played against plenty MKs and practiced with those like M2k (lives right near me yay) and I know what I should be doing and what I shouldn't be. However at the tourney I was at today it was a big eye opener. I had to face ksizzle, an amazing MK from NJ, but unlike most, knows the ROB matchup better than any other MK. He gets to play with a crewmate practically everyday that mains ROB. I have to face him in tourney, and first match right away I already tell that I'm screwed. He knew how to punish everything ROB can do. He knew all of the moves I was going to do, all my options, and how to beat it at MK. I was completely hopeless. I got 3 stocked all in probably like a minute and a half. I have the video on my laptop, i'll try to have it tomorrow.
There was no reason at all to go ROB next match. There was no way I was going to win. I've been practicing some Wario as a secondary, so I decided to try it out. I was practicing him the night before, but I've never used Wario in tourney before. I don't know how to CP and stuff with him yet. So I just went BF with Wario and went for it. I obviously still lost, he's a great player, but at least I was almost able to get him down to one stock this time with very little practice invested. I was able to outprioritize all of the moves that absolutely destroy ROB. upB, nado, all those shenanigans can be beat by dair if used right. Glide attack? I was able to time a haft to get the appropriate super armor so I was fine and slammed into him for the kill.
When's the last time you saw a ROB win a noteable tourney? Probably like a year ago with Overswarm back when no one knew what the hell a ROB was and he was still top tier. I'm at a turning point, and it's interesting as it happened to me in Melee about a year ago. I mained Samus in Melee, a mid tier with no TRUE potential to completely win. Melee isn't completely the same situation as the right amount of tech skill and smarts can overcome any lesser opponent, but this simply isn't the same for Brawl. You're only going to see the same characters win big tourneys. Mostly MK and Snake, but also your Warios, Diddys, and idk... maybe that's it? (Except for some rare situations). I had always wanted to second a better character in Melee, I tried Falco, I tried Marth, I tried Sheik. Above all I mainly stuck to Sheik, but I would play her for a bit, get annoyed and go back to Samus and be back at step 1. Eventually I just gathered up the will power to do so, and played ONLY Sheik for so long that she became my best character, and was able to do what my Samus wasn't. I was then able to harness the power of both, while I can rely on Sheik for most top tier matchups, I can still counterpick Samus on Falcos (which I believe Samus does better than Sheik on), and possibly Fox as well. But when I go to Sheik for the Falcons, Marths, etc, I feel like I'm playing at my best potential compared to before. I have to do the same for Wario, no questions asked.
What is the point of spending money traveling to tourneys, paying money to enter tourneys, all to lose. With MK as a complete bracket stop for ROB, there is no sense in wasting money like this. Do or die.
Until MK is banned, there is no need to play ROB against him. It's a death sentance. I'm tired of the extreme uphill battle it is to win in the matchup, which I'm believing is close to 80-20 now at it's easiest in the top level of play. I'm tired of having n00bs counterpick Rainbow Cruise with MK on me (happened to me today, still won the set though), I'm tired of top players who are for the ban who hate MK go as far as to counterpick him to win (Happened today with Wes).
So by all means, start learning a better character, or you won't come out on top. It's that simple. I hate to say it, I love ROB, but it has to happen. I'm not dropping ROB, but I have to start putting a lot of work into Wario if I want to achieve anything. And it doesn't have to be Wario, it can be Snake, Diddy, hell, it could be MK. It just so happens that Wario fits my style better and is also one of my fav characters in the game with ROB and Sonic.
It has to be done, I'm officially dropping ROB in the Meta Knight match up. It's impossible. We know it's the worst matchup, yet some have said it's still possible for ROB to have the tools to win. Flat out: no it's not. Yes, you can beat MKs that don't know the matchup. Fortunately, there are so few ROBs out there, that barely any MKs know the matchup.
I've played against plenty MKs and practiced with those like M2k (lives right near me yay) and I know what I should be doing and what I shouldn't be. However at the tourney I was at today it was a big eye opener. I had to face ksizzle, an amazing MK from NJ, but unlike most, knows the ROB matchup better than any other MK. He gets to play with a crewmate practically everyday that mains ROB. I have to face him in tourney, and first match right away I already tell that I'm screwed. He knew how to punish everything ROB can do. He knew all of the moves I was going to do, all my options, and how to beat it at MK. I was completely hopeless. I got 3 stocked all in probably like a minute and a half. I have the video on my laptop, i'll try to have it tomorrow.
There was no reason at all to go ROB next match. There was no way I was going to win. I've been practicing some Wario as a secondary, so I decided to try it out. I was practicing him the night before, but I've never used Wario in tourney before. I don't know how to CP and stuff with him yet. So I just went BF with Wario and went for it. I obviously still lost, he's a great player, but at least I was almost able to get him down to one stock this time with very little practice invested. I was able to outprioritize all of the moves that absolutely destroy ROB. upB, nado, all those shenanigans can be beat by dair if used right. Glide attack? I was able to time a haft to get the appropriate super armor so I was fine and slammed into him for the kill.
When's the last time you saw a ROB win a noteable tourney? Probably like a year ago with Overswarm back when no one knew what the hell a ROB was and he was still top tier. I'm at a turning point, and it's interesting as it happened to me in Melee about a year ago. I mained Samus in Melee, a mid tier with no TRUE potential to completely win. Melee isn't completely the same situation as the right amount of tech skill and smarts can overcome any lesser opponent, but this simply isn't the same for Brawl. You're only going to see the same characters win big tourneys. Mostly MK and Snake, but also your Warios, Diddys, and idk... maybe that's it? (Except for some rare situations). I had always wanted to second a better character in Melee, I tried Falco, I tried Marth, I tried Sheik. Above all I mainly stuck to Sheik, but I would play her for a bit, get annoyed and go back to Samus and be back at step 1. Eventually I just gathered up the will power to do so, and played ONLY Sheik for so long that she became my best character, and was able to do what my Samus wasn't. I was then able to harness the power of both, while I can rely on Sheik for most top tier matchups, I can still counterpick Samus on Falcos (which I believe Samus does better than Sheik on), and possibly Fox as well. But when I go to Sheik for the Falcons, Marths, etc, I feel like I'm playing at my best potential compared to before. I have to do the same for Wario, no questions asked.
What is the point of spending money traveling to tourneys, paying money to enter tourneys, all to lose. With MK as a complete bracket stop for ROB, there is no sense in wasting money like this. Do or die.
Until MK is banned, there is no need to play ROB against him. It's a death sentance. I'm tired of the extreme uphill battle it is to win in the matchup, which I'm believing is close to 80-20 now at it's easiest in the top level of play. I'm tired of having n00bs counterpick Rainbow Cruise with MK on me (happened to me today, still won the set though), I'm tired of top players who are for the ban who hate MK go as far as to counterpick him to win (Happened today with Wes).
So by all means, start learning a better character, or you won't come out on top. It's that simple. I hate to say it, I love ROB, but it has to happen. I'm not dropping ROB, but I have to start putting a lot of work into Wario if I want to achieve anything. And it doesn't have to be Wario, it can be Snake, Diddy, hell, it could be MK. It just so happens that Wario fits my style better and is also one of my fav characters in the game with ROB and Sonic.