Dealing with diddy's banana tech

[Azure Rune]

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[castorpollux]

smash boosting picks the bannanas up too

 

[Takua1]

Does your usmash deflect the next banana that he throws at you (when you're smash boosting)?

 

[derv]

if your being constantly barraged by bananas
use them against diddy, works brilliantly

 

[chronoize]

like a month ago i lost to a very smart diddy in the semi finals in the winners bracket
reflector does work but he would always throw it near my feet, or wait for the split second i stop my reflector. try not to focus on the bananas to much for example dont let your primary tactic be " using diddys bananas against him." if you face a diddy, BAN FINAL DESTINATION. the more and lower platforms the better.

 

[Azure Rune]

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[Brahma]

Shield a banana, then short hop aerial out of shield to grab it out of the air.

You can also jump out of shield with shine to hit Diddy out of his followup attack. I'm not sure but that may reflect the banana too.

 

[xxCANDYxx]

well i dont have any problems with diddy
my brother mains diddy and i play him all the time
and i beat ninja link's diddy in tourny
just reflector....and throw them back at them...be smart when you hit him with the banna...and techchase him with it to a dsmash
plus his recovery can be gimped REALLY easy

 

[Juggalo]

I play Wolf and Diddy as 2 of my mains, so here's my take on the situation, explained simply:

Diddy is a wildcard character at tournaments, because you never know how proficient the person you're playing against is with items, and diddy has the most items that can stay on the field for use (Sorry Zamus, ours come out more than once .)

Diddy is all about keeping a momentum. His bananas are overrated. You can use the bananas to perform the same mindtricks he uses on you. He just gets to be the arbiter of how many bananas are in play.

Things to watch for (Both good and bad):
Diddy can bair twice in one short hop, and it has lagless landing.
Diddy's got 3 spikes: dair, upB, and facehump-jump
The kung-fu foot of his forward B has wicked priority. Think of it like Jigg's pound.
When Diddy forward B's, if he pulls the kung-fu foot out, he can't barrel recover.

 

[ArcPoint]

I've also been playing with Diddy as a possible main, the glide toss pwns by the way.

But anyway, what I try to do is stay in the air as long as possible, not letting him get a chance to trip me. And when you land, bring out a reflector (and make sure you're not in glide toss distance) Unless of course you want to attack Diddy when you land, but that's up to you. If you're in a tournament, counterpick stages with platforms (I wouldn't recommend Smashville or FD for this matchup) Also, take the opportunity of the fact that Diddy's Fsmash (His main kill move) has two hits, this gives you more time to properly DI the attack.

Other than that, stage control and spacing. You absolutely have to control the stage, otherwise, Diddy will do so absolutely.

 

[Azure Rune]

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[§witch]

Just listen to candy. Ninjalink has one of the best diddy's right now. Keep reflecting the **** out of the nanners so he can't remember which are his and which aren't, as long as he's confused, you're in control.

 

[WULFN]

like a month ago i lost to a very smart diddy in the semi finals in the winners bracket
reflector does work but he would always throw it near my feet, or wait for the split second i stop my reflector. try not to focus on the bananas to much for example dont let your primary tactic be " using diddys bananas against him." if you face a diddy, BAN FINAL DESTINATION. the more and lower platforms the better.

I keep having the same problem at tounys and get beaten by the same guy before finals!!!! I usaly pick FD -_-, bad choice on my part. I wont do that ever again. thanks for the advice

 

[~ Gheb ~]

Diddy is not that hard. I actually find his bananas very useful. Wolf has the right tools to deal with them and once diddy trips you'll get a free use of blaster or fsmash.

 

[snadmonkey]

0-lag forward air will pick up a thrown naner at any point in the shop. Its what I use since it'll also stop his dash attack. I have a tough time using his banana against him though, but thats because I never get to practice against diddy's.

 

[NinjaLink]

Just listen to candy. Ninjalink has one of the best diddy's right now. Keep reflecting the **** out of the nanners so he can't remember which are his and which aren't, as long as he's confused, you're in control.

LMAO keep thinking that works. I always remember which bananas are mine and the ones that arent i make use of them in a way ppl didnt see much of yet. Ask azen. I took his stock JUST BECAUSE the banana wasnt mine.

 

[Vyse]

Rune. Why you gotta be breaking my balls man?
: D

Now that I've figured out where you're getting your help from, I'm going to have to change up my game completely. Last weekend definitely showed that the advice you'd gotten here had worked. But towards the end I started changing up my playstyle.

The shield to grab does work, but then you have to figure out what you're going to do with it, since I can simply do the same thing when you throw it back at me (And if other Diddy mains are good, catching items thrown at them with a timed airdodge is almost second nature).

Use that banana against Diddy.
But don't just throw it and hope for the best.

Can wolf Glide Toss well? I've never tried.

 

[Ishiey]

Wolf's glide toss is near nonexistent. Bananas aren't TOO bad, you just need to play a lot of diddys, you just have to outplay him with his own bananas. Playing some diddy might also help, getting to know your enemy is useful.

 

[Azure Rune]

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[Turbo Ether]

Reflect some, grab some, pressure with blaster, mix it up. Wolf can deal with bananas pretty well. Brinstar may be a viable counterpick, since a lot of banana tech is ground based and Wolf has no problem recovering here.

 

[Azure Rune]

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[~ Gheb ~]

An item toss out of a boost smash? Sounds nice. This might help vs ROB too

 

[Azure Rune]

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