BladeOFLucas
Smash Journeyman
- Joined
- Dec 24, 2013
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- 249
Okay, so I am going to take a shot at starting a thread. I have noticed that the 3 main thought processes for Ganondorf players are as follows:
1. Ganondorf is not a viable character in and of himself, not really capable of consistently competing at the tournament level with players like M2K and the like. He needs tweaks to compensate for a rapidly evolving cast. Therefore, he needs tweaks.
2. Ganondorf is simply a bait and punish character, and he is excellent at what he does. He does not need tweaks, he just needs people to work him the right way, so spacing, wd's, and the like are your bread and butter.
3. (This one kind of modifies the second) Ganondorf has combos that work on people, lots of options for follow-ups, and the goal is to come up with new combos and surprise foes.
Now, all that being said, I don't think that simply looking at these is going to help progress Ganondorf, yeah we can buff him, but the other points have merit. I think that it is time for us to start doing what some individuals are doing for other characters, and trying to come up with things that no one has ever seen before. It could end up being really stupid, and we might not come up with anything, but I think that a fresh mindset will help us better understand the innate qualities of Ganon that may have been untapped up to this point. So no putting something on here from someone else that has already been looked into. Combine random button combinations or try applying a move for something that you didn't expect, then, if you think that you have found something, post it. We can sift through these, and perhaps our collective experience can find some gem that has remained hidden from the previous demon lords of thieves. Maybe there is some crazy thing you can do with button mashing that could allow you to angle his aerial down-b in a slightly different manner. I know you guys might have already tried this, but I would really like to see if we can come up with anything.
1. Ganondorf is not a viable character in and of himself, not really capable of consistently competing at the tournament level with players like M2K and the like. He needs tweaks to compensate for a rapidly evolving cast. Therefore, he needs tweaks.
2. Ganondorf is simply a bait and punish character, and he is excellent at what he does. He does not need tweaks, he just needs people to work him the right way, so spacing, wd's, and the like are your bread and butter.
3. (This one kind of modifies the second) Ganondorf has combos that work on people, lots of options for follow-ups, and the goal is to come up with new combos and surprise foes.
Now, all that being said, I don't think that simply looking at these is going to help progress Ganondorf, yeah we can buff him, but the other points have merit. I think that it is time for us to start doing what some individuals are doing for other characters, and trying to come up with things that no one has ever seen before. It could end up being really stupid, and we might not come up with anything, but I think that a fresh mindset will help us better understand the innate qualities of Ganon that may have been untapped up to this point. So no putting something on here from someone else that has already been looked into. Combine random button combinations or try applying a move for something that you didn't expect, then, if you think that you have found something, post it. We can sift through these, and perhaps our collective experience can find some gem that has remained hidden from the previous demon lords of thieves. Maybe there is some crazy thing you can do with button mashing that could allow you to angle his aerial down-b in a slightly different manner. I know you guys might have already tried this, but I would really like to see if we can come up with anything.
