Strategies and picks in doubles

[O.o-RITH-o.O]

Hey guys o/
I'm preparing me for a doubles tournament that is comming in mine city,i want some help of the knowledgeable if possible =D

What do you guys think in doubles about chars and combinations,stages,etc?
the chars with the best affinity one each other,can give backup if needed and this stuff ?
is falcon usable in doubles or is free frag? the same question for link and dk...
thanks

 

[Gammelnorsk]

pick fox and run

 

[†¹Ãgøn¥¹†]

It depends on your skill level.

If you're average DON'T go link.

If you kinda suck go with Kirby,Pikachu(throws are good),DK.

If you're good then I suggest, Samus, Fox, CF, Ness. Mostly spikers because those are very effectives in teams.


Best combination imo is, Kirby/Pikachu, but I hate playing with kirbies because they always end up killing you...I usually do Samus/Pikachu which is awesome.

 

[(blondekid)]

fox pika dk and kirby are all good for doubles.

 

[Deleted member]

best is easily pika/kirby


pikachu has a really low chance of getting gimped and is excellent overall

kirby can rack up damage really easily with no need to do fancy combos, just up-tilt

his recovery lasts long enough for your partner to come help you, most of the time

 

[Nybb]

Aside from the obvious double Pika team, I think Falcon + DK would be good. Falcon combos into donkey punch ftw, and any time it is 2v1 (between stocks or at the end of the match) either of them can throw into the other's neutral-b or into spikes for early kills. Also, epic double taunt-cancels

In general, spikes and good throws are good to have. Double Falcons can infinite throw back and forth to each other with a bit of practice, and I think Fox can do it too.

 

[kit]

my favs:

fox + link
samus + dk
cf ditto (you get to show off tiwce as many moves)
puff + link

 

[Blue Yoshi]

What about two kirbys side by side facing each other both spamming up-tilt?

 

[asianaussie]

Everyone loves DK + Falcon (F-Throw into spike or punch). They're my favourite team.
Double Fox/Pika is very hard to kill, as they are fast and annoying
If you don't know your partner, I'd suggest Pika or Yoshi as a fallback. They can take on two people if your partner's a noob, plus they both have good juggles.

As for your suggestions, Falcon and DK are great in doubles. Link has large, disjointed hitboxes and can harass with projectiles, and KO with good timing. However, he hasn't got outstanding setups. Not to mention he dies easily to two foes.

 

[Nybb]

What about two kirbys side by side facing each other both spamming up-tilt?

I think you would win by default, as it would be really hard for your opponents to not punch themselves in the face

 

[Deleted member]

trust me everybody else besides Pikachu and Kirby die too easily and require too much time to setup combos in doubles , assuming the opponent is smart. Either that or they simply don't have the damage racking ability to kill fast enough. Fox/Falcon are decent picks also but they are also great at getting gimp-killed. Fox is safer at recovery however if you recover high

Double Fox is interesting because you can super laser spam

Link gets gimped, a mistake fighting near the edge will be death. in 2v2 this situation happens a lot


Ness is great at getting gimped but can heal if partnered with projectile characters. He isn't a very smart choice though imo.

Skill is obviously the greatest factor but if you don't have much experience just stick to having you and your partner using kirbies and up-tilt to victory. Many people cannot handle it and will want to sock you in the face

 

[Lawrencelot]

Jiggs + fox anyone? Rest suddenly becomes an even better move.

Ness + fox or Ness+mario is also pretty good.

Assuming TA is on of course

 

[Nixernator]

Fox/Kirby?

 

[NixxxoN]

I agree about DK being great at 2 vs 2. Throwout fest, punch fest

 

[Daedatheus]

Pika/Kirby team *****. Judging by the fact you actually needed to ask this question and couldn't figure it out yourself (not that I mean to imply anything bad by that), you probably want to go with this team if you know how to use these characters, because they are such an unstoppable force together.

 

[OldSchoolSmasher]

Call me crazy, but having a Luigi in a doubles team is amazing in my experience. When there's some clustering, his Dragon Punch can be very quick and effective.

 

[KoRoBeNiKi]

double pikachu

Falcon and Fox

 

[Dylan_Tnga]

Ness/Samus is cool!

 

[O.o-RITH-o.O]

i agree the best double is pika and kirby...
pika + fox would be the second place i think

 

[Cryptic C62]

One thing that I've noticed with Ness in teams is that because his Up+B takes so long (both the charge-up and the vertical floatiness if you hit the side of the stage), it can give the teammate time to lightly hit Ness and give him another recovery chance if the first one fails.

Fox / Kirby should be good in theory. Fox has so many good options for sending the opponent vertically (utilt, usmash, uair), which Kirby can then combo off of using his floatiness and dair. The same might also be true with Falcon's up moves (grounded dair, usmash, uair).

 

[Dylan_Tnga]

Double Samus ftw

 

[Nixernator]

Fox / Kirby should be good in theory. Fox has so many good options for sending the opponent vertically (utilt, usmash, uair), which Kirby can then combo off of using his floatiness and dair. The same might also be true with Falcon's up moves (grounded dair, usmash, uair).

I was playing this on the weekend and this is true, once you get into a routine of being able to hit the characters into kirby's dair/kirby in general you have a good team.

 

[Kei_Takaro]

Lol, Fox Falcon? erm i dunno, just thinking of wombo combo again

 

[Wenbobular]

Pikachu never dies in teams ~_~

 

[Fireblaster]

wow wtf u guys give the worst advice ever. two jigglypuffs make the most broken team ever. sing infinite ftw.

 

[ShoeThief]

It's true
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWBf39MSIU8&feature=channel_page

 

[NixxxoN]

DK + Falcon
DK + Ness
DK + Pika
DK + Kirby

DK on doubles ftw

 

[Cryptic C62]

As for general strategies, I usually see the following: the match breaks up into one-on-ones. If you see your teammate getting edgeguarded, try to pull away from your fight and distract the other opponent. If your teammate has just died, run like hell to avoid getting 2-on-1 combo'd. If one of your opponents has just died, **** the other one.

 

[Daedatheus]

If you see your teammate getting edgeguarded, try to pull away from your fight and distract the other opponent.

Indeed, never let your teammate get edgeguarded, get the hell over there and save him. It's hard to edgeguard when you're being attacked, so your teammate can have safe passage.

Also saving a teammate who's used up all his jumps and up+b by hitting them with something (a wisely spaced aerial, or a projectile) can save lives.

 

[Dylan_Tnga]

use samus power, charge shot is awesome

 

[Dajayman]

Ness + anyone who can heal him.

This shouldn't be underestimated. Along with the obvious healing, this causes the opponent(s) to approach in your team's terms. Fox, Mario/Luigi, and Ness are the best when it comes to healing, but even Kirby and Yoshi slowly healing Ness is something an opponent does not want.

 

[Cryptic C62]

Hmm. I'd imagine Kirby would be very good at protecting Ness during his recovery attempts.

 

[Che_Lab]

two foxes, shine the opponent back and forth between them.

 

[Deleted member]

Ness + anyone who can heal him.

This shouldn't be underestimated. Along with the obvious healing, this causes the opponent(s) to approach in your team's terms. Fox, Mario/Luigi, and Ness are the best when it comes to healing, but even Kirby and Yoshi slowly healing Ness is something an opponent does not want.

Eggs don't heal Ness because they aren't a beam or fiery object like Fox, Samus, Luigi/Mario, Kirby's Up-B, Charizard Flames, Blastoise ETC. Same for Link's bombs and boomerang.


To me, Ness isn't the smartest choice in teams if you want to win because he has very unforgiving recovery and is great at getting gimped at low percentages. He can heal, but if he can't second jump back and down-b sweet spot the edge, which is impossible if a Kirby down-tilts , he is going to have a difficult time coming back unless you have a really cool partner who will jump in and molest people who try to kill you. On the other hand, your partner can get gang -banged by the other two players while Ness take 50 years to recover back onto the stage.

 

[Fireblaster]

Eggs don't heal Ness

Lol he was talking about yoshi's downB u dummy

 

[marthmaster04]

I faced this the other day, and its extremely aggravating. Smart "Noob" Utilting kirby player (not rly noob just someone playing like it) with a great fox player thats excellent at pressuring. Me and my teams partner (tho shes not that great, shes excellent with me in teams) could barely touch this team. It was aggravating even tho I could read them perfectly it grinded my team to a halt with this method.

 

[P D]

I faced this the other day, and its extremely aggravating. Smart "Noob" Utilting kirby player (not rly noob just someone playing like it) with a great fox player thats excellent at pressuring. Me and my teams partner (tho shes not that great, shes excellent with me in teams) could barely touch this team. It was aggravating even tho I could read them perfectly it grinded my team to a halt with this method.

i think i was the fox in that game lolll

 

[marthmaster04]

i think i was the fox in that game lolll

Yeah I dont mention named when ppl are under alts tho.