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Every Super Smash player has one character that they love and pretty much obsess over while they're playing the game. But what makes most people so good with their favorite character is some sort of "bond" you have. Like the way i love Ness. I've loved him ever since Earthbound, and so i found myself to be naturally a champ with him the SSB games. What makes all of YOU good with your favorites?

Um, well I eat my gaming Wheaties every morning and pray a whole bunch, does that count

I'm good with sheik, because well, she's extremely fast, has little to no lag, and is generally just very easy to use.

Marth, I dunno, i'm just good with him.

Then again, most of my friends aren't as good as I am, and i generally can beat them (with the exception of one, who we're close to even) with anyone.

Yoshi, simply because I liked Yoshi.

Luigi because after getting over his fruity nature in SSBM, I noticed the surprising strength in his attacks. I also like his "overlooked unappreciated second guy" status.

I began with Pikachu because I found his upwards smash is particularly good at KOing heavyweights easily, without first giving them really high damage. Especially Falcon. I hate Falcon. Pika executes his attacks so much faster than that SOB, too.

Ice Climbers because they're annoying, strong and can use 2 items at once.

Ganondorf because he's a badass evil dude and really powerful.

[ June 24, 2004, 10:43 PM: Message edited by: Blizz ]

Mewtwo. He's actually pretty powerful. And Mr. Game & Watch is pretty strong for me.

I'm good with Dr. Mario and Sheik for several reasons:

I can minipulate their attacks and do perfect combos.(Sheik: Throw Up, Light Smash Up, Heavy Smash up, arial up, Teleport. Works every time if you get it going good enough.)(Dr. Mario: Throw Back, Chase, Dash+A, Dash+A a couple more times, Heavy Smash up, Arial forward, Heavy Smash Forward)

I can use Sheik's wall jumps to help me in numerous instances

I can use DM's pills to build up damage Quickly and Easily.

EDIT: Oh, and I've mastered dodging with all of the characters, but I use it more with those two. Arial Dodges own.

[ June 24, 2004, 11:18 PM: Message edited by: Marilink is NOT a nine tailed demon ]

I love the way Marth looks, which is what made me want to use him in the first place. There's just something about a cool guy in all black with a sword that gets me. But I also like Marth's moves, and his speed. He's not the fastest character in the game, but he can outrun most of them.

Luigi: I've got him down. I know exactly where to be for Uber Jump Punch and when to be there; I know exactly how & when to use Green Missile; I know exactly when my cheap-as-bleep firewall attack is best applied, and I know that if I'm in a bind, I can just take the battle airborne & dominate.

Mr. G&W: Chaos is good and good for you.

Link: There's just something about playing as a giant walking Swiss Army Knife that's fun.

Samus: There's just something about playing as a giant walking Swiss Army Gun that's fun, too.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

Ice Climbers: I play really well when I get to be possessive over my partner and find it highly amusing when Popo fights his way back to Nana and manages to KO someone

Samus: Big... gun...

Sheik: Only used well when I've been practicing with her and then her speed is my biggest strength.

Timing and deception.

Marth/Roy: I'm skilled with all of their moves but the smash B move. I know how to use them, and if Roy(the one I'm best with) doesn't work for me correctly, I KNOW HIS FATHER!!! And I can kill him to!
Mr. Game and Watch: Training.
Dr.Mario/Mario/Luigi: First characters I used, plenty of time to learn how to use the well- balanced characters.
But, I'm best with Roy over everyone else I'm good with.

i am good with roy because i really like him. he's fast, he's cool, and he has red hair +i like swords, and i guess i'm good with him because i really realy like him.

Roy's cool, but I find his insane reach to be kind of cheap, so i avoid using him (though he is one of my fav.) In all seriousness I'm probably best with Pichu, because I can dodge any attack thrown at me and then counter it with his remarkably strong smash attack or ready myself to counter another time. Plus he can zip around the battlefield like no other thanks to his quick attack (b^). I'm not that good with him yet though, so usually I stick to Roy.

I'm just good with Link. Don't know why.

Marth/Roy, in Melee, and Link/Yoshi/Ness in SSB.

Marth/Roy: They're badass. They have swords. COUNTER. COUNTER. COUNTER. COUNTER. Also their attacks are crazy fast, especially Blade Dance... their recoveries are good (Blade Dance + Up-B = surprisingly excellent recovery)... they're strong and tough as hell... dunno, I guess the strong/tough/fast/cool thing just gets me.

Link: He was almost too good in SSB. Best forward-A smash, best downward smash, incredibly tough, great grab, awesome downward aerial, boomerang pwned. Only problem was crappy jumps and recovery (B-Up) move. And he's cool. Really cool.

Yoshi: Amazing brawler. A moves are almost unanimously fast, strong, and accurate. His Egg Toss move is just fun as hell, he's got a ranged grab, Flutter Kick is godly, and his taunt is greatly amusing. I just like brawlers... really, all the characters I like are brawlers. Getting into the melee and duking it out is just fun as hell.

Ness: Don't really know, I just own with him. Pwns in the air. Has a great spike. The bat move is doubly useful, as a strong, quick smash and a reflector. Dunno. Just fun and good. Also fairly tough for an ugly little boy.

Young Link and Pichu.

Young Link, simply because he's amazing. Powerful attacks, powerful recovery, nice speed, wall-jumping... plus, I can ALWAYS throw a bomb perfectly so it intercepts the enemy. Always.

Pichu, because he's so friggin' FAST and really powerful. Sure, he hurts himself with his attacks, but that doesn't matter -- I can do 10x the damage to the enemy, and avoid much damage being taken FROM the enemy, which is very good.

Fox: Very speedy. I can get away from Samus bomb blast/bomb-omb with Fox illusion. Kicks are awesome, and Firefox sends people who jumps up in me, besides the kick-flip.

Zelda: Surprising to say, her Lightning kicks come in handy when I weaken the foe with Nayru's love. Only drawback I hate about her is that you need to bunny ears to get her to hup-two, but her Farore's wind saves me time.

I think the character I can master the best is Bowser. My secret is: practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, you get the picture.

Originally posted by Parrakarry:
Pichu, because he's so friggin' FAST and really powerful. Sure, he hurts himself with his attacks, but that doesn't matter -- I can do 10x the damage to the enemy, and avoid much damage being taken FROM the enemy, which is very good.

For once I'm not the only person on this board that sticks up for Pichu.

I stick up for pichu