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[Match up discussion #7.] Koopalings vs Captain Falcon.

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Hey everyone, match up discussions are here again. We will try and start updating these about every week or two now. This time, It's about Captain Falcon. Our previous match up discussions have been about:

Mario

Greninja

King Dedede

Sheik

Ness

R.O.B

Please be respectful and don't flame other users. We'll likely have users come here who main the character we're currently analyzing, and we don't need a flamewar sparking of "My character is better than yours" and whatnot. Your posts do not have to adhere to a specific format, but it would be preferred if you kept these things in mind when you are discussion a matchup:

Strengths

Weaknesses

Combo potential

Off-stage capabilities

Good/bad custom movesets

Opinions

Overall score

 

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Posted Apr 9, 2016, 5:02 AM UTC

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mysteriousmrmimeHIGH HEELS YO•

Aye! finally a high tier we win against!!!! So falcon is scary. Rush down and grab you a lot and shit scary. But he's combo food. My personal strategy is to sit back throwing fairs until he get impatient and does something silly like dash attack(most Falcons do). As for stages I like smashville T&C and lylat for this matchup. FD give him too much room to run around and platforms are a personal thing. I just suck lol. Overall I say we win this matchup 55-45

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I agree, however I like FD againts Falcon because of mechakoopas, really good stage control, unless of course they pick them up lol.

EDIT: I just realized you can barely read my message next to my username because it's grey, time to change the color.

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SirAugustoLa Riata•

Finally I have time to say something for this MU! So Falcon, if he doesn’t know how to deal with Bowser Jr/Koopalings he is going to have a rough time.

Strengths:

  • Our Fair destroys this guy, if not, any of our disjointed attacks do.

  • Falcon’s recovery is bad and we can easily gimp it with Nair, Fair, Side Smash.

  • If the Falcon player doesn’t know how to tech, it will be easy to do jab resets on him (Dair, Fair, Nair, Bair, Side-B spin).

  • Uair becomes strong because his fall speed. Remember he is combo food, so try to mix it up.

Weakness:

  • He has a good combo game, so he can do a comeback.

  • He can gimps us easily, also good Dair.

  • You can't spam Mechakoopas without being punished. Be cautious when you use your Down-B.

  • Possible early kills by Falcon. Something that makes Koopalings good it the fact that we can survive for a long time.

Stages:

  • I recommend to go to Lylat Cruise. It can be a good place for nice strings/combos and the janky ledges can fuck up Falcon's predictable recovery.

  • Don't go to Dreamland. There is no reason to go there. The small walls can help Falcon's recovery and the low ceiling makes Falcon's side-b more dangerous. Also, the platform layout helps Falcon.

Overall: I say this is one of the few Top tiers/mid high MUs we have advantage. Between 55-45 or 60-40 in our favor. But don't get cocky, Falcon is a powerful character. One mistake may be your doom.

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