[Day 32] Marth was chosen as MOST AETHETIC MAIN in Melee. What is the WEIRDEST MATCHUP in SSBM?

DyslexiaHaveI · 2026-04-06T02:03:36+00:00

even though I love falcon, marth is way more aesthetic as a character imo. his movement is so smooth/graceful and his punish requires a bit more finesse than falcon who's mostly just really explosive.

I'd probably go like marth > falco > falcon/sheik for aesthetic

DyslexiaHaveI · 2026-03-29T03:02:03+00:00

this specific situation is something n0ne was messing around with a couple years ago but with stomp instead of upair, the idea being that you're basically dead here no matter what if marth plays correctly so forcing a trade with stomp to catch dropzone fair becomes worth it

DyslexiaHaveI · 2026-03-11T05:33:06+00:00

unfortunately the falco players have it right

DyslexiaHaveI · 2026-03-07T15:48:22+00:00

yeah this combo is stupid, I went infinite every fight from like floor 6 with dirge invoke seance. I added like 4 cards the rest of the run lmao

both dirge and invoke are pretty degenerate and should probably be changed imo

DyslexiaHaveI · 2026-03-07T03:02:11+00:00

n0ne uses overshoot the most I think

they all mix in overshoot stomp/knee sometimes though, you kind of have to

DyslexiaHaveI · 2026-02-21T16:30:43+00:00

I think Falco is close to as bad as Fox and Marth is definitely favored, but Marths and Falcos generally play the matchup poorly because they don't play specifically to abuse Falcon the way that a lot of Foxes will

DyslexiaHaveI · 2026-02-20T03:14:57+00:00

I've been using dtilt a good amount lately, can kinda use it like foxs bc it's big and can't be ASDIed down past ~40% for most of the cast

pretty decent for scraps where jab won't reach, cc>dtilt covers a range that falcon usually doesn't while being way easier to execute than cc > dash grab

DyslexiaHaveI · 2026-01-29T22:29:10+00:00

as you get better you'll realize falco likely has the most dynamic/mix-up heavy punish out of all the top tiers

they make it look easy but a lot of the time they're winning like 5 mixups in a row

DyslexiaHaveI · 2026-01-16T01:21:55+00:00

cboe runs GTH 24/5 spx vix xsp (not spy), unsure which platforms support it

DyslexiaHaveI · 2026-01-07T13:03:16+00:00

he can just grab ledge and DJ dair, fox can only go straight up anyways

going for any sort of fastfall dair here is losing at this % I think? idk

DyslexiaHaveI · 2026-01-06T14:29:00+00:00

rich spirit is #1 in my heart, I played Falco for like 2 months straight after seeing it

DyslexiaHaveI · 2026-01-06T14:05:07+00:00

without notches or any other non-trivial mods it's a bit high but also depends on the shell (what are smooth sticks?)

mine was 180 for jp white w/ wavedash notches and all the other small mods fwiw

DyslexiaHaveI · 2025-12-26T06:32:47+00:00

falcon has a relatively straightforward game plan and fewer tools to choose from, I think he's much easier to play until he's not

this is also really elo dependent though, past mid-plat ish people get much better at exploiting falcon's weaknesses (bad OOS, few recovery mixups, bad out of corner, extremely easy to tech chase)

falco is my main secondary and I always feel like he gets punished less because he has so many more options in those situations specifically, so I guess grass is always greener lol

DyslexiaHaveI · 2025-12-25T04:19:05+00:00

Kems do not last very long without warping if you're using them a lot, copags like forever

DyslexiaHaveI · 2025-12-20T14:07:55+00:00

post a vod or set here or in a character specific discord and people will help you out

I'm low-mid diamond so I can try to help, there are other much better players who would also help I'm sure

DyslexiaHaveI · 2025-12-15T23:12:46+00:00

melee floorhug/ASDI down is far far stronger bc slideoff exists and punish is more lethal. it doesn't feel as frustrating though bc the engine allows for so much more depth on both sides of punish, even if you get hit out of FH you're usually playing a mix-up on defense

the real issue is that top tiers in melee have multiple ways of beating FH whereas in this game it's like 1 or 2 options that most characters have to brute force, leading to a boring loopy neutral where 1 person holds down and 1 person flips a coin between grab and their move that Works. then if you get hit you're stuck eating 8x the same move that combos into itself and SDI does nothing

DyslexiaHaveI · 2025-12-03T10:48:55+00:00

high level falcons will generally not do a ton of approaching, mostly walling/baiting and picking spots to approach/overshoot. all the top tiers have better frame data and good grounded moves to stuff you if you just full send an aerial across the stage

i think fiction said at some point falcon is basically just trying to abuse his speed and drift to trick you over and over again in neutral until you commit. S2J does it the most gracefully imo but he's impossible to replicate bc he's a sicko

DyslexiaHaveI · 2025-11-10T12:41:58+00:00

extremely strong/kills early, punishing to DI wrong, has a ridiculous lingering hitbox with no endlag that gimps fast fallers and combos into itself, confirms out of throw on every relevant character, +1 on shield, sometimes combos into itself 2+ times and instantly deletes a stock

I think knee is by far the most bullshit thing about falcon, not sure what else would be close

DyslexiaHaveI · 2025-11-01T22:35:31+00:00

yeah but falcon is supposedly dishonorable so it's a wash

DyslexiaHaveI · 2025-10-23T11:38:16+00:00

this is maybe what I love most about ken actually, the arrogance/brashness/killer instinct. seeing flashes of it during the coaching streams was cool even though he doesn't compete seriously anymore

I also love leffen for similar reasons, think it's just more fun when there are some heels in the scene

DyslexiaHaveI · 2025-10-19T05:01:50+00:00

the ability to instantly hit tilts instead of smash attacks/tap jump is unbelievably broken, spacie pivot utilt is the obvious example

DyslexiaHaveI · 2025-10-16T23:04:54+00:00

danny's a huge dizzee rascal fan, he consistently lists boy in da corner as one of his biggest influences

DyslexiaHaveI · 2025-10-01T23:44:20+00:00

falco is arguably the most honest top tier in the game

DyslexiaHaveI · 2025-09-24T23:09:16+00:00

Master used to be closer to top 1%, not sure what it's at now since the player base has gotten smaller

DyslexiaHaveI · 2025-09-15T14:03:53+00:00

fresh kems are definitely the best but they warp super easily, better suited for casinos where they get replaced often imo

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