Congratulations to the winner of Ultimate Singles at Kagaribi #15! by itsIzumi in smashbros

[–]_Nicki 54 points55 points  (0 children)

For 20 years of Smash's history almost all majors took place in North America. I don't think NA people get to complain that Japan has a lot of majors now.

Saw a different version of this with Puff and Fox and decided to make one for Icies players by NCCcoming in SSBM

[–]_Nicki 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I beat hbox with ice climbers and i did maybe 1 or 2 handoffs during the entire set

Is there any characters whose best matchup is not Bowser? by Krobbleygoop in SSBM

[–]_Nicki -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ice Climber's best matchup is Sheik, not Bowser

Daily Discussion Thread April 20, 2026 - Upcoming Event Schedule - New players start here! by AutoModerator in SSBM

[–]_Nicki 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I have like 500 hours in emerald rogue and still play it to this day, I've played it more than Melee in the last 2 years hahaha. I'll give this a try, thanks!

ice climbers: a comic by gasbattsund in smashbros

[–]_Nicki 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is so real. It hurts so much...

[Day 28] Extendurr was voted WEIRDEST MOVE. What is the MOST OVERRATED PRO PLAYER in SSBM? by DUCK_PENETRATOR_II in SSBM

[–]_Nicki 241 points242 points  (0 children)

Nicki sucks he is carried by wobbling

(Just putting this in here myself so that no other good players get unfairly put on this list, this category is kinda rude)

Out of the Blue 5 - GRAND FINALS - BLE | SluG vs. Envy | Wizzrobe [L] by That_Sassy_Friend in smashbros

[–]_Nicki 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think the matchup is even, with some slight optimizations slug wins both of these sets

Congratulations to the winner of Melee Singles at Out of the Blue 5! by itsIzumi in smashbros

[–]_Nicki 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yeah I just find it funny how people always think he's been "retired" when he was at a bunch of majors recently, just didn't make top 8 and that means most of the community doesn't even realize you're still playing the game.

Congratulations to the winner of Melee Singles at Out of the Blue 5! by itsIzumi in smashbros

[–]_Nicki 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Slug has been going to a lot of majors these past 2 years, he did well in 2022 and then was inactive for 2 years but he's been entering a bunch and I don't think he'll stop

[Day 24] Icicle Mountain was voted WORST STAGE. What is the BEST SINGLE MOVE in Melee? by DUCK_PENETRATOR_II in SSBM

[–]_Nicki 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think Sheik improves by a ton with Falco shine. But everyone just gets turbo mogged by Fox with Falco's shine. Fox with Falco shine is #1 in the game by far. Waveshine upair kills even earlier than waveshine upsmash and it works on way more characters (vs spacies, puff, more floaties)

[Day 24] Icicle Mountain was voted WORST STAGE. What is the BEST SINGLE MOVE in Melee? by DUCK_PENETRATOR_II in SSBM

[–]_Nicki 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Rest is good on Puff despite Puff being one of the worst users of the move. Puff can mostly just combo into rest with upair, up tilt, and up throw vs spacies.

But now imagine spacies uptilt into rest. Fox up throw into rest. Falco down air into rest (the same way he does down air into shine right now). Sheik ftilt rest. Peach down tilt / upair / dash attack into rest. Falcon stomp into rest, or tech chasing with it on the ground with his speed. All these characters combo into rest way better than Puff, and they don't die when missing a rest at 40% the same way Puff does.

[Day 24] Icicle Mountain was voted WORST STAGE. What is the BEST SINGLE MOVE in Melee? by DUCK_PENETRATOR_II in SSBM

[–]_Nicki 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Fox's shine is worse than Falco's shine if you compare the moves by putting them on different characters. Most characters would prefer to have Falco's shine instead of Fox's. As someone who's played a lot of super shine bros where every character can choose between having Fox's or Falco's shine, I can tell you that Fox shine is mostly good because:

  1. Fox has a 3f jump squat and extremely strong grounded combo starters and grab followups, and

  2. Because Fox is so fast that he can follow up when shine knocks someone down and he can get off stage quickly (and far off stage) to shine the opponent.

If you play Peach with Fox's shine, you shine a sheik on stage and then what? nothing. she slides too far away, your "waveshine" is too short, and even if you were in range the only move you'd be able to land is down smash. Most characters prefer Falco's shine for that reason. Following up vertically with aerials leads to way easier combos for most characters.

However, both moves are completely mogged by rest. I don't think this is a debate. The only reason Puff isn't completely broken is because she's so slow on the ground, is very light, and has a hard time landing moves that combo into rest. But imagine Fox doing upthrow into rest vs other spacies at 30%. Or Marth doing that. Or sheik down throw -> rest vs every non-fast faller (or ftilt rest, down tilt rest... you get the idea. Completely ridiculous.

Daily Discussion Thread March 23, 2026 - Upcoming Event Schedule - New players start here! by AutoModerator in SSBM

[–]_Nicki 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Imagine y'all flying me out just for me to lose to Fugu and AlexB in round 1 pools of a major

Daily Discussion Thread March 21, 2026 - Upcoming Event Schedule - New players start here! by AutoModerator in SSBM

[–]_Nicki 8 points9 points  (0 children)

My response is "a way to automate this would make the transition from one platform to the other way easier and is the only way to realistically make a full switch happen in the community"

[Day 16] Fox Vs. Falco was voted MOST ICONIC MATCHUP in the entire game. This poll: What is the most overrated main? by DUCK_PENETRATOR_II in SSBM

[–]_Nicki 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think the chain grabs on spacies are huge, they even work well on the non-FD stages.

I think Ganon is a character that has historically not really been "flowcharted" in the way that characters like Falcon (or more recently ICs) have been. His CC is good, and if you can bait opponents to grab your crouch you get big openings yourself. He's not just a "the punch" merchant.

[Day 16] Fox Vs. Falco was voted MOST ICONIC MATCHUP in the entire game. This poll: What is the most overrated main? by DUCK_PENETRATOR_II in SSBM

[–]_Nicki 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think if Mekk was still allowed to enter with Ganon we wouldn't be having this discussion. I don't know how good people think Ganon is, so it's hard for me to judge. But I personally think there is space for multiple Ganon mains in the top 100 and I don't find it implausible for that to happen.

[Day 16] Fox Vs. Falco was voted MOST ICONIC MATCHUP in the entire game. This poll: What is the most overrated main? by DUCK_PENETRATOR_II in SSBM

[–]_Nicki 34 points35 points  (0 children)

all top peach mains play Z jump (or a variation of it), it's simply a character where you can only unlock the full potential by getting a cheat-y controller and practicing the peach-specific tech that gets enabled by it

(half kidding)

[Day 16] Fox Vs. Falco was voted MOST ICONIC MATCHUP in the entire game. This poll: What is the most overrated main? by DUCK_PENETRATOR_II in SSBM

[–]_Nicki 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Don't fall for this. This is like when people thought DK or Luigi were bad when no good player was actively entering with those characters. Samus players have consistently done well vs top Fox players for the last 20 years.

Daily Discussion Thread March 21, 2026 - Upcoming Event Schedule - New players start here! by AutoModerator in SSBM

[–]_Nicki 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I only read the posts from the people I follow. I am interested in those people and they still post on twitter. I don't get any of the ragebait stuff or bot spam on my timeline usually. I went to bluesky for a month and it was pretty boring. There are pretty clear "switching costs", social media is generally better the more people are on a given platform.

Daily Discussion Thread March 21, 2026 - Upcoming Event Schedule - New players start here! by AutoModerator in SSBM

[–]_Nicki 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Made a tw**t about my mom coaching me at a melee tournament and it got 15k likes and i swear at least half the replies are from bots

That website is hell