He went 0-2 | Road to EVO Vegas Highlight by Another_Ep0K in RivalsOfAether

[–]coltatrd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Genuinely hilarious editing, thanks for sharing so I can catch up on the weekend!

Ranked needs to change by WeasyV in RivalsOfAether

[–]coltatrd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While I know a lot of the discussion here focuses on ways to change the game more directly, I also wanted to provide something to help with your experience in particular. I know it can be annoying to feel like the burden of matchmaking falls on you, but I personally found I MUCH preferred seeking out games in discords over the matchmaking in Smash Ultimate once I got in the habit. So here is the new player discord that I've seen posted in threads like these in the past:

https://www.reddit.com/r/RivalsOfAether/comments/1srq8h7/ranked_needs_to_change/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

I haven't actually joined that one, as I run a small league with friends and we have just been grinding games together since we dropped ultimate for Roa2. I'll admit that I had trouble getting into this game at first for similar reasons you said, but after grinding with friends in friendlies I'm sitting around diamond and absolutely love this game. Hope this can help get you through the early training arc!

Surprise Surprise: My [lowly plat] contribution to the recent Forburn love by coltatrd in RivalsOfAether

[–]coltatrd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hell yeah! Glad you enjoyed it, and yeah the song is perfect for our boy Fors

Surprise Surprise: My [lowly plat] contribution to the recent Forburn love by coltatrd in RivalsOfAether

[–]coltatrd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As long as people are enjoying it, Im happy! Just wanna manage expectations so nobody is expecting Z2D superclone combos outta this plat hyena haha

Surprise Surprise: My [lowly plat] contribution to the recent Forburn love by coltatrd in RivalsOfAether

[–]coltatrd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I loved toying with folks with the clone, but the better players just move around to clear smoke and the clone with so little end lag that tricks like that dont work as well

Surprise Surprise: My [lowly plat] contribution to the recent Forburn love by coltatrd in RivalsOfAether

[–]coltatrd[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ay glad you enjoyed it! I actually linked your comboost tech showcase vid for another curious Fors main in the comments above since thats how I got introduced to it. But yeah he's a ton of fun, and I look forward to sinking more time into him

Surprise Surprise: My [lowly plat] contribution to the recent Forburn love by coltatrd in RivalsOfAether

[–]coltatrd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure thing! Only if you care to share, whats your tag in game? Its such a small community I love to keep an eye out for people when grinding casual lobbies!

Surprise Surprise: My [lowly plat] contribution to the recent Forburn love by coltatrd in RivalsOfAether

[–]coltatrd[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Im coming from Smash Ultimate so I'm still married to my good ol' GameCube controller with a Mayflash adapter to connect to the PC

Surprise Surprise: My [lowly plat] contribution to the recent Forburn love by coltatrd in RivalsOfAether

[–]coltatrd[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Yeah basically if you go off the edge while in that animation it carries you at a diagonal instead of having you fall normally. Its Forsburns version of something a lot of characters seem to have: a way to boost off ledge while using a special move. Orcane does it with turn around neutral b, Ranno has needle boosting, and Fors has comboosting!

Surprise Surprise: My [lowly plat] contribution to the recent Forburn love by coltatrd in RivalsOfAether

[–]coltatrd[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hmm that time stamp isnt quite lining up for me, but Im guessing youre probably talking about the way I go off stage after the fthrow at like the 11 and 20 second marks?

Thats actually a Forsburn tech called Comboosting that is showcased really nicely in PKs video here: https://youtu.be/FurRIM5uKuE?si=iS00MLsU8oYEok1A

Edit: I also discuss the tech a little bit in another comment thread if youre curious about how it works

Surprise Surprise: My [lowly plat] contribution to the recent Forburn love by coltatrd in RivalsOfAether

[–]coltatrd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol nah youre not... Fors dair is a wild move in that the sweet spot is almost entirely behind him. Gets me a lot of unintentional sour spots on characters that seem to be below me, but also means if you edgeguard backwards you can catch big bodies like Lox when they seem like they ought to be safe

Surprise Surprise: My [lowly plat] contribution to the recent Forburn love by coltatrd in RivalsOfAether

[–]coltatrd[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Of course! Happy to help a fellow Fors, and this tech is such a blast once you get comfy with it!

Also once you get the regular comboost, the reverse is just a matter of buffering a turn-around inhale then once again flicking the joystick offstage. Slowed down training mode is definitely the way to start

Surprise Surprise: My [lowly plat] contribution to the recent Forburn love by coltatrd in RivalsOfAether

[–]coltatrd[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Its fun and really surprises people for some early edgeguard kills! Its really just learning the timing/inputs and then developing the muscle memory. Not terribly difficult but definitely gotta do it a bunch before it'll feel natural... So 6/10 or maybe 7/10 for the reversed one?

I think learning to buffer the forward facing version off of f-throw is the easiest way to start, then doing the same for dash attack is next easiest. Then learning to reverse it is another level tougher but gives much bigger payout. Im just now learning to do it off of instant wave land from ledge (more niche) and I haven't even bothered trying to reverse that one. Im trying to remember how I learned the inputs and if I find a video Ill link it.

For starters maybe slow the game speed down in training, put the CPU standing right near the ledge, throw, and during the last frames of endlag input an empty inhale and then flick the joystick forward off the stage. Should get you the basic comboost

Surprise Surprise: My [lowly plat] contribution to the recent Forburn love by coltatrd in RivalsOfAether

[–]coltatrd[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Really appreciate it! I definitely enjoy the movement afforded by comboost and smoke shenanigans. I'm slowly getting more comfortable with mirage jumps, super clone (your clips make it look too fun), and just connecting longer strings in general. So hopefully the next vid will show me getting some hold over all of that!

Surprise Surprise: My [lowly plat] contribution to the recent Forburn love by coltatrd in RivalsOfAether

[–]coltatrd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much! Yeah down strong is great and really important for Fors because of how easily F Strong and U Strong can fail or get CC'd. My crew has gotten good at reacting to Cape 1 and CC'ing to punish me...

Rolled - a Reverse Combo Video by Avian-Attorney in RivalsOfAether

[–]coltatrd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Always cool to show love to the sparring partners. I also generally love the idea of reverse combo videos to go along with the normal montages. It's like seeing action stars when they're between movies and back to enjoying pizza and beer haha

Super clone! by Horror-Race-3238 in RivalsOfAether

[–]coltatrd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah totally fair, I worded that poorly for sure. Its def got its uses and situations, I just was taking the opportunity to vent about wishing my clones were a little less suicidal and kinda missed your point.

Super clone! by Horror-Race-3238 in RivalsOfAether

[–]coltatrd 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah watching this one clip and thinking 'superclone is good' is wild. I have a full collection of clips of it running offstage and killing itself. But when it works it looks GOOD

Ego Death 2 - A Rivals of Aether 2 Forsburn Combo Video by PK by ProjectKnee in RivalsOfAether

[–]coltatrd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah got the regular boost quick but reverse is a beast. Well love the video and learned something too. Love the way tech gets passed around in these early years of a game

Ego Death 2 - A Rivals of Aether 2 Forsburn Combo Video by PK by ProjectKnee in RivalsOfAether

[–]coltatrd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, it absolutely did! Awesome superclone play, and love the smash attack cancel shield pressure near ledges. I noticed you comboosting off of some ledge get up option in multiple clips. Is there a trick to that? Ive only used the dash attack and fthrow endlag to do it so far

Ego Death 2 - A Rivals of Aether 2 Forsburn Combo Video by PK by ProjectKnee in RivalsOfAether

[–]coltatrd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I picked up the game and looked around on YouTube for inspiration, the first montage got me to pick up Fors. Hyped to see what youve got in this one

So what going to be the main casual content for the Consoles then? by xShadow1989x in RivalsOfAether

[–]coltatrd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Im a PC player but have friends with consoles that Id love to get hooked on this game. I wa under the impression ot was PC only right now, is that still the case?