~Silver

Fuck the heavies. Voting for that Young Jigglypuff. (My iPad doesn't allow me to change colors??)

Alright, I'll try to best to make an analysis with the characters I main! Marth - Marth and Shulk basically battle for priority. A good Shulk will want to keep his space, using his extended range to his favor. Marth has a hard time killing before tippers, and his up-throw kill can be nullified by Shulk's shield form. I feel that Marth needs to constantly keep his distance for the sole purpose of tips, although things might be arguably easier with being simply aggressive. (This gives Lucina a slightly more favorable matchup) While Marth has faster aerials to reduce Shulk's approaches, Shulk can easily punish Marth if these aerials are spammed or become predictable. This matchup is a tie. Falco - Falco has a projectile, so this match already tips in his favor. (No Marth pun intended) Falco is painfully slow, and relies on reads and grabs to get his combos started. Falco has a difficult time approaching, because Shulk can stay at a distance using large ariels. However, Falco can indeed gimp Shulk if he doesn't have Jump form active, or fails to pop it in time. This is due to Falco being able to go safely offstage, Shulk having a moderately punishable recovery, and Falco has two projectiles: his blaster, which can cancel Shulk's jump if neatly placed, and his Reflector, which can - at most - launch Shulk further back. Shulk can seriously struggle in this matchup. Falco has the advantage of this matchup, by a decent amount. Pit - Pit heavily relies on his juggling his foes, with grabs necessary for setting up combos. Pit can gimp Shulk just as, if not more, good as Falco. Shulk can kill Pit sooner since he is a somewhat light character, and it doesn't hurt that Pit has a difficult time killing. Pit has his projectile that can keep things difficult for Shulk, so he should close up any distance between them when possible. Shulk can punish Pit's laggy smash attacks, which he relies on from time to time, so Shulk merely needs to wait for openings. (It should be noted that Pit has a kill-throw) And although difficult, Pit can use his Orbitors to prevent Shulk from grabbing the ledge. This matchup only slightly weighs in Pit's favor, but I feel that a good Shulk can turn to the tides.

Yeah, okay though. But why is staff~ staff~ used with her? Does she say it in-game, or?

Again, I'm not doing this for try-hardiness. I'm aware that Brady!Donnel is terrible, but I do it for personal reasons... I feel like it explains why Brady talks the way he does, and I like how his hair matches his robes as War Cleric. I mean, again. 57 in Luck? The hell am I supposed to do with that?? ...I shouldn't mention that I've made Virion the father of Kjelle, should I...? But this is just particularly challenging. Donny has a terrible skill selection...

so uhh. the staff~ staff~ thing

"How well you die?!" "Be silent...!"

Donnel - Hero Does he not tell his mother as he leaves the village he'll become one? Ricken - Dark Knight Ricken loves animals, Chrom who is his idol uses swords, and DARK Knight? What class would be better for Mr. "Don'tLookDownOnMe?"

So what's up with the staff~ staff~ thing

All I know, is that Shulk suffers from terrible frame data. I've rarely seen Shulk matchs, but when I do, it involves them spacing out their opponents with their air-game, most of the time they always back up using these moves from being pressured so much with projectiles and such. But because Shulk suffers from a lack of a quick ariel, when he is comboed, he has a difficult time DI'ing. EDIT: Ooh, ooh! Can I try to do hypothetical matchups with my mains?

I secondary Doc. Mario is certainly more easy to combo with, due to his deceased knockback with his standard moves. Doc's down throw MIGHT be able to get some stuff off depending on the opponent's DI, but most of the time you're lucky to get a nair in. And that's not much, mind you. But I'd have to argue they're, between all three sets of clones (Lucina/Marth, Pit/Dank Pit, Mario/Doc) Dr. Mario and Mario have the biggest changes. Doc has Dr. Tornado for one, and he really relies on it due to his awful recovery. I don't know statistics, but I believe he does fall faster than Mario, so yes, Dr. Tornado is a godsend. Other than that, Doc has a hard time killing in my opinion. He suffers from his slow speed and lag on his finishers, with Up Smash and even his Up Special dangerous in most situations. His cape doesn't stall him in the air, Dr. Tornado isn't as good as Luigi's as it doesn't reliably kill, (this is in part because it's more horizontal, not vertical) and his Up-Smash sends foes at an angle that's easier to DI out of... I hope I summarized him up correctly.... Sorry if I missed anything, or I'm just plain wrong.

I like the sound of zeal. Donny sounds like the type of guy to always be strivin! But I'm still debating his final option for a skill. I'm starting off the reclassing with Bow Knight: I plan on having Brady with Rally Skill and Speed in the end, and I might as well pass it down. Should I take either of the Breakers, or what? I don't have TOO many options...

So, Donny is blessed, in my opinion, with Armsthrift, which is a skill I smack on any unit who can get it. Literally. But that's just about all he has going for him. For a skillset, I'm looking at Bowbreaker, Axebreaker, Sol, Limit Breaker, and Armsthrift. I don't really like the idea of Counter, because in the few situations where it's been useful, it's killed the enemy, robbing me of my precious EXP. :< But I also don't like the idea for Donny to have Aggressor, Resistance +10, mainly because I have far too many units with those skills, and I can't picture the idea of Donnel being... aggressive. Whatever, are there any other options that I should consider? *winces* +5 HP? Also, I plan on having him Father Brady, but that's a skillset for another day. ^-^

You can't be serious.

Who better to be a Mirage than the mirage himself? Stephan! :DDDD

I wish pokemon would continue already

It's nice to know that the matchup between Shiek and Link is one that comes down to skill. Thank you for showing me this! ^-^

I'm so fucking pissed right now. I just lost on the third round of a tourney to a For Glory Link, who literally did nothing but roll all over the stage. When I would chase him, he would spam arrows, and when I was ripe for the killing, forward smashes. No strategy. Disgusting. ...I'm going to go cry now.

*girly scream*

Why must Doc be exclusive. Why does Sakurai hate me. Why don't I have an idea for a third question.

AAAYYYY, IS THE DOCTOR. ...time to start camping Target's website.

owain

"I can't swim"

<333333 but like, why make falco a separate occasion. are they like, gonna squeeze him into the 3-pack release, or???? ._.