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Kirby got nerfed?
Topic Started: Feb 6 2008, 01:28 PM (242 Views)
sneschurch
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Dude Kirby sucks in this game? How did Kirby get from top tier to the bottom? such a travesty has been done to this character. Discuss here.
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Johnknight1
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Simple: Sakurai got complaints that he was broken. Thus, he became one of the three weakest characters in the game. Actually IMO, he's weaker then Pichu. He's barely got an edge over Mewtwo in my mind for the bottom tier spot! >_<

Edit: Also, Kirby's moves are ALL LAG MACHINES, basically. Mewtwo just has like sucky hitboxes.
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ShadowKirby
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Sakurai sucks, but hopefully he willbe a high tier in Brawl, or at least not bottom.
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Elly
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poor Kirby. i thought he was good at first until I noticed he had basically nothing going for him.
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Impaking666
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He was awsome in 64 because his up B was a meteor Smash. That was his best move and now it sucks.
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sneschurch
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I believe most of his weakness was in his third jump and his weakened attacks and defense. But seriously Kirby sucks even in non competitive matches. how could Sakurai not notice the horrible treatment he was giving to the three bottom tiers?
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Johnknight1
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Feb 13 2008, 09:52 AM
He was awsome in 64 because his up B was a meteor Smash. That was his best move and now it sucks.

His uB is predictable in smash 64, and is overrated. It's so easy to see coming, dodge, and counter, it's not even funny. He's amazing because he has the best tilts, his rapid A attack rapes shields against walls, he can do literally infinite combos off walls, he has so many tilt to smash to aerial combos (in every order imaginable order), has fast and powerful smash attacks, ridiculous aerials, and ridiculous strength (he's stronger then Link! o_O). O, and is dAir is a amazing spike, in a game with few spikes (the only spikes were [somewhat; it wasn't a real spike compared to the others] Samus' dAir, Ness' dAir, Kirby's dAir, and Captain Falcon's dAir). And his spike did the most damage, too, and with L-cancelling, you could easily chain it to a few inescapable attacks (up to 5! o_O) without any walls or enviornements but the ground below you (assuming you dAir into the ground). Kirby was so ridiculous in smash 64, it's not even a joke.

In Melee, Kirby's dAir is the only move that does over 15%, minus fully charged smash attacks (they only do about 12% uncharged each; his fAir does 2% [or was it 45?] to 12%, however). His tilts do generally like 4%. None of his moves combo, really. His grabs (which did like 16% in smash 64) only do about 6% or so. His specials are (basically) completely worthless (outside of his uB for recovering). Kirby's only good moves are his up tilt (which is quite slow), bAir (which does like 6% to 8% damage), fAir (predictable), and dAir (which has a lot of lag. Like DK's fully charged nB punch has almost as little lag as this move; it also has minimal proirety).

All in all, Kirby is HANDS DOWN the WORST character in Melee by far in my opinion. Mewtwo at least can combo and mind game. Kirby relies on his fAir ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY, and is very easy to see coming. He's so bad, it's not even funny. Which is ironic-because he was so ridiculously good in smash 64.
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