Topic: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

@AlternateButtons Luigi starts with a hammer and keeps it for almost half a minute. He touches you with it, and you're basically dead.

@AlternateButtons I only have Mario, Kirby and Villager and until I beat Bayonetta and Luigi, I can't unlock any more.

@AlternateButtons I only have Mario, Kirby and Villager and until I beat Bayonetta and Luigi, I can't unlock any more.

@AlternateButtons I only have Mario, Kirby and Villager and until I beat Bayonetta and Luigi, I can't unlock any more.

I love watchting skilled Amiibo compete. I've trained 14 Amiibo to level 50 so far and each generation turns out even better than the previous.

I've concluded that there are only 3 skills you should bother enhancing your Amiibo with, nothing else is quite as good. Bold statement but from my experience undeniably true:

-Armor Knight (Halberd)
-Great Heal (Celebi)
-Super Armor (Golden Mario)

They all take 3 slots. Furthermore Armor Knight is miles above the other two. Amiibo with this skill have their own league.

The level of play these Amiibo fight at is pretty amazing. I have an example below starring some of my latest creations. Starring the second Link Amiibo I've trained, obviously dubbed Dark Link and a super quick Inkling Amiibo, dubbed Agent 3. Their combo game is so strong and the way they throw with arrows and bombs is just a joy to look at ^_^

https://streamable.com/bn5t0
https://streamable.com/smjgq

Too bad Agent 3 forgot how to edge guard now all she does is ledge trap. She's still a monster though. Also Link doesn't realise the detonated bombs also hurt himself? lol

@Matthew010 That Bayonetta fight early on gave me some trouble as I'm a Smash noob really. What worked for me was shielding. She spams all her fancy attacks at you, you shield them, and then there's a pretty big window open for you to smash her face in. Just shield until her attack is over > BAM! > repeat.

For the Luigi hammer fight, I think I just avoided him as much as I could (Kirby's my main), maybe got a few hits in, then he just fell off the stage or something (almost as if the hammer was too much for him to control) and I won. I wanted to watch what happened again but annoyingly the WoL mode doesn't let you watch replays.

@gcunit Ok, thanks! I'll try those tactics! I'm not exactly great at Smash either. I played Wii U for about 10 hours and have played Ultimate for about 5.

@AlternateButtons Yeah, luck is most certainly involved then. Sorry, yo. ☹️
What about Bayo? Supposed to be powerful, I’ve not used her though.

King K. Rool and having classic tickets to spend on continues is the easiest way. When you reach 9.9, using a classic ticket keeps the 9.9. Ridley is the hardest part of that one as like actual Ridley players, the CPU loves to spam his side special (the move where he drags the opponent across the floor).

Bloody hell this is good. Last Smash i got into was Melee but this is really addictive. No idea why this is grabbing me where others failed but it is. Quite the looker too.

@AlternateButtons Well in general, this is probably the second easiest Classic Mode in the series (easiest being Smash 4 on 3DS). While it's dumb that you can't get KOed at all without needing a continue, there is a silver lining to stuff: enemies are very easy to knockout compared to normal Smash, doubly true for Ganondorf, you can still use a Classic Ticket on the final boss if you got to 9.9 (you can't use a ticket on the boss to get to 9.9 if you're below though), and Ganondorf can make short work of pretty much anything.

If you're still struggling though, you might want to try Link. Despite Ganondorf being my main and getting 9.9 with him, I have higher GSP with Link than Ganondorf and also got him to 9.9.

@AlternateButtons The one caveat to my "this is the second easiest Classic Mode" I guess is that Master & Crazy Hand has been made MUCH harder. I die against them very often, at least with characters I suck with. Link doesn't fight them though, he fights Ganon instead in his Classic Mode. If you're really struggling with the Hands, try Link instead since Ganon (imo) is much easier to dodge.

@AlternateButtons Hm, Idk dude. With Ganondorf I could KO things extremely easily. Then again, he IS my main, so maybe I just know how to wrack up more damage and how to really get the most out of him.

For some advice for using him though, neutral air is one of Ganondorf's best attacks. Very good frame data, it can very well wrack up a ton of damage. Then you can follow it up with side-B -> down-tilt for an easy 30% damage per use. And if they come back at you again, you can just side-B again and do another down-tilt and they would probably be at 50%.

@AlternateButtons With King K. Rool, you're fighting heavy characters and there's cheap stage victories you can do like vs. Ganondorf it's on the normal Bridge of Eldin stage so you can run and belly flop your way to victory without Ganondorf landing a single attack. Also King K. Rool's final boss is Galleom which is easier than the hands.

I managed to beat it on 9.9 with King K. Rool, Kirby, and the first member of the DK Crew (first try for all of them). The two hands together are the toughest Classic mode boss IMO, but you at least get help fighting them if you use either Kong.

@SonicMos You can't use Spirits in Classic Mode. This isn't Smash 4 where custom fighters make you VERY weak in one area. Spirits just make you an outright god.

If you really want to break things though, Little Mac with Giga Mac as your primary and then having Victini and Great Zapfish as support lets you hit extremely hard on every boss right from the start. Giga Mac's innate fist attack+ as well as being a Punch-Out!! Spirit (meaning your power is increased by roughly 10%, yes that's a thing) makes everything you do a very swift and easy win.

Bonus points if you train Giga Mac in the dojo that increases offense at the cost of defense. Congratulations, you just snapped World of Light in two.

I've only managed to end Classic Mode with 9.5 so far. That was with Rosalina.

The two hands make for a really brutal boss encounter.

@Tsurii @Ralizah
how do you get the difficulty to reach 9.9? my record is 9.4.

@CharlieSmile The meter seems to go higher if you perform especially well in matches, such as smashing enemies quickly, or completing matches while taking little to no damage. You can obtain gains of at least as much as 0.9 in one match. So, do that a time or two, don't get knocked out (or use a classic ticket, if you have to), and it shouldn't be too difficult to reach 9.9.

(I say, having not actually reached it yet )

I think I’ve had one jump 1.3 before. But I could be nuts. I’ve gotten quite a few “Perfect!” marks, and those jump way up. I’ve only done a 9.9 with Ganondorf, and the last fight before the Race/Hands got me from 9.4 to 9.9.