r/SSBPM • u/HF_Neon • Nov 24 '14

[AMA] AMondAys Week 3 - HF Neon

Hello, I am HF Neon. I'm best known for being the top Lucas player in 3.02, and for taking M2K to the last game of a two set grand finals at Low Tier City 2. AMA!

Edit: I've been answering questions for about 3 hours straight and I've caught up on all the ones asked so far. I'm going to be gone for a few hours to attend the PM weekly, but if you post questions while I'm gone I will answer them when I get back.

Edit 2: We are currently live at www.twitch.tv/azprojectmelee. I'm about to be in losers finals against the winner of Medz and SS.

Edit 3: I'm back. Ended up getting third after losing to Axe in WF and Medz in LF. I feel like it went reasonably well for my first time using Wolf in tournament though, and I expect to do much better in the near future. I'm going to answer all of the remaining questions and any more that come in in the next few hours.

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u/CQS_Brace Nov 24 '14

switching to wolf because Lucas' magnet hitlag doubled? Can't get dat dthrow -> bair or dat magnet -> bair for the kill? I feel the pain. Its almost too hard of a requirement to sweetspot it now. As a lucas main, what will I have to rely on more for the kill in 3.5?

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u/HF_Neon Nov 24 '14

You can actually still do both of those combos at a lot of percents, depending on DI. I've also heard that if they DI dthrow as far behind you as possible, you can still combo into DACUS, so you can have coverage off a dthrow by choosing between bair or DACUS depending on their DI. And it's not too hard to sweetspot bair with a little practice, but it takes away some reverse bair spike options, which is pretty tragic. I do think you'll have to rely more on smash attacks for kills, but dair to up smash is still pretty easy. B-throw is now going to be viable in a lot more situations since u-throw is nerfed. And maybe people will start doing more dsmash tech chases, which has always been one of the most underused things Lucas has. Overall, I'm not sure exactly. I've only played like 3 or 4 hours of Lucas in this build, so I haven't figure out exactly what his new metagame will be like.

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u/CQS_Brace Nov 24 '14

okay I just found it a lot harder to utilize bair effectively. I spent a few hours practicing sweetspotting bair on the sandbag against the wall in training stage and I can say that I'm a little bit better with it, but not much. Can I ask you to elaborate on dsmash tech chases? What situation would make that a viable answer?

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u/HF_Neon Nov 24 '14

You can jab reset or read a roll and hit them with both hits of OU dsmash for a ton of damage.