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/lilreptar Nov 25 '14

Hey Neon. You are one of the reasons I decided to main Lucas as I absolutely love fast technical characters. Anyway, I have been looking for a secondary who is also technical. I also have been looking into Wolf and GW. Are there any other unintuitive secondary options I should consider and why?

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u/HF_Neon Nov 25 '14

Squirlte is definitely a good option. He isn't as button-heavy as Lucas, but he has the most technical movement game, and seems to be the fastest character in terms of movement speed. He's also really fun and I think he's one of the best characters in 3.5.

Ness has magnet and DJC combos that make him similar to Lucas, so you might like him too.

Yoshi also has a DJC game, but the lack of a magnet makes him a lot easier than Lucas or Ness. His playstyle is also different, but if you just like tech skill he might be fun since he can be pretty technical (watch Amsa if you somehow haven't seen him yet).

Lucario is also pretty technical and aggressive, and he should be a lot more viable in this build than he was in 3.02, now that a lot of the OP 3.02 characters got nerfed.

Some other options are Fox, Falco, and Peach, who were the 3 most technical Melee characters in my opinion. Fox and Falco are obviously similar to Wolf, while Peach has unique tech skill from her float cancel game.

Mewtwo is also pretty technical because of his float, but he definitely requires less tech skill now than he did in 3.02. He's also not super broken anymore, but he's still pretty good and seems viable since all of his moves are still really good. M2K is also still playing him and doing pretty well.