Smash Brothers Ultimate, Sonic.. beginner and more advanced notes.

The classic rivalry? Interesting how many things get thrown into Smash Brothers. 

Smash Brothers Ultimate. The kid is just about a dang pro... I finally started playing. 5 years to catch up, yeah no problem. Notes below. 

LEARNING SONIC, I'LL TRY AT LEAST

 Players are Sonix and KEN. 

Usually doesn’t need fast air drop for combos. 

Back Air att hits very hard. 

In neutral… Down BBB charge up far away, then safely cancel with jump n immediately down air (divekick). 

Fwd Tilt is quick dbl kick, very good n fast, safe. EDIT: And allows you to change directions immediately without the difficulty of accidentally dashing or plain old start attacking the wrong way, the bane of my existence in this game. 

Holding direction after attacking makes u annoyingly SLOW walk. All characters. EDIT: Use to my advantage???! It's very hard to position Sonic near the ledge when you want to attack ppl coming back up b/c more than a coat of Steve Irwin paint of a tap on the stick will make you dash like 10 yards. 

Dont air jump (AKA dbl jump) then use B ball or u risk rolling off ledge and dying bcuz no dbl jump later.

Ledge. Use HOMING att when u far off ledge to get closer. Esp if enemy above u. EDIT: Only if enemy above you? Maybe pros use the BB or BBB roll or something. Or maybe use the HOMING but hold it a long time cuz maybe you still rise up in the air (or is that only from the ground, yeah only from ground, huh?). 

Ledge, use down BB ball to roll towards ledge then dbl jump, up B.

 Homing B when facing wrong direction allows for a combo hit after. EDIT: And is probably safe if they block. 

Homing B attack when facing them hits further away but no combo bc it bounces u back a lot .

Throw them up, combo.

ADVANCED BELOW

Homing from directly above , facing backwards, allows u to air att after they block homing!

Ledge from hanging on, down then immediately jump plus up Air att to basically attack fromoff ledge. Then back air, back air combo vs bowser  

Ledge kill 2 frame is with fwd Smash w Sonic, which is great bcuz lots of characters have to use a weak att. See in the Ken vs. Light match below at end, commentators make big deal.

Tourney Port Priority 8  around Dec 2023 or Jan 2024, see Sonix vs Miya below… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkBxpHbc534

Some advanced combo thing player Sonix did with… something like up B (something hit eh?), neutralAir att(whiff to get better drift aka momentum), fast air drop(hold down during air att, even that whiff), back air to hit. He didn’t turn around midair, you can’t, but he caught player Miya using Mr. Game & Watch off guard eh? 

Advanced. Block a multi hit attack, near end stop ur shield, take one hit, then parry last hit so u can do a quick smash. See it around time 7 min 40 seconds in WTT 2023 - KEN (sonic) vs. Light (Fox) smash ultimate - SSBU

SIDENOTE TRIVIA: What the heck is Mr. Game & Watch? Looks like a dang gameboy from 1980 or something. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_%26_Watch