Metagame Monday 01/21/19

Welcome to Metagame Monday! Let’s all get good together. This thread is for players seeking to develop their general Smash skills, review recent tournament sets, and new players looking to learn how to Smash!

While detailed and specific gameplay questions are allowed as their own threads on /r/smashbros, this is the place to ask simple and hugely open-ended questions like “Who should I main?” or “How to deal with <character>?”

Of course, feel free to ask as in-depth or detailed questions as you like.

As a basic guideline for whether your question is allowed on the front page, ask yourself this:

  • Is my question specific? Vague questions like “is this character good,” “what makes this character good,” or “who should I main” are the sort of questions that belong in the Metagame Monday threads instead of on the front page. Focusing your question on a more specific part of a character’s toolkit, such as “what makes Diddy Kong’s banana so strong?” is a question that will generate focused discussion on the front page.

  • Does my question give information about my situation? The more specific and focused a question is, the more likely it is to be allowed as a thread. “How do I beat Pikachu” is a very open-ended question that gives no information about OP as a player, and belongs in this thread. “As a Lucina main, how do I seal out a stock against Pikachu” is the sort of question we like to see on the front page, because it focuses discussion on your specific situation. Generally, let us know which characters you play, which parts of a matchup you struggle with or which moves you don’t know how to use, and what level of player you are.

  • Does my question have an objective right answer? If your question is something that has a definite answer, such as “is Falco’s down air safe on shield,” it doesn’t belong in its own thread. Objective questions with objective answers don’t generate discussion. However, some subjective questions rely on objective elements, like “What are Falco’s best options to pressure shields,” and would be allowed.

Any and all questions about movesets, matchups, or competitive interaction are allowed in this thread!

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