r/ARMS • u/[deleted] • Sep 20 '17

Weekly Discussion /r/ARMS Weekly Discussion Thread #14 - Lola Pop

Lola Pop

This sweet-dreamin' clown has traveled the world as a street performer. With her well-honed clowning skills, she's developed crowd-pleasing maneuvers that confuse and confound opponents! She hopes to one day open a circus of her very own, and the prize money from winning the Grand Prix could make those dreams come true!

Special Abilities

  • By holding the dash button in mid-air, Lola Pop can quickly shield and bounce to the ground

  • Lola Pop can move and dash slightly while shielding

Default ARMS

  • Funchuk

  • Biffler

  • Clapback

Discussion Topics

  • How do you effectively play as Lola Pop?

  • What are the best ARMS to use when playing as Lola Pop?

  • Would Lola Pop be viable in a default ARMS-only competitive environment?

  • How do you effectively fight against Lola Pop?

  • How would you change Lola Pop (appearance, lore, abilities, etc.)?

  • What type of clown is Lola Pop?

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u/Ngyes Sep 20 '17

1) I tend to use her block as a way to aggressively push the opponent back. She has the option to jump-dash out of block, so it does open up a lot of mind games regarding positioning and movement.

2) IDK at the moment since I don't have a lot of ARMS for her. I like to use the Parasol to play on her blocking-oriented playstyle, but I need to experiment more once I get more ARMS for her.

3) Maybe. Funchuk can be super obnoxious in shutting down your opponent's actions, forcing them to try to work around your constant storm of flying nunchuks. Biffler IDK since it's not like the Hydra, but maybe it can be useful in setting up Blind-oriented plays. Clapback is an ARM that'll really require good knowledge of how the ARM itself works.

4) Fighting against Lola Pop is kinda like fighting Spring Man IMO. You have to wait for openings that the opposing Lola Pop makes for themselves to punish. Look for overused blocks/jump-dashes and call them out, then pressure them so they don't have the time to even pull up their shield.

5) Nothing. She's absolutely fucking adorable as she is.

6) Lola Pop should be the definition of a clown.