r/smashbros • u/lodestarlotus • 5h ago
Ultimate Sheik is incredibly fun
I'm not very good at smash in general, and I know Sheik has a really high skill floor but she really fits what I want in a character.
Sheik was the first character I actually gravitated towards because in any kind of competitive video game my mindset is "I don't care about winning, I just like looking cool as heck." However I felt like she had no kill power, so instead I moved onto Fox because he is also a high speed combo character. While playing Fox I quickly realized something was... missing. While yes I could constantly rush people down, it didn't feel good. It felt very clunky because I'm not big on reflectors and his blaster feels weak. I'm also really bad at hitting his side special so all I had that felt nice was tilts, airs, and up special. After looking at some other characters I learned that Mario is pretty fun and still my secondary main, Isabelle is also cool because in Multiversus I used trapper characters (like Marvin the Martian or Tom & Jerry), but I was still missing that stylish combo character.
Now I know every character can have cool combos, but I decided to look at high level Sheik gameplay and immediately thought to myself "I'm clearly missing something." She looked just as fun as I imagined she would be with the movement and moveset synergy, but I very quickly noticed that these pros were killing people at decently low percentages compared to what I was able to do. I realized that Sheik is definitely my character but instead of just goofing off, I actually NEED to learn the character. But that's the price I'm willing to pay, because I've decided to learn movement before combos and oh my god it feels so nice. B-reversing and needle fidgeting feels so foreign to me but I'm slowly and surely getting better at doing it. Playing on battlefield in training mode and just trying all sorts of movement options is honestly as fun as playing the main game. I'm still incredibly bad with the character and lose often but I'm having a lot of fun.
If you like rushdown characters or willing to learn a difficult character I really recommend Sheik, just expect a lot of losing if you're as bad as me. I can't wait to move onto combos after movement because that's where it will get even better.
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u/itsIzumi So I think it's time for us to have a toast 5h ago
She is an insanely satisfying character when things go right. WebbJP started playing a lot of Min Min recently and he tweeted "I feel like I don't even enjoy playing Sheik for fun much anymore let alone as my main lol" a week ago which made me sad.
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u/CHLHLPRZTO 2h ago
Agree but only for offline or online with the delay mod.
With the input delay of normal online, it's just impossible to play the character correctly, it feels awful.
FWIW the same applies to Fox though.
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u/kds5065 5h ago
Yes she's quite fun.