MINECRAFT STEVE FOR SMASH HOW TO
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It’s basically Diddy Kong’s Monkey Flip on steroids, and I’m unsure of whether it’s the online setting that makes the move frustratingly difficult to react to, or if it’ll be just as potent online. The Minecart looks like one of the best moves in the game at the moment, as it protects Steve from attacks, and the ability to stay in the cart (for an attack) or jump out (turning the cart into a grab) is a scary mixup. What he lacks in movement, he makes up for in fast, strong, and useful attacks, somewhat like Luigi. He lets a player be as creative as they want, and already, people are discovering unique combos, techniques, and glitches (that will likely get patched out).

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When Steve is at full strength-plenty of resources to burn and diamond tools for early kills-he seems very strong. The fact that he remains “standing” while getting hit in the air also means he sometimes lands on platforms where others wouldn’t.įourth, his actual attacks are surprisingly fast, and the ability to rapidly throw out simple moves means it’s hard to tell when he’s vulnerable and when he isn’t. His walk, dash, run, roll, jump, and even his getting-hit animations all have the same ramrod-straight stance with arms and legs flailing, and his other actions aren’t far off. Third, it’s very hard to tell what he’s doing based on his animations because so many of them overlap or look extremely similar. “Hitting” his arms doesn’t do any damage, and often attacks that seem like they hit will whiff easily when combined with his ability to move back and forth easily. Second, he has a deceptively thin hurtbox that makes spacing moves against him difficult. I believe this is because of a combination of qualities Steve possesses.įirst, he can attack while walking in a fashion akin to Mega Man and Min Min, so he can retreat and advance with ease, even if he’s slow. He feels sluggish when I’m in control of him, but when I play against him, he somehow feels incredibly squirrely.

In addition to not having any ups, Steve has some of the worst mobility stats in the game-roughly bottom 10 in nearly everything. You have to literally approach concepts like being grounded and being airborne in a new way compared to everyone else, and for me, it is taking a lot of time to get used to. Steve needs to burn his second jump instead, which would be a bad idea for most other characters-except unlike everyone else, he can create a block underneath and restore his jumps instantly. Steve, however, has one of the worst first jumps in the roster, and so he can actually get grabbed in situations where others wouldn’t. Unlike in previous games, all characters take the same amount of time to leap, so you can go above a lot of things, especially grabs. For example, in Ultimate, one common way to avoid attacks is to jump. With Steve, moving around feels counterintuitive to what I’m accustomed to in Smash. I can, however, talk about how it feels to struggle with and against Steve.

MINECRAFT STEVE FOR SMASH HOW TO

I have quickly come to the conclusion that I’m not a good Steve player (and likely never will be), so I can’t offer any tips or hints as to how to best play the character. His blocks also kind of resemble what Kragg in Rivals of Aether and Olaf Tyson in Brawlout are capable of, but Steve’s version exists as more than just an unusual recovery move. He’s a little bit Olimar (gathering resources), a little bit Robin (resource management), and some degree of Mega Man (movement while attacking), but also far beyond being a simple chimera of those three. In terms of his skill set, Steve moves differently, attacks differently, and his block-formation + resource-mining mechanics only have the loosest similarities to other fighters.

Game & Watch in having a look deliberately hyper-faithful to his source material to the point of incongruity with the rest of Smash. Where most characters end up having their appearances updated or at least rendered in finer detail, Steve joins Mr. Having now played (and played against) him for the past few days, I would say that in both visual style and gameplay, Steve from Minecraft is likely the most bizarre character in franchise history. While I’ve never touched Minecraft, I appreciate its creativity and the joy it has provided so many people young, old, and virtual. The impossible has happened once again as Steve (and Alex) from Minecraft joins an increasingly unthinkable roster in Super Smash Bros.

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