How to play Little Mac: Go to the gym Become a boxer Come back and appreciate the fact that Little Mac is just a kid from the Bronx fighting against intergalactic bad guys and literal super villains. Realize he is a winner in everyone’s heart.
In Punch Out, Little Mac has to fight tactically and intelligently to overcome his significant disadvantages against superior opponents (in weight and strength) where one mistake can spell defeat, but he keeps his spirits up and hopes to prove himself to be more than a number on a scale. In Smash Bros, Little Mac has to fight tactically and intelligently to overcome his significant disadvantages against superior opponents (in air game and recovery) where one mistake can spell defeat, but he keeps his spirits up and hopes to prove himself to be more than a letter on a tier list.
Little mac main here. Love that character, feels so great to play honestly. Actually feels powerful and there is this mental component where people are just scared to play against him cause he is so fast and so powerful when he is played the way he is meant to be played.
How to play Little Mac: They're going to try to run away knowing you only have melee attacks. You're gonna want to make them run away, not of common sense, but of fear.
If you can use little Mac's air attacks correctly, they could be pretty good, I made a whole combo that uses air attacks, 6 OF THEM TO BE SPECIFIC, but yeah, if you can use them correctly their not horrible, but I would still recommend staying on the ground as much as possible, but also it could be good to throw players off, I do it all the time, because if you go in the air, the opponent will be surprised, and it can throw them off, I actually stay in the air quite a bit lol, and somehow I always win 😂😂
This was really helpful. My friend group is really competitive and when I was deciding on a main they said specifically not little Mac. I chose him out of spite and still use him.
Fuck, that feels familiar. I had heard little mac was low tier and went "fuck it, I'm playing him" while my buddy tried to pick one of the meta characters. I bodied him for most of the night until he found a main he actually liked and could play. Little mac just feels good to me, even if I never leave the ground
A couple of things you missed: KO punch cannot be countered. Side-B can only be used once in the air. It does not refresh if you get hit. That said, thanks! I've been playing Mac as my secondary and I learned a lot
@@JulieLamia KO punch kills on the ground regardless of whether you shield or counter. The only time KO punch can be countered is if Little Mac himself uses the KO punch midair.
I fell in love with little Mac the first day a played smash and even though I didn't understand him then when I came back with some more understanding of the game he became my main
I'm glad to finally see somebody who has more to say about Little Mac than cracking jokes. Mac is dangerous. He's very fast and KOs super early. His drawbacks are large, and he lacks things that the entire rest of the cast takes for granted, so he doesn't play like anyone else on the roster. All of that can leave Mac pretty predictable, since pretty much all he does is run up and punch. It all seems lame... until you meet someone who dash dances flawlessly and hits you with the perfect punch every time you dare land on the ground. He's too quick to really rely on punishing him if he sticks to his safer options... if you try to shield through you're just going to get it broken by that downward front smash. A good Mac will never lose if you try to meet them head on. By no means is this a recommendation of the character. I just know a guy who's a monster with Mac who is very frustrating to play against. The only counters I've found to his take on the character have been to stick to platforms to not let him do anything he wants. And that's still a tedious fight with him taking pot shots at me from below with up B and me taking pot shots from above with aerials and yoshi's down B. It's not exactly a fun match up, and obviously his up B and my down B are both very punishable to a ridiculous degree. But since he's got that early KO potential, my mistakes are more costly than his. All that said, Joker pretty much ruins his playstyle so he decided to switch mains recently. Not the win I wanted, but I'll take it.
I play against a Joker main pretty often, 1v1 I haven't lost to him. His side B is the hardest part but close up I absolutely ruin him. He gets close to beating me but I think he gets inside his own head when we're down to our last stocks and he starts making mistakes.
Bruh I'm a Mac main and oh my God fuck Joker, my playstyle is definitely heavy on punishing with smash attacks and it's so fucking frustrating to bait out a counter and then have it still be active for three seconds and I f smash right into it
How to play Little Mac like a Chad Pro. Only go for a Fair or Up air or Nair if you launched your opponent with a Dtilt or UTilt. Go for a lot of 2 hit jab locks into Dtilt/Backwards Uptilt combo if they miss their Tech Use a Nair right before you use any Aerial (Fair, Bair, Upair) in an air combo and Don't forget to fast fall the 2nd attack in mid-air so you can potentially follow up with another 2 hit air combo. Hold your Smashes until your opponent is about to hit you when he's above you. Make Liberal use of FTilt and DTilt. Keep Shucking & Jiving until they make a mistake Shield Often. Grab them for a Downthrow combo or a Back throw/forward throw No-Tech combo if you can and remember to pummel 3 or 4 times before you throw. Practice your Parrying until you can get it consistently If they like to shield a lot, start using Down-angled FSmash and try to make them miss a tech so you can 2 hit jab lock + Downtilt/Sweetspot-up-Smash + Aerial Side-B/Up-B/Nair & Fair To continue combo them If they're at high Percent, use Up-Angled F-Smash and Up-Smash. Use Up-smash and Up-B as an Anti-Air. Use Neutral-B to armor through being Juggled and as a "get through" get off me move. If someone misses their tech, you can jump in and Neutral B to cover all options. Use Side-B to Recover, first thing you get knocked off stage, you can mix it up with Backwards Double-Jump and Airdodge forward Use Up-Smash, Up-B and KO Punch to hit through Battlefield platforms. Use your Fair and Counter or Full Footstool or SideB to Edgeguard. Use your Counter while recovering if you think your opponent will edgeguard you. Use your Downsmash Backwards if you feel like 2-framing the opponent. What do you guys think, eh?
Generic Name Nice too see another R.O.B. main. I main R.O.B. too, and I find it really weird that everyone thinks of him has high-top tier but almost nobody actually plays him.
Dair work like any spike so it's not that special Fair and bair is true but not relevant and up air is beneficial to hit the sour spot at high percentage
One noteworthy thing in Mac's aerial kit is that his neutral air is actually frame 2. Despite the tiny hitbox, it can be sometimes used to challenge some incoming attacks.
Something I'd like to say is that you can also use mac's ko punch as a recovery tool if needed. Its not always best but it can be a life saver from time to time
I main Mac, I mostly just stick to platforms and the ground. Never really go for aerials at all, pretty useless on him. He’s a great character in the mid-game as he throws a lot of people off. His recovery is decent once you learn it, rarely falling to your death or SDing. I usually just die to smash attacks or high percentage.
Step 1: Hold direction towards center stage Step 2: Throw out side B's step 3: repeat until you inevitably end up off stage, knowing an empty pit of death awaits you, and you are powerless as to escape it. As you see your opponent teabagging trimphantly, you accept the sweet embrace.
Idek if youll see this but heres a fun fact Lightning strikes cause people to fly back because our muscles contract SO HARD THAT IT THROWS OUR BODY This has raised questions to human strength Little mac is just that strong Hes capable of yeeting himself
In a very defensive player. My opponents miss alot because i mastered evasion and reading moves. Ever since i picked up Mac with the strengths i already had, i became a force. And man it's fun
As a Little Mac main, I can tell you that a lot of what is said is true. A combo not gone over is the down throw+up tilt+up special. May not be a true combo, but most people don’t expect it and can be a good combo for damage and throwing an opponent off as they start to realize you know more than they originally thought. Otherwise, this is a very good guide and you really just have to experiment to see what you can get away with your opponent.
also, just as a minor thing, mac's up-B grabs the ledge easier if you're facing the stage than if you're facing away, not to mention that it only snaps to ledge at the apex of it's height as well as it has invincibility in the air as well as in the ground
A couple things you missed: Little Mac’s KO punch will kill all characters when they are at or above 30%, except for Donkey Kong who dies at 40% When Side-B-ing on a recovery, any attack that deals any sort of knock back will cancel your side-b and you won’t be able to use it until you hit the ground again. This is different than many other side-Bs like PAC Man, Wii Fit, Villager, etc. who will be able to side-b again after being hit in mid air. If your opponent has a character with a hit box around them on Up-B, you can go off stage and counter their recovery. Down throw to a short up air chain is a really good combo to force your opponent to waste their jump. KO punch also doesn’t go away with damage taken but rather distance launched. For instance, if you were caught in a flurry attack but managed to escape before the final hit, you would still have your KO punch. Edit: Incineroar will also die at 40%
Little Mac's tilts are not as good as it was in Smash 4, especially thr down tilt, it's way slower in comparison. Anyway, as someone who has been using this character since day 1 in Smash 4, this was a great refresher, as I stopped using him for a while after I made it Elite. And let's not forget that he has the worst frame data when it comes to using directional air dodge.
If he can’t get any other buffs give him this one auto snap to the ledge like cloud. If he can get one more speed up his grab. Another? Remove the damage taking away his KO punch. Another? Make his ground up b and his air up b the same height. Another? Remove the dying taking away his meter and make it take longer to get his ko punch to balance it out and reduce his doing damage adding to his meter completely if you think it would be more fair like that.
One good combo with k.o is side smash angled up then k.o, it confirms with any character. My smash world video is proof enough lol. K.O. fest 1.0 for anybody wanting proof.
Little Mac's neutral jab is a frame 1, not 3. This gives him THE FASTEST jab in the game. Plus, his Nair is a frame 2, giving him the fastest (but weakest) air attack in the game.
I was honestly surprised that nair like had a hitbox I was playing mac today and decided to spam shorthop nairs as a joke and found that it like does a thing
I know it was in smash 4 not sure it is in smash ultimate (can't afford a switch yet) but another thing Little Mac can do is trick his oponents with his side special, say a sword fighter character (just picked it out of random) is charging forwards him for a forwards tilt or special (doesn't matter) he can use his speed to get away then quickly, turn your directional pad to the opposite direction he was sprinting in to surprise his oponents with a possibly unforseen haymaker using the last frame of the attack to send the charging foe flying in the same direction they were charging in
"Little Mac is a hard character to get into Elite Smash" ...hold my gloves, I gotta prove this man wrong XD okay he's literally my highest GSP character in Elite Smash and I love using him!
Ludologist no. Be happy because we are a proud strong race that play very well and you should be proud you are so unique picking a character so poorly with his recovery and air game tops very poor choice in character in some people’s minds but our patience is way superior than others that just pick easy characters
Mac mains: tilt, tilt, tilt, tilt, tilt, side b/tilt, tilt, tilt, up b/ tilt, smash attack and possibly a counter may be used instead of one of those tilts.
He’s my favorite character, as I grew up on boxing, im a boxer, he’s from one of the most nostalgic games, and he’s a boxer against literal supernatural beings.
If someone is camping ledge and you are little Mack, do down tilt and forward smash. It is faster than grab attacks so if they stop shielding they will either get in a jab lock or you get one free smash attack in. If they continue to shield after the jab they will get shield break, and they will fall in the void because they where on the ledge camping.
My best friend mains Mac. He's actually pretty good with him. The things I have trouble against are his speed and the super armor. I tend to play light to mid-weight characters, so you can imagine I'd have a hard time with it. But I manage. I usually win more than I lose against Mac, but he can be annoying to fight with how much super armor he has.
Mac Nation!! Up past 4.8 mil baby! Couple quick things that might help people. D tilt to side b at lower percent is great, and if people get inthe habit of air dodging out of the move, you can delay the hit by letting the jump finish. D tilt on edge of stage combos right into side b and can easily kill people at 60-70% as they drift off a bit. Lastly for recoveries, people love using projectiles to gimp but mac has tools still. His side b blanks projectiles if we hit the projectile with our big beefy hit box, it stops even samus's fully charged shot and piranha's patowie if timed right.
Got to say though, d tilt to down angled f smash is tasty :) a big issue mac can have is shield happy players because his grabs dont really lead into anything when they get to higher percentages so having something that can get us a free kill when they just want to keep blocking.
Awesome breakdown, I took a couple of notes especially in regards to the shield break. If you plan on maining Mac you have to learn how to dash dance. Spot dodges, perfect shielding and rolls are all insane on Mac. As far as recovery goes you have about 4 different ways to do it, however the most effective is the speed at which Mac falls. You have to learn how to drop quickly to avoiding projectiles. Also countering a projectile allows you to activate side be which can get you back on the stage. If someone spams, a good dash dance can get through. If someone platform camps, you can side b in the air as well. He's extremely fun to use. At this point I'm prone to 3 stocking my opponents and I rarely get gimped anymore. I've made it to about 5.3m GSP before the lag got too bad to play as Lag and little mac don't mix. But at a local level I rarely lose on Mac.
Just needed a quick "LITTLE" refresher.😆 But in all seriousness the first 4 minutes really helped. Because I'm not good at Smash in general just playing for fun. And doubt I will ever go to Elite smash with any character. Even though that is one of my smash bucket list event. But anyway I went from about 3 million GSP to 6 million GSP. And then I dropped back down to 4 million. So just a quick little refresh your help thanks. And I also hope to get him back up there. Right now my best GSP character is Banjo and Kazooie. A lot of people say they're easy to play and take no skill. But I actually know a bit of moves with them from playing them so much! And I will admit wondering does help a little with some of the combos. But you can also kill pretty easily and edgeguard with them. Without Wonder Wing
Installed Smash just last night, was maining Link, even back in the old Wii days, but then I discovered Little Mac and fell in love with him immediately, due to my love of boxing as a martial art.
Corrections to be made - Macs jab is frame 1 - KO Punch is lost taking knockback, not any damage a good rule of thumb is that if it puts him in tumble he'll lose it after 3 seconds - Down tilt into Ftilt at low % rarely works on most fighters, due to the 2nd hit of Ftilt dropping - Mac has no throw combos at all unless the opponent DIs in, in which case you can then actually kill confirm into an Up B at high % While not a correction, I think you should mention Down tilts 2 frame potential Overall a solid guide, just a few things to be noted.
He also has a 0 to death. 1-2 up tilts, grab, give a few punches, down throw, 1-2 up tilts and KO punch. It might be hard to pull off as people can just di out of it but if pulled off ur gonna make someone’s jaw drop.
I am a mac main, this video really helped. I am really good with mac, but i never watched any video guides to play as mac. This video made me a much better player. Thank you.
Back throw kills at 150-170 range when near the ledge I tried it and it’s surprising. But everything else was on point Mac guides are so scarce so thank you
I just started playing smash and little Mac is my main now. This helped me a ton yesterday. The hardest thing about smash though is the free movement. I can't stand it lol. But I'm having fun.
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How to play Little Mac:
Go to the gym
Become a boxer
Come back and appreciate the fact that Little Mac is just a kid from the Bronx fighting against intergalactic bad guys and literal super villains.
Realize he is a winner in everyone’s heart.
Azonavox wholesome tale
Azonavox this right here
And he's still able to give quite the punch in most of them.
Wait, that reminds me of some 80s movie about this boxer guy I think his name was Rockal? Something like that.
Order 66 Rocky??
How to play Little Mac: Never leave the ground or the stage
I think you forgot the smash attacks
Seems legit
No its play on a stage that is flat
And pray.
Main Mac and pray
How to play Little Mac:
1. Stay on the ground at all costs
2. Adore him
3. Cry because there hasn't been a new Punch Out game in 10 years
*cries in no new tf2 or portal games in 14 years*
@@user-ow2cs7fb5l Good news lol
@@user-ow2cs7fb5l 😐
@@user-ow2cs7fb5l the latest update of tf2 was 6 years ago, not 14
Most important thing for Mac players.
4. You’re ain’t no air fighter Mac!
In Punch Out, Little Mac has to fight tactically and intelligently to overcome his significant disadvantages against superior opponents (in weight and strength) where one mistake can spell defeat, but he keeps his spirits up and hopes to prove himself to be more than a number on a scale.
In Smash Bros, Little Mac has to fight tactically and intelligently to overcome his significant disadvantages against superior opponents (in air game and recovery) where one mistake can spell defeat, but he keeps his spirits up and hopes to prove himself to be more than a letter on a tier list.
that go hard
IMO if little Mac had an average recovery he could arguably be A/S tier
Eh, he needs a better air game for that, I would say. Still, he would be at least B tier, if not low A
If his up B was the same vertical gain in the air as on the ground and he could hold onto KO punch longer he might be high tier, not S tho...
Kek Yeah probably high B or low A
@@christiancasaverdepertica1802 he would be low A teir at best.
His air attacks, suck.
Yeah he has amazing ground game
Little mac main here. Love that character, feels so great to play honestly. Actually feels powerful and there is this mental component where people are just scared to play against him cause he is so fast and so powerful when he is played the way he is meant to be played.
its so satisfying zipping around and beating the shit out of people
I'm thinking about maining lil mac because I just started using him
What game u playing this guy is ass
How to play Little Mac:
They're going to try to run away knowing you only have melee attacks. You're gonna want to make them run away, not of common sense, but of fear.
And the fear will multiply by 6 if you know how to use aerial mac
@@carlosflores2156 true
@@carlosflores2156 aerial mac is so fucking terrifying. Just leading into a side b or ko punch with his aerials. *shivers*
Those 32 dislikes were from people killed at 20% by KO punch
Yeah
you've killed 121 men
Lol
None of you fools understand the power of A E R I A L L I T T L E M A C
Thomas Blackwell his back air is a reference of Title Defense Don Flamencos b**** slap
The mortal realm fears what can be done with such power, so much so that its locked behind such curse
T0xic Gam3s just use:
The mighty ginginater
Fist attack up
Air attack up
I use aireals as taunts. It's fun to watch
If you can use little Mac's air attacks correctly, they could be pretty good, I made a whole combo that uses air attacks, 6 OF THEM TO BE SPECIFIC, but yeah, if you can use them correctly their not horrible, but I would still recommend staying on the ground as much as possible, but also it could be good to throw players off, I do it all the time, because if you go in the air, the opponent will be surprised, and it can throw them off, I actually stay in the air quite a bit lol, and somehow I always win 😂😂
This was really helpful. My friend group is really competitive and when I was deciding on a main they said specifically not little Mac. I chose him out of spite and still use him.
Lol
Fuck, that feels familiar. I had heard little mac was low tier and went "fuck it, I'm playing him" while my buddy tried to pick one of the meta characters. I bodied him for most of the night until he found a main he actually liked and could play. Little mac just feels good to me, even if I never leave the ground
A couple of things you missed:
KO punch cannot be countered.
Side-B can only be used once in the air. It does not refresh if you get hit.
That said, thanks! I've been playing Mac as my secondary and I learned a lot
The only counter that works on KO Punch is Witch Time
KO Punch can kill in midair in a pinch, but it won't go through counters and shields.
@@JulieLamia KO punch kills on the ground regardless of whether you shield or counter. The only time KO punch can be countered is if Little Mac himself uses the KO punch midair.
Tom C. Little Mac sucks go find a new character stupid
All smashes are counter-like. If you smash attack during an enemy hit, it does extra damage or something.
When you realise that you get you side-B back after hit in smash 4
#1 tip. Don't go anywhere near the edge or offstage
As someone who did locals for 4 this is the worst idea ever. His down smash is one of the best 2-frame option and it’s how you get early kills.
little mac also oddly has top tier edge guarding
Ghengiz Kanye hmm... not quite...
Ghengiz Kanye not edge guarding, but he does have good ledge guarding. There is a difference
Mac mains don't rise up. Stay on the ground please.
I fell in love with little Mac the first day a played smash and even though I didn't understand him then when I came back with some more understanding of the game he became my main
My crush mained Little Mac so I gave him a spin.
3 weeks later he's my main :/
I'm glad to finally see somebody who has more to say about Little Mac than cracking jokes. Mac is dangerous. He's very fast and KOs super early.
His drawbacks are large, and he lacks things that the entire rest of the cast takes for granted, so he doesn't play like anyone else on the roster.
All of that can leave Mac pretty predictable, since pretty much all he does is run up and punch. It all seems lame... until you meet someone who dash dances flawlessly and hits you with the perfect punch every time you dare land on the ground.
He's too quick to really rely on punishing him if he sticks to his safer options... if you try to shield through you're just going to get it broken by that downward front smash. A good Mac will never lose if you try to meet them head on.
By no means is this a recommendation of the character. I just know a guy who's a monster with Mac who is very frustrating to play against. The only counters I've found to his take on the character have been to stick to platforms to not let him do anything he wants. And that's still a tedious fight with him taking pot shots at me from below with up B and me taking pot shots from above with aerials and yoshi's down B. It's not exactly a fun match up, and obviously his up B and my down B are both very punishable to a ridiculous degree. But since he's got that early KO potential, my mistakes are more costly than his.
All that said, Joker pretty much ruins his playstyle so he decided to switch mains recently. Not the win I wanted, but I'll take it.
As a mac main who constantly plays with a joker main that final paragraph resonates HARD with me
I play against a Joker main pretty often, 1v1 I haven't lost to him. His side B is the hardest part but close up I absolutely ruin him. He gets close to beating me but I think he gets inside his own head when we're down to our last stocks and he starts making mistakes.
Bruh I'm a Mac main and oh my God fuck Joker, my playstyle is definitely heavy on punishing with smash attacks and it's so fucking frustrating to bait out a counter and then have it still be active for three seconds and I f smash right into it
I love the fact that I had a Mac vs Yoshi match yesterday and it played EXACTLY like that.
Arent you glad I made you play mac for an entire stream? All that mac experience for this how to. 👍🤜🤛💪
This isn't real.. He's not going over my main... Right?... This is the day I've been waiting for
r/fittingprofilepic
It's my main too so I'm pretty happy so I can learn more.
Mac mains rejoice
Little mac mains unite
Today is the day we use our recovery to come back against the Fire Emblem Devils!
It’s pretty simple how to play little mac.
Don’t go off stage
Or spam F-smash
Or don’t.
The best way to play little Mac is to not at all
@King K Rool good idea XD
lol jk I actually enjoy playing little Mac
How to play Little Mac like a Chad Pro.
Only go for a Fair or Up air or Nair if you launched your opponent with a Dtilt or UTilt.
Go for a lot of 2 hit jab locks into Dtilt/Backwards Uptilt combo if they miss their Tech
Use a Nair right before you use any Aerial (Fair, Bair, Upair) in an air combo and Don't forget to fast fall the 2nd attack in mid-air so you can potentially follow up with another 2 hit air combo.
Hold your Smashes until your opponent is about to hit you when he's above you.
Make Liberal use of FTilt and DTilt.
Keep Shucking & Jiving until they make a mistake
Shield Often.
Grab them for a Downthrow combo or a Back throw/forward throw No-Tech combo if you can and remember to pummel 3 or 4 times before you throw.
Practice your Parrying until you can get it consistently
If they like to shield a lot, start using Down-angled FSmash and try to make them miss a tech so you can 2 hit jab lock + Downtilt/Sweetspot-up-Smash + Aerial Side-B/Up-B/Nair & Fair To continue combo them
If they're at high Percent, use Up-Angled F-Smash and Up-Smash.
Use Up-smash and Up-B as an Anti-Air.
Use Neutral-B to armor through being Juggled and as a "get through" get off me move.
If someone misses their tech, you can jump in and Neutral B to cover all options.
Use Side-B to Recover, first thing you get knocked off stage, you can mix it up with Backwards Double-Jump and Airdodge forward
Use Up-Smash, Up-B and KO Punch to hit through Battlefield platforms.
Use your Fair and Counter or Full Footstool or SideB to Edgeguard.
Use your Counter while recovering if you think your opponent will edgeguard you.
Use your Downsmash Backwards if you feel like 2-framing the opponent.
What do you guys think, eh?
Tohg7.
damn, all this knowledge lol 👌
How to play Mac
Don’t miss
Don’t jump
Don’t go offstage
-Don’t play-
How to play Little Mac:
*Pick Game and Watch instead*
It’s pretty much just like punchout, if you mess up, the punish hurts. Haha
ReZaHydra ewww sobble. Scorbunny is better (;
that comment is legitametely more helpful than the video
@@hypercactus6489 Messing up in Punchout is failing to dodge. Little Mac in Smash is just badly designed noob-friendly garbage.
Can you do R.O.B.? It’s about time a guide was made for him.
Also, I think Little Macs jab is Frame 1
Robert*
Generic Name Nice too see another R.O.B. main. I main R.O.B. too, and I find it really weird that everyone thinks of him has high-top tier but almost nobody actually plays him.
@@aidenbar511 he is like a middle tier
ROB is my main! Do this video please!
Aiden Barsimantov zackray plays rob sometimes
Both of his recovery moves are invincible on start-up
*Little Mac you know you ain't no air fighter*
My new headcannon is that little mac is actually from New Donk City, and he's actually from the Donks
As a Little Mac main you forgot to mention he has a tipper mechanic on the gloves which deal extra knock back.
Dair work like any spike so it's not that special
Fair and bair is true but not relevant and up air is beneficial to hit the sour spot at high percentage
The fact that I was raised in the Bronx and I'm taking boxing matches just gives me a connection with Mac. That's why I main him
One noteworthy thing in Mac's aerial kit is that his neutral air is actually frame 2. Despite the tiny hitbox, it can be sometimes used to challenge some incoming attacks.
As a Mac main, I think you nailed him pretty good and I was pleasantly surprised to find that I basically already play him about like this
Something I'd like to say is that you can also use mac's ko punch as a recovery tool if needed. Its not always best but it can be a life saver from time to time
He to be good at little mac
Step 1: you must be peanut
Could you do Zero Suit Samus? I’m having trouble playing her, but I really like her and want to main her.
EDIT: Thanks for the advice everyone!
No she too thicc
“STAWBs Orio” made multiple fantastic tutorial on her u might like it.
eisenhead Thanks for the suggestion! I can’t find “STAWBs Orio” on UA-cam though. Is it on another platform?
@Pokémania I don’t have any advice for you I just wanted to say I like your profile picture
@@galaraxity ua-cam.com/video/RPCFP5-NDhA/v-deo.html
I found STRAWBs orio here you go
Thank you! I’m training a little Mac “raid boss” and this really helped.
I main Mac, I mostly just stick to platforms and the ground. Never really go for aerials at all, pretty useless on him. He’s a great character in the mid-game as he throws a lot of people off. His recovery is decent once you learn it, rarely falling to your death or SDing. I usually just die to smash attacks or high percentage.
No one:
Absolutely no one:
My little brother: Counter everywhere, every two seconds.
I see this problem with my friend, he has a problem with countering constantly, so I just grab him out of it, lol
I accidentally got Mac into elite, but I kind of knew what I was doing because I used him a bit in Smash 4.
Step 1: Hold direction towards center stage
Step 2: Throw out side B's
step 3: repeat until you inevitably end up off stage, knowing an empty pit of death awaits you, and you are powerless as to escape it. As you see your opponent teabagging trimphantly, you accept the sweet embrace.
That’s not what us Mac mains do
Smart people: little mac side b is a punch
Intelligent people: little mac side b is dk up b
Geniuses: little mac side b is yeet
Haha I get it
@@wii8236 i dont, help??
Idek if youll see this but heres a fun fact
Lightning strikes cause people to fly back because our muscles contract SO HARD THAT IT THROWS OUR BODY
This has raised questions to human strength
Little mac is just that strong
Hes capable of yeeting himself
I actually love playing as little mac! The thing I want most is a Kirby breakdown tho
Rule for playing Little Mac:
-If you leave the stage or jump in the air or your screwed.
*you're**
Prot07ype
You just love to take the fun out of everything? Don’t you?
@@lucasgamingstar3979 Yes.
Prot07ype
Can ya stop please and thank you
Lucasgamingstar no
Tip #1-100
LITTLE...
MAC...
UP...
AIR!
In a very defensive player. My opponents miss alot because i mastered evasion and reading moves. Ever since i picked up Mac with the strengths i already had, i became a force. And man it's fun
Little mac jab came frame 1. It's the fastest move of the game
Besides a lot of nairs
And Snake's grenades are frame 1
99% of comments: how to play little mac...
Don't
0.5% of comments: oh hey I main little mac
0.5% of comments: do (insert character here) next
I dont mind him. But regardless. I appreciate the username
As a Little Mac main, I can tell you that a lot of what is said is true. A combo not gone over is the down throw+up tilt+up special. May not be a true combo, but most people don’t expect it and can be a good combo for damage and throwing an opponent off as they start to realize you know more than they originally thought. Otherwise, this is a very good guide and you really just have to experiment to see what you can get away with your opponent.
also, just as a minor thing, mac's up-B grabs the ledge easier if you're facing the stage than if you're facing away, not to mention that it only snaps to ledge at the apex of it's height as well as it has invincibility in the air as well as in the ground
To play as Little Mac you need to be Big Mac
Mmm monke
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Hitmonchan was based on Jackie Chan, that’s why at the end it says Chan, same for Hitmonlee, he was based on Bruce Lee
A couple things you missed:
Little Mac’s KO punch will kill all characters when they are at or above 30%, except for Donkey Kong who dies at 40%
When Side-B-ing on a recovery, any attack that deals any sort of knock back will cancel your side-b and you won’t be able to use it until you hit the ground again. This is different than many other side-Bs like PAC Man, Wii Fit, Villager, etc. who will be able to side-b again after being hit in mid air.
If your opponent has a character with a hit box around them on Up-B, you can go off stage and counter their recovery.
Down throw to a short up air chain is a really good combo to force your opponent to waste their jump.
KO punch also doesn’t go away with damage taken but rather distance launched. For instance, if you were caught in a flurry attack but managed to escape before the final hit, you would still have your KO punch.
Edit: Incineroar will also die at 40%
Plz do bayonetta also never clicked so fast
Yes, Bayonetta pls
Donna Sieber +1 to bayo
Bayonetta is extremely complex, I hope he does a deep research before doing it.
Can’t wait to burn this Witch with some actual Witch-Killers after E3
Little Mac's tilts are not as good as it was in Smash 4, especially thr down tilt, it's way slower in comparison. Anyway, as someone who has been using this character since day 1 in Smash 4, this was a great refresher, as I stopped using him for a while after I made it Elite.
And let's not forget that he has the worst frame data when it comes to using directional air dodge.
If he can’t get any other buffs give him this one auto snap to the ledge like cloud. If he can get one more speed up his grab. Another? Remove the damage taking away his KO punch. Another? Make his ground up b and his air up b the same height. Another? Remove the dying taking away his meter and make it take longer to get his ko punch to balance it out and reduce his doing damage adding to his meter completely if you think it would be more fair like that.
Make sure to use the KO punch on the ground as much as possible. It can't go through shields when in the air
One good combo with k.o is side smash angled up then k.o, it confirms with any character. My smash world video is proof enough lol. K.O. fest 1.0 for anybody wanting proof.
How to play little mac:
Don't go two centimeters off stage
Little Mac's neutral jab is a frame 1, not 3. This gives him THE FASTEST jab in the game. Plus, his Nair is a frame 2, giving him the fastest (but weakest) air attack in the game.
"Air Mac isn't real, he can't hurt you."
Peanut: One Punch Mac.
Yo yo yo i found a combo Down throw Neutral air ,neutral air into rapid jab
Edit: at like 0 %
I don't think that works for little fkers like pichu
I was honestly surprised that nair like
had a hitbox
I was playing mac today and decided to spam shorthop nairs as a joke and found that it like
does a thing
Skye nair is great for breaking up combos on some characters, and no one ever sees it coming
Everybody:Little mac is trash
Me when facing him in battle:
OH NOOOOOOOOO!!!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lmao, as a little mac main I notice people panic by jumping a lot and running away
Everyone: Little Mac sucks.
Also everyone: Doesn't want to fight against a Mac.
Even with his bad recovery there is something fun about playing Little Mac, maybe because you're punching out the heck out of everyone
I know it was in smash 4 not sure it is in smash ultimate (can't afford a switch yet) but another thing Little Mac can do is trick his oponents with his side special, say a sword fighter character (just picked it out of random) is charging forwards him for a forwards tilt or special (doesn't matter) he can use his speed to get away then quickly, turn your directional pad to the opposite direction he was sprinting in to surprise his oponents with a possibly unforseen haymaker using the last frame of the attack to send the charging foe flying in the same direction they were charging in
Shulk Kirby Incineroar or bowser Jr/ Lemmy
I love mac
Whoo
Little Mac was designed for stages with no pitfalls. Like the boxing ring.
But they don't allow such stages in competitive play, unreasonably.
Yes! I've been waiting for this
"Little Mac is a hard character to get into Elite Smash"
...hold my gloves, I gotta prove this man wrong
XD okay he's literally my highest GSP character in Elite Smash and I love using him!
I got him into elite smash, He's so cool lol
I think I'm at 4.7m gsp 😪
I am about to get to elite smash! Not when there is 3 goddamn Simon (and Richter) spamming shit at me AND are actually good
Nobody knows how to play little mac so he's underrated. Depressing for a little mac main
Ludologist no. Be happy because we are a proud strong race that play very well and you should be proud you are so unique picking a character so poorly with his recovery and air game tops very poor choice in character in some people’s minds but our patience is way superior than others that just pick easy characters
when in stock lead, use side b off stage if you feel confident
Being an underdog is quite fun ngl, i think thats the charming thing about playing lil mac
Little Mac is my main and is lowkey underrated
next do YOUNG LINK
thanks
as a little mac main i salute you
Since you already did Joker, do the other DC character, Robin
Little Mac aka Chrom but bad
Mac mains: tilt, tilt, tilt, tilt, tilt, side b/tilt, tilt, tilt, up b/ tilt, smash attack and possibly a counter may be used instead of one of those tilts.
You forgot all the dash dancing we do, and some surprise up B kills
He’s my favorite character, as I grew up on boxing, im a boxer, he’s from one of the most nostalgic games, and he’s a boxer against literal supernatural beings.
I don't know if you've done this yet but if you haven't could you make a video reviewing all the move terms and how to perform them?
Yes because "forward tilt" and "back air" aren't obvious enough
If someone is camping ledge and you are little Mack, do down tilt and forward smash. It is faster than grab attacks so if they stop shielding they will either get in a jab lock or you get one free smash attack in. If they continue to shield after the jab they will get shield break, and they will fall in the void because they where on the ledge camping.
Little mac is like a truck
Can you stop it? *No*
Will it run through you until you die? *Yes*
But can it fly? *No*
My best friend mains Mac. He's actually pretty good with him. The things I have trouble against are his speed and the super armor. I tend to play light to mid-weight characters, so you can imagine I'd have a hard time with it. But I manage. I usually win more than I lose against Mac, but he can be annoying to fight with how much super armor he has.
Donkey Kong is never going to have kids 15:01😂😂
Mac Nation!! Up past 4.8 mil baby! Couple quick things that might help people. D tilt to side b at lower percent is great, and if people get inthe habit of air dodging out of the move, you can delay the hit by letting the jump finish. D tilt on edge of stage combos right into side b and can easily kill people at 60-70% as they drift off a bit. Lastly for recoveries, people love using projectiles to gimp but mac has tools still. His side b blanks projectiles if we hit the projectile with our big beefy hit box, it stops even samus's fully charged shot and piranha's patowie if timed right.
Got to say though, d tilt to down angled f smash is tasty :) a big issue mac can have is shield happy players because his grabs dont really lead into anything when they get to higher percentages so having something that can get us a free kill when they just want to keep blocking.
Awesome breakdown, I took a couple of notes especially in regards to the shield break. If you plan on maining Mac you have to learn how to dash dance. Spot dodges, perfect shielding and rolls are all insane on Mac. As far as recovery goes you have about 4 different ways to do it, however the most effective is the speed at which Mac falls. You have to learn how to drop quickly to avoiding projectiles. Also countering a projectile allows you to activate side be which can get you back on the stage.
If someone spams, a good dash dance can get through. If someone platform camps, you can side b in the air as well. He's extremely fun to use. At this point I'm prone to 3 stocking my opponents and I rarely get gimped anymore. I've made it to about 5.3m GSP before the lag got too bad to play as Lag and little mac don't mix. But at a local level I rarely lose on Mac.
Just needed a quick "LITTLE" refresher.😆 But in all seriousness the first 4 minutes really helped. Because I'm not good at Smash in general just playing for fun. And doubt I will ever go to Elite smash with any character. Even though that is one of my smash bucket list event. But anyway I went from about 3 million GSP to 6 million GSP. And then I dropped back down to 4 million. So just a quick little refresh your help thanks. And I also hope to get him back up there. Right now my best GSP character is Banjo and Kazooie. A lot of people say they're easy to play and take no skill. But I actually know a bit of moves with them from playing them so much! And I will admit wondering does help a little with some of the combos. But you can also kill pretty easily and edgeguard with them. Without Wonder Wing
Installed Smash just last night, was maining Link, even back in the old Wii days, but then I discovered Little Mac and fell in love with him immediately, due to my love of boxing as a martial art.
Corrections to be made
- Macs jab is frame 1
- KO Punch is lost taking knockback, not any damage a good rule of thumb is that if it puts him in tumble he'll lose it after 3 seconds
- Down tilt into Ftilt at low % rarely works on most fighters, due to the 2nd hit of Ftilt dropping
- Mac has no throw combos at all unless the opponent DIs in, in which case you can then actually kill confirm into an Up B at high %
While not a correction, I think you should mention Down tilts 2 frame potential
Overall a solid guide, just a few things to be noted.
Do Duck Hunt next okay I've been waiting for so long :'(
He also has a 0 to death. 1-2 up tilts, grab, give a few punches, down throw, 1-2 up tilts and KO punch. It might be hard to pull off as people can just di out of it but if pulled off ur gonna make someone’s jaw drop.
down angled fsmash, KO punch, all you need is a roll read
2:54 the Kong's Dong ceases to exist
I am a mac main, this video really helped. I am really good with mac, but i never watched any video guides to play as mac. This video made me a much better player. Thank you.
Back throw kills at 150-170 range when near the ledge I tried it and it’s surprising. But everything else was on point Mac guides are so scarce so thank you
I don't think I've ever gotten someone to 175 with Little Mac. They usually die at about 130 or even just flat 100
Iittle Mac main for life
I thought I had him down pretty well but these tips really help, thanks
Finally, real combo examples, thanks man!
i see what you did with donkey kong as little mac’s opponent
How to Play Samus would be cool. Like how much have you spoken about Samus on this channel? I main her and I wanna see what you can do that I can’t!
Little mac amibo:Exsist
Spirits:Exist
Me:I see this as a way of creating god
DID not know you could angle his fsmash! Thank you Choctopus!!! ❤️
Love your series. Keep it up!
I feel like you forgot to mention he has a wall jump which can help his recovery a bit on some stages
I just started playing smash and little Mac is my main now. This helped me a ton yesterday. The hardest thing about smash though is the free movement. I can't stand it lol. But I'm having fun.
You didn't talk about Little Mac's "epic" spike.