Yet Zhu has also shown a lack of faith with Falco. Alongside Mang0 and Westballz, Zhu follows a step behind them. He’s one of the oldest Falcos to remain in the modern era of Melee. In 2009 Julian “Zhu” Zhu placed 13th at Revival of Melee. While a bulk of his accomplishments were with Falco, he still felt the need to counter-pick as per the course for most Falcos. When not counter picking with Fox, PC Chris was also known for his Peach. At MLG Las Vegas in 2006, one of his crowning achievements, PC Chris won the set against Daniel “KDJ” Jung using Fox, not Falco in the final two games. 2015-2016 is the climax of that transition where he looked better on Marth more than Falco and won Apex 2015 with a little help from Falco.įurther back, Chris “PC Chris” Szygiel switched off Falco in tournament too. PPMD started relying on Marth for certain match-ups. He began switching off Falco for certain match-ups as far back as 2012. Worse of all, if Falco isn’t winning a major, it puts his viability at jeopardy.Įven when PPMD’s career is plugged into the equation, it looks bleak for Falco. If no Falco at the top level of play is figuring out the tough floaty match-ups, then Falco is going to remain stagnant in the meta. And that is going to have a ripple effect into the high, middle, and low level Falcos - especially with more and more players learning to powershield lasers consistently, capitalizing on Falco's laughable recovery, and taking advantage of his slow run speed. Outside of these two players, no one else is pushing Falco with results. Of course it’s understandable that a player does whatever it takes to win, but in Westballz’s tendency to counter-pick and Mang0’s now non-winning Falco, Falco’s metagame is hurt. When he does switch he goes Fox or Captain Falcon as a way to fight against Adam “Armada” Lindgren’s Peach or James “Duck” Ma’s Samus and switches to Fox for Hungrybox’s Jigglypuff. On various occasions, he’s switched off Falco in lieu of a perceived better choice. Westballz is the other Falco giving the spacie good representation. In other tournaments, Mang0 used a combination of Fox and Falco, Falco being the lesser played and less successful of the two. He placed 13th at the UCG and 4th at DHW 2016. At DreamHack Winter 2016, Mang0 also went only Falco, losing to Juan “Hungrybox” DeBiedma and William “Leffen” Hjelte. He lost early in the bracket to Michael “MikeHaze” Pulido and was knocked out by Jason “Mew2King” Zimmerman. Meanwhile, his Falco faltered, especially at the UCG Smash Open where he went only Falco. Mang0’s best performances in 2016 have been with Fox. When Mang0 does win lately, it's usually because of Fox more than it is because of Falco. ![]() Sure, each player has had their moment of grandeur with Falco in the past two years such as Westballz at Sandstorm and Mang0 at Paragon Los Angeles, but across the board, Falco mains' suffering stays consistent. ![]() In the absence of Kevin “PPMD” Nanney and his preference for Marth lately, there are only two players carrying the burden of the bird: Joseph “Mang0” Marquez and Weston “Westballz” Dennis. Despite Falco’s high placement in the tier list, his tournament performance has weakened these past two years.
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