K Rool’s air game is slow on start up and I’ve been juggled up to from 0-60% without getting the time/space to air dodge or nair.

If he doesn't recover low then he should be really easy to hit.

Has a great projectile in the crown and also hits like a truck. Although K. Rool’s stature in the eyes of top competitors is on the wane, the King of the Kremlings is still one of the Kings of Kontent on YouTube, where K. Rool-themed videos have been incredibly popular.

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However, more experienced players will be able to roll behind him or maneuver around him to exploit his slow movement speed and his long animations. Having a projectile is a big deal, since most heavies don’t. Sure killed my GSP though. I need to bring em down to earth some how. Should I get piranha plant as a DLC character?

This armor reduces the damage he takes, the distance he can be knocked back, and his chance to “flinch,” or have his animation interrupted if he gets hit in the belly while he is performing the attack. Ultimate hi, this is no brag, its a serious question. My only gripe with the king is his counter, which I feel is just worse then other counters, I’m not sure what it is, but it just seems harder to hit than say Marth or Lucina.

K. Rool even pretends to die, and fake credits, acccording to data community members collected from unofficial polls, said that K. Rool’s popularity in the 2015 ballot, that draws heavily from the Donkey Kong games, K. Rool throws his pointy crown like a boomerang, K. Rool tries to shoot Diddy and Dixie Kong with a huge blunderbuss that can also vacuum them up, classic version starts out sounding like a sea-shanty, normalized jump speeds among all characters, 20-minute video providing in-depth analysis and explanations, K. Rool video showing how a clever way to dunk on other players has amassed over 2.1 million views in four weeks, a very funny and surprisingly comprehensive rundown of the character, Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit looks like a magical mixed-reality trick, Nexus Mods bans political content in the lead-up to the November election, World of Warcraft’s next expansion, Shadowlands, is delayed, Deerling and Shiny Vulpix join Pokémon Go for fall, Hyper Scape starts season 2, while developers vow to ‘take action’, Fall Guys season 2 will have nicknames, flags, and more crowns, Star Wars: Squadrons keybindings, explained, Star Wars Squadrons guide – Mission 1: Form the Vanguard tips and walkthrough, Star Wars Squadrons guide – Mission 2: The Skies of Yavin tips and walkthrough, Star Wars Squadrons guide – Mission 3: Through Enemy Lines tips and walkthrough, Star Wars Squadrons guide – Mission 4: Secrets and Spies tips and walkthrough, Star Wars Squadrons guide – Mission 5: The Trail from Desevro tips and walkthrough. Funny that anyone here thinks they play at "high tier". i played against some friends who play also competitive, and i struggled with them witj my seconds, but with rool i stomped them. The community is in love, or perhaps obsessed, with this new Smash fighter. The latter killed me at 60% cause Olimar is a super tiny piece of awesomeness that soars whenever he slips on a banana peel. Tier lists are based on high level play. Take solace in the fact that Saint Sakurai has blessed me with all my most wanted characters for Smash Ultimate. In his recent tier list, Gonzalo “ZeRo” Barrios, who is considered the top Smash player in the world, rated K. Rool at the bottom of his high tier. He's slow, his attacks are slow and predictable, including his zoning tools.

They're not very good in the overall competitive scene, but they're very good for beating new players. I don't agree that K. Rool is low/bottom tier. This is his recovery move, which allows him to maneuver in the air and get back to the stage if he gets launched over the ledge. © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Why is a giant metal PAC-MAN in the King Olly spirit battle. Ultimate.

By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. foen grab is almost kill confirmed against everyone at 70%, the recovery is almost tooo good, i can make mistakes in the air or with air dodge and still have no prolems to recover. K. Rool puts on the backpack as his Smash Ultimate up special. Horrible place for Olimar since all Pikmin but one almost immediately drown. Oh, and he gets super armor while performing his side taunt, so the usual “taunt to get bodied” rules don’t apply to King K. Rool. Cade “WeeGeeTheGod” McKown has been a well-known streamer and YouTuber for several years, and his K. Rool video showing how a clever way to dunk on other players has amassed over 2.1 million views in four weeks. Quick characters that do a lot of juggling and disruptive moves(Mario’s air game, Pikachu, etc) attacking aggressively don’t give you time to zone and space people with crown and cannon.

He’s pretty good but he does have what feels like a few polarizing matchups in both ways. K. Rool tries to shoot Diddy and Dixie Kong with a huge blunderbuss that can also vacuum them up in Donkey Kong Country 2. An amazing recovery, great projectiles, and fast attacks all combine to give me the perfect character that is perfect for my chaotic projectile-spamming BM playstyle while also doing a shitton of damage to rival all the nerds using FE Sword boys. Composer ACE included an excellent new arrangement of the boss-level music from the original 1994 Donkey Kong Country. It’s now his most popular video ever, surpassing his video featuring King Dedede, which shows a similar concept using Dedede’s ability to swallow his opponents. King K. Rool is the villain from the Donkey Kong Country series. K. Rool’s two projectile attacks are useful, but he also has a unique defensive mechanic: he gains “super armor” during animations for certain moves that involve his round, armored belly. I do think once he gets optimized a bit he’ll be higher tier but not top. Smash players really enjoy watching K. Rool embarrassing others. Finally, K. Rool threatens to blow up Donkey Kong Island using a mobile island fortress with a giant laser called the Blast-O-Matic if the player fails to stop him in Donkey Kong 64. Can’t beat him at all And I’m a comp player I can juggle him but then you get countered or air dodged but juggling in the air seems like the only way to get hits on him They have to nerf the time it takes for him to switch moves when belly flopping Every time i successfully dodge this move i get hit with another And with him having ultimate move superiority it isn’t even possible to hit him on stage Simon is the only character who can contend with him but of course He has projectiles It’s bad design to give a character -insane stage recovery -2 projectiles -counter move -move superiority -Fire emblematic damage per smash attack What’s his cons Maybe being juggled but it can be easily avoided.

I also recently discovered his d throw, which gives a free f smash, so that can kill at like 60%. K. Rool’s down-throw is good, but his up-throw deals 20% damage, the most damaging throw in the game. Super Armor, power, good recovery, projectiles. He last appeared in 1999’s Donkey Kong 64, but he’s remained popular as a classic, archetypal video game villain. Smash Ultimate’s designers have sped up the game in general, however, and have also normalized jump speeds among all characters.

The crown boomerang is K. Rool’s side-special move in Smash Ultimate. Also his down smash is slow.

At low %, you can follow up with an up-tilt or aerial, which is useful if below a high platform. Heavies are my easiest matchups.

i played him since release now, and when im playing him only lost online once to a pichu player, i won all other 49 matches, most of tjen easily. Heavy characters no longer jump slower than lighter characters, which is a dramatic buff. If Steve ends up being a high tier I swear.... What are some good spirit builds for each Fighter's Pass 1 Character? K. Rool is a mad scientist in Donkey Kong Country 3, and he hovers above an electrified floor using a helicopter backpack. His recovery is really predictable and there's nothing he can do while he's using it. In 2015, Nintendo ran an online poll inviting players to vote for characters they wanted to see in Smash. King K. Rool’s dash attack deals 15 damage to enemies. K. Rool drops the crown as an item if he fails to catch it upon its return, and opponents can then grab it and throw it at him as their own attack or just keep it from him for as long as possible.

I’m loving K Rool so far but since I’ve been maining him until I get Dedede unlocked I’ve noticed a few characters/playstyles really give me trouble in Elite smash. There’s also a meme video for the new song that “animates” still images of K. Rool and the Kremlings by distorting and rotating them in time to the music. K. Rool throws his pointy crown like a boomerang in his first Donkey Kong Country appearance; Donkey Kong has to dodge the crown, then jump on K. Rool’s unprotected head in order to defeat the boss.

Heavy characters in Smash have struggled historically; they tend to deal a lot of damage and are hard to launch off the stage, but they have also been slow-moving, with large hitboxes and often poor recovery moves. And there are multiple K. Rool YouTube videos at or near seven-figure view counts, including an “Inside the mind of a K. Rool player” video from Slimecicle, which features a rendition of the K. Rool theme song played on kazoos, and an inspiring montage from Little Z, in which K. Rool’s blunderbuss is dubbed the “Meme Cannon.”. And his super armor is nuts, my f tilt had higher priority then an f smash of my friends Donkey Kong, (also I didn’t even take any damage from it). Welcome to Reddit's finest Smash Bros community! He’s a heavy boy with great music, who is faster than he looks. Cookies help us deliver our Services.

K. Rool dons a pirate hat during these attacks to reference the original game. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts.

Damn now I want to try him out lol.

King K. Rool will use his super belly to attack enemies while dashing towards them. K. Rool is also a somewhat dirty and dangerous fighter.

The “Game Over” cutscene from DK64 is now K. Rool’s final smash. King K. Rool will first hit with his palm then use his claw to swipe and then end the attack with a powerful kick knocking enemies away from him. The king of the Kremlings comes to Smash with a moveset that draws heavily from the Donkey Kong games. K. Rool’s wildly anticipated Smash debut also comes with an awesome new theme song.

That being said I don't think any character should be banned. K. Rool was the most-requested character by a significant margin, acccording to data community members collected from unofficial polls, followed by Isaac from Golden Sun, Banjo-Kazooie, and a return for Snake and Wolf. He can be outplayed still I was legitimately kicking this K. Rool’s ass on our last life when all of a sudden I got burrowed and smash attacked twice in a row. Watching everything on ZeRo’s channel is step one if you want to git gud enough to climb the ranks into the Elite Smash mode or batter your friends and family in local play.

Press J to jump to the feed. His forward tilt attack, in which he claps an opponent with his powerful claws, gives him the super armor at the start of the animation, which means this slow-but-powerful attack can’t be interrupted at close range. K. Rool is so easy to counter on that level that he can't do much. Or it might be that other characters will grow just as popular with time. K. Rool can use neutral special again to switch on the vacuum once the gun has been fired, which can either suck up the projectile and fire it back out at an angle, or it can suck up an opponent and launch them directly. i am a smash player since melee, but started competetive with smash4, now, since rool was announced, i wanted to main him. They just want to see K. Rool dishing out big-boy belly beatings. the projectiles are also very good.. are there some other rool mains here? Steve, Alex, Enderman, and Zombie join the battle!

Such content is available in great quantities. His down special is a “gut check,” in which he uses his belly to deflect an incoming melee attack and counterattack, or to reflect a projectile.