"Fox appears to be nerfed overall. His movement speed was nerfed, making his approaches much less safe and he can no longer laser camp to bait bad approaches from his opponents."-SSB4 WIKI
Well I don't care if Fox got nerfed, he is still the combo making space animal we love him for. FOX IS AWESOME.
Fox's flaws and advantages
-Fox illusion is no longer leaves you helpless! Making Fox's recovery fantastic (Fox Illusion into Fire fox)
-Dash Attack is faster and overall has more setup options
-Up tilt is harder to SDI out of
-FOX'S REFLECTOR CAN SLOW DOWN FOX'S FALL SPEED
-Dash Attack, forward smash, up smash, forward aerial, down smash, and up tilt have been weakened in power. With down smash dealing less knockback instead of power
-Aerials have greater landing lag
STAIR FAX HAS SOME ADVENTURES
I also had to share that... Oddly, Fox can fly without an Arwing. As stated before, Fox's recovery has gotten a big buff (due to fox illusion no longer leaving him helpless, allowing him to perform fire fox after). With this buff, Fox can be more offensive off the stage, allowing a better edge guard to come from Fox (forward air for instance).
Combos and start up's
Fox is well known for his fast speed and amazing combo potential, racking up major damage with astonishing finishers. As any Fox user will know (or come to know) you must be weary of what your opponents do, Fox is very light and can be K.O'ed quite easily. You can ether chose to play Fox a bit defensively and wait for the right moment to strike, or you can go ahead and fight head on.
Combo 1# (Decent Combo for anytime during the battle and can be linked into other moves)
Jab -> Jab -> Up Smash, Down Smash, Up Tilt, Down Tilt, ANY GRAB, or Fire Fox
Combo 2#
Dash Attack -> Up Tilt (x3) -> Up Smash (47%)
Grab Combo Startup's
Forward Grab -> Up smash (23%)
Down Grab -> Forward Air (
With these grab combo's you can sometimes link them with the jab combo (with the jab combo being first)
Simple Startup's
Up tilt (x2) -> Down Smash (about 32%)
Starting the battle
Fox's neutral B, his laser, is often used to start up a battle. Although it doesn't make the opponent flinch, it can be used at a constant rate to accumulate damage from a long distance. Although this long range strategy can be used, I prefer to go all in and start the battle offensively. For instance, I might begin the battle with Fox's down air, and continue with multiple grabs and aerials. Fox's aerials are fantastic and can be used as a great startup option, his neutral air is usually a common battle starter due to how it last a while and can be linked with other moves (such as up tilt when Fox land's).
COUNTERING RANDOM MOVES WITH FOX
Know this when using Fox, he is very light and should be used but aggressively and cautiously at the same time. One way you could use Fox easily is spot dodging or rolling opponents grabs, while doing this there is some lag (duh), you can easily punish these grabs (and some other various attacks) by dodging and then down smashing, by doing so you can get a bit of free damage. (note you don't ALWAY'S have to down smash, you could grab and enter other combos aswell).
NOW YOU KNOW HOW TO USE FOX MAYBE...
I tried to make this guide as helpful as possible, so please tell me my faults if I did anything wrong. Thank you and let Fox be your guide to smash domination.
Well I don't care if Fox got nerfed, he is still the combo making space animal we love him for. FOX IS AWESOME.
Fox's flaws and advantages
-Fox illusion is no longer leaves you helpless! Making Fox's recovery fantastic (Fox Illusion into Fire fox)
-Dash Attack is faster and overall has more setup options
-Up tilt is harder to SDI out of
-FOX'S REFLECTOR CAN SLOW DOWN FOX'S FALL SPEED
-Dash Attack, forward smash, up smash, forward aerial, down smash, and up tilt have been weakened in power. With down smash dealing less knockback instead of power
-Aerials have greater landing lag
STAIR FAX HAS SOME ADVENTURES
I also had to share that... Oddly, Fox can fly without an Arwing. As stated before, Fox's recovery has gotten a big buff (due to fox illusion no longer leaving him helpless, allowing him to perform fire fox after). With this buff, Fox can be more offensive off the stage, allowing a better edge guard to come from Fox (forward air for instance).
Combos and start up's
Fox is well known for his fast speed and amazing combo potential, racking up major damage with astonishing finishers. As any Fox user will know (or come to know) you must be weary of what your opponents do, Fox is very light and can be K.O'ed quite easily. You can ether chose to play Fox a bit defensively and wait for the right moment to strike, or you can go ahead and fight head on.
Combo 1# (Decent Combo for anytime during the battle and can be linked into other moves)
Jab -> Jab -> Up Smash, Down Smash, Up Tilt, Down Tilt, ANY GRAB, or Fire Fox
Combo 2#
Dash Attack -> Up Tilt (x3) -> Up Smash (47%)
Grab Combo Startup's
Forward Grab -> Up smash (23%)
Down Grab -> Forward Air (
With these grab combo's you can sometimes link them with the jab combo (with the jab combo being first)
Simple Startup's
Up tilt (x2) -> Down Smash (about 32%)
Starting the battle
Fox's neutral B, his laser, is often used to start up a battle. Although it doesn't make the opponent flinch, it can be used at a constant rate to accumulate damage from a long distance. Although this long range strategy can be used, I prefer to go all in and start the battle offensively. For instance, I might begin the battle with Fox's down air, and continue with multiple grabs and aerials. Fox's aerials are fantastic and can be used as a great startup option, his neutral air is usually a common battle starter due to how it last a while and can be linked with other moves (such as up tilt when Fox land's).
COUNTERING RANDOM MOVES WITH FOX
Know this when using Fox, he is very light and should be used but aggressively and cautiously at the same time. One way you could use Fox easily is spot dodging or rolling opponents grabs, while doing this there is some lag (duh), you can easily punish these grabs (and some other various attacks) by dodging and then down smashing, by doing so you can get a bit of free damage. (note you don't ALWAY'S have to down smash, you could grab and enter other combos aswell).
NOW YOU KNOW HOW TO USE FOX MAYBE...
I tried to make this guide as helpful as possible, so please tell me my faults if I did anything wrong. Thank you and let Fox be your guide to smash domination.
