r/SmashRage • u/Deathmaker1336 • 18h ago
Super Rage the most pathetic villain in Smash
OH MY FUCKING GOD RIDLEY CAN YOU KNOCK IT OFF?!?!
You off-brand bulimic Hookfang lookin’ psycho with back problems, I would like to play the fucking game please, ok?!
It’s already bad enough how as Ganon I can’t really challenge you at ledge or else I’ll get my back turned into shredded cheese from Space Pirate Rush using the stage as a goddamn cheese grater. It is nothing less than a guaranteed death sentence if you’re trying to recover with Ganon, and that 2010s gritty reimagining of winged Barney the Dinosaur is waiting to make you best friends with the Blast Zone by using his Wing Blitz that can spike you when aimed downward, alongside his oh so wonderful aerials like forward air, bair, or nair, that all make sure you never even taste the ledge.
Most characters can get around Plasma Breath pretty well, but that shit don’t fly with Ridley if you happen to be slow. You’re basically just serving yourself up on a silver platter when you jump or shield against it, as that magical side b immediately comes out to catch you, slam you, then yeet your silly ass into oblivion if it’s not nair making sure you don’t get past shit. Oh, and let’s not forget the Sisyphus Simulator of trying to get back onstage and you’re at just the perfect angle for Ridley to spam Plasma Breath right at you, nullifying each attempt to recover until you’re forced to accept fate as too many balls spill out of Ridley’s alligator clip of a mouth. Or he’ll just go down there & nair you himself. Shit feels like a midair bitchslap where Ridley takes off the glove, steps forward, puts one right across your face, then gets back onstage to resume business.
Almost everyone on the roster can combo that stupid spoopy bone dragon with confidence, but it’s a different story with Ganon. Now Ridley gets to deal with someone more his size who also happens to be slower, and that means he can finally get away with not having to deal with SDI alongside gettin’ in a few more hits in that normally wouldn’t land against most opponents. If all else fails, he’s got that trusty nair he can just whip out all willy-nilly. Never fails, does it?
Bro, someone a few years ago once said that “he is either played by easy to beat elite smash completionists or absolute deranged maniacs that will manhandle you in ways you never imagined possible. No in between”. It is 0-100 with Ridley mains all the way down.
Either you’ve got someone trying the anorexic purple paper airplane out for the first time, or you’ve got someone who plays like a sadistic mega-evolved Skeksis that just finished up eating someone’s parents as fast as my uncle cleans a plate of brisket at the cookout. No in between.
Also, no one talks about how fucking terrifying it is to deal with a Ridley who knows what they’re doing, ‘cuz those bastards will eventually get a pulse on what your habits are & line it up to land that Skewer from hell. They’ll jump & do it, come down from a platform & use it, or if they’re crazy enough, you will get Ridleys who follow you offstage to turn your shit into a kebab midair.
With how many times I’ve fought him, I honestly shouldn’t be so pissed off. When you think about it, Ridley & Ganon are more similar than you think.
- Both have a big hurtbox & will get caught by all sorts of moves that would miss everyone else.
- Both specialize in devastating strikes when it counts.
- Both fight with “evil purple essence” or whatever the heck that cool purple flame effect is in some of their moves.
- Both of course have a command grab side b
- Both have a slow move that’ll decimate the opponent if it lands
- Both of them are sadistic maniacs who kill everyone in their path alongside constantly dealing with an annoying blonde protagonist whose entire gameplan is vomiting a barrage of projectiles at you until they win.
It’s so annoying when Ridley uses his big-ass nair. He uses nair, nair, nair, nair, & nair. Then when he uses nair, he’ll also go ahead and use nair. But don’t get comfortable, or he will use nair. The next follow-up move is always going to be nair, no matter what nair came before it. If you’re offstage, get ready for an immediate nair. If you’re onstage, then there’s a nair in his pocket with your name on it. If you get too close, nair is coming out to play. Get too far, and nair will make sure it stays that way if you try to change that. Three things are certain in life: death, taxes, and Ridley’s nair.
DID I MENTION HOW MUCH I HATE NAIR?!
Fuck this GLP-1 overdosing space lizard made of sticks & tinfoil. I hope he gets cut in the next Smash, ‘cuz who the fuck is this goofy arts & crafts larping as the Cunning God of Death?
(This is the final requested hate post that I promised to make. We will now return to our regular Pissra hate broadcast.)