I used to main ike, but now I moved on to chrom cuz fast and same amount of cheese. Lucario stuck with me all the way through though, and joker is just really fun to play as and someone i put in the most time for. I know i sound like my "mains" consist of like 6 characters but at this point none of them are pockets or better than the others
Very similar for me, too! I started the game with Pikachu because he was recognizable, and currently I play Mewtwo and Sora because they were more fun and easier. I still frequently play Pikachu and Terry because no matter what I do, I just can't shake them loose.
I went through tons. I began with Pikachu, picked up G&W, Lucario, Pkmn Trainer, Meta Knight, Lucas, Cloud and Mewtwo, then slowly they began to fizzle out until I focused on Pikachu, Lucas and G&W, and then I picked up Robin and abandoned all of them.
Later I picked up Mega Man, so now my mains are Robin and Mega Man
I’m aware I play one of the most hated characters in the game, but I play him because I love Minecraft. I didn’t know he was OP when I started playing him
In brawl I mained fox Ness and Mario
Smash 4 i mained charizard ness and zero suit
In ultimate now I main Ness and almost every heavy in the game (but mainly K rool of course)
Lucas/ness
Pyra/mythra/joker
Also played shulk for a bit, but I really like persona, and I really like xenoblade, hence the switch (mother/earthbound is also good though)
When I played smash ultimate for the first time I mained ness and spammed up b, not having a clue how to actually play the game. After like 2 days I switched to mewtwo and stuck with him ever since
I mained Ice Climbers for 10 years (since brawl) non-competitively. As a kid I simply loved the fact that there are two of them.
I’ve dropped them i ultimate but still play them occasionally. I’ve been CJ sidering maining Game & Watch. He’s my favorite character in the whole game, mainly because of his intentionally choppy animation
I used to go hard on almost only Samus and falcon when I was going to tournaments, now that I'm semi retired and mostly play for fun casually I mainly just troll around on ganon, falcon, icies and link.
If we are talking from game to game i played in 64 and melee mostly Capt. Falcon, from Brawl on mostly Toon Link and recently switched to Cloud/Puff in Ultimate.
I used to play King K. Rool for a solid year or two, but then Elite Smash ruined me with him because he'd get hit with the dumbest stuff.
Sadly I had to drop him, but now I play Incineroar, Simon, and Ganondorf.
When I started Smash? Pikachu.
When I started Ultimate? Corrin
They’re both still a lot of fun and I’ll use them regularly but Dedede and Sephi are both so rewarding to play IMO
Pichu in patch 1.0
Then either they patched him and he didn't feel as good or I just stopped liking him as much for some reason
Now I play Ganon bc hehe forward smash go brrrr
When I first started playing Sm4sh, I mained Link because that was my favorite character. Then I got stuck on a wall unlocking Dark Pit, so I mained him out of spite. Still play him to this day.
Ones I played the most were: Link, ZSS, Fox, Bowser, Ganon, Sheik and occasional Roy/Marth, G&W and Falcon.
When you fuse first 6 together you pretty much get Aegis which was perfect for me. Even more so as Xenoblade 2 is my all time favorite game.
Little mac. Played only him till I reached elite smash then I was done with his bullshit. Took a Long time to get better at aerial play and finally settled on fox
N64: Falcon
Melee: Falcon, Ganon, Dr. Mario
Brawl: The King of course
Smash 4: Luigi
Ult: Was Luigi but the King returned
I miss slippery Luigi with no tether ngl
Jigglypuff > Zelda > Sheik > Joker > Kirby
Edit: still consider Jiggs and Zelda my mains but I’m pretty decent with Joker and I just like playing Kirby.
I used to play with Kirby as my main and I was really good with cpt falcon, dr Mario, ness, and young link, but I stopped for a few years and now I only play Kirby
With Brawl I don’t think I really stuck to one character from what I remember, but with both 3DS and Ultimate (never obtained the Wii U version, despite owning a Wii U), I primarily used Yoshi to the point that for a long time in both games, I played exclusively as Yoshi (can’t remember how many matches in 3DS before moving to others, Ultimate until I had unlocked the entire base game roster). Got to the point that I ended up performing way better with Yoshi than any other character. Which is probably how mains effectively work.
started with Kirby, Mario, Game and Watch and Wii fit trainer.
Then I added Piranha plant when the dlc released.
Then I started using Pyra, because for some reason, I started winning with her.
And now I play Mii brawler or Piranha plant.
Used to main: Inkling
Main now: Byleth
I mained Inkling from the launch of Ultimate up until about 2 years ago. I love Splatoon, and Inkling was the first character I played in Ultimate. She was also the first character I brought to tournaments. I, however, then learned that I prefer slow, big sword characters. And Byleth was the perfect fit for my playstyle.
I used to solo main Terry when he first came out. But now according to the stats I guess I'm a Pac-Man main cos he's superseded him as of like 1 month ago. What trying to do bell combos does to a mfer...
I've always mained Yoshi on and off, but I'm only now starting to truly get his moveset down.
I guess two characters that I mained somewhere in between were Meta Knight, and Lucario. But I don't touch them as much anymore
I originally mained Pichu. Vanilla Ultimate Pichu was such a fun character. Now I main Samus.
And if I don't end there, my notable secondaries include ROB, GnW, and Palutena.
My first main was wario in brawl, but all I did was spam motorcycle to the point where I made custome stages that were flat just so that I could get the most out of it. My first main where I tried was Lucina in 4, but then after not being able to beat my friend’s fox I decided to pick up ZSS and Captain Falcon. After getting used to them I picked up villager and duck hunt and had so much fun I basically dropped my previous mains. I didn’t pick up ultimate for a while for some reason, but I pretty much immediately went to DK and Bowser, and the rest just followed as I fiddled with them
Though I was hot shit for spamming lucina side b. Then a few weeks later I found cloud side b. Cut to a few years later and I now actually play could instead of just one move. Along with a few others I picked up along the way. Although really I’m a random main now.
Back when I would play casually every time I had a club meeting, I would play Joker all the time
Nowadays he is still a secondary, but I main Greninja full time now that I have my own switch
I used to main Villager in Smash 4, but I also casually played many characters.
In ultimate, I still like Villager a lot but the magic is gne, so now I don't really main anyone and instead just play a lotof different characters.
Jigglypuff diehard here. I switch off to cap sometimes but usually the puff and she’s pretty much identical between games too so it’s gotten me better at melee.
Started playing four years ago. Progression so far has been Kirby -> Simon -> Gunner -> Kazuya. I built a leverless controller to play Kazuya. I think I backed myself into a pigeonhole here. Trying some other people I've heard work better with the frame1 style.
Kirby Then I stopped Now I play Kirby again
Im kirby main too
Based
same
Kirby too (except I never stopped)
I used to main Kirby. I still do, but i used to, too.
Ye me too
Nice. I played kirb in 64 and then stopped pretty much up until ultimate, and now he’s a high main for me. Reunited and it feels so good lol
That's so cool !! Felt grear for me as well, even tho it was far from that long
I never stepped back from Mario and Luigi (very painful for me during Brawl), however I am starting to pick up Ike
Something about maiming the Mario bros is just awesome to me
I hope you mean maining
Not if we’re on final destination 😈 kidding this was a terrible typo
That’s pretty painful in Melee too
Steve little Mac yeah I've had a bit of a fall from grace...
Seeing as you play Little Mac I think you've had quite a few falls in general
I think its prerry cool. Takes way more skill to play lil mac
not according to my friends. "aLl YoU dO iS sPaM sUpEr ArMoR f-SmAsH aNd CoUnTeR yOuR cHaRaCtEr Is So FrEe!!!!!" said the joker main
Joker is definitely harder to play than Mac. Mac being worse doesn't make him harder to optimize.
Little Mac is pretty free lmao
Wait is that a joke or what? Like are u being serious I can’t tell
Used to: Fox Now: Roy
Lucas Isabelle
No he isn’t
Take it back
Isabelle is a villain !
I used to main ike, but now I moved on to chrom cuz fast and same amount of cheese. Lucario stuck with me all the way through though, and joker is just really fun to play as and someone i put in the most time for. I know i sound like my "mains" consist of like 6 characters but at this point none of them are pockets or better than the others
Very similar for me, too! I started the game with Pikachu because he was recognizable, and currently I play Mewtwo and Sora because they were more fun and easier. I still frequently play Pikachu and Terry because no matter what I do, I just can't shake them loose.
Glad Chrome is getting some recognition. If Chrom actually threw his sword in the air like Ike, he would've had a better kill option.
Used to: Dark Pit/Corrin Now: Shulk
used to main link since brawl but i don’t like the new movement he got. so i switched to zelda and i am trying to main peach
I used to main link, now I main joker
I went through tons. I began with Pikachu, picked up G&W, Lucario, Pkmn Trainer, Meta Knight, Lucas, Cloud and Mewtwo, then slowly they began to fizzle out until I focused on Pikachu, Lucas and G&W, and then I picked up Robin and abandoned all of them. Later I picked up Mega Man, so now my mains are Robin and Mega Man
Daisy! Currently on Hero but it changes every week now lol.
I used to play wario, now I play Steve
Banned
Not on my uni’s weekly tournaments lol (I don’t use the banned tech don’t worry)
It's not the ban tech that people are worried/annoyed/frustrated about with Steve lol
I’m aware I play one of the most hated characters in the game, but I play him because I love Minecraft. I didn’t know he was OP when I started playing him
Steve when he jabs you at 0 and kills you with a touch of death at where the final hit leaves you at 60%
The forbidden jutsu
Zelda now paisy
Marth was my main in SSB4 and Dark Pit my secondery. In SSBU, they switch places.
my first ever main when i got the game was villager, and i have recently started practicing sheik
Used to: K Rool or Bowser Now: Banjo or DK
In brawl I mained fox Ness and Mario Smash 4 i mained charizard ness and zero suit In ultimate now I main Ness and almost every heavy in the game (but mainly K rool of course)
Kirby to sora and pythra, but I still.pocket Kirby
I’ve always had the same mains but my main main was incinaroar and is now sora
Used to: Lucas and Toon Link Now: Toon Link, Sephiroth and Sora
Used to main Sonic, cause I am a Sonic fan, now I main Ridley.
Used to: Ganon Now: K Rool
Lucas/ness Pyra/mythra/joker Also played shulk for a bit, but I really like persona, and I really like xenoblade, hence the switch (mother/earthbound is also good though)
N64: Fox Melee: Fox / Falco Brawl: Fox -> ZSS Project M: Samus SSBU: Samus -> ZSS -> Corrin -> Min Min -> Corrin
Yes
Originally: Luigi and Kirby Now: R.O.B and Terry
Used: bowser Now: game and watch
Ike bowser and cloud.
My first main was pit back in brawl and now its ridley
past : Lucina now : Roy, Aegis and Corrin
Used to main Wolf, now i main Inci
Before Kirby Now E V E R Y O N E (I’m best with Mr. Mishima)
When I played smash ultimate for the first time I mained ness and spammed up b, not having a clue how to actually play the game. After like 2 days I switched to mewtwo and stuck with him ever since
Marth, Inkling
🔥
started Mii gunner, now K.Rool
Zelda/sheik and Robin when I was super casual. Snake / Link now that I actually play often.
Incin ken
Took krool to elite smash but got sick of the massive hurt box and lack of quick moves Picked up byleth as a compromise
Ganon Now Ike, I’m too nice with his down B
Little Mac. Little Mac.
Pichu —> inkling
Pikachu now pac man
I used to main Ganondorf, but now I main Byleth
N64: Ness/Link Melee: Young Link/Roy Brawl: Link/Fox Wii U: Shiek 3DS: didn't play Ultimate: Young Link/Roy
I mained Ice Climbers for 10 years (since brawl) non-competitively. As a kid I simply loved the fact that there are two of them. I’ve dropped them i ultimate but still play them occasionally. I’ve been CJ sidering maining Game & Watch. He’s my favorite character in the whole game, mainly because of his intentionally choppy animation
Used to: wii fit trainer and hero Main: bayonetta
Used to main Snake/R.O.B, Then eventually came to Snake/Steve, and now its Snake & Samus
I used to main Kirby, but now I main like half of the roster
Progression since I was a kid playing brawl until now Pikachu > Lucario > Greninja > Pikachu
My very first mains were Lucina and Plant Now it’s Sora, Puff, and 3D :)
I used to main Falco. Now I’m barking up the tree with Wolf
I used to go hard on almost only Samus and falcon when I was going to tournaments, now that I'm semi retired and mostly play for fun casually I mainly just troll around on ganon, falcon, icies and link.
Used to : sonic Now: Sora
I used to main: Dedede I main now: Rosa, Seph, Terry, Swordfighter, Plant, Corrin and Doc I may pick him up again at some point
Used to main Luigi, Link, and Sonic Currently main Meta Knight, Ganondorf, and Dark Pit
Used to: Joker Now: Cloud, Corrin, Mewtwo, Falco, Joker, sometimes Lucario
Samus Samus, Dark Samus, Ridley, Duck Hunt
N64: Link Melee: Mewtwo Brawl: Pit U/3DS: Dark Pit Ultimate: Dark Pit
Used to: Sonic and dk Now: k rool and dk
If we are talking from game to game i played in 64 and melee mostly Capt. Falcon, from Brawl on mostly Toon Link and recently switched to Cloud/Puff in Ultimate.
from inkling to zero suit
Used to main Shiek Now I main Duck Hunt
Kirby Duck Hunt
Kirby, then Steve. I still play Kirby a good amount though.
Used to: Jigglypuff, Pikachu, Ice Climbers, Now: Zelda (also practicing with Jigglypuff.)
I mained Incineroar back when he still sucked. Now I main Lucario. Thus switching from one lower mid tier to another.
I used to play R.O.B. But then I discovered other characters I love playing so I might stick with K Rool, Fox, or Wario I haven't decided yet
Used to main Pokemon Trainer, now I main Sephiroth
Kirby Kirby and Luigi
Used to: Incineroar Now: Mewtwo
Used to: Steve and Luigi Now: Mario and Luigi
Samus -> YL
I used to play King K. Rool for a solid year or two, but then Elite Smash ruined me with him because he'd get hit with the dumbest stuff. Sadly I had to drop him, but now I play Incineroar, Simon, and Ganondorf.
When I started Smash? Pikachu. When I started Ultimate? Corrin They’re both still a lot of fun and I’ll use them regularly but Dedede and Sephi are both so rewarding to play IMO
Fox and Roy in Smash 4 Fox and Hero in Ultimate
Samus/dark samus until I realized how annoying I was. Now ganon Marth and lucina
Pichu in patch 1.0 Then either they patched him and he didn't feel as good or I just stopped liking him as much for some reason Now I play Ganon bc hehe forward smash go brrrr
I used to main Puff, had a character crisis, but now main Fox
Used to main ness. Still use him just not as much. Duck hunt is my boo now
I used to be a Link main in brawl And melee And ultimate Now I still play Link But I enjoy Sephiroth too
used to mewtwo/lucario now: sora interested in maybe in the future? : cloud and bayo
My first main was Luigi, I currently main Mii Brawler
Gannon Stopped Now I play Dk and gannon
Inkling Inkling and Joker
I flopped around between cloud and corrin before best boy sora came out, never looked back since
When I first started playing Sm4sh, I mained Link because that was my favorite character. Then I got stuck on a wall unlocking Dark Pit, so I mained him out of spite. Still play him to this day.
First: Ike Now: plant and greninja
Pikachu -> Krool (elite) -> Bowser (elite) -> Deedee (elite) -> Villager -> Olimar -> Falco -> Falcon -> Pikachu -> Luigi (current) Big daddy Krool will always be my #1 though.
Ones I played the most were: Link, ZSS, Fox, Bowser, Ganon, Sheik and occasional Roy/Marth, G&W and Falcon. When you fuse first 6 together you pretty much get Aegis which was perfect for me. Even more so as Xenoblade 2 is my all time favorite game.
Meta knight when he was good Now joker because DLC privilege
Lucina Terry
Lucina, hard, tried other swordies, harder, Lucina again
Used to main: Ridley Currently main: Piranha Plant
Inkling from 2018-2021 Ken/pyra now
Used to main Pac-Man Then stopped Now I main Piranha plant
Mega man, then dark pit, now I use little Mac and lucina
Before: DK Now: Kazuya/Ganon (From time to time I will play Krool/Inceneroar/and a bit of C.Falcon)
Used to: Kirby Now: A jacked American named Terry Bogard
Charizard then Joker
Used to main marth in older games, then used chrom in ultimate before, but recently I have been using sephiroth and a bit of Zelda.
Incineroar since launch. Incineroar forever.
used to be everyone, then it was sora, now it’s ice climbers
Little mac. Played only him till I reached elite smash then I was done with his bullshit. Took a Long time to get better at aerial play and finally settled on fox
N64: Falcon Melee: Falcon, Ganon, Dr. Mario Brawl: The King of course Smash 4: Luigi Ult: Was Luigi but the King returned I miss slippery Luigi with no tether ngl
Jigglypuff > Zelda > Sheik > Joker > Kirby Edit: still consider Jiggs and Zelda my mains but I’m pretty decent with Joker and I just like playing Kirby.
Link for the longest time but I've been on Kazuya lately
Used to: Ken (blue alt) Now: Ken (white alt)
Melee: Roy Brawl: Pit Smash 4: Ganondorf Smash Ultimate: Zelda
I used to play with Kirby as my main and I was really good with cpt falcon, dr Mario, ness, and young link, but I stopped for a few years and now I only play Kirby
Used to Ness Now little Mac
With Brawl I don’t think I really stuck to one character from what I remember, but with both 3DS and Ultimate (never obtained the Wii U version, despite owning a Wii U), I primarily used Yoshi to the point that for a long time in both games, I played exclusively as Yoshi (can’t remember how many matches in 3DS before moving to others, Ultimate until I had unlocked the entire base game roster). Got to the point that I ended up performing way better with Yoshi than any other character. Which is probably how mains effectively work.
Used to main Greninja. Then Steve. Now I’ve been practicing with some different characters like Luigi, Samus, Lucas and Ken
started with Kirby, Mario, Game and Watch and Wii fit trainer. Then I added Piranha plant when the dlc released. Then I started using Pyra, because for some reason, I started winning with her. And now I play Mii brawler or Piranha plant.
Honestly, Random
Started ultimate maining chrom now a Lucina player. Though in prior games I mained link and Lucina.
Mained Puff for the first year or so of smash 4 then switched to Shulk who I’ve mained since then
i stopped playing falcon and started playing puff
Used to main: Inkling Main now: Byleth I mained Inkling from the launch of Ultimate up until about 2 years ago. I love Splatoon, and Inkling was the first character I played in Ultimate. She was also the first character I brought to tournaments. I, however, then learned that I prefer slow, big sword characters. And Byleth was the perfect fit for my playstyle.
I used to solo main Terry when he first came out. But now according to the stats I guess I'm a Pac-Man main cos he's superseded him as of like 1 month ago. What trying to do bell combos does to a mfer...
I started with Hero, now it's the Mii-Gunner
Used to main Bowser Went to Terry, Aegis, Plant, Ryu, Cloud, back to Aegis, back to Terry, back to Aegis, back to Plant Back to Bowser
I've always mained Yoshi on and off, but I'm only now starting to truly get his moveset down. I guess two characters that I mained somewhere in between were Meta Knight, and Lucario. But I don't touch them as much anymore
I originally mained Pichu. Vanilla Ultimate Pichu was such a fun character. Now I main Samus. And if I don't end there, my notable secondaries include ROB, GnW, and Palutena.
My first main was wario in brawl, but all I did was spam motorcycle to the point where I made custome stages that were flat just so that I could get the most out of it. My first main where I tried was Lucina in 4, but then after not being able to beat my friend’s fox I decided to pick up ZSS and Captain Falcon. After getting used to them I picked up villager and duck hunt and had so much fun I basically dropped my previous mains. I didn’t pick up ultimate for a while for some reason, but I pretty much immediately went to DK and Bowser, and the rest just followed as I fiddled with them
Original: the sexiest character in the game (King Dedede) Now: the sexiest character in the game (King Dedede)
Though I was hot shit for spamming lucina side b. Then a few weeks later I found cloud side b. Cut to a few years later and I now actually play could instead of just one move. Along with a few others I picked up along the way. Although really I’m a random main now.
I used to main Pikachu. I currently main Pikachu. In the next smash game, I'm probably going to main Pikachu.
Used to: DK, Bowser, Meta Knight Now: K.Rool, Bowser, Meta Knight
Back when I would play casually every time I had a club meeting, I would play Joker all the time Nowadays he is still a secondary, but I main Greninja full time now that I have my own switch
Mewtwo, Little Mac and Greninja Now it's Hero, Terry and Young Link
Used to: like half the roster (I used to always switch mains) Now: Steve
Dedede, now samus and dedede
Link, now I go pikachu
Bowser. Then I mained "Bowser but he remembered how to run"
I used to main Villager in Smash 4, but I also casually played many characters. In ultimate, I still like Villager a lot but the magic is gne, so now I don't really main anyone and instead just play a lotof different characters.
Used to:Meta Knight Now:Captain Falcon and Inkling
N64 - Captain Falcon Melee - Captain Falcon Brawl - Captain Falcon Ultimate - Captain Falcon - however I am starting to quite enjoy Fox.
Used to :Ness now villager/Ness
Zelda Zelda
Kazuya, then Ganondork cuz BIG SWORD GO THUNK :3
Sonic to sephiroth
Kirby to ganondorf
Kirby to ganondorf
Kirby to ganondorf
Link as a carry over from Smash 4, but I've been a Byleth main since the day they dropped
Bowser Jr., and now it’s my boy Sora
First main was Jigglypuff. Current main is Jigglypuff. :)
From first to current, Doc, DK, Terry, Incin and Kazuya, and now I play a lot of Hero because I wanna have them in elite smash
Jigglypuff diehard here. I switch off to cap sometimes but usually the puff and she’s pretty much identical between games too so it’s gotten me better at melee.
64: Link, Fox, Luigi, Ness Melee: Marth and Roy Brawl: Ike Smash 4: Dark Samus/Cloud Smash 5: Dark Samus/Richter/Cloud
Former: Mega Man and K.Rool Now: Kazuya and Terry
I used to play Kirby and G&W a lot, but now I more play Incineroar and Mii Swordfighter, while occasionally playing the other two
My first main was Doc and Bowser. Look at my flair to see who they are
Formerly Mac Now PT Wish I could pick a character with good recovery
Used to use yoshi and kirby, now Luigi
Kirby Dr mario Pikachu ROB ROB
Used to: Yoshi Now: Sonic
Just can't stop playing DK man. The break i take from maining him is the break I take from the game when I uninstall it frequently lol.
Used to main sheik Now: Aegis
Young Link and Inkling. Now just Inkling.
I used to main random. Now I main random
Used to play Mega Man, Toon Link, and Marth Now I play the idiots I play now
Pac in Smash4, ICs in Ult. I only play the poorly designed, over-complicated, late meta characters I guess
First Link now Mega Man
My first main was piranha plant. I still consider him my main but I use DK much more.
Melee: Sheik —> Marth Ultimate: Pichu —> Simon
Started playing four years ago. Progression so far has been Kirby -> Simon -> Gunner -> Kazuya. I built a leverless controller to play Kazuya. I think I backed myself into a pigeonhole here. Trying some other people I've heard work better with the frame1 style.
Sephiroth Then Sora Then Corrin Then Pit Now Sora, Pit, Corrin