This is analysis of the following match from EVO 2014

Intro

Hi there. My name is Brian, but I go by B.Hu in the Smash community and on reddit I am known as Qguy_Brian. I am mid-level Marth player originally from NorCal but currently living in Pittsburgh for college. But that’s enough about me. Today I will be talking about the Marth Fox matchup but from the Fox’s perspective. This is because even though this matchup is one of the favorites the game has to offer, people only choose to talk about how cleanly Marth can edgeguard Fox or how good Mew2king’s chain grabs are on FD. I see this reflected in tournament play as well; tons of midlevel Foxes have trouble against Marth and give free openings that get them edgeguarded. Even quite a few top level Fox mains dislike the matchup for this reason, even though it is agreed to be almost perfectly even at that level. So with that all in mind, I will analyze Mango’s set against Mew2king at EVO 2014 to explain how Fox is supposed to play the matchup properly.

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