TheReflexWonder said: It is often zero pellets per jump because he doesn't have anything to fear in terms of burst range except for the Key (which would cause him to be even more reserved about his pellet use anyway). Mega Man can catch your escape attempt with multiple options for at least a little damage (if not significant damage, depending on how close he was to begin with; item thrown Metal Blade hurts). The mix-up between all his projectiles make an "if x, y" approach to walling him excessively difficult.



Mega Man has somewhat better horizontal aerial mobility/speed, significant disjoints, and escape options that let him move away with relative impunity. Mega Man often responds to Pac-Man's approaches by moving away some more, a situation where he gets more out of counterpoking and greater flexibility for it.



I play both characters a decent bit and have a pretty solid Mega Man as the main person I practice with. It seems pretty hard to me. Click to expand...

But how is he catching our escape easily if he still has our fruit in his hand?Why would Mega man intentionally limit his options to "attempt" at walling out pac-man with 2 projectiles that lose to side B, one that will be caught if spammed, and another that is much too slow to throw out in mid range?He can try to move away from a Fair launch hydrant, but if he isnt an entire stage length away, he is forced to either jump or shield. Both of which can be punished while we run behind the hydrant. If Pacman mixes up between simply launching hydrants with Fair and running behind them, running up to mega man as he tries to bounce away, and using Side B whenever mega feels like using neutral A, mega man will continuously lose stage control until he is forced to try and jump over us and eat a punish.Mega Man is constantly forced to commit to predictable defensive options unless he shoots, which then becomes check mate once we side B. If a side B sits on the stage, mega man has to jump over it or give up the fruit.I have fought many competent mega men (mostly on smash ladder) and have found that a constant retreat method in this matchup ends up hurting mega man more than it does Pacman in my experience.Edit: Pacman mains are trying to throw more fruit as items now anyway. An item tossed fruit can't be caught.