Triple R (a.k.a RRR) - Currently ranked 4th on the Minnesota power rankings. Has had close sets with Kels, Fruitloop, KirbyKaze and more. Placed 13th at Kings of the North 4.



Cereal Rabbit - Took an unusual match against Armada at Get Smash at the Foundry #41. Placed 33rd at HTC Throwdown. Has taken sets off a handful of ranked and formerly ranked players in NorCal.

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While Sakurai's own creation during his transition from Smash 64 to Melee it seems Kirby lost a bit of his spunk. He currently is considered the worst character in Melee being ranked 26th on the Melee Tier List . Is Kirby really a hopeless cause in Melee or is there more than meets the eye to this transforming character? We brought in the best Kirby mains around to weigh in!So is Kirby in Melee really as bad as everyone says? It's time to ask the experts and find out!Being currently ranked last on the tier list, it comes as no surprise that the character comes with a combination of weaknesses. Both experts had their own thoughts on what Kirby's biggest problems were." Cereal Rabbit told us. "Triple R has his own thoughts to shar. "MOVEMENT SPEED!" he exclaimed. "He also explained how this weakness is added to even more by poor aerial frame data.As for Kirby's second biggest weakness in his opinion? "Now that's we've seen the bad, let's see the good! Both experts agreed that one of Kirby's biggest strengths were in his edgeguarding game." Triple R told us. "" Cereal Rabbit agreed adding "Cereal Rabbit also mentioned what is known by many as Kirby's 'Fence Of Pain'. "Despite having multiple jumps like Jigglypuff, Triple R says he's best when he's on the ground. "Cereal Rabbit also mentioned how Kirby's crouch was very useful. "And what would Kirby be without his 'Kirbycide'? "Another element that makes Kirby great is his suicide." he told us. "Both of the Kirby experts had varying opinions on which characters Kirby has the best time against vs the worst but Triple R was very adamant on Kirby's worst matchup.Cereal Rabbit focused more on what matchups he thought were best. "Triple R did not agree on Falco potentially being a good matchup. "So who did Triple R think was the best matchup among the top tiers? "For his second best matchup in the top tier: "Despite them both loving the character, their answer was a resounding no. "" Cereal Rabbit told us.Triple R had a little more optimism, but more so in his local viability over viability on a national scale. "If you were to ask if a player could pick up Kirby and get on their local PR, I would say for sure. Most state PRs don't run that deep in regards to skill level. Sure you might have *insert top player* in your state, but that skill level doesn't trickle all the way down to player 10, or 20 like some states do.Each expert gave their own advice for any aspiring Kirby mains in Melee.. "" Triple R told us. "A special thank you to @Cereal Rabbit and @Triple R for giving their expertise for this article. To learn more about Kirby in Melee be sure to checkout the Kirby Forums right here on Smashboards ! To learn more about Melee's lesser seen characters consider checking out our character experts article on Donkey Kong Agree or disagree with these Kirby experts? Have a suggestion for the next character we should cover? Sound off in the comments below and stay tuned to Smashboards for future expert analysis on characters from all Smash titles