Forsburn Mains unite!

[Dee]

I dont know why but I really love Forsburn and think hes highly under rated! So fellow mains lets chat Forsburn? Tips and Match-ups and What not. Personally i think Orca is his worst Match-up and his down-tilt is his best combo starter

[notaghost07]

dash attack great for startups, nair is great for carrying someone across the stage and going for a ken combo, clone is insane for combos and setups, and down special is basically wrath of the gods that spikes. loving forsburn. the greatest thing tho? nobody crying that he's op

[WildHodag]

He's fantastic! Really easy to get people stuck in combos. Besides the obvious, his moves come out incredably fast. His strong attacks start off with a melee move that has great range and the up strong attack sucks people into the sweet spot of the next hit. It can also be used to hit people up from many platforms setting up a new combo. But I don't have any issues with Orca so far.

[^1xzr]

forsburn fair needs buff, hitbox is too small and doesnt stay out for too long (2/3 frames i think)

[Terotrous]

Here's a fun Forsburn trick I've been using in the last few days:

- Activate smoke
- Run offstage
- Teleport back into your smoke

When teleporting into smoke, you get your double jump back, so you can get back onstage easily. This allows you to place smoke offstage, which will make further recoveries easier since you can refresh your double jump with it.


Of course, it's best to do this when the opponent isn't likely to punish you for it.


As for Forsburn himself, as noted, he has amazing combos. I think he does have a little bit of trouble against pressure, though, I fought a good Maypul player and I just couldn't get her off me half the time.

[Dee]

Hey do we also all know his cape is marios? it flips people around.

[Terotrous]

Also, I think Orcane is one of his better matchups. His cape murders Orcane's recovery, and Orcane is fairly susceptible to parries, which he does better than anyone.

Wrastor is also probably a good matchup for him, as his aerials (particularly up air) will beat Wrastor's moves, and Wrastor is also super vulnerable to parrying and has horrible defense.

His worst matchup is almost certainly Maypul. Zetterburn also might be some trouble. Kragg is probably even.

[Dee]

I think i just have trouble with Shamuu then Lol

[Terotrous]

LiquidSquid님이 먼저 게시:

I think i just have trouble with Shamuu then Lol

Were you actually playing an Orcane player with that name? I had a good set against that guy, though I won most of them.

[Dee]

Terotrous님이 먼저 게시:

LiquidSquid님이 먼저 게시:

I think i just have trouble with Shamuu then Lol

Were you actually playing an Orcane player with that name? I had a good set against that guy, though I won most of them.

Nah i just refer to Orcane as Orca or Fish Bait or Shamuu lol

[Dee]

Kozmiic님이 먼저 게시:

forsburn fair needs buff, hitbox is too small and doesnt stay out for too long (2/3 frames i think)

His fair can be done in quick succsesson

[Scott Melonball #Hakan4SF6]

Wrastor's side b instaclears smoke and decoys so that's really annoying, I think Maypul is probably the worst because not only do the seeds clear smoke, but the decoy can't be marked. So, as long as you're marked they will know which Forsburn is real. Also Maypul is muuuuch faster than Fors, so she can apply tons of pressure to him and rush him down making it hard for him to play tricks with decoy, smoke, up resets into smoke, etc. I also have a hard time with Kragg. He always walls me out and makes it hard to approach. If I try to let him approach, I risk taking a super armoured spin dash to the face. If I can get a conversion off of something I can combo him into next week, but he's still hard to kill because he's super heavy and well... you know. Forsburn.

[litwick]

So, quick question. Why do I - as Forsburn - get punished for hitting a strong attack? Side and Up strong attacks can be interrupted with any quick move. For instance, any N-air - except for Maple I think - an air dash, Zetterburn's Up-air, or even counter. I know that counter can be baited, so that's the least of my concerns. However, my question is why when I hit a Forward-strong, I get hit for it.

This could just me being bad, but I have tried using many different variations in timing of the second hit, but got hit everytime. Unless there is a secret technique to it that I am ignorant to - like holding Strong, or the like - this seems like a major balance issue. On top of that, aside from Down-strong, his Strongs do not kill very early either.

[Terotrous]

Because a lot of Forsburn's stuff doesn't link properly. Opponents can tech out of his jabs, too, and it sucks. I hope it will get fixed, because he really has trouble killing opponents who just mash tech all the time, Down B is about your only really reliable kill option.

[Iridescent Incandescence]

I was maining Forsburn myself at first, mainly playing one on one vs a friend of mine. Though now he's gotten super good at clearing out my smoke and destroying my clone, so it's pretty hard to get momentum going. Having no smoke gives Forsburn one of the most punishable recoveries in the game which combined with probably the worst killing moves in the game makes life difficult.

Not sure if anyone else is having similar issues or might have some tips? When I go against randoms I've wrecked so far, but once someone figures out his bag of tricks I'm not really sure what he can do.

[litwick]

That is the huge weakness of Forsburn, unfortunately. If you get momentum, you can destroy anyone. But as of right now, it is incredibly difficult to get said momentum - too hard if you ask me :/. But, this could be how Dan wanted to balance this character. But, in my opinion, I think as of right now Forsburn might be the worst character against competent players - or just overly aggressive people.

I believe that if Forsburn would get some sort of buff to his smoke - probably not going to happen - of moves that come out faster, he would be one of the best. But, right now he does not really have too many kill setups or reliable kills in general.