Smash Melee God Hungrybox explains why he mains Jigglypuff In part three of Dexerto\u2019s documentary series about Smash Bros Melee God Juan \u2018Hungrybox\u2019 Debiedma, the pro goes into detail about why he mains Jigglypuff, the adrenaline rush he gets competing and what he feels he needs to do to cement his legacy. Hungrybox made a name for himself by maining a fighter that some new players may find suboptimal \u2013 Jigglypuff. But with help from one very strong all-or-nothing move in her kit, Hungrybox has managed to become one of if not the best Melee player in the world today. But all that could have changed if he never saw his brother playing her one fateful day. \u201cPeople that don\u2019t like any sports players or sports teams take very safe approaches. It\u2019s low-risk. You\u2019re not fast-paced. People like action. They like speed. They like risk. They like being entertained. And she\u2019s [Jigglypuff] is not as entertaining as other characters,\u201d the Team Liquid pro admitted. \u201cI saw my brother playing her one day in his room using this move called Rest where the character explodes off the screen and I\u2019m like \u2018that\u2019s amazing!\u2019\u201d Debiedma reminisced \u201cAnd then I used it on one of my friends and they all started laughing and that\u2019s where it all started. This whole mess.\u201d For noobs, Rest is a bit of a joke. \u201cJigglypuff falls asleep for four seconds and she can\u2019t move,\u201d Hungrybox explained. \u201cSo when I first used it, I thought this was the worst move in the entire game. But what I didn\u2019t realize is that it\u2019s possibly the best move in the whole game after Shine because if you land it on someone it\u2019s basically a one-hit KO on any character above like 15%.\u201d That doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s an instant win, though. Landing a Rest takes skill and timing. \u201cIt\u2019s an all-or-nothing move, a game-winner, a comeback factor and a hilarious animation all put into one move. It kinda encompasses what I\u2019ve always strived for. With all this pressure on the line, can I get the one move that needs to come out with everything else against me and sneak the win out? And I think that\u2019s why it appeals to be so much.\u201d For Hungrybox, it\u2019s this combination that speaks to him in particular and Puff may even have been designed with him in mind. \u201cAnyone can be Puff. Anyone can be good at Smash. But to look at Smash as the way I do, and to play Puff the way I do, those things are very coincidental. Given my approach with spacing and my approach with platforming and my way of looking at the game, it was just a good union for me.\u201d What if Jigglypuff wasn\u2019t in Melee? While Hungrybox has lived and died by Puff, what would the pro have done if the balloon Pokemon wasn\u2019t included in the game? \u201cI think if Puff wasn\u2019t in Melee I would have picked up a different character way long ago. I would have probably played\u2026 maybe Ness?\u201d Debiedma pondered. \u201cI would have stuck with Ness and never been a top player just like \u2018oh, it\u2019s that one good Ness player\u2019,\u201d he laughed. \u201cI don\u2019t think I would have been someone,\u201d he confessed before comparing himself to NBA star Lebron James picking up his first basketball. \u201cI picked up the exact character that I had to pick up at the right time. I was lucky enough to find it is kinda the way I see it.\u201d How can Hungrybox cement his legacy? Throughout his career, Debiedma has faced adversity and has overcome odds. But the one thing he wants now is something most other Smash players couldn\u2019t even dream of: To win everything. \u201cIt would be an accomplishment for me to finally have one of every single title under my belt for the majors. I think that cements my status. Obviously I\u2019ve done a lot for my legacy in Melee, but the idea of who\u2019s the greatest of all time comes up and people always say Armada because it is, but I\u2019m hoping I can do something no one else has done. Which is longevity. Just staying at the top or at least right next to the top for longer than anyone has.\u201d \u201cI just really want to do something no one has ever done,\u201d Hungrybox added, alluding to finally pulling off the elusive victory at Super Smash Con. How did Hungrybox breakthrough? For most players, early they have one thing keeping them from reaching the next level. Figuring out what it is and dealing with it can be a challenge, but it has to happen for the player to evolve. For Hungrybox, it was the shakes. \u201cMy knee would shake uncontrollably every time whenever I would play,\u201d the Puff main explained. \u201cAnd then one day, when it stopped, that\u2019s when I started beating people. I think it was shaky because it was a rush from wanting to compete and I was so nervous always. But then you do something so often it becomes your new normal and so then the rush became normal.\u201d \u201cI think when you harness that, it\u2019s like nothing ever phases you anymore,\u201d he added and pondered that his early nervousness resulted in the birth of the \u2018Clutchbox\u2019. \u201cWhat would make other people seem really nervous and shaky to me, that\u2019s where I actually play the best is right there. I need that pressure and everything just locks in.\u201d Whatever it is, it\u2019s worked as Hungrybox has become a candidate for one the best Melee players of all time and if he continues down this path, there\u2019s a good chance he will surpass Armada in the minds of many. Keep it locked to Dexerto as our series on Hungrybox\u2019s Smash career continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Smash Melee God Hungrybox explains why he mains Jigglypuff In part three of Dexerto\u2019s documentary series about Smash Bros Melee God Juan \u2018Hungrybox\u2019 Debiedma, the pro goes into detail about why he mains Jigglypuff, the adrenaline rush he gets competing and what he feels he needs to do to cement his legacy. Hungrybox made a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}