Ridley's Counter Picks

Ridley has an incredible offstage presence. Don't be afraid to jump off stage and throw a few nairs or fairs out.

Your tail is technically a disjoint. This means that it has no hurt box. You essentially have a sword tail. Because of this, Nair, Fair, Ftilt, Dtilt, and rapid jab all are disjointed in some ways.

Side b if done from off stage to the ledge can grab opponents and place them under the stage. This is extremely effective for a 0 to death kill on a greedy player. Be sure to not spam this.

Remember to make sure you don't Pirates Rush too much (side-B) as it contains a lot of endlag resulting in an easy punish. N-air is your friend.

It MUST be noted that Wing Blitz (Up B), when aimed forward, does NOT travel slightly downward. It is an illusion created by the move's animation, and it actually travels completely straight!

Down throw to skewer is not true. Don't use it unless your opponent has zero experience in the Ridley matchup.

Ridley has moves that can cover multiple options at once. Up smash covers every tech option on low and small plats, Dsmash covers roll from ledge, get up attack and neutral getup. Use this well.

While you can play aggressively and do okay, your best option generally is more on the defensive side. Play safely using down tilt and forward tilt to keep your opponent off of you

When using Up Special, note that it cannot perform the same way as Fox's. Facing forwards and right direction results in a slightly downwards thrust, backwards and left results in slightly up thrust

Ridley's down-b is already a pretty bad move, but especially against anyone with a counterattack (Lucario, FE chars, etc). A counterattack multiplier against Ridley's down-b can easily KO him at 0%.

When playing on a stage with low platforms such as battlefield, remember up-smash pretty much covers the entire bloody thing. Incorporate a little platplay into your style and land free up-smashes.

A recovery mixup is to use your up-b angled down, but release the stick once Ridley starts flying. Releasing the stick will allow Ridley to grab the ledge. This hitbox spikes

Utilize fireballs. They are more helpful than you think. Also, dthrow fair.

Edge guarding using fireballs (neutral-B) can be effective with good spacing and timing, and can be an easy gimp especially against weak recoveries.

Nair is actually pretty good for catching teleport recoveries at ledge. Just hang by ledge when fighting Palu or Mewtwo and falldown nair when you feel they'll recover. Can also ensure a stage spike.

Ridley has some good edge-guarding options. Aside from spamming Neutral-B, you can meteor smash foes with D-air and Up-B (if aiming downwards). Be careful if you’re using them off the stage, though!

Ridleys leg during upsmash has invulnerability during certain frames, making it an effective anti-air move.

Chroms Soaring Slash (up special) has no hitbox while rising. You can perform a rapid jab at the ledge as an effective wall against him.

You can easily get 40% by well timed nairs and fairs don't forget your bair can kill and damage just by timing it just right

Down-throw is a combo throw at low percents and a kill throw at super high percents. Use it at around 0-30% (depends on the character) and at 180+% (again, varies by character)

Ridley actually does do decent vs PIkachu, he still wins but its Even or +0.5 for pika. Ridley has alot that can trip pika up, such as his long range, to hit before he gets there.

To add a little variety in your recovery, save your second jump for until you are within up-b range. With your second jump, turn around and use backwards up-b. Nice range and a large hitbox.

If your opponent is being aggressive, and doesn't have a reflector(or an absorbing type move), neutral special will make them back off.

Ridley has two universal strings that work at low % on the entire cast for an easy 0-death. Triplat>U throw to top plat>Skewer (land on plat)>Dsmash. And: D>fair>dj fair>dj fair at ledge hint: COMMIT

Recovering directly onstage into edge-guarding players can catch them off guard as they'd expect you to go for the ledge.

Landing with up b is a decent mixup if people dont know the matchup. It can go through plats and a lot of people arent aware of that

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His dair has a very tiny hitbox and has too much endlag to be safe offstage. Don't use it.

A missed tech from your opponent on small platforms can lead to upsmash or Aerial Space Pirate Rush.

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Side B .

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Don't play Ridley. Ridley is trash dragon.