![]() Its intangibility lasts until the counter frames end, leaving him unaffected even by attacks that cannot be countered, such as grabs and Final Smashes.Īdditionally, if Lucario is hit during a Double Team and goes into the counter strike, Lucario will not have a hurtbox until it completes the counter attack. It is notably different in that it does not change power depending on the countered move rather, it does a constant attack no matter what moves it counters. To compensate, it has the longest overall animation for a counter, being over 40 frames long after the counter frames. ![]() In Brawl, Lucario speaks as it's attacking, but in Smash 4, Lucario speaks as it's being attacked.ĭouble Team has a longer length than Marth's and Ike's Counter, having the longest counter window in Smash 4 at 35 frames (tied with Vision), which also comes out the fastest, at 5 frames (tied with Slip Counter and Witch Time). 4, however, Lucario says "Weak!" instead. Brawl, but this phrase is barely recognizable by many players due to many other sound effects and music unless one plays the game in high-definition volume settings. Lucario quietly says "It's over" whenever Double Team is successfully activated in Super Smash Bros. ![]() If Lucario successfully counters with Double Team near an edge, it may teleport above the ledge and fall downwards as it unsuccessfully attacks, making recovery difficult. If it is attacked during this stance, it will teleport, then strike with a sliding kick from the left or right (depending on the direction the control stick is held in) for moderate damage and surprisingly high knockback, which is even greater when Lucario has taken damage. So he joined in on the joke in a Twitter post on Tuesday, saying his dad was in the gym to help him put some work in on those doubles.When used, Lucario enters a defensive tai chi-like stance. The guy can clearly handle extra attention.Īnd he knows it. At the same time, he posted the best assist-to-turnover ratio of his career and found a way to create efficient shots for himself as well, with a career-best 58.4 true shooting percentage. The Jump on ESPN put out this data, which shows Booker was double-teamed more than any NBA player last season. In the post, in the pick-and-roll, off the ball, around the basket - anywhere Booker is, the attention he sees is exponentially more than his teammates. Regardless, the argument makes very little sense.Īnyone who’s seen the Suns at all the past couple seasons would not be surprised to see Booker get doubled. Others were probably just bored because it’s August and men’s basketball doesn’t start again for over a month. Many people put Booker’s accomplishments in a context that tries to paint him as a pretty boy or a guy who cares more about how he looks in a game than who wins it. A lot of them seemed to burst to the surface in this controversy. Past that, there are a lot of other underlying feelings about Booker that come from his competitors around the league (as well as fans and media) that feel much deeper than basketball. ![]() There are a bunch of holes you can poke in Booker’s career so far, but dedication isn’t one of them. Using this as a way to challenge Booker’s dedication to basketball is misguided. Whether you agree with his decision, Booker was also one of the first guys to decline the opportunity to join Team USA in China for the FIBA World Cup. We all know Booker is extremely focused on basketball, having added to his game every summer since entering the league. It’s 100 percent not my place to make the rules here, but I at least get where Booker is coming from. As he says, they’re all there to get some shots up, get their conditioning back where it needs to be, and play against high-level opponents. Also, while we’re on the topic, Booker is super reasonable to say something as basic as passing out of a double-team is probably not a skill any pro needs to be honing in August. My take is that NBA players should probably be the ones who set the ground rules for what’s allowed at the YMCA or your local blacktop, not the other way around. That led to every person with an account on Twitter dot com to go ahead and give their take on what is and isn’t allowed in pickup basketball or open gyms, from the guy with a pair of Jordans who lives above you at your condo to real basketball coaches and former players. ![]() While training at the Samson Center in Atlanta with guys like Joakim Noah and Ben Simmons, all eyes turned Booker’s direction after a video went viral of Booker telling the guys on the court not to double-team in an open gym. There’s so much going on inside this one little controversy regarding Devin Booker’s denial of a double team during an open gym this month. ![]()
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