Was going to test the stupid defense combo in the current wolborg 2 article just to put the final nail in the coffin. War Lion is a fragile AR, especially the SA, unless you customize well (and this combo doesn't), so I used my one with a small crack rather than the pretty red one. Battling against Cross Griffon/Wide Defense/Grip Base (in retrospect, not the best idea, but I needed a simple, smash-only combo).
First round, the defender went flying towards my window.
Minus an SAR wing.
Damn.
I mean, a good grip based defender wouldn't have gone flying so far (they get almost perfect winrates against pure smash), so it does make a point there, and I can still fully explain why that combo is so terrible, but yeah, so much for testing it, no way I'm risking my pretty red war lion.
First round, the defender went flying towards my window.
Minus an SAR wing.
Damn.
I mean, a good grip based defender wouldn't have gone flying so far (they get almost perfect winrates against pure smash), so it does make a point there, and I can still fully explain why that combo is so terrible, but yeah, so much for testing it, no way I'm risking my pretty red war lion.