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Played some Rivals 2 with a sibling; had a good time. Some technical issues mean I’ve been using the Steam controller, which after some fiddling with the touch pad settings is bearable.

Fleet’s really fun. Absolutely kicked our siblings but with her, but they asked me to keep playing her to learn how not to do that. Feels like she combines bits of Young Link and Ness in an emjoyable fashion. One game I got both the “KO with an up special” and “juggle an opponent with three up smashes without missing” then SDed my final stock. For context our sibling was playing Loxodont, which honestly I think is just a skewed matchup.

Particular moves I’ve been enjoying: spamming the everloving fuck out of side smash. Using side special to make a big wall where I can cover low and high approaches. Uptilt feels good for comboing into aerials, which is nice. And of course lazily juggling from the ground with up smash.

Clairen’s also fun, our secondary character from Rivals 1. Not played as much of her, and definitely takes more concentration than Fleet. Need to work out when to use her neutral special, since we’re not used to having it as an option.