All Teams Relevant Data

I put this together during my initial dive into Super Dodge Ball and I feel like it's a relevant resource!  Provides relevant stats and data for every team, and functions as a sort of guide.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/GnZ58sbW1UUhqttn6

Fast Stage Transition

To perform a fast and easy transition between stages without needing to mash buttons—ignoring India where you want to perform the Swami Skip—you can do the following:

- Hold the A button when the ball disappears
- When you see the screen blink press B
- When you see the screen blink again press A

Use both of your thumbs for the A and B presses.

The initial A button hold will only work as a buffer if the ball has disappeared. Doing so will immediately skip the celebration screen where your team is raising their hands. The proceeding B and A inputs can then be pressed with a simple rhythm to the visual cues of the screen blinking between transitions to skip through them faster than can be achieved through mashing with much simpler inputs.

There will be times where the ball will not immediately disappear, in which case the first A press cannot be buffered. Otherwise, the technique will still work the same.

Here is a video demonstrating how to perform the technique. Note I'm not using my left thumb in the video which is just to give a better view of my hands. Normally I would use my left thumb as well as my right thumb.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gm_urdM1OU

One Player TAS - 4:55.21

My current TAS of Super Dodge Ball.

Upon further study, I believe TAS can complete this run 10-12 seconds faster than this current TAS, if not better, via improved targetting and more effort put into getting the exact results required for "perfection."

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/390311596

Super Dodge Ball, Streamed Tutorial, Version 1 (6-minute+ Possible Strats)

Check out this informal Tutorial done during a twitch stream. It'll run you through the basics  with how I suggest beginning your progression into becoming an official Dodge Ball runner.  I'd be glad to answer questions. Good luck!

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1246494128

Super Dodge Ball, Streamed Tutorial, Version 2 (5:3x to 5:5x Possible Strats)

In this streamed tutorial, we watch (per his request) ZeeGee's 6:31 run and offer constructive feedback. It largely becomes an entire tutorial. If you watch this through and take everything in, you can EASILY sub-6, likely 5:5x, possibly 5:4x, and MAYBE 5:3x with enough attempts! Glad to offer more feedback over time, or watch your PB on stream and provide feedback!

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2369343746

Target priority - Overview and explanation

What is target priority? It basically is the concept of who you should target with your throws in a given match. Usually, John-like characters (hairy dude) are the hardest to kill in any team. This is exactly why we skip Swami, as India takes defense to ridiculous levels. Now it wouldn't be advisable to skip Taha in Kenya or Sato in Japan; this would make runs even more RNG-dependant than they already are, for very, VERY minimal savings. The next best thing is to make them top targets. 

So in a nutshell, target priority goes as follows:
- John-like guy > Captain > Rest of the team

How should top targets be handled? This is what I go for in order to optimize my matches, in priority order:
1) Aim for top targets as much as the game allows you to (either by throwing the ball at them when they blink, or force the ball towards them when they don't blink) while going for multi-hit throws.
2) In the Kenya and Japan matches, focus multi-hit throws on the two top priority targets, and ignore what happens to the third one. You'll hit him throughout your shots without even trying and won't notice when he'll die anyway. Throws that only hit the least priority target in those two matches are as good as air whiffs, and ultimately result in time losses.
3) If your throw is only going to hit one target, hit the top priority target.
4) Avoid multi-hit throws that don't include your priority target.
5) On multi-hit throws, ensure your top targets get hit first. Sam's blaster has diminishing returns on each subsequent target it hits, so you need to make sure your top targets get damaged the most.



Here's a quick list of priorities per team.

AllStars: Jack > Tom = Fred
England: James > Scott = Henry
India: Rajiv > Zail = Akbar
Iceland: Helgi > Knut = Hans
China: Wang > Li = Hsieh
Kenya: Taha > Yemi > Oba(1)
Japan: Sato > Fuji > Honda(1)
Russia: Boris > Ivan = Pavel
Shadow: Sam > anyone else(2)

Beanball: John > Sam (if you don't choose him) > anyone else


(1): In these two matches, a throw that only hits either Oba or Honda is as good as an air whiff, and WILL yield time losses.
(2): John's defense doesn't scale like other John-like characters in that match, so he's not a priority target


Now it's not easy to ensure your ball hits the targets you want. Positioning has an impact on who your blinking target will be, so pay attention where the opposing team members are, and try to position yourself on your next shot so you have the most chances of hitting your priority targets while losing as little time as possible. Paying attention to priorities will eventually be the difference between a decent match and a gold split.

MarthSR

SchmidttyGames

Zarc0nis

Beardstrength

Super Dodge Ball

Nintendo Entertainment System

Zooly

EpY94

heartPrestige

USA / NTSC

Hi!

While we will certainly keep supporting Mesen within the same conditions that were previously outlined, I would like to direct players to the following:

https://github.com/threecreepio/mesenrta/releases

This is a Mesen release compiled by threecreepio for the SMB1 community. It basicall

Nama	Penulis
All Teams Relevant Data	SchmidttyGames 3 years ago
Fast Stage Transition	Beardstrength 1 month ago
One Player TAS - 4:55.21	SchmidttyGames 5 years ago
Super Dodge Ball, Streamed Tutorial, Version 1 (6-minute+ Possible Strats)	Zarc0nis 3 years ago
Super Dodge Ball, Streamed Tutorial, Version 2 (5:3x to 5:5x Possible Strats)	Zarc0nis 21 days ago
Target priority - Overview and explanation	MarthSR 6 years ago