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

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

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

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

Super Dodge Ball

USA All-Stars

Kenya

Shadow

Nintendo Entertainment System

Billick

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

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All Teams Relevant Data	SchmidttyGames 3 years ago
One Player TAS - 4:55.21	SchmidttyGames 5 years ago
Super Dodge Ball Streamed Tutorial	Zarc0nis 2 years ago
Target priority - Overview and explanation	MarthSR 6 years ago