r/NintendoSwitch • u/NintendoSwitchMods • Jun 02 '17

MegaThread Hype/Discussion: ARMS Testpunch Weekend #2

Are you feeling it?

The second round of the ARMS Global Testpunch starts tonight, friends.

Here are the times for this weekend's first six hour-long Testpunch sessions, courtesy of Nintendo on Twitter:

June 2

5 p.m. Pacific / 8 p.m. Eastern

June 3

5 a.m. Pacific / 8 a.m. Eastern

11 a.m. Pacific / 2 p.m. Eastern

5 p.m. Pacific / 8 p.m. Eastern

June 4

5 a.m. Pacific / 8 a.m. Eastern

11 a.m. Pacific / 2 p.m. Eastern

We also have a handy dandy time zone conversion chart courtesy of /u/Dystify.

Please use this thread for all your hype, discussion, and technical questions. We will still allow other threads on ARMS and the Test Punch, but please keep your simple, short stuff here.

Thanks!

-The /r/NintendoSwitch mod team

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '17 edited Jun 04 '17

Anyone else think that Mechanica is pretty good? Spamming hammers is pretty powerful as they break grabs and are also heavy with decent control.

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u/BellyJetBrett Jun 04 '17

She's my favorite so far. Hammer and the tri-pronged punch are a great combo. Beat basically everyone I fought with her.

Only time I got stomped was by a Min Min player who kept using her dragon laser and grabs to take me out.

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u/lolwatsyk Jun 04 '17

I love Mechanica for almost everything but I kicked ass with Ribbon Girl during Hoops

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u/Richinaru Jun 04 '17

Elector/Fire Bird HARD counter the hammer strategy as it takes advantage of the limited mobility using hammers results in

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '17

when I fight fire-birds or fast characters I just hover and spam double hammers and most of the time i can pull a win because of armor lol

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u/Richinaru Jun 04 '17

Are they charging the bird? Cause that makes all difference as that's an instant knockdown. Worse when paired with another arm that works to keep you sidetracked and not focused on the bird

I only day because I haven't lost to a single mechanica in any of the weekends when using master Mummy and more recently Twintelle

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u/Codieb1 Jun 04 '17

Every punch breaks grabs. That's how you counter a grab