The Amiibo Doctor

How to train a Robin amiibo in Smash Ultimate

by Lady Cucco, Guest Contributor

I’ve been trying to prove that Robin deserves a higher placement on the tier list since early Ultimate. As a result, my Robin, Cypera, became one of the most-entered Robins in Ultimate history by a good margin – her 51 tournament entries represent almost half of all vanilla Robin entries across the high-level competitive servers. Towards the end of 2019, my efforts have started to come to fruition when Cypera went to Grand Finals repeatedly and was only stopped by a Bowser in the end.

How to make and market Animal Crossing amiibo chips/cards/figures for Etsy stores – Explained Simply

My own Etsy shop is shuttered until another New Horizons update comes out that introduces more amiibo functionality. Here’s what I learned for marketing in that time.

Did King K Rool’s AI get buffed?

By Spike, Regular Contributor
As some of you may know, one of my main amibo is a King K Rool. Naturally, when I saw the patch notes, the first reaction was “WOAH! Time to lab K Rool!” A few hours later, I’ve got some interesting findings to report!

The Great Enlightenment of Amiibo

We’re on Day 3 of the 8.0.0 Smash Ultimate patch, and everyone’s enjoying Min Min and Spring Stadium. The Smash players who are still quarantined are having a great time exploring the potential of this weirdly limited and simultaneously unlimited character. But there’s far more going on under the hood than any normal player realizes.

A (small) recap of what amiibo meta shifts went down in 8.0.0

A bigger, longer, uncut list will be posted in video form on the Youtube channel! These are some quick points to be aware of:

Joker and Hero amiibo AI were not added in.
It appears that at least three amiibo had their AI improved to an incredible degree. Most notable is Bayonetta, who is generally considered to be the worst amiibo in the game. Early testing indicates she can perform a bizarre form of the ladder combo.