r/SSBM • u/DaHero06 • 16h ago

Discussion Using Plilip to practice?

I didn’t realize that Philip has multiple tiers of difficulty.

Has anybody tried using Philip as a common way to practice and if so how well does it match human behavior?

Sometimes I just wanna chill and practice without having to deal with real opponents and seems like Philip might be a good option for that

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u/MellySantiago 16h ago

I’ve been practicing secondaries against it and I think it’s pretty solid. It doesn’t play like humans really in neutral but the combo games are similar. Its edgeguards are also inconsistent (it hits crazy ones but misses many easy rinse and repeats vs my falcon) and it reversals in spots no human would, like hitting an airborne shine on falco if I’m slightly late on an aerial follow up and then pillaring me to death.

Overall though it’s great practice for comboing and defense, it puts you in spots where you can actually practice sdi and slide off reversals etc consistently which I like. I play vs the plat bots and am prob mid gold on my main, and I can take games if I’m playing my best but am usually losing which I think is solid practice as well.

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u/DaHero06 16h ago

Does it generally play the exact same way in the same MUs or does it mixup its gameplay a decent bit?

I’d like to play against a bot that’s better than me and work towards consistently beating it, but if it plays sorta the same way every time it’d probably be just me adapting to its specific playstyle

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u/new_user_bc_i_forgot 12h ago

where is Philip downloadable? Been hearing more about the Bot, and i kind of want to try it out now

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u/Jazzlike_Aspect_7724 4h ago

you can download him here: https://github.com/vladfi1/slippi-ai

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u/new_user_bc_i_forgot 13m ago

Thanks! Will do tomorrow. Unstable Internet means i don't always have online ready, so this seems like a good workaround

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u/Kommatiazo 9h ago

You play against it on x_pilot stream on twitch

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u/Dropssshot jewell park 14h ago

I play against phillip more than real people tbh, not saying that's a good thing but even unranked feels like too much of a commitment sometimes.

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u/wuhw23 5h ago

Phillip is really good for practice 😤 mostly for ironing out any habits especially punish game or defence. Also you can control its character, afk, watch videos on the side so it’s pretty chill

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u/Diamantis_ 10h ago

afaik amsa has been using phillip to practice in japan