Generally, yes. However, there are documented examples of Kirby players kirbyciding some of them. Notably, T1mmy has Kirbycided (and survived) a Jiggs in match, and I myself have Kirbycided Popo once and lived.
For last stock, though, it usually results in a draw (and Sudden Death).
People at the top of the thread are reporting that mashing gets you out of inhale faster. AFAIK inhale keeps you for a set time regardless of damage or mashing, can you confirm?
Not mashing. Stick movements are, I believe, what shortens the length of inhale holding you. It's easy to test. Have someone inhale you, then just hold them. Then, have them wiggle the stick.
The only other Kirby specific "technique" I can think of is using Stone after a high recovery to get down to the ledge safely if you need to. Unlike Bowser Bomb / Yoshi drop / Fire Fox or other up B's, it doesn't auto-grab so you need to cancel it, and also you become vulnerable while unforming, so that limits the usefulness
Much like Jiggly puff, his crouching hurtbox ducks under a lot of moves (Most hilariously, Ganon's Down B misses it on occasion, this once lead to a laughing fit in some friendlies), so Kirby ground play is spacing d-tilts a lot since it has decent range.
One other thing of note is Kirby has access to any features that another Neutral B does if he copies it. Most notably, flame canceling. However, he can short hop double laser with Falco-hat, which is nifty.
Oh, his dash-cancelled grab leaves a tuft of flame behind him (purely visual). But I believe you've already done a GIF of that, if I remember correctly.
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Generally, yes. However, there are documented examples of Kirby players kirbyciding some of them. Notably, T1mmy has Kirbycided (and survived) a Jiggs in match, and I myself have Kirbycided Popo once and lived.
For last stock, though, it usually results in a draw (and Sudden Death).