Yeah, a spiritless amiibo will never be good enough to put up a decent match against a person who knows the characters moveset, and has good fundamentals. Sure, they can do unexpected things and pull a fast one on you every once in a while, but it doesn't change anything about the fact that a real person has had the ability to come up with actual strategies for years. Amiibos don't understand advantage, disadvantage, ledge trapping, neutral, etc. That's why spirits are used. Because they make those stray hits the amiibo land that much more punishing. Even some pros have difficulty dealing with well built amiibo. Super armor, auto heal, or just having busted attack and defense stats make it even.

1 points callmesenpai1338

Yeah, a spiritless amiibo will never be good enough to put up a decent match against a person who knows the characters moveset, and has good fundamentals. Sure, they can do unexpected things and pull a fast one on you every once in a while, but it doesn't change anything about the fact that a real person has had the ability to come up with actual strategies for years. Amiibos don't understand advantage, disadvantage, ledge trapping, neutral, etc. That's why spirits are used. Because they make those stray hits the amiibo land that much more punishing. Even some pros have difficulty dealing with well built amiibo. Super armor, auto heal, or just having busted attack and defense stats make it even.

1 points whiplash308

There’s a whole Discord server built around training amiibos. It’s far more in depth if you want the amiibo to be a strong fighter instead of just a roided out stat stick.