Smash Bros. Melee General Discussion - Page 156

On October 23 2015 05:19 Fazers wrote:
Well, by playing other characters I feel this blocks your progress even more. You should stick to Falco only in my honest opinion..I'm a Falco main as well and I felt that the times I played the worst was when I put in more hours on other characters than the bird.

I've been grinding hard for the past few months and I've been really content with my progress. Got 4th at a small local (my best placing yet) but still on average going 2 wins and 2 losses per tourney. Not at the breakout where I can place top 8 but I'm getting there. In September I attended a tournament every weekend and played with other people other than scrubby housemates and I saw the most improvement during this time. Lately I've been very busy with work so I can't play others unless it's a weekend. What I fixed was playing more consciously. No laser laser dair/nair or mindless stuff. With this, my technical execution is also at the level where I'm not flubbing as much. Basically landing all my L-cancels (not 100% but very close) with different aerial timings, moving well around map, different kinds of advanced tech (invincible ledgedash, shortens, double shines, shine oos, etc) and etc.

In terms of what to improve, I need to work on my defensive options specifically crispier Shine OoS and movement can always get better. Spacing too is something I'm just starting to really get the hang of as well.

My friend who is significantly better than me (he's a very very very good falcon player) says that I have horrible move/option coverage at times. How does one improve this? For example, after I'm harassing him with lasers, I tend to go for an aggressive option as opposed to baiting out a move from him and then denying that with an up tilt or a well spaced aerial.

On October 23 2015 05:19 Fazers wrote:
Well, by playing other characters I feel this blocks your progress even more. You should stick to Falco only in my honest opinion..I'm a Falco main as well and I felt that the times I played the worst was when I put in more hours on other characters than the bird.

I've been grinding hard for the past few months and I've been really content with my progress. Got 4th at a small local (my best placing yet) but still on average going 2 wins and 2 losses per tourney. Not at the breakout where I can place top 8 but I'm getting there. In September I attended a tournament every weekend and played with other people other than scrubby housemates and I saw the most improvement during this time. Lately I've been very busy with work so I can't play others unless it's a weekend. What I fixed was playing more consciously. No laser laser dair/nair or mindless stuff. With this, my technical execution is also at the level where I'm not flubbing as much. Basically landing all my L-cancels (not 100% but very close) with different aerial timings, moving well around map, different kinds of advanced tech (invincible ledgedash, shortens, double shines, shine oos, etc) and etc.

In terms of what to improve, I need to work on my defensive options specifically crispier Shine OoS and movement can always get better. Spacing too is something I'm just starting to really get the hang of as well.

My friend who is significantly better than me (he's a very very very good falcon player) says that I have horrible move/option coverage at times. How does one improve this? For example, after I'm harassing him with lasers, I tend to go for an aggressive option as opposed to baiting out a move from him and then denying that with an up tilt or a well spaced aerial.