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On November 14 2015 00:28 bo1b wrote:
Does anyone have advice for the falco vs samus matchup?
I'm getting wrecked at basically everystage of this m/u as far as I can tell. Really trying to improve, and each tourny I go to I'm noticing improvement but I've basically hit this wall with that matchup.
Basically need some pointers on how I can safely approach, and not get completely fucked when hit.
Does anyone have advice for the falco vs samus matchup?
I'm getting wrecked at basically everystage of this m/u as far as I can tell. Really trying to improve, and each tourny I go to I'm noticing improvement but I've basically hit this wall with that matchup.
Basically need some pointers on how I can safely approach, and not get completely fucked when hit.
don't get cc'd: learn her cc %s and don't hit her with non-dair aerials at low %, and don't hit her with weak aerials at mid-high %. at low %s keep it at lasers / grabs / retreating aerials, unless you see her overextend in a way that'll get you a dair -> shine -> uair or w/e. (You can also dair -> shine -> fastfall onto a plat and uptilt her if she tries to do anything funny on the way down.)
laser -> grab is a good mixup because samuses like to shield.
bait out up b's by doing aerial -> shield. you might need to angle your shield so you don't get shieldpoked, since samus's upb has 4 small hitboxes.
in general, be patient and wait for her to whiff / hit your shield unsafely, and punish that. you have control over the neutral with lasers, so you can even camp her out and force her to approach you.
don't side-b or up-b at missile height.
think about how to DI her hits. dtilt usually leads to another hit regardless of your DI, but dsmash probably won't unless you DI up+forward. on the other hand if you DI dsmash backward you probably end up offstage. DIing upthrow behind her isn't too great if the samus is good at getting the tipper bair.
