Best way to start?

[Earthboundy]

I have the game, a controller, a CRT, and a Wii. What is the best way to train. I mainly focused on Smash 4 but I wanna get good at Melee. What is the best way to start training?

 

[EPsilon933]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n4s5yB7ZkE&feature=channel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiZLs2doK8E&feature=channel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFmGIOcWdsM&feature=channel_page

Learn the essential techniques until you can get them down to 2nd nature

Keep playing Smash 4 online to learn the more strategic, fundamental skills of Smash games. Use a LAN adapter to reduce the lag

 

[pershona]

Pick a character you like playing, practice tech like L-canceling, Wavedashing, SHFFL, crouch canceling and also basic techniques like Short Hopping.Also since you have a Wii you could hack it and get the 20XX training hack pack. Also remember to watch a lot of videos of your character used in competitive matches.

 

[Derekgg]

I would say open up a training game and get used to actions as a whole; being able to think of a move and execute it perfectly every time (wavedashes, short hops, L-cancels, etc.) is extremely vital to getting anywhere in melee. This could mean dedicating a solid half-hour to a specific string of moves such as short hop->neutral air->fast fall->L-cancel.

 

[StokeTheForge]

Only play against real people. DO NOT FOR ANY REASON FIGHT AGAINST BOTS, as you will condemn yourself to a life of learning false smash DI.
Of course, training your movement skills like Wavedash and SHFFL in matches with bots is harmless.

 

[BBOY15]

I suggest picking a character that is A-tier or higher. Decide how much tech skill you're willing to learn. If you don't want to train for years learning an insane amount of tech skill, I suggest not picking Fox or Falco as your main. No matter what character you choose though, it's going to be difficult to get good at Melee as Melee is one of the hardest competitive games. But some characters such as Marth, Jigglypuff, and Sheik are relatively a lot easier to learn.

 

[Sir Bubbles]

For characters to learn tech off of, start off with easy characters like Marth and Mario (IMO they're the two easiest characters to learn basic tech, like wave-dashing/landing and L-cancelling. They're also the two most fundamental characters.)

For characters to main, I'd say play anyone you'd like. Try all the characters and pick the one that you have the most fun/best with)

I don't seriously recommend maining anything below S-tier (They're still technically viable, but there's a lot of misconceptions about mid-tiers at this point in the meta and stuff, so they're all risky to main, especially Pikachu, Yoshi, Mario/Doc and Ganon)