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I think that's definitely the right idea. Top players have historically never been the ones at the forefront of introducing/pushing super-optimized techs/sequences which are hard to execute consistently. Rather, as you said, they have a (relatively) basic gameplan which they've honed to...

Yeah, that's a good point. You definitely need to keep putting more thought into your practice regimen as you progress, but I think introducing yourself to the more complex aspects of the game in friendlies is a good place to start, at least. Heh, I've been checking this thread from time to...

I read the discussion the topic from a week ago on thinking vs not thinking during matches and "analysis paralysis", and I'd like to share some of my own thoughts on the subject: I think a big issue many players face when trying to figure out how much they're supposed to "think" during games is...

No problem! I doubt and second-guess myself about stuff too but the nice thing about practice/experimentation - especially the solo variety - is that nobody's there to judge you. It's just you and the ideas you come up with in your head. The only expectation you need to place on yourself (aside...

Thanks! I think one of the bigger pitfalls players fall into is the idea of analytical ability as something you can either "have" or "not have", when it's really just a learned skill for the most part. Nobody "sees" all the fundamentals and strategic aspects of the game from the start. Always...

Never be afraid of "overthinking"! Learning how to do efficient and practically useful analysis requires a LOT of experience and trial-and-error. There's nothing wrong with asking better players what they're focusing on during practice but you also have to trust your own ability to learn. ANY...

Pretty much any M2K or PPU set should be good study material. M2K because recovering as Marth vs Fox is a rather mixup-heavy affair and he has most of it down to a science, and PPU because he's taken Marth's recovery game overall to new heights. I'd add some advice myself but it's a fairly...

"Ramen noodles" is a term - coined by DJ Nintendo - for when you grab the ledge super quickly the moment before a recovering opponent can get to it. Edit: actually that may not have been quite what you asked about. The "noodles" part is because it's fast. That's it really lol. Anyway, like I...

Yeah, I generally don't start going for it until the spacie player has shown that they can get the sweetspot somewhat consistently. I just keep using counter otherwise.

Grabbing the ledge just as their up-B starts moving (so they don't have time to react) is a solid mixup against perfect sweetspotting.

Fox is Marth's best teams partner by a wide margin. There are some other Marth-inclusive teams which aren't exactly awful, but I personally don't use Marth in teams unless I'm teaming with a Fox, and even then I opt for Fox myself more often than not. The teams environment exacerbates several...

But I lost. :( Thanks, though. Played an off stream serious bo5 vs Amsah after my loss to Android. Won 3-1. Normally I would've felt extremely happy about it but now it just added insult to injury since I would've faced Amsah in top 8. There were a lot of hype sets but most bracket matches...

That would be spam_arrows. Awesome guide, by the way!

60/40 is "terrible" now? More like 55-45 anyway. 50-50 in PAL.

Marth-Sheik isn't awful wtf