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Recent content by dj_red_lantern

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    Q&A Sheik Strategy & QnA

    Ya I'm just now starting to watch plup's sheik, and he is an absolute monster. I highly recommend watching him
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    Social Melee Social Thread and stuff

    I'm 90% sure that should work. My friends always swap around the parts to their gamecube controllers and never have any problems.
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    Social Stuff that ends in fair..... A Sheik Social Thread!

    So guys I just realized that teching is the most important thing in the game, it is a big part of the combo game. So much comes down to how you mix up your techs and how your opponent mixes up your their techs. You need to have all the tech lengths downloaded into your brain and know how to...
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    Social Melee Social Thread and stuff

    The most important thing in neutral , in my opinion, is knowing the spacing for every character well. That will allow you to space around and bait certain options with wavedashing and dash dancing. The spacing knowledge has to be completely burned into your mind and that really can only happen...
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    Q&A Official FAQ and QnA Thread - Ask Your Questions Here!

    These days I have a lot of time to do 1 on 1 practice sessions with my friend who is approximately my level. We want to practice in a way that will make us get better as quickly as possible. Anyone have any tips to make long practice sessions more worthwhile than just playing games over and...
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    Do pro's tend to use L or R for wave dashing?

    Y and R for all things smash related
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    Q&A Sheik Strategy & QnA

    Ya I usually jump with thumb on Y. It sounds like the way I'm doing it can work I just need to keep grinding it out consistently. What other techs do (or did) you guys grind out consistently. It seems like the tech chase is something that you can always benefit from grinding out a little bit...
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    Q&A Sheik Strategy & QnA

    The method I use is pressing Y and then A very quickly afterwards Edit: I do this in a sliding motion
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    Q&A Sheik Strategy & QnA

    Hey guys, I'm having a lot of trouble consistently getting down short hop instant nairs. I can't seem to ocnsistently get down doing the nair as fast as possible while still short hopping. Either I get the short hop or I get the nair, I only really get the short hop instant nair around 20% of...
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