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Recent content by skid_marq

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    Getting Grabs

    I usually get grabs as punishes. You can maybe shield grab if you find a whole in their shield pressure, but don't count on it.
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    Social *sigh* oh the life of a Zelda main [A new zelda discussion zone]

    Speaking of ICs, I played a bunch of friendlies with an ICs player yesterday to explore the matchup. I LOVE this matchup, it's super fun. We played through all the tournament stages, and it seems like Zelda is favored in Dreamland and Yoshi's Story. It actually feels like an even matchup. I...
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    Tied for fifth at my first official tournament and I used Zelda every game.

    Congrats! I'd say playing lots of Zelda taught me a lot about spacing, so that knowledge translated well into my Marth play. Go Marth! These two characters can't approach the neutral game the same way at all though, so keep that in mind.
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    Social *sigh* oh the life of a Zelda main [A new zelda discussion zone]

    lololol I entered the weekly JJ's tournament (the game store that JJ | Mike Haze is sponsored by), and I got second place (out of 7) because most of the regulars were at EVO. I went mostly Sheik, but I've been experimenting with some Zhelda strategies that maybe you Zeldas can give me some...
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    Zelda Video Thread - For those who love Zelda

    I think the commentators had some good tips, actually. Except for the part where they said Zelda's a bad character :P You made some bad grab decisions, but you also made some good ones. Specifically, you went for too many shield grabs when I would have liked to see you do more out-of-shield...
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    Social *sigh* oh the life of a Zelda main [A new zelda discussion zone]

    Oh I keep forgetting to bring this up! But has anyone else here ever experienced spikes on the startup of Zelda's down smash? This one time, I wanted to d-smash a recovering Luigi, but I did it later than I wanted, and I ended up spiking him in the middle of his up B. I was still charging by the...
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    Zelda Video Thread - For those who love Zelda

    You dealt with Peach pretty well! Punished lots of her floats with dash attack. You may have been overextending against that Peach with your kicks. Short hop double bair works well to zone her out, and most characters really. I think your opponents were catching on to your lightning kick...
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    Zeldas at EVO

    Can't make it to EVO this year, unfortunately. See you at EVO 2016??
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    Social *sigh* oh the life of a Zelda main [A new zelda discussion zone]

    Pretty much. I tried to give DK the least amount of breathing room as possible in Yoshi's Story (close quarters made it easy). Nayru's Love and up smash did wonders when he got too close.
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    Social *sigh* oh the life of a Zelda main [A new zelda discussion zone]

    Get hype Zelda lovers, my Zelda two-stocked Westballz's DK yesterday in friendlies at Mayhem. Then he proceeded to body everyone in bracket. He totally couldn't have beaten Mango in GF if it weren't for the Zelda power emirite??
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    Social *sigh* oh the life of a Zelda main [A new zelda discussion zone]

    Yeah Nayru's Love is a bad idea if the Peach knows what they're doing. Luckily I haven't fought a campy Peach in tournament yet. I might resort to Transforming if that ever happens.
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    Social *sigh* oh the life of a Zelda main [A new zelda discussion zone]

    And oh yeah, the hydration strategy helped a lot. I packed three bottles of water instead of my usual one bottle. btw, this might be my scrubbiness talking, but I feel like using Zelda is very doable against other floaties. Kind of feels like playing Divekick. Not sure if any of you have played...
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    Social *sigh* oh the life of a Zelda main [A new zelda discussion zone]

    @Upke I agree, I learned a lot about spacing and patience after using Zelda for so long. But at this point I feel like maining her is holding me back as an overall player. I started grinding with Sheik a couple weeks ago and I'm having so much fun doing stuff that's just not possible with Zelda...
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    Social *sigh* oh the life of a Zelda main [A new zelda discussion zone]

    Thanks for the suggestions, I think I might try out Gatorade for the next tourney. I had a weird experience with an energy drink once. I got hella good at Third Strike, but got super depressed during the crash. Probably had something to do with procrastinating my studies for finals though, so I...
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    Social *sigh* oh the life of a Zelda main [A new zelda discussion zone]

    My Zelda's leveling up! I placed 9th out of 22 at my most recent local tournament, and it feels so satisfying finally having more wins than losses in a bracket (3-2). What kills me though is that a huge factor in my elimination is that I started to lose mental energy. My last match was with a...
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