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JNova thank you for the reply it was very helpful. If you only watch one of the others watch #3 please as I have a lot more trouble vs Sheik than anybody else.
I do think you do rather well against shiek, better than against Fox or Falcon, because Sheiks are usually more defensive and you feel more confident going in.
As for the laser game, sometimes I feel like I can't approach without doing SHL ---> aerial-shine...
I suggest you forget the idea of not having an approach without SHL. Try learning how to approach with out lasers, just by putting the fear into the opponent with either Aerials or Grab at first. This is one of the first mix-ups, somewhat. Aerial your opponent a bunch of times and if you see the want to shield your approach, just go for a grab (this is better done on small stages like BF or YS). I mean, Fox doesn't have that SHL, which stuns and he does quite well. Furthermore Mango is one of the best Falcos (imo) and he rarely uses Lasers. Watch how he applies pressure on the opponent without using SHL. More importantly, when DOES he use his laser
...so that's why I would stay in place and shoot 1-2 lasers so they would either stay in shield or change their position, usually jumping.
That's generally a good idea/tactic. People who are either in Shield, Platforms or Air have less options. It shows, you control them. Feed on that control as much as possible.
- If the are on the platform, wait for them to come down, watch how do the come down (Sheik usually tries to b-air, f-air you), space and punish accordingly; get center stage as fast as possible (don't be toooo obvious about that), showing your opponent, if he comes down he will get laser'd again
- If the are in the air, don't attack them right away. I noticed you you really want to d-air them, which is ok, but not a good idea if they are in low%. Try to put a wall of b-airs. Force them to the ledge and using their Double Jump (if they do, for the love of god, punish them as hard as you can). You can even try Up-Air (Sheik gets juggled really hard). If you want to keep things safe, wait for them to come down either on the platform or on the ground
- I'm pretty sure, you know what to do if they are stupid enough to stay in shield
You make a good point about losing stage position with SHL wavedash back.
EDIT: I'm definitely working on waveshining more consistently as well
Few things:
Learn how to act OoS. You roll way too much.
If you get the d-air on Sheik, don't always shine. Depending on where you land, grab them or better yet Up-Tilt them. At Mid-High% Shine usually puts floaties way too high to get a nice follow-up. Up-Tilt gets you an almost guaranteed b-air . Better yet, on stages like BF or YS with platforms, you can do Up-Tilt -> Jump -> Shine -> Waveland on platform -> something like F-Smash/run off d-air...
Practice against a lvl 1 cpu marth and think about your basic combos you want to go for.
At low% you want to d-air Sheik, covering her Crouch Cancel options. At Mid-High% you rather want to go for n-air and b-air, sending Sheik off-stage/to the ledge. At Mid-High% she can't CC you that well.
Don't jab Sheik (or other good CCers like Samus) if they aren't in their shield. A smart Sheik will CC down-smash you into the oblivion, if you get too obvious about your jabs.
At High% you might want to do Jab -> f-smash/b-air. Especially if you think the Sheik will go for a grab.
The most important thing imo is, learn how to edgeguard Sheik. Watch the video again. Look how often you got Sheik into a edgeguard situation and didn't convert. Considering how you played the Neutral Game, you could have 2-3Stocked her.
Watch how PPMD edgeguards M2k at SKATR 3.
Usually you want to cover the ledge and get Sheik to recover on stage and punish her HUUUUGE recovery lag.
I think you probably know that, but you are way to scared of Sheik's fair if you are on the ledge.
In that case abuse your invincibility on the ledge (I know it's scary, but you have to try it)
EDIT: In general watch PPMD's Falco. He is a veeeeery good example on how to play Falco
