A Guide to Not being a Noob Anymore At Melee

[theONEjanitor]

@krisp: true. the east coast owns this game.
@onvoloper:
1. if you controller is effed up, get a new one.
2. if you say so
3. sucks
4. Go to regional zones forum.
5. learn the situations in which he rolls, then just wait for him to do it. common situations in which people roll is after missing an aerial attack. after shielding, and when they are shielding with their back to you. look for situations such as these, and then just walk over to the place where his roll will end and grab him.
And you won't get good at the game if you dont play good people. You could possibly learn how to beat your friend, but as soon as you play anyone good, you'll find that your gettting *****.

@ arcturus: thats one of the more ******** things I've seen posted here. and a lot of ******** shiz gets posted here.

@NES noob: why did it make you feel horrible? You do everything this thread describes pretty much lol? You should write a guide that helps ME get as good as YOU.

@teeman: practice, practice, practice. practice. Don't talk about it, just practice. You will get it eventually. Think about someone that's good with Fox, almost all of those people have been playing for YEARS. You can master techs overnight.

if you shield when you wavedash, that means you're holding down L or R too long. just tap it really quick and let go. literally lift your fingers up off the controller for a second if you have to.

It took me about a year to really get Fox's L-canceling down to where i could do it consistently. I mean you just have to practice.

 

[cowsmoo71]

I rented my game to a friend. So when i get it back, i must practise until my fingers are sore. until brawl comes out, in 2 weeks. I am only able to beat my friends, 60-90 percent of the time, depending on playstyle and person. I am emulating the actions right now in air. Only problem is, So many people in my district are Fps fanatics saying" NENTENDOE SUX!!! EX-BAWX ISS WAI BETTA WITH HALO!!"
I know about 9 people who play smash. Well, better call my friend for my game back, i was trying to get it back for almost 2 weeks, and i rented the game for like, 2 weeks.

 

[no. 1 smash daddy]

pretty good guide, I wanted to do something similiar like this, only for the exception that it would be on spanish for mexican and latin american people that do NOT know english, because the language could be a pain sometimes for some people that don´t know, and struggle learning well the advance tactics since most of the things are in english, unless they play against a group of people that already know the tactics and learn with them, then they have no problems, but other people that don´t fall there, struggle so much with the tactics.

so sure, this info could help me in making a good guide, I liked it, though I didn´t read it all, but looks good so far from what I have read.

 

[Fortress | Sveet]

i think this needs a sticky

 

[LLDL]

I disagree with the tech roll. Tech as you see fit. It's not necessary and sometimes bad to tech everytime you hit a surface.

 

[Fortress | Sveet]

But being able to make the choice every time is most important

 

[Laijin]

I wish people would tech roll every time I down throw them with sheik. It'll make tech chasing easier than drinking a glass a water. ;O

In other words..please follow this advice!

 

[Pengie]

LOL at always Teching. That's terrible advice; I can't remember who it was that I was playing, but it was a Marth player that kept tech-chasing the living **** out of me. After he pointed out that it would help if I just stopped teching every single time, I had a much easier time playing him because I didn't get ****ed up every single time that grabbed me. Teching in general is pretty easy to react to.

I'd also advise against always edgeguarding aggressively; sometimes it's better to just wait for your opponent to commit to a recovery than it is to just go out there and try to hit them.

 

[Incronaut]

i just wanted to say step 2 is GOLD

 

[theONEjanitor]

This guide is intended for noob players. Noob players aren't "intentionally" missing techs.

At everything except high level play, teching everytime is a good idea, as most players at lower levels do not have the reaction time to techchase on reaction. Tech chasing in general is done by prediction with most characters, so simply being less predictable with your techs is good enough.

And at high level play you usually want to tech still. intentionally missing a tech generally gets you hit.

Also lol @ resurrected thread.

 

[Fortress | Sveet]

ummm lower level players don't lack the reaction time, but simply are misusing their reaction time or don't know what they can and can't react to. I also find lower level players simply fall into habits more often than not, even with their "prediction" tech chases. These players will cover the tech away option every time or wait->get-up attack every time, and generally overextend and put themselves out of position.

 

[Rubyiris]

I find the "Don't get hit" and "Don't play by instinct." suggestions to be out-dated now.

With a better knowledge of how CC works, and the fact that players like myself play entirely on intuition, without any sort of a game-plan what so ever makes those two suggestions pretty much irrelevant.

 

[Cactuar]

Isai's teachings are to be respected, fool.

 

[Laijin]

Why would you purposely take damage when you can avoid taking damage completely and still get the job done?

 

[Jonas]

Sometimes crouch canceling a move IS very beneficial, but "don't get hit" is definitely a very good rule to remember.

 

[KirbyKaze]

1) be patient, but not complacent

2) know all the significant ranges of the opponent's character in relation to yours and space accordingly

3) use the move that's appropriate, not the one you want to hit

4) the opponent is an opponent and not a matchup guide; prey on their idiosyncrasies and adjust

5) even if you have momentum, you still have to respect their <fill in blank, character dependent>

6a) if it continuously fails, consult more experienced players and experiment if it's supposed to [friendlies]
6b) if it continuously fails, do other stuff [tournament]

7) focus on how you can hit them without being hit back

8) keep an open mind to all your available options; you can often do more than you think - standard isn't always correct

 

[Rubyiris]

Why would you purposely take damage when you can avoid taking damage completely and still get the job done?

because I play Falco and cc > shine/dtilt is too good.

 

[gm jack]

That could be considered as baiting and taking a hit as part of a plan. Just flat out being hit is a very different thing, when you are not intentionally doing it.

It is still a great rule most of the time. There are just times to break it when you plan for it.

 

[Zef]

doesnt this exist on the site somewhere already