Ah okay!
Yes, he's a huge user of the din's fire. He's a big ground player, doesn't do much in the air except for the boot when he can and the up explosion. He usually just uses the din's fire to do all his aerial work. He's nasty with smashes in all directions, using the down smash for quickness, and the forward smash to weaken my shield (he usually doesn't connect it unless I make a mistake). He's good at timing his rolls and using the down smash, as well as getting out of the chain grab. (can only do it twice before he escapes usually, so I just do 2 and follow up with a neutral air) My main way of damaging people is taking them in the air, which is Falco's forte, but I'm afraid of Zelda because she seems to be surrounded by her attacks when she does them, making it hard for me to hit her. (Does she have greater priority in the air than Falco?)
anyway hope that helps a bit. I'll add more after some further anylization.
Nah, your friend should be easy to beat.
What you have do is:
-Block all his dins fires with shine.
-Chain-grab him for as much as possible.
-You say hes good at timing his rolls? Lots of Fsmashes.
-Stay close to him, don't wonder off and camp. In a good distance. WAIT FOR HIM TO USE DINS FIRE, reflect, then run and dash him.
-Your going to have to do a lot of sheilding, shining and rolling. Play it defensive. As soon as you see an opening, run in and dash.
-As long as you use that chain-grab at the beginning, you've got a possible 30-50% lead and then playing defensive and spacing is what will rack up the damage to 100-120%. Also remember to AAA after a dash attack. Thats if you get the chance.
-When hes high hp (100+%) shine him continously until he trips. Once hes tripped, FSmash him. If he rolls towards you and not away from you, your FSmash will most likely still work because he'll be right next to you (either side).
-You said its usually a close game? Well the chain-grab ensures you've got a minimal lead of about 30%, so spacing should further ensure your less than 80% when you've done your first KO.
-When he returns for his second stock, play very defensive and rack up damage. He'll expect a chain-grab most likely so pretend to be running up to him and just play furious on him when your close, then go back defensive, not letting one Dins fire. Though if you see the chance for a chain-grab, use it.
-Repeat all steps. Shine to trip + FSmash, ensures easy KO.
More advice: Go into practice mode against a lvl 7 Zelda. Practice ground and air attacks on a standing Zelda. For about 10 mins, then go into an attacking Zelda for 10 minutes, then go into a jumping Zelda for 10 minutes, try all your techniques and everything. Do a bit of camping also so she'll throw Dins fires at you for practice. 30-60 mins of this for 2 days will increase your skill and also get you used to Zeldas move set. When you go and fight your friend again, you'll KO!
I have only ever played a Zelda CPU, but from what you've said I can give you some good advice even though I've never played a human Zelda. Plus, I barely fight Zeldas, I might have to start =P
