One of the main things I struggle with is people just running away from me. I know how to safely pressure against shield, even if I still occasionally get shieldgrabbed I usually do fine against people who play defensive. It's when people actively run away from me that I have problems, I either play too aggressive trying to hunt them down and get punished or I go the opposite way and try to outcamp them and just slowly lose.
The stage is obviously a factor but I even struggle on the small stages some times depending on who I'm playing against. I have a friend who I can beat regularly when he plays Marth, Fox etc. but struggle against his Tink because he just runs away the whole time spamming bombs arrows and 'rangs, same for another friend who plays DDD. I can cape the projectiles but cape is pretty slow so can be quite punishable, especially if I mistime it slightly. I can block the projectiles with my fireballs but then I get stuck in a projectile war which also means I cant use the fireballs to force my opponent to shield and stop them running away.
Is it a case of me needing to find better ways of approaching a camping opponent to force them to fight rather than run away or do I need to improve my defensive game to better deal with the projectiles?
The stage is obviously a factor but I even struggle on the small stages some times depending on who I'm playing against. I have a friend who I can beat regularly when he plays Marth, Fox etc. but struggle against his Tink because he just runs away the whole time spamming bombs arrows and 'rangs, same for another friend who plays DDD. I can cape the projectiles but cape is pretty slow so can be quite punishable, especially if I mistime it slightly. I can block the projectiles with my fireballs but then I get stuck in a projectile war which also means I cant use the fireballs to force my opponent to shield and stop them running away.
Is it a case of me needing to find better ways of approaching a camping opponent to force them to fight rather than run away or do I need to improve my defensive game to better deal with the projectiles?