Do my PM skills carry over?

[Dexmaster]

It'll be a while until I get a legit copy of Melee. Is there anything I can't really practice in PM that is important for Melee?

 

[pershona]

Well, there is Lightshielding in Melee, though its not that important. I would also warn you that inputs in general are more tighter and strict in Melee

 

[TehGuitarLord]

I personally only played PM once for like 5 hours at a friend's house, but my Melee skills were able to carry over to PM. I know for a fact that no character in PM that is in melee feels the same.

 

[AirFair]

PM is easier to do tech with. As mentioned above, inputs should be faster. Basically:

It's easy to go from Melee to PM

It's hard to go from PM to Melee.

It's still possible to adapt.

 

[IncomingGhost]

Things like the automatic running usmash in PM makes it hard to transition to Melee. I know the lack of turning off tap jump screwed me up at first

 

[Spak]

Also, chaingrabbing is much harder in Melee than it is in PM. In PM, you have extra buffer frames in which you can input a grab, causing it to grab on frame one reguardless if you timed it correctly. In Melee, you don't have this luxury and if you try to grab but press early and hold Z, you will light shield instead of grabbing.

I personally never experienced many transition problems because I started with Melee, but there is also a lot of character-specific tech (SHL, Waveshining, etc.)that feels different, in addition to the wavedashing differences in PM (you can't see the difference, but after WDing in Melee for a few years, it feels weird in PM). The only transition problem I ever had was the C-Stick causing a dash attack (while dashing, obviously) in PM.

 

[Acholight]

I guess since you'd be maining Fox in Melee, the transition from PM to Melee will be kind of hard. The timings are a lot more precise and unforgiving such as doing some "simple" tech's like short hop double lasering or wave shining etc. will require you to input the moves a lot quicker than in PM.

 

[Krynxe]

Fighting game fundamentals carry over any game in the genre, you just have to understand your new environment to be able to apply your knowledge effectively. Getting used to the mechanical differences of melee will be a bit tough at first, but you shouldn't be put back in terms of playing skill unless you heavily relied on PM gimmicks to win matches.

Spend your time learning more about the game competitively, rather than practicing tech skill.

 

[Roukiske]

Well, there is Lightshielding in Melee, though its not that important. I would also warn you that inputs in general are more tighter and strict in Melee

Played newest version of PM for the first time this weekend. Can confirm this. I was able to moonwalk with fox, 100% double laser, waveshine backwards, and never missed a short hop. Very different when I play Melee. Also, Fox felt a bit more floaty in PM.

But I would say you should be okay. You just have to learn a couple of differences, but the majority of things you have to learn are already learned!