Ridel
Smash Ace
So I went to my first tournament two weeks ago (though I have been to three Melee tournaments prior) since then I've been thinking about things I did wrong and where I need to improve. These bullet points are my main problems.
- "Turtleing" in my shield- For most game I played I would sit in my shield whenever someone either approached me or a projectile came my way. This resulted in me getting grabbed and taking severe amounts of damage just because Dedede is so easy to combo. When I went against Twisty's Wolf, he could literally shoot out a laser, run up and grab me with no risk since I didn't know what to do about it. What would be the most optimal thing to do to counter approaches and projectiles? This leads into my next issue.
- Combo DI- As you know Dedede is super vulnerable to combos due to his large size and fast-falling properties. When I got comboed I got hit hard, no zero to deaths but I would go form 0%-80% from one combo. I have no idea how to DI combos properly since I have no one to play with at all. What would be the best way to go about
- Edge-guarding- Surprisingly my edge-guarding game was absolutely horrible which was arguably the thing that was screwing me over the entire night. I cannot remember any effective edge-guarding or gimps so my opponents were living to insane percents like 160%. Besides me getting an F-Smash spike on POOB I was either not going out to edge-guard or not flubbing it completely and taking some damage. Considering one of Dedede's best tools is edge-guarding this is something to be worked out pronto. What is the most effective way to edge-guard and read opponents recovery?