For people having problems in 1v1.

[Alienshroom]

The best practice you can give yourself is just going into smash mode and battling level 8 computers. Firstly these computers play better then most people, the people it dont play better then will beat you anyway until your pretty good yourself. They use a wide variety of moves unlike a lot of players, on the flip side you dont get practice against people using cheap stuff like rolling or projectile spam. The computers will help you practice blocking, sheilding, side smashing, spiking, throws, and your characters combos without the frustration of it being a live person and losing. If you are a newbie I would also recommend sticking to one character.

 

[Doruge]

Actually the best practice you can give yourself IS 1v1

 

[ellord]

Why not lvl 9 or amiboo?

 

[Gameboi834]

Why not both?

 

[LunarWingCloud]

Level 8 might be a good spot actually. I've found a lot of Level 9s to be just bad to practice against but 8s not so much. Somehow, a lot of Level 9s are just degenerate. Much like a lot of FG players, but still.

 

[iMoLaTe]

why not level 9s? lol

 

[MarioFireRed]

I found Level 8 AI to be better practice than 9 simply because they're actually patient and think about their options. Level 9 is too aggressive and frame perfect on their shielding to match any human player who isn't a top professional.

Granted both still air dodge after hitstun whenever they get sent into the air instead of mixing it up, but other than that I'd say 8 is nice. They're also not as easily exploitable as 9's are, ironically.

 

[ellord]

Computer lvl 9 are good to pratice combo and speed/reactivity. I mean give you the rule to no use any anticipated move (it may be hard the 1st time cuz of habit) and take a lot of risk with new stuff and it let you developt spacing and reactivity like perfect shield until you have a friend to play with. This is not a computer that will teach you the mind game so just play without it and devept the rest.

I did that, so when I was playing against friend I had more tools like better spacing, a lot of perfect shield (usually into grab), DI and some guaranted combo. (Just don't forget to give up the bad habit to not anticipate) Mind game is about thinking, less about pratice.

 

[Loken]

Then how come I tear level 8 and 9 CPUs apart easily but on for Glory I feel helpless? This seems like bad advice, learning to beat the CPU is simply learning to exploit flaws in the way they are programmed to react.

 

[Halkite]

Then how come I tear level 8 and 9 CPUs apart easily but on for Glory I feel helpless? This seems like bad advice, learning to beat the CPU is simply learning to exploit flaws in the way they are programmed to react.

Think about it like this, players react differently from the computers so it's better to practice against a wide variety of people to understand how to fight them.

However, if you learn how to exploit weaknesses displayed by the computer you should be able to apply it to players in for glory. A good way to experiment with this is trying to slow the game down. Do fake approaches on the ground and in the air, and by fake I mean like approach them without getting too close.

Try dashing up to someone and stopping when you are far enough away from them that they can't reach you with a shield grab, when you knock people up into the air do a single full hop, wait until they air dodge and then try attacking.

If they are one of those people that air dodge more than once in the air you should trick them into air dodging too close to the ground so that they are open for attack because of the delay added when you air dodge into the ground.

Maybe when you do an unsafe attack and you know there isn't enough time to do anything else but shield you should spot dodge instead

 

[Loken]

Yeah, exactly. Also those are some cool tips!