anyone got some tips or tricks on camping? I kinda forgot how to do it well
what a typical chun question.
Put your back to your opponent. Laser if you're into that kind of thing, but I don't think it's necessary. Jump around on platforms. I like to drop and dj waveland a lot. Don't just sit there idly; watch your opponent's movements. Think about their options as they move around. Realize that they are getting impatient and want to come at you. If they're good, they're trying to predict where your next move is. This leaves you a few options
a) try to out prioritize their approach, with utilt or bair preferably. You could jump at them and shine waveland and beat their aerial, too. Option (a) sucks against falco, in my experience his everything beats your everything. Jumping shines work REALLY well against ganons who do not use a lot of uairs.
b) dodge them and punish their lag. pretty self explanatory. This requires you to foresee their movements and put yourself in a situation to punish accordingly. This could be difficult if you're near the ledge. I tend to get cornered and panic often so I stray from this option. It's a matter of style and preference.
c) out-maneuver them and gain preferable stage positioning. A great example of this is to fullhop over their approach and get their backs to the ledge with little room to move. If you fullhop and land, your back is to them and you can stuff *almost* any approach with bair or utilt. This is my favorite option.
The key is to camp creatively. I beat a lot of decent players by abusing their "camping" tendencies with my largely aggressive style. It's important to stop yourself from being predictable. I think people interpret "camp" with too many unnecessary implications--boring play, little to no movement, mindless waiting, "cheesy", skill-less play, etc. This is why I beat so many campy players. Camp intelligently. Don't pitch a tent and set up a camp fire; travel through the darkness, grizzly bair style, and steal their food by surprise.
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Fox camps so well because he has a lot of options due to his incredible speed. Effective campers are swift to approach any opening while they're camping. I think camping is less about making them come to you and more about you making them fight on your terms. Feel free to leave your embankment of ******ry with a swift dair approach if you can get away with it. Run past them and grab them as they run away if they're reluctant to approach you. You should be camping with PURPOSE. Be mindful of any and all openings that can occur. One of my favorite things to do is to jump and side B straight at people while we're in dd battles. You'd be shocked how often it works. At high %s it'll combo into a kill.
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I've been toying around with a new way to get up from the ledge and it's meggggga gay. Waveland turn around uptilt stuffs basically 100% of attacks that people throw out at you as you come from the ledge. It's a lot like ledge hop knee, except much better, faster, safer, and more range.
