StickyIcky
Smash Rookie
Hey guys so I've just come back from my second tournament. Lots of friendlies, loads of fun. Still getting my ass handed to me in bracket. Anyways something I've noticed is that when I play a lot of the guys there I tend to have A LOT more trouble dictating the pace of the match and keeping my cool as Marth. I think the biggest example of this is the kind of shield-pressure that Falco is able to put down on me, but I have noticed that it's the same fighting other characters as well.
This is something I haven't really run into with my training partner and so I am unsure of what my real defensive options are for the most part. I am aware that I am bad but I'm still playing to learn and am definitely improving. It seems to me though that during bracket especially I am left fighting an uphill battle on Marth unable to largely reset back in to neutral. Eventually I will become flustered and start throwing out attacks I know I shouldn't have in an effort to get the opponent off my back.
So, Marth community, what options do you use to keep aggressive opponents off your back and set things back into neutral again? Also, how can I better practice these with my training partner? He plays Falcon mostly, should I have him switch to a different character or what? Falcon just doesn't have the same kind of pressure and I can usually keep him shut out by waiting and baiting (which doesnt work so well on guys better than myself). Hoping to further improve my Marth game.
TL,DR : need help in my defensive game keeping opponents off and setting the pace of the match myself.
This is something I haven't really run into with my training partner and so I am unsure of what my real defensive options are for the most part. I am aware that I am bad but I'm still playing to learn and am definitely improving. It seems to me though that during bracket especially I am left fighting an uphill battle on Marth unable to largely reset back in to neutral. Eventually I will become flustered and start throwing out attacks I know I shouldn't have in an effort to get the opponent off my back.
So, Marth community, what options do you use to keep aggressive opponents off your back and set things back into neutral again? Also, how can I better practice these with my training partner? He plays Falcon mostly, should I have him switch to a different character or what? Falcon just doesn't have the same kind of pressure and I can usually keep him shut out by waiting and baiting (which doesnt work so well on guys better than myself). Hoping to further improve my Marth game.
TL,DR : need help in my defensive game keeping opponents off and setting the pace of the match myself.
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