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I think it's okay.. go ahead I suppose.
Yeah I read somewhere on the forums that lvl 9 cpus are awful for practice and I also read that lvl 3 cpus are good because they mix up their DI somewhat akin to humans. Is that right? Would lvl 3 cpus be good to practice comboing and movement on?
its always great to have people improving competitively as you are. Cuz almost every match will swing either way (so nobody is discouraged by losing 24/7) and everyone improves. So my advice, try to convince your friends to play with you, and hopefully they love the game as much as you.
Lol. Silentspectre is so good. But he is actually not that good to learn from. Darkrain is probably a much better Falcon to LEARN from. SS is super good, don't get me wrong, but he just understands his opponents and does many things that other Falcons would frown upon if they did not know him. Otherwise, I agree with most the rest of your post. But really, do not face two level 9 cpu's. It is a bad plan unless you plan on working your doubles game (and who wouldn't? doubles are awesome) and don't want to lose if your partner didn't do well.
Sorry man. It is useful. Just take what you need at the time lol. It is really awful to go through all of it.
That is good generally good advice. There are some characters that are better off using the A button, and it is always important to do what you are comfortable with. That said, be opening to changing to things that are just overall better, but if it just feels wrong, you will always do better when you are comfortable.
Honestly while he may not learn a lot from the matches themselves, but the commentators tend to talk a lot about good spacing and various things that some players set apart from others, like Mango controlling space without throwing out moves. In any case, the commentators help a lot when it comes to knowing what is going on in a match. I find it most hopeful if you don't watch the match to look for the outcome, but look for the stuff that you are specifically working on, and assessing the situations in which they are used. Sometimes this means watching the same match a few times, just so you can see the situations. And pausing may be required sometimes. And sometimes the commentators may say something about it. That is how I made most of my progress, since I have only faced this one guy twice in the past year I have been playing. Engaging in videos is useful, just watching them is not as much.
I personally like to hit Bowser a lot to practice pivot SHFFL's and grabs. Put in a second controller and pick Bowser. Set the game mode to infinite time, handy cap turned on and damage to 0.5 (You can do 0.1 with debug mode). After you choose the stage go to Bowsers controller and while holding UP on the Control Stick hold down X + Y + START for three seconds. If you do it right the stick at the bottom left of the pause screen will move to the default state and in game Bowser should be crouching. He won't be going anywhere now so practice getting your speed and consistency down and make sure you can mix up your timings otherwise people will be able to read you.
What I mean is when you throw out the Aerial. If you constantly throw out a Knee or Stomp the soonest possible frame people will pick up on that and stop everything you do. This personally happens to me and I regret not learning how to mix up when I attack sooner.
I actually have that thread open so here you go. It's a very good read.
