Zarxrax
Smash Apprentice
- Joined
- Oct 12, 2014
- Messages
- 167
I've played all the previous smash games casually, but I would like to get better at playing. My playstyle up to now has been generally just to rush the opponent throwing out attacks. Of course, this doesn't work against opponents who know what they are doing. My main problem, I think, is I don't really know how to use the variety of defensive options that are available.
For instance, when should I block? If a character is close to me, you can't block on reaction to most attacks, because things like jabs come out too quick to react to. But if I just hold down the block button, I will get thrown. How do you know when its safe to block and when its not safe?
And what about rolling? It seems to be an effective thing a lot of times, but I see a lot of posts on here about people saying its easy to punish. So when would I use a roll? When is it safe or unsafe?
And what about spot dodging? This is one thing that I never hear anyone talking about. Is that because its usually a bad option?
Basically I guess I'm wondering, is there something like a list of scenarios when blocking might be a good option, and then scenarios when rolling is good, etc?
As it is, playing defensively for me is about the same as just not even touching the controller, because no matter what defensive options I take, it seems there is a way to punish them. I know that there's got to be a lot more to it though. So I'm looking for a bit of enlightenment.
For instance, when should I block? If a character is close to me, you can't block on reaction to most attacks, because things like jabs come out too quick to react to. But if I just hold down the block button, I will get thrown. How do you know when its safe to block and when its not safe?
And what about rolling? It seems to be an effective thing a lot of times, but I see a lot of posts on here about people saying its easy to punish. So when would I use a roll? When is it safe or unsafe?
And what about spot dodging? This is one thing that I never hear anyone talking about. Is that because its usually a bad option?
Basically I guess I'm wondering, is there something like a list of scenarios when blocking might be a good option, and then scenarios when rolling is good, etc?
As it is, playing defensively for me is about the same as just not even touching the controller, because no matter what defensive options I take, it seems there is a way to punish them. I know that there's got to be a lot more to it though. So I'm looking for a bit of enlightenment.