Predatoria
Smash Journeyman
I've kind of wanted to start getting more involved with Smash, but am admittedly a bit intimidated by the idea of going to locals or weeklies because I'm worried I am not of sufficient skill yet. I'm not afraid of fighting against players who are better than me or who I will lose to, but I definitely don't want to show up and just get 3-stocked by everyone there and want to at least make sure I can play respectably before showing up.
I just started learning the game's mechanics more in-depth over the past few months. Prior to Ultimate, I never took any iteration of Smash seriously, and mostly found interest in this game due to the inclusion of Ridley. I have been working more and more of the game's intermediate mechanics into my gameplay like learning how to get more out of play by use of the game's buffering system to move and follow up faster, learning more advanced or difficult combos and how to close frame leaks to make them true, getting better at spot dodging and teching landings on platforms as part of my defense (but no deliberate parries, yet), incorporating reverse aerials (especially back air) in, stuff like that. I've already gotten very comfortable with when and how to use basic tilts, aerials, smashes, grabs, or special moves under most circumstances and feel comfortable with basic use of my mains complete moveset fluently. I have one alt that I'm moderately confident with as well, but would prefer to just stick to Ridley regardless of his tier placements or matchup struggles. I feel like I'm getting to be a fairly decent player, but kind of feel like most the people on here or in Discord seem to know so much more than I do about all these very advanced techs and stuff which makes me doubt whether I should go yet as I may end up just getting super discouraged.
I hit Elite Smash once a while back and have kind of stopped playing online due to my dislike of how much laggier it feels than real-life play. I never bothered with arenas.
Should I consider trying out my area's local scene and just see what happens, or should I keep training more first.
I just started learning the game's mechanics more in-depth over the past few months. Prior to Ultimate, I never took any iteration of Smash seriously, and mostly found interest in this game due to the inclusion of Ridley. I have been working more and more of the game's intermediate mechanics into my gameplay like learning how to get more out of play by use of the game's buffering system to move and follow up faster, learning more advanced or difficult combos and how to close frame leaks to make them true, getting better at spot dodging and teching landings on platforms as part of my defense (but no deliberate parries, yet), incorporating reverse aerials (especially back air) in, stuff like that. I've already gotten very comfortable with when and how to use basic tilts, aerials, smashes, grabs, or special moves under most circumstances and feel comfortable with basic use of my mains complete moveset fluently. I have one alt that I'm moderately confident with as well, but would prefer to just stick to Ridley regardless of his tier placements or matchup struggles. I feel like I'm getting to be a fairly decent player, but kind of feel like most the people on here or in Discord seem to know so much more than I do about all these very advanced techs and stuff which makes me doubt whether I should go yet as I may end up just getting super discouraged.
I hit Elite Smash once a while back and have kind of stopped playing online due to my dislike of how much laggier it feels than real-life play. I never bothered with arenas.
Should I consider trying out my area's local scene and just see what happens, or should I keep training more first.