Zanarkan
Smash Cadet
Hey man I feel your pain, campers and spammers in FG can be quite annoying to play against. I'm a Mario main with a R.O.B. secondary. My best advice to deal with fighting against this play style would be to master your power-shielding. Being able to approach and power-shield the projectiles they throw at you will allow you to stuff them and still have enough time to get in and punish. As you have probably found out characters like Link and Samus really struggle when you get in on them. So make sure you get your money's worth when you manage to get in. A grab is ideal with Mario's combo game a single grab from 0-15% or so should allow to rack up 70-80% if executed properly. The best way I have found to practice power-shielding is if you have a friend that plays projectile heavy characters play friendlies with them and go in with the mindset to only allow your self to power-shield if you regular shield something think of it as losing a stock. If you are like me and have no friends a high level CPU will help to a certain extent until you learn its pattern.
The foxtrot/dash dance stuff is good to learn but i wouldn't prioritize that right now only a few hours into the character. Honestly it won't help you much against projectile spammers, however it is great against spacing characters like swordsman (Marth, Lucina, Shulk, Roy, etc.). The main concept of the technique is to out space your opponent with movement. However there are other options to deal with opponents who play to out range you with swords. I've found that in FG a lot of these players tend to have a bit of a robotic play style and tunnel on getting certain setups. This makes them very easy to read. Honestly the ability to read your opponent well is what separates good players from amazing players that win tournaments on a regular basis. So when you go into FG try to stay fighting the same person for a while, don't just play one or two matches and leave if you crush them or you get stomped, win or lose you can always learn something from the match, and the more you play that person the more easily you can read them.
Anyway, I hope this helps. If you wana play some friendlies let me know (NNID: Zanarkan28) I also stream a lot on twitch, and I try to tailor the stream towards education about the characters I play (Mario, ROB, Ness) so check that out if you want to see examples of what I'm talking about. (twitch.tv/zanarkan28)
Good Luck my friend!
The foxtrot/dash dance stuff is good to learn but i wouldn't prioritize that right now only a few hours into the character. Honestly it won't help you much against projectile spammers, however it is great against spacing characters like swordsman (Marth, Lucina, Shulk, Roy, etc.). The main concept of the technique is to out space your opponent with movement. However there are other options to deal with opponents who play to out range you with swords. I've found that in FG a lot of these players tend to have a bit of a robotic play style and tunnel on getting certain setups. This makes them very easy to read. Honestly the ability to read your opponent well is what separates good players from amazing players that win tournaments on a regular basis. So when you go into FG try to stay fighting the same person for a while, don't just play one or two matches and leave if you crush them or you get stomped, win or lose you can always learn something from the match, and the more you play that person the more easily you can read them.
Anyway, I hope this helps. If you wana play some friendlies let me know (NNID: Zanarkan28) I also stream a lot on twitch, and I try to tailor the stream towards education about the characters I play (Mario, ROB, Ness) so check that out if you want to see examples of what I'm talking about. (twitch.tv/zanarkan28)
Good Luck my friend!