Hello there,
first of all, let me ensure you this is absolutely not a troll post. I'm from Europe and pretty new to competitive fighting games. My first real experience with a fighting game was Tekken 2 from what I can remember and I played pretty much all Tekken titles "every now and then", hardly ever with friends, in fact, hardly at all.
As said I'm pretty much new to Smash Brothers as well, some friends of mine and myself started playing Smash 64 a few months ago like once every few weekends, I've become decent at it but not up to the level of the better players among us (note that these would probably be regarded average at best among really good players), we then played Melee for one evening and were quite confused by the seemingly far different gameplay from the Smash Brothers we got used to over the months, that was like 2 weeks or so before Brawl was released over here, which is when we started actually researching techniques, trying to find our favorite characters, playing more seriously overall. Now I have read that Melee is supposedly superior to Brawl quite often here but I'm not trying to get too much into it, I have read the reasons and acknowledged them.
Anyway, after that long introduction, to the actual topic: I have some (basic, I guess) questions about Marth and Marth-related things.
1. How do I Dolphin Slash into the opposite direction I'm facing? So far I've only managed to do that by performing a back air attack (a or b didn't seem to matter, though I prefer b because it makes you float for a bit). I know that neutral b moves can be directed mid-air by pressing into the opposite direction and then quickly following it with b, I've tried this with Dolphin Slash but haven't been able to get the desired result. I also heard Dolphin Slash has very strong knockback, but I hardly ever "get it right". Is it possible to explain how to use it properly or is it more an intuitive thing and I just have to get used to it?
2. Does anyone have some tips on how to reliably perform tilt attacks? I can use them just fine most of the time if I actually "plan" them out, but I'm having trouble using them on impulse, for example if I'm trying to perform a forward tilt because the forward smash is too slow for a given situation and the opponent is right in my face.
3. How good is finishing your Dancing Blade with an up attack? I think the up attack as a finisher has decent killing power and can set up for combos nicely, however I find myself using it very rarely because of the small range. Is it worth using at all? I'm also quite the fan of the down finisher but read that people can get out of it easily and then punish you.
4. How good is neutral air and when do you use it in favor of forward air? I've seen a thread stating both in the top 4 or so Marth moves.
That's pretty much it for now. Any help is appreciated and I hope the questions aren't too bad. I've come across smashboards from a youtube link and figured it'd be a great way to get a hand on strategies/techniques that make you better beyond "I can beat a level 9 computer on a regular basis".
first of all, let me ensure you this is absolutely not a troll post. I'm from Europe and pretty new to competitive fighting games. My first real experience with a fighting game was Tekken 2 from what I can remember and I played pretty much all Tekken titles "every now and then", hardly ever with friends, in fact, hardly at all.
As said I'm pretty much new to Smash Brothers as well, some friends of mine and myself started playing Smash 64 a few months ago like once every few weekends, I've become decent at it but not up to the level of the better players among us (note that these would probably be regarded average at best among really good players), we then played Melee for one evening and were quite confused by the seemingly far different gameplay from the Smash Brothers we got used to over the months, that was like 2 weeks or so before Brawl was released over here, which is when we started actually researching techniques, trying to find our favorite characters, playing more seriously overall. Now I have read that Melee is supposedly superior to Brawl quite often here but I'm not trying to get too much into it, I have read the reasons and acknowledged them.
Anyway, after that long introduction, to the actual topic: I have some (basic, I guess) questions about Marth and Marth-related things.
1. How do I Dolphin Slash into the opposite direction I'm facing? So far I've only managed to do that by performing a back air attack (a or b didn't seem to matter, though I prefer b because it makes you float for a bit). I know that neutral b moves can be directed mid-air by pressing into the opposite direction and then quickly following it with b, I've tried this with Dolphin Slash but haven't been able to get the desired result. I also heard Dolphin Slash has very strong knockback, but I hardly ever "get it right". Is it possible to explain how to use it properly or is it more an intuitive thing and I just have to get used to it?
2. Does anyone have some tips on how to reliably perform tilt attacks? I can use them just fine most of the time if I actually "plan" them out, but I'm having trouble using them on impulse, for example if I'm trying to perform a forward tilt because the forward smash is too slow for a given situation and the opponent is right in my face.
3. How good is finishing your Dancing Blade with an up attack? I think the up attack as a finisher has decent killing power and can set up for combos nicely, however I find myself using it very rarely because of the small range. Is it worth using at all? I'm also quite the fan of the down finisher but read that people can get out of it easily and then punish you.
4. How good is neutral air and when do you use it in favor of forward air? I've seen a thread stating both in the top 4 or so Marth moves.
That's pretty much it for now. Any help is appreciated and I hope the questions aren't too bad. I've come across smashboards from a youtube link and figured it'd be a great way to get a hand on strategies/techniques that make you better beyond "I can beat a level 9 computer on a regular basis".
