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Anything can be punished in numbers of ways so you gotta understand how your moves affect every character. So from a low level perspective i'd practice matchup experience. For example, have someone pick Fox then have him do a simple SH fast fall Nair towards you. How can that be punished? You can likely jab it and even Uair generally. Ftilt works as well if you started it before he started jumping. That means learn your exact range of every move and the timing of them since some moves take time to come down before it becomes active. Once you feel comfortable with that then have him do full jump Nair instead.. and so forth.
Yes, this is very possible, especially if you catch you opponent with the second aerial a few times at first, you then condition them to stay in shield to maybe shield grab you, that's when you go for the tomahawk and grab them instead.
Spacing on the basic side is to hit with the tip of your moves, and knowing that if you move yourself through the air, that that will extend your range, but a lot of Ganon have a problem over-extending with their aerials. Fair reaches pretty far, and so does bair. More often then not, you don't have to move through the air to hit your opponent or make them feel pressured. Good spacing doesn't always mean that you'll hit the opponent, but it does mean that each time you throw out a move, it's damn near close and you're opponent will feel threatened by it.
It's actually one of my favorite things about this board
That's hella smart and how I'd like to practice. The person I practice with now doesn't see the value in it, so I'll have to find more people to play with regularly.
Tsk.. well just make him read my post then he'll see the value idk.. lol.
Hmm. First off, eat more vegetables. Then lift 500+ lbs a day and make sure your opponent has nothing to eat that day besides McDonald's and Mountain Dew.
I'll tell him Kage senpai says to step it up. And I'll start hitting the lab whenever I've got time till I've got that one inch thunder punch.
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straight up. that's how you know we're a family. we get emotional. we love each other, even though sometimes some steam gets in the way of it. you don't see this kind of **** with other character communities.
iRanch
and i both went to the monthly orlando event today. we both did some good stuff but underperformed where it counted. i beat pi, a top florida samus in my pool to secure first seed, but then lost to gravy and another person that i absolutely shouldn't have lost to. head wasn't in the game. whatever. 
idk how to respond to this really. you know what i meant. or you should, at least.
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Эикельманн [РУС]
i wish i could play blea. :\
It's fun to play vs a Falco on point huh... =/ The pain.
Well considering the fact he goes to nationals and I don't; I'd expect him to out perform me, and even then I give him a run for his money. Don't believe me? Ask him who the best Ganon is vs Falco. You might be surprised. :3
Who said I didn't believe? lol.
I'll watch, I doubt i'll have any input to give along the lines of positive or negative critique. I suck ballz vs. falco.
It is Game 4 at least... =P
Yes, this talk is so helpful.
PseudoTurtle
the grabs I get here are good examples of me missing the jab and feeling unsure about using dthrow and what follow ups to do.
You have to up your punish game, missed a lot of opportunities to kill him and damage him. =(Yes, this talk is so helpful.
So I finally found the vids of me from an earlier biweekly (Winners and losers semis)
I didn't take any games in these videos but the matches weren't too bad. I'd love any analysis / advice and I think I'm not too far away from the skill level of these players.
vs KJH (falco)
vs Juggleguy (falcon)
Thanks a lot guys.
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Which video were you referring to? Any examples of what was bad or could / should have been done instead would be really helpful.
Well me playing in tournament is 'learning the matchup' so I'm trying to get everything I can out of these videos. A lot of times I know that my option was bad but either don't know what to do instead or wasn't ready to do a better option because lack of experience. Even with DI, sometimes against falcon his hits just happen so fast and I wasn't ready to move the stick. Another example is that he was onto my aerial on his shield -> jab, and I recognized that in game, but wasn't mentally free enough to start mixing it up (aerial -> grab).
Whats the tomahawk?@Coastward Make them think you're going to aerial. Condition your opponent to be afraid of your bair or fair and then go for the tomahawk.
empty jump -> grab
@Yes, this talk is so helpful.
So I finally found the vids of me from an earlier biweekly (Winners and losers semis)
I didn't take any games in these videos but the matches weren't too bad. I'd love any analysis / advice and I think I'm not too far away from the skill level of these players.
vs KJH (falco)
vs Juggleguy (falcon)
Thanks a lot guys.
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don't forget up air out of shield or f tilt upwards for falcons approaches! I feel that you have to try and keep your space out of his grab range ;i saw you doing dash attack and i don't think that's a safe idea. Lovin the ledge waveland moonwalk man. And like kage said more punishes, i just hate falcons knee lol. Hard to avoid sometimes
Uair really is all you need. It semi-spikes, it has a great send even if you don't hit with the spike, and the hitbox in his pelvis is even useful for edge-guarding too. Everything else is superfluous really. Bair they can recover perhaps, same with the other aerials. Uair is the only one that can truly stuff people.
