I can't figure out how to approach at all...

[Sharkz]

Lately I've been losing constantly when I should be destroying certain people & it's all because I can't figure out how to approach people. These are the ways I generally approach and why they don't work:

shfair: I get shield grabbed/SD'd every time.
SHNair: Same as the first
Arrows till they come to me: They'll always dish out their strongest attack on me while shooting or they can just shield/reflect & force me to approach.
Wingdash approach: they dash me or use a longer ranged hit. It almost never works for me.
Dash Attack: Do I even need to explain this one?

I really need some tips, thanks!

 

[SuSa]

Who are you trying to approach? Also if they are able to hit their strongest attack on you while your raining them with arrows, you need to learn when to stop using the arrows and attack.....

Try to sh Bair them? try to Angel Step dtilt them?

 

[cj.Shark]

SHn-air shouldnt be able to be Shieldgrabbed in most cases its pretty safe. Also You can Shn-air over your opponent make it hard for them to shield Grab you. also if they spotdodge it You can attack them by the time you land. (i like to f-smash)
if the guy loves to shieldgrab run and grab him! lol =) Vs tall people My new apporach is a fullhop d-air their Head. most times i prefer to do the run..roll..d-tilt or the n-air. The n-air Is really good Its actuallly very hard to punish. Most reflectors can be Broken from the head and always bend your arrows to make them a Head or toe shot. To hit their Head (falcos, foxes,Pit) simply do a shorthop or fullhop and shoot and bend it. Or arrow Loop =)
The best apporach is a walking PowerShield ofcourse

 

[Sharkz]

Ike is so hard to me (Including nooby ones ) how sould you approach him?

 

[kupo15]

two things:

SH nair behind them to utilt
SH fair so the edge of the hitbox connects then DI back out of grab reach

 

[Sharkz]

2nd one's good but the thing w/ the first is that I have an insanely hard time tilting instead of smashing...

 

[kupo15]

y? tap jump off. even if it is on, hold up while in the nair and press A when you land

 

[Sharkz]

hmm not a bad idea. the reason so is I didn't really know ANYTHING about competitive gaming until about 2007 so I never played melee or 64 competitively and just for fun, so I never actually knew how to play well at all and I would NEVER tilt. Brawl is def. the first big "Playing for competition" smash game ever, so I still have just a little bit of noobishness left in me I'm trying to get out.

 

[kupo15]

i understand. I didnt get competitive till 2 months before brawl.

 

[Rogue Pit]

Bait them, Sh nair, or just Sh and dip back outta of their grab reach if, they try to grab connect with a fSmash, if they step dodge hit them with a A-infinite, or an Angel Ring.
If they have a tether grab, better to Sh Nair and land behind like kupo said.

 

[Ryos4]

approaches i like are glide shifts, short hop arrows to dash attack. Umm sliding f tilt are pretty good too. Also just jumping at them, making them swing while u jump again and attack from there. Tons of stuff u can do. Lots of them are just mind gamey.