Shadow Light Master
Smash Journeyman
So, you guys might remember me as the scrubby Sheik main who is trying to make a name for himself in this Fox-eat-Fox world.
I'm pretty proud of myself. I went to a local tournament today, and for the first time, I started successfully wavedashing to edgehog people. It was such a satisfying feeling. I still gave the ledge to people too often though. There was this Marth player and his recovery tricked me a couple of times. I guess that's the power of Dancing Blade. I didn't want to risk SDing, but I guess practice will make me a braver man.
I also started boost-grabbing for the first time during the tournament. Holy ****. It made my grab range so much better! I daresay it even made my grabs useable... I still can't get the chaingrab timing right though, I think I'm too slow. But I'm getting there. Also, I have a question -- can I boost grab with A+R?
I also started using Needles a lot more. I successfully conditioned people to jump up and get smacked by my fair. I got quite a few kills that way. Nice!
I also improved my ledge game. Before I would Up-B on to the stage instead of sweet-spotting the ledge, but I started sweet-spotting and my survivability went way up. Obviously. I ran into a problem when I was fighting a Marth, because he was covering the ledge really well with his d-tilt and f-Smash.
That's when I learned how to mix-up my recovery on the spot. I remembered how pros would recover low, or drop the ledge and re-grab to throw people off. I was so proud of myself when I learned this, as I guess it was my first mind-game. Ha ha.
I also learned to shield more. I still roll way more often than I should, but I've cut the habit in half since I've learned to just sit in shield. I think this is pretty good for me, as hopefully it'll stop me from getting Waveshined by Foxes so much. I can shield drop pretty easily in practice, so I guess I'll start incorporating that next.
It wasn't all good news though. My right index finger started hurting. I've never experienced hand problems while playing before. I'm not sure if this is just because I have really big hands (I'm 6'2). I'm thinking about curling it so the tip of my index is on the trigger. But I'm just kind of bummed because I'm new, and barely even play. I don't think I should be having M2K-esque problems.
Another thing that kind of gave me mixed feelings is that my Ganondorf is still as good as my Sheik. Or only a little worse. It just makes me kind of sad because Sheik is supposed to be so much better than G-Dorf, so if he's giving me similar results, it must mean my Sheik isn't that good. I guess that's to be expected, since I'm new to playing competitive, but still.
I really enjoy playing Ganondorf, almost as much as I enjoy playing Sheik. I just don't want to put any time into him because I know that sticking with just Sheik will give me better returns faster. That said, I wonder if I should keep giving G-Dorf a shot. It seems a lot of people don't know how to deal with him. That said, I play a lot of scrubs, and a scrub myself. I can win games without chain-grabbing and rarely using u-air, so that should give you an idea of what caliber of G-Dorf player I am. Lol.
That said, the tournament was overall really fun. It was refreshing playing people around my level for the first time, instead of playing people who were way better than me. Don't get me wrong, I love getting destroyed too, as it gives me more to learn, but this was a cool way to relax too.
I made friends with everyone there. They all loved me because I went by my name, "Shadow Light Master," while they all went by their regular names.
They taught me a new expression -- "Get Shiked!" Apparently it comes from a dude who won a match and mispronounced "Sheik." Lol
Oh, in case you were wondering, I didn't win. I took a set in winner's and then a couple in loser's. But that's way better than I usually do. Lol.
I'm pretty proud of myself. I went to a local tournament today, and for the first time, I started successfully wavedashing to edgehog people. It was such a satisfying feeling. I still gave the ledge to people too often though. There was this Marth player and his recovery tricked me a couple of times. I guess that's the power of Dancing Blade. I didn't want to risk SDing, but I guess practice will make me a braver man.
I also started boost-grabbing for the first time during the tournament. Holy ****. It made my grab range so much better! I daresay it even made my grabs useable... I still can't get the chaingrab timing right though, I think I'm too slow. But I'm getting there. Also, I have a question -- can I boost grab with A+R?
I also started using Needles a lot more. I successfully conditioned people to jump up and get smacked by my fair. I got quite a few kills that way. Nice!
I also improved my ledge game. Before I would Up-B on to the stage instead of sweet-spotting the ledge, but I started sweet-spotting and my survivability went way up. Obviously. I ran into a problem when I was fighting a Marth, because he was covering the ledge really well with his d-tilt and f-Smash.
That's when I learned how to mix-up my recovery on the spot. I remembered how pros would recover low, or drop the ledge and re-grab to throw people off. I was so proud of myself when I learned this, as I guess it was my first mind-game. Ha ha.
I also learned to shield more. I still roll way more often than I should, but I've cut the habit in half since I've learned to just sit in shield. I think this is pretty good for me, as hopefully it'll stop me from getting Waveshined by Foxes so much. I can shield drop pretty easily in practice, so I guess I'll start incorporating that next.
It wasn't all good news though. My right index finger started hurting. I've never experienced hand problems while playing before. I'm not sure if this is just because I have really big hands (I'm 6'2). I'm thinking about curling it so the tip of my index is on the trigger. But I'm just kind of bummed because I'm new, and barely even play. I don't think I should be having M2K-esque problems.
Another thing that kind of gave me mixed feelings is that my Ganondorf is still as good as my Sheik. Or only a little worse. It just makes me kind of sad because Sheik is supposed to be so much better than G-Dorf, so if he's giving me similar results, it must mean my Sheik isn't that good. I guess that's to be expected, since I'm new to playing competitive, but still.
I really enjoy playing Ganondorf, almost as much as I enjoy playing Sheik. I just don't want to put any time into him because I know that sticking with just Sheik will give me better returns faster. That said, I wonder if I should keep giving G-Dorf a shot. It seems a lot of people don't know how to deal with him. That said, I play a lot of scrubs, and a scrub myself. I can win games without chain-grabbing and rarely using u-air, so that should give you an idea of what caliber of G-Dorf player I am. Lol.
That said, the tournament was overall really fun. It was refreshing playing people around my level for the first time, instead of playing people who were way better than me. Don't get me wrong, I love getting destroyed too, as it gives me more to learn, but this was a cool way to relax too.
I made friends with everyone there. They all loved me because I went by my name, "Shadow Light Master," while they all went by their regular names.
They taught me a new expression -- "Get Shiked!" Apparently it comes from a dude who won a match and mispronounced "Sheik." Lol
Oh, in case you were wondering, I didn't win. I took a set in winner's and then a couple in loser's. But that's way better than I usually do. Lol.
