I'm new to Melee in general

[Bread on the Table]

I only got melee and started playing it like a month ago. My initial thought process was: "I should start with Fox, because if I can play him, the game will be easier." I bet this is true, but I'm pretty sure you won't see much progress with Fox initially because of his steep learning curve in relation to everyone else. I had learned wavedashing, l cancelling, short hop double laser, and double shining (I realize this is unnecessary for where I am, I saw Westballz pulling like quad shines and I was just curious lol) with fox. Upon switching to Falco, I realized many things were a tiny bit easier, most notably, shorthopping. For some reason, though, I find Falco's wavedash so much more difficult that Fox's. I don't seem to be getting the timing right, and sometimes I'll short hop airdodge when I try wavedashing out of a dash dance... So if anyone's got any tips on wavedashing with Falco and using it out of a dash dance and shine (forwards and backwards if you would be so kind), that would be awesome!
Thanks in advance!

 

[YinglingNick]

it's not that his wavedash is harder its just different than foxes i remember i started off the same way, just slow down learn to wave dash slow, i was having trouble learning to multi shine and then i did it the slow way first to learn the timing and now i can do it the right way and fast and consistent

 

[FE_Hector]

The reason that Falco's SH is easier to do than Fox's is because Falco has more jumpsquat frames than Fox does. The max # of frames you can hold jump for with Fox is 2, but I think Falco has 4. That's probably a part of it. As for the WD issue, I'd just suggest practicing it. I've noticed a small difference in timing between Marth and Falco, but practice has made it so I can go between them with ease. I really just suggest practice.