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Smash Champion
GaW is tied for the lightest character in the game. This means he will die early. Even with great DI, common characters like Snake and DeeDeeDee will be living longer in a game with highly skilled players. GaW is still near the top because he matches this with INSANELY strong smashes. ANY of his smashes can kill very early if you land it right, even if they are slightly diminished.
Here is my problem. I can't land the guys. Not as often as I would like, and as often as I see the winning GaW's do.
How I like to land smashes:
I have very few tricks up my sleeve on this matter, which is why I made this thread. One of my favorites, which works well but can get predictable, is landing a nair at a fair distance to them. If they are a character with few OOS (out of shield) options, then my last fish can hit the edge of their shield. I buffer a smash right in. If the nair hits I get free damage and my smash isn't diminished, and if the smash hits I get more damage, and normally a kill. The only other real trick I use is techchasing. I don't like to rely on getting grabs for my kills, I feel GaW has such good smashes that relying on prediction, a lot of times luck, isn't the way to get the best out of his smashes.
The reason I posted in red, and in the GaW main boards (rather than the back room) is because I can put some good thoughts up there next to mine, and we can have sort of an archive. Landing smashes can make all the difference....
ETA: My god I type badly, expect a lot of edits as I notice more errors
Here is my problem. I can't land the guys. Not as often as I would like, and as often as I see the winning GaW's do.
How I like to land smashes:
I have very few tricks up my sleeve on this matter, which is why I made this thread. One of my favorites, which works well but can get predictable, is landing a nair at a fair distance to them. If they are a character with few OOS (out of shield) options, then my last fish can hit the edge of their shield. I buffer a smash right in. If the nair hits I get free damage and my smash isn't diminished, and if the smash hits I get more damage, and normally a kill. The only other real trick I use is techchasing. I don't like to rely on getting grabs for my kills, I feel GaW has such good smashes that relying on prediction, a lot of times luck, isn't the way to get the best out of his smashes.
The reason I posted in red, and in the GaW main boards (rather than the back room) is because I can put some good thoughts up there next to mine, and we can have sort of an archive. Landing smashes can make all the difference....
ETA: My god I type badly, expect a lot of edits as I notice more errors