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Mind Games and DI

IceyBeef

The Supreme Beef Lord
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Jan 9, 2014
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When I have some spare time I of course play some smash. I play Jiggs and Ness and I strugle with 2 things. Mind Games and DI. I have all the moves down and what to do move wise but I cant do well with those 2 things. Any Tips, and anyway I can practice them?
 

Pixel

Smash Rookie
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Mar 23, 2014
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Pennsylvania
Okay, for both of these things you are going to want to be reading your opponent at all times. Do your best to analyze their playstyle, find where they are predictable, and exploit it. Most players tend to have habits -- whether it be their combos, their techs, their ledgeguarding, their movements, it can be anything. Just keep your eyes open and your head in the game.

Mind games are all up to you... they can't really be "taught." Of course, there are fundamental mind games that are very basic like dashing in for an attack and shielding or wavedashing back, empty short hops, jumping in for an aerial and then jumping away at the last second, the staredown(facing your opponent not moving at all), dash dancing to some extent can be used, etc. However, this is one of the areas where it's really up to you to get creative. Mind games tend to be unique to the player and their playstyle, which is what makes them mind games. Be creative and be unexpected.

As for DI, in my opinion, that's mostly practice. Work on SDI as well, it's very important. Reading your opponent can also be extremely beneficial to your DI so you can DI out of a throw or a combo. Pay attention to your opponent and be prepared to DI/SDI at all times.
 

Waverider900

Smash Cadet
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With Jiggs at least, a lot of mind games are just floating around a lot and changing your direction, never letting your opponent hit you and frustrating them so that they jump at you, etc. you can probably at least practice better/ quicker movement against a cpu. just try hovering around it and throwing out attacks every so often etc
 
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