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Mindgames

OmegaXF

Smash Ace
Joined
Jul 22, 2006
Messages
936
Location
Detroit Michigan
A fully hoped Fair is always a good mind game.If your opponent blocks you have the option of FF into another F-air,U-air, any move you want or you can retreat with a variety of options at your disposal.
 

ZHMT

Smash Lord
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Feb 5, 2008
Messages
1,851
Location
Tampa, Florida
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Anything you do that causes your opponent to focus on your gameplay is a mindgame to a extent. Approaching with fairs and dtilts is a Mindgame. Many mindgames you do without notice.

Two things that I do (once per game) I will start dancing blade "combos" and check the opponents reaction. If they shield then I will throw a shield breaker in after the 2nd part of the db. This will work so well on shield happy opponents. Although this is common sense, it is a mindgame, and I rarely see anyone use it.

Another thing that is epic, stalling the opponent on the ledge by countering. When the opponent is hanging, use counter when you are beside them, if they ledge attack they get sent back off. After a few of these the opponent will either roll back on to the stage or stay on the ledge losing their precious invincibility frames. If they roll, punish with a fsmash or db. If they stay on the ledge you can tipper them which often ko's or you can do that upsmash stage spike Ive been seeing around lately.
 

AdmiralComrade

Smash Journeyman
Joined
May 22, 2008
Messages
212
Location
Australia
what i do to MK if they're agro, throw counters in the 1st stock, when they lose that stock they anicipate the counter and wont hit u (i tried this and it was funni but then i got mind gamed since i threw a counter and he didnt attack but yeah)

^by then dont counter and just get a free hit on him
 

crazn137

Smash Journeyman
Joined
May 3, 2008
Messages
441
Location
Chicago, IL
My mindgames have gotten to the point where I do them months in advance. I'm too good like that.

Walk, don't run. Just walk around the stage, preferably facing away from your opponent. Just start pacing and wait for a reaction. They'll usually just run right at you to try and hit you. Now all you have to do is swat from away with ftilt, dtilt, or DB. Then you follow up with whatever you find appropriate.
 

Killress

Smash Ace
Joined
Aug 23, 2007
Messages
556
Location
SUNY Geneseo
There's like infinity amount of mindgames possibly with any character.



Sitting there, waiting for them to approach, then jabbing, to Fsmash has it's moments in my <3.
 

Megavitamins

Smash Champion
Joined
Jul 22, 2007
Messages
2,418
Location
Flaming Europe.
Mindgames are something you use against different opponents, if your opponent has the habbit of side stepping whenever you approach, wait for it, attack, charge a f-smash, or anything to take advantage of it. Asking for mindgames from other players is silly.
 

Nibbity

Smash Journeyman
Joined
May 20, 2008
Messages
368
Location
Connecticut
I like to tell my opponent i'm really bad, kill myself once, and then play to the best of my ability.

jk.

I sort of think that being aggressive then switching up how you play so your opponent gets thrown off is a good idea if you have a good amount of control over the match, for example, instead of jumping at your opponent and doing a double fair, perhaps predictable, air dodge instead and see what happens, force an air dodge for your opponent and punish or something.
 

¯\_S.(ツ).L.I.D._/¯

Smash Legend
Joined
Apr 27, 2008
Messages
12,115
Location
Chicago, IL
What's a mindgame?
A mindgame is something that you use during a match to mess with their mind, like looking th other way and running off the stage right when the match starts. This way they will be laughing so hard that you can KO them when you come back while they are laughing. Then you laugh at them.
 
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