MK's Approach Options

[Leeroythuggin]

Hey everyone, so I've been thinking recently about how to do safer more reliable approaches with MK. So I was wondering what you all do. Obviously this is a matchup dependent thing, but right now my general approach goes like this :
-Sprint in
-WD back once I get close
-grab>down throw if they whiff an attack/ dash dance and fish for the down throw if they play defensively.
OR
-SHFFL in with a nair and hope they don't shield.
And that's the way I usually like to start matches. Do you all have any thoughts? How do you more experienced MK players approach against specific characters, or characters in general?

 

[Lawn Chair]

Dash in>Dtilt>Dash away

Dash in> RAR Bair> Dash away

Dash in> Overextend approach for the retreat read and grab or dsmash

These are all pretty solid approach.

 

[0RLY]

tl;dr. bait your opponent. punish their whiff. there are lots of different ways to bait. don't think that you need to attack to successfully bait. identifying whiffs is also a challenge, especially on faster characters.

 

[leekslap]

I don't like to approach : I just camp and wait for an opening. If they start spamming projectiles, I'll powershield. I'm a very passive aggressive MK : trying to stay as close to the fire without burning and then I go ham and combo them to death or a gimp. Gimpy MK... WHAT AM I EVEN SAYING???

 

[Hinichii.ez.™]

I like space da nair/cross it up and then like rising uair/tomahawk and slap them some more

 

[Espi]

Really late SHFFL Nair can trip people up.

 

[victinivcreate1]

Do the GuruKid. Stand there and randomly IDC.

Funny thing it actually works. Guru beat Wizzy 2-1 doing just this. It was actually pretty sick.

 

[Espi]

Do the lame MK. Stand there and Charge F-Smash. It's 100% safe.

 

[Chesstiger2612]

http://smashboards.com/threads/metaknight-neutral-game.361524/
here are some more tips

 

[Painless67]

f-air spam is f-air spam

 

[Chesstiger2612]

CCing makes it worse than in Brawl, but it still is a great tool in neutral. I love to do it with dash forward->backward short hop->fair