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My Falcon is terrible, wanna help with that? ^_^
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ChRed2AKrisp
Smash Master
Right off the bat, you have 0 variety in your approach. You literally just run at him with a nair, which is very easy to get around if you do the same thing repeatedly. Vary your timing, come in with bairs, grabs, etc. There's a variety of ways to approach, but mostly you just need to not run straight at him every time. Wait a little bit, see what he's doing. Dash dance longer, maybe double jump in and waveland back to draw out a response, etc.
In fact the commentator told you to stop approaching with nair lol.
Also, you need to work on your general speed of pressure. Several times i saw you nair through his shield and then pausing for a bit, and he would escape. If you're pressuring someone's shield you HAVE to keep moving. Come back with a grab or another aerial, but do not wait or give him a chance to think.
In fact the commentator told you to stop approaching with nair lol.
Also, you need to work on your general speed of pressure. Several times i saw you nair through his shield and then pausing for a bit, and he would escape. If you're pressuring someone's shield you HAVE to keep moving. Come back with a grab or another aerial, but do not wait or give him a chance to think.
bertbusdriver
Smash Ace
the guy above is absolutely right about varying your approaches and always using the nair. Another thing to take note of is that most falcon mains don't combo exclusively with nairs and knees. CF's other aerials are all pretty useful, and they are all underused in the match you played against that marth.
As an example with the nairing through shield as the guy above me said, instead of not doing anything after, you could SHFFL a dair into your opponent to continue shield pressuring. Obviously this shouldn't be what you do everytime, but this would be an example of something that you should try to do instead of standing around and allowing your opponent to simply move away after you missed a nair.
One last point about your game is that I feel as if since you're so used to using mostly nairs, you don't really fastfall many of your other aerials. A good SHFFLing is really helpful for so many things, I don't think you can afford to not fast fall.
Oh, and in that one part where you die because you tried to recover from off the edge but got F-smashed like 3 times or something, it definitely would have helped to try and sweet spot the edge rather than continuing to use up-B as soon as possible each time he F-smashed you. Because then you would also have a better angle to possibly ledge or walltech even if he hits you, and you also would have reduced his chances of getting you with a tipper.
As an example with the nairing through shield as the guy above me said, instead of not doing anything after, you could SHFFL a dair into your opponent to continue shield pressuring. Obviously this shouldn't be what you do everytime, but this would be an example of something that you should try to do instead of standing around and allowing your opponent to simply move away after you missed a nair.
One last point about your game is that I feel as if since you're so used to using mostly nairs, you don't really fastfall many of your other aerials. A good SHFFLing is really helpful for so many things, I don't think you can afford to not fast fall.
Oh, and in that one part where you die because you tried to recover from off the edge but got F-smashed like 3 times or something, it definitely would have helped to try and sweet spot the edge rather than continuing to use up-B as soon as possible each time he F-smashed you. Because then you would also have a better angle to possibly ledge or walltech even if he hits you, and you also would have reduced his chances of getting you with a tipper.
ChRed2AKrisp
Smash Master
Actually, that's another thing, your nairs are pretty slow. It's hard to get a good shfflc nair, but you'll notice how fast it looks when you get it. try fast falling a little bit ater the first hit so that your fast falling as the second hit comes out, so the second hit hits right before you the hit the ground, gives you a lot more combo potential and room for error.
XIII ways to die
Smash Apprentice
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i guess yall covered it.
i can help you with speed for the pressuring. theres a couple of combos you can learn to help you with your speed. Bair dash grab before they hit the ground. works mainly at low %.
another thing i saw you dont fast fall much so heres a good practice combo for that. Nair grab. use the frist part of your nair the weak part to give you enough time to grab them. try not to use the secong foot in this combo. another one is try up-bing out of arials its unblockable so its a good apraoch.
pratice on fox for acuarcy also practice ledge cancling too for more acuarcy.
try playing 2 or 3 comp at once teamed against you. this will teach you to handle the pressure.
you can also try practing moonwalking for extra joystick speed in your fingers.
one more thing that might help. put your damage ratio on .5 instead of 1.0 this will help you learn how to pressure a bit. its not a human i know but it still helps with speed and consistency and will help with your low p% apraoch game.
if you want to make your falcon good here are some characters to play with that help your game.
marth pikachu fox. play with these characters to help complete falcon.
some other stuff you can try wave dash tilts and basic A.
i can help you with speed for the pressuring. theres a couple of combos you can learn to help you with your speed. Bair dash grab before they hit the ground. works mainly at low %.
another thing i saw you dont fast fall much so heres a good practice combo for that. Nair grab. use the frist part of your nair the weak part to give you enough time to grab them. try not to use the secong foot in this combo. another one is try up-bing out of arials its unblockable so its a good apraoch.
pratice on fox for acuarcy also practice ledge cancling too for more acuarcy.
try playing 2 or 3 comp at once teamed against you. this will teach you to handle the pressure.
you can also try practing moonwalking for extra joystick speed in your fingers.
one more thing that might help. put your damage ratio on .5 instead of 1.0 this will help you learn how to pressure a bit. its not a human i know but it still helps with speed and consistency and will help with your low p% apraoch game.
if you want to make your falcon good here are some characters to play with that help your game.
marth pikachu fox. play with these characters to help complete falcon.
some other stuff you can try wave dash tilts and basic A.
yummynbeefy
Smash Champion
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try not to approach marth too much try to make him come to you. you outrun marth by quite a bit so it shouldnt be that hard to keep him off your ***
try not to approach marth too much try to make him come to you. you outrun marth by quite a bit so it shouldnt be that hard to keep him off your ***
XIII ways to die
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yah cus you approach marth the rong way what happens. you get marthed. marth is a annoying character. i usaully wait for him to swing but if i approach its usaully timed with the up air or nuetral.
try not to jump over him much as you would others cus of that dang reach of his sword.
one of the best ways i know to aproach anyone is triangle jumping. wich i didnt see you do at all.
i usaully dash toward the oppent to make them shield or attack and jump in the dash and cancle my air dodge close to the ground. also dash before you air dodge and cancle it will give you enough momentom to get a little closer or farther from your opponent.
try not to jump over him much as you would others cus of that dang reach of his sword.
one of the best ways i know to aproach anyone is triangle jumping. wich i didnt see you do at all.
i usaully dash toward the oppent to make them shield or attack and jump in the dash and cancle my air dodge close to the ground. also dash before you air dodge and cancle it will give you enough momentom to get a little closer or farther from your opponent.