New to smash, what are the essentials a noob should learn?

[Foar]

I've been playing smash since I was a kid but I never knew how much depth the game really had. What are some essentials? I have both melee and project M and both games seem to run the same.

 

[sumatchi]

well I would link the video to basics, but apparently I need 10 posts before I can post links haha. the name of the video you should be able to find in youtube is
SSBM: Advanced How To Play tutorial video (Complete)

this covers basic and starting advanced techniques for the game.

 

[Drakogy]

Take Sumatchi's advice and go over the basics first.

Seeing that G&W is your M.O. I'd suggest checking out Nintendude from Civil War 6. He was the latest prominent smasher with the best success with G&W. Here is one video to start with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtgDPTdA1XA .

Keep an eye on what moves he uses to start combos(Down tilt: ManHole Cover), escape combos(Up B: Trampoline) and finish his opponent( Neutral Air: Parachute). Start with such strategies and go from there.

Also investigate the properties of his Side B:Hammer in Project M since it's made to be more reliable than it was in Melee. As it can rack up easy damage or straight up kill your foe.

 

[smashbroskilla]

Don't get hit, learn the limits of each characters Up B, learning to edge guard early will teach you how to get a better offensive game earlier.

 

[KayB]

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I made a thread here (http://smashboards.com/threads/top-players-by-character-redux.340128/) that is essentially a good archive of matches and videos for almost every character in the cast. If you want to look up footage, this is the best place to look.

Take Sumatchi's advice and go over the basics first.

Seeing that G&W is your M.O. I'd suggest checking out Nintendude from Civil War 6. He was the latest prominent smasher with the best success with G&W. Here is one video to start with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtgDPTdA1XA .

Keep an eye on what moves he uses to start combos(Down tilt: ManHole Cover), escape combos(Up B: Trampoline) and finish his opponent( Neutral Air: Parachute). Start with such strategies and go from there.

Also investigate the properties of his Side B:Hammer in Project M since it's made to be more reliable than it was in Melee. As it can rack up easy damage or straight up kill your foe.

Dakpo is better than Nintendude, and he generally has better BnB's, approach, and combos that you can learn from.
You can see videos of him in the link I provided above and Game and Watch.

 

[CORY]

for universal basics, practice shffl's.

short hop, fast fall, l cancel (all in relation to aerial attacks, not specials). every character is going to use this, in some form or another.

and when i say practice, i mean literally practice it. go into training with your character of choice and just short hop until you're at around 90% consistency (so 9 out of 10 times). if you've already got that down, make sure you can fast call consistently (shouldn't be too hard, but the ff timing can get thrown off during attacks, because of hit stop).

then work on your basic l cancelling, where you don't hit anything. then move into lcancelling when you're hitting a cpu and get used to changing it up. then, you need to work on hitting shields, which is a slightly different timing. i've heard someone say that he likes to set damage ratios so the cpu has a 9 and you're a .1 or something like that? so they basically don't move at all when you hit them, so you can just stand there and wail on a lvl1 for a long time without worrying about killing it.

that's the most important set of skills to learn, since every character in the game is going to use them. after that, learn your dash dance spacing and timing and watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfBuAo_Bfvw&index=4&list=PLqcfzvwmeIM_bjtHGSCDWlggTWe8ZisBj to learn how to implement dash dancing properly. after that, it's going to be mostly character dependent, so look into your character's forums and ask around there about what's most useful.

 

[McSlur]

Taunt canceling. G&W's bells will never stop ringing.

 

[John12346]

Late to the party, but do your absolute best not to fall into habitual patterns while playing. Make sure you're changing your moves, spacing, and approaches up in effective ways as you go.

 

[Foar]

well I would link the video to basics, but apparently I need 10 posts before I can post links haha. the name of the video you should be able to find in youtube is
SSBM: Advanced How To Play tutorial video (Complete)

this covers basic and starting advanced techniques for the game.

Thanks man, I have been practicing the techniques shown off in the video and I think i'm improving.

 

[Foar]

Take Sumatchi's advice and go over the basics first.

Seeing that G&W is your M.O. I'd suggest checking out Nintendude from Civil War 6. He was the latest prominent smasher with the best success with G&W. Here is one video to start with
Keep an eye on what moves he uses to start combos(Down tilt: ManHole Cover), escape combos(Up B: Trampoline) and finish his opponent( Neutral Air: Parachute). Start with such strategies and go from there.

Also investigate the properties of his Side B:Hammer in Project M since it's made to be more reliable than it was in Melee. As it can rack up easy damage or straight up kill your foe.

I have been looking at these competitive matches and I keep wonderi

(Shameless Thread Promotion)
I made a thread here ) that is essentially a good archive of matches and videos for almost every character in the cast. If you want to look up footage, this is the best place to look.


Dakpo is better than Nintendude, and he generally has better BnB's, approach, and combos that you can learn from.
You can see videos of him in the link I provided above and Game and Watch.

Thanks a lot for the reference, i'll take a look at it.

 

[Foar]

Late to the party, but do your absolute best not to fall into habitual patterns while playing. Make sure you're changing your moves, spacing, and approaches up in effective ways as you go.

I have been trying to quit the habit of using up to jump, I find short hopping easier with Y. I also have a habit of spamming vermin to often.

 

[Yurya]

I have been trying to quit the habit of using up to jump, I find short hopping easier with Y.

If you really want to kill that habit turn tap-jump off.
And maybe you might like to try the claw method of holding the controller (it is simple: put your right index finger on the face of the controller and use it to press Y and sometimes A (for an advanced Brawl/PM technic called DACUS)

 

[BrianAure]

Analog stick to move your direction and press A and B to attack. Then do that for 1 year and you are set.

 

[Smaggles]

I would suggest looking at tons of videos for G&W and not just Dakpo and Nintendude. I'm a new player, and I'd like to main him as well, and I feel like I'm learning a lot by watching people besides Dakpo, Doof is another good person to look at, and Qerb. Before focusing on learning combos I'd suggest learning how to control the neutral game. It's something G&W isn't good at, but is very important, so over coming this challenge is a top priority in my opinion. The most ideal way to do this would be to slide around the stage spamming sausages and bacon like Dakpo does, dash dancing is also another helpful technique to control the neutral game. Chair and d-tilt are very handy with G&W. Remember not to shield too much, because G&W is very suspect-able to being shield poked. His hands and feet stick out of the shield even when the shield is fairly healthy.