Newbie Marth - Friendly Adivce Needed

[Falzc0]

Hey, whatsup yall. My friend is a newbie Marth player and I would be honored if you could give some advice on how he could imrpove. The link is below. Thanks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaPY4tc45DM

 

[Adi]

Learn to Shffl, WD, ect...

 

[Kid Dyanmite]

i'll give him some good advice use Roy!!!

 

[Rune]

I'm gonna give you the best advice in this thread yet!

Do not listen to Kid Dyanmite.

 

[thebluedeath1000]

Judging by Adi's comment, you do not use advanced tactics? (not watched yet)

 

[Betrayed]

I haven't watched the video (quite short on time) but from the general view of things in this topic, I'd suggest watching these:

http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=72556

Browsing this:

http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=42749

and checking out this for anything else:

http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=97603

 

[Terywj [태리]]

I watched the vid...and yeah...he should learn the advanced techniques. Especially wavedashing and teching. SSFLing is needed for Marth too.

 

[UMBC Super Smasher]

My advice is to read all the information in every sticky for Melee Discussion. That will give you a direction for where to start improving.

 

[ArcNatural]

My advice is to follow everyone elses advice.

Except for Kid Dynamites advice.

 

[AzureKiteSky]

Mine is the same. once again, excluding the comment by kid dynamite. ( I've been playing as marth since the release date of melee.)

 

[Only Hope]

My Advice is to learn to fast fall your errr... half shffl's better, and don't use side tilt as much, or don't use just A.

And read everyone elses advice except for Kid Dymanite.

 

[AzureKiteSky]

Strike quickly while you are in the air to make full use of Marth's great range. and stay moving to avoid situations in which Marth's lack of ranged attacks becomes a problem.

 

[AzureKiteSky]

Just another tip, when juggling with Marth, dont go too far out of your way to get directly under your oponent, as Marth's large swings make accurate juggling easy.

 

[flaco]

Learn to Shffl, WD, ect...

i agree also careful with his shine comcos altough he dodn;t do any you need alot of worjk on wd and shuffles

 

[AzureKiteSky]

True. advanced movement skills are really ideal with a character like Marth, who has no ranged attacks to cover him while moving normally.

 

[Elgnit_The_Evil_Twin]

Learn to keep you're opponent in the air, SHHFL ANA=GOD, and keep your distance while attacking. Marth works best that way.

 

[flaco]

the best thing of marth is his tange and grab also the air combos is a must use strategy remember these info and learn alot and improve alot

 

[sagemoon]

Become one with your controller. Learn to use all the buttons on the controller equally, kind of like spreading butter on toast. It has to be just right.

Then the next step is to become one with your character, FEEL your character get hit, don't just see it happen. At first use rumble to get a hang of it. But then when you become more advanced you will become your character. Like evolving from a metapod to a butterfree. Especially since i was just talking about toast.

Then you must learn intimidation, combos will only work effectively if you can intimidate your opponent and immobilize them by striking fear into them.

After all of these have been accomplished, only then can you improve.

 

[UMBC Super Smasher]

Become one with your controller. Learn to use all the buttons on the controller equally, kind of like spreading butter on toast. It has to be just right.

Then the next step is to become one with your character, FEEL your character get hit, don't just see it happen. At first use rumble to get a hang of it. But then when you become more advanced you will become your character. Like evolving from a metapod to a butterfree. Especially since i was just talking about toast.

Then you must learn intimidation, combos will only work effectively if you can intimidate your opponent and immobilize them by striking fear into them.

After all of these have been accomplished, only then can you improve.

lmao that's some deep ****

Here's my advice. This should get you better faster than anything else:

First, learn to perform all aerial attacks with the C-stick. Do not use A at all! Ever! (for now) Second, learn to grab more. Since you're going to learn to grab more, you might as well start out doing JC (jump-cancelled) grabs since they are really very easy. Third, learn to L-cancel all of your aerial attacks so that you rarely miss one, no matter what the timing. Fourth, learn to face the stage then jump backwards to grab the ledge and edge hog your opponent.

That's it, except I forgot to tell you to learn to tech when you get hit and land on the stage so you stand up immediately. Just do it by press L (all the way in) before you land on the ground.

If you didn't understand the terms I used or how to do anything I said, search on the melee discussion forums or marth boards to learn about them. Read all the stickied threads.

Good luck