clowsui
Smash Legend
Link to original post: [drupal=1843]Notes on What I Need to Improve On[/drupal]
A few things that are more "outside" the game, first:
1. Confidence...as YbM and Caitlin have insisted, I lack a winning mindset. I need to work on this, though it's getting better already.
2. Calmness. This ties into #1; I tend to lose confidence and calamity during matches and as a result I play worse and get even more aggravated, losing both 1 and 2 after the game.
3. Consistency. Mastering one and two will make being consistent that much easier, as my play will solely depend on my mind and my spirit.
4. Maintaining Focus and Implementing Thought - the people who talk Smash w/ me a lot know that I'm pretty smart and I'm good at noticing habits and intelligent punishment options. However, I am not good at doing this during a game, in part because I quickly lose focus due to my emotional state (#2) and other factors. I need to improve my focus so I can get better and utilize my incredible wealth of game-based knowledge and my excellent approach to the game. That is, I need to work on becoming an "observer" as well as a "participant".
A strategy to get me going into this is to PLAY FRIENDLIES WITH ALL OF THE ABOVE AND FOLLOWING IN MIND. I SHOULD PLAY LARGELY REACTIVELY and/or DEFENSIVELY SO THAT I CAN GET MYESELF INTO PLAYING IDEALLY MUCH QUICKER.
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Marth - I am worse than Steel Samurai right now as a Marth player...but not by much. How can I possibly improve so that I can advance on the "Cincinnati Ladder"?
1. Spacing @ tip - spacing allows you to deal max damage per hit, while remaining safe and forcing openings. Spacing @ tip is incredibly important! Got better after playing + watching Michael Haze aka Hayes Bro 3.
2. Control - my control is worse than SS', which is not good seeing as Marth is entirely dependent on consistent control.
3. Mixups/Predictability - even if I space well if I start getting predictable people can learn to deal w/ my pressure and put pressure on me instead. This will disappear as I improve at spacing and thinking, though. I just need to start doing mixups more
4. Effective Pressure - SS' juggle traps are much better than mine and his ledge traps are equal to mine...which means he's better at trapping than me (which is 60% of Marth's game imo). Thus I need to start improving on my reads. Improving on this a little at a time, in particular chasing in the air for juggle traps (i.e. beyond SH height), and ledge traps.
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Falco - I am one of the only Falcos in the Midwest who has been active. I need to step it up! But how?
Perhaps the only problem with my Falco that is apparent to me is also a HUGE one that prevents my Falco from being consistent, intelligent and equal to Champ's: reactive play. I always want to do things with Falco. I never just stop to camp or stop and wait for the other opponent, I just do things and "hope they hit" without physically hoping, just acting in a manner that does not take into account the opponent's position or options in most scenarios. This makes me not only predictable once people figure out my choice reactions but also makes me inflexible with Falco...which is one of his key strengths - in most situations Falco has at least two to three options.
I also get way too desperate for the kill and in general play too aggressive in tourney. I need to just "sit back" and play with more of a style that encourages others to approach me and a style that abuses my ridiculous close range options as well as mid/long range pressure options.
A few things that are more "outside" the game, first:
1. Confidence...as YbM and Caitlin have insisted, I lack a winning mindset. I need to work on this, though it's getting better already.
2. Calmness. This ties into #1; I tend to lose confidence and calamity during matches and as a result I play worse and get even more aggravated, losing both 1 and 2 after the game.
3. Consistency. Mastering one and two will make being consistent that much easier, as my play will solely depend on my mind and my spirit.
4. Maintaining Focus and Implementing Thought - the people who talk Smash w/ me a lot know that I'm pretty smart and I'm good at noticing habits and intelligent punishment options. However, I am not good at doing this during a game, in part because I quickly lose focus due to my emotional state (#2) and other factors. I need to improve my focus so I can get better and utilize my incredible wealth of game-based knowledge and my excellent approach to the game. That is, I need to work on becoming an "observer" as well as a "participant".
A strategy to get me going into this is to PLAY FRIENDLIES WITH ALL OF THE ABOVE AND FOLLOWING IN MIND. I SHOULD PLAY LARGELY REACTIVELY and/or DEFENSIVELY SO THAT I CAN GET MYESELF INTO PLAYING IDEALLY MUCH QUICKER.
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Marth - I am worse than Steel Samurai right now as a Marth player...but not by much. How can I possibly improve so that I can advance on the "Cincinnati Ladder"?
1. Spacing @ tip - spacing allows you to deal max damage per hit, while remaining safe and forcing openings. Spacing @ tip is incredibly important! Got better after playing + watching Michael Haze aka Hayes Bro 3.
2. Control - my control is worse than SS', which is not good seeing as Marth is entirely dependent on consistent control.
3. Mixups/Predictability - even if I space well if I start getting predictable people can learn to deal w/ my pressure and put pressure on me instead. This will disappear as I improve at spacing and thinking, though. I just need to start doing mixups more
4. Effective Pressure - SS' juggle traps are much better than mine and his ledge traps are equal to mine...which means he's better at trapping than me (which is 60% of Marth's game imo). Thus I need to start improving on my reads. Improving on this a little at a time, in particular chasing in the air for juggle traps (i.e. beyond SH height), and ledge traps.
--
Falco - I am one of the only Falcos in the Midwest who has been active. I need to step it up! But how?
Perhaps the only problem with my Falco that is apparent to me is also a HUGE one that prevents my Falco from being consistent, intelligent and equal to Champ's: reactive play. I always want to do things with Falco. I never just stop to camp or stop and wait for the other opponent, I just do things and "hope they hit" without physically hoping, just acting in a manner that does not take into account the opponent's position or options in most scenarios. This makes me not only predictable once people figure out my choice reactions but also makes me inflexible with Falco...which is one of his key strengths - in most situations Falco has at least two to three options.
I also get way too desperate for the kill and in general play too aggressive in tourney. I need to just "sit back" and play with more of a style that encourages others to approach me and a style that abuses my ridiculous close range options as well as mid/long range pressure options.
