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Yeah, I know one thing for sure that helps is to not be pressured in your shield cause there is not much you can do out of it, and I'm sure sheik can cover every option that you do. It definitely is about playing the neutral game really well, and of course, a single mistake costs a lot in this game.
Link is definitely very bad out of shield. It's mitigated if you have a bomb, but it still doesn't make it a good option. I feel like you're better off just taking hits and crouch cancelling them or SDIing them to escape and sometimes get a punish. It takes a lot of practice to know when and where you can do those kinds of things though.
Ya it would kind of suck if everyone could shine lol. I think Link's biggest strength is his ability to beat attacks combined with his ability to force approaches and set up traps with his projectiles. He has lots of good, disjointed hitboxes, but on top of that, he has his bomb which beats almost all attacks. It's not just that other characters can abuse Link's lack of speed, it's that they have to. He's fun because, as you mentioned, it's all about planning ahead.
What about Marth? He can easily swipe through your bombs like a hot knife through butter.
Marth is the only exception (maybe Roy but meh). You have to trap marth more than beat his attacks. Use projectiles so that he has to do something about them, and get into position to punish anything he does. He'll start staying grounded more, but then you can retreat to platforms and throw grabs at him as he approaches. If marth ever messes up and gets hit by a bomb, it's not hard to get a good juggle on him with up-airs.
Yeah true that, plus marth is just that right weight for link to combo pretty well, and especially juggle.
Dude bouncing bomb on shield is god. That's when I like swiping the shield til he grabs it again. I love crouch canceling Marth fair.. the punishes are ridiculous
You can also CC a lot of his moves and punish with a grab or down-smash.
I've seen this before, but I have found a use for it yet. You can do some flashy stuff with it while edge-guarding, but I think you can usually do something more reliable that is easier to pull off.
Yeah, Marth is such a backwards MU. Don't plattform camp, shield a lot, you can get gimped and so on.
Link mains take those sd's from spacies all day.
I know him in person, He said he is going to Evo, might only use link in favorable matches but doing marth.
Dude hype
I will check this out hopefully fairly soon.
I checked it out. Not bad. I feel like you could go for more up-airs, though. I think it is Link's most overpowered move.
Thanks!
Ya, I think I don't use that option enough in general. It's unsafe in a lot of situations, so I don't use it much, but recognising where I can use it and using it there would be a good idea. I have very little practice against ICs, so my matches against them were largely improvised.Watching this now. I'll write down some tips for you.
It absolutely is! Thanks a lot.
When you say he spams gun, do you mean he runs away and shoots at you/camps? Against this kind of play, you have to just take your time. Learn some setups with boomerang + bomb where it is very hard for him to escape. In this matchup, you want to combo fox to death as much as possible, so don't worry about some laser damage. Just jump to a platform to pull out a bomb and then approach with your setup.
Nothing. There are very few characters in the game that are safe if they land next to their opponent after doing an aerial. You have to space around them or have bombs flying around. If you find yourself in that spot, you can try to do a buffered roll or spot dodge or maybe throw out a jab if you think they will react too slow, but you don't really want to be going for these options.
It's always nice to see some other Link videos.
I find myself doing it as well sometimes and always find I perform better when I pay attention to it. When you have a bomb, you have quite a while before it blows up. I'm disappointed in myself that I don't actually no the exact time lol. Anyway, the habit is where you throw it as soon as you get any opportunity. The mix ups between attacking and not attacking are very powerful. It applies to bombs as well.
