Hello smashers,
I'll cut straight to the chase. As of about two weeks ago, I decided to pick up the seemingly pointless and nearly impossible task of being good with every character Melee has to offer; from the top tier Fox all the way to the bottom of the barrel, Kirby. Now, i don't mean I want to learn how every character works and know their gimmicks and understand their play style, no - I want to play EVERY character at a HIGH level to the point where I can go to tournaments and pick random, knowing that no matter what character I pick, it will be at the highest level of play (obviously, some drawbacks are bad MUs, natural low tier being naturally bad and therefore unviable in competitive play, etc.) My drawbacks are far from that. I'll tell you my problem first, then give a backstory, then I'd like to see if anyone can help.
MY PROBLEM: I've forgotten how to play my best characters, in terms of spacing, combos, movement, and mindset. I feel "sticky", meaning my movement is far from fluid as it used to be (dash dancing, dash attacking, wavelands etc.) and i've forgotten how to combo with combo dependent characters (luigi, marth), and quite possibly the worst thing is my comfort in spacing and approach, which i've suffered a lot, and I can tell.
WHAT I WANT: Help in how to get back into shape in terms of playing high level with 3-4 players instead of 26. Should I fight CPUs? Should I practice ledge techs? Should I take a break from smash? Any advice would help, and tell me if the journey to become a random main is worth it! Thank you
BACKSTORY:
I first came out as a Fox, Yoshi, Marth, and Dr. Mario main (hence my name, FoYoMaDr.) My list expanded to characters like Falco, Luigi, Peach and Captain Falcon. One day, I was playing friendlies and my friend decided to pick Kirby, and i scoffed at him since Kirby is the worst character in the game. He actually took me down to one stock with my Marth, and I was very impressed. Then I made it a mission to get good with a bad character as well, and that character was Zelda. I actually became a very viable Zelda, after watching Cosmo and the Lake videos. I felt comfortable in playing with Zelda, and decided to try out Netplay with her. I ended up taking Gold III with mostly Zelda, and I had a burst of happiness since a bad character was made decent through practice. Suddenly, I had a new mission. Since I was able to take a terrible character and play her at a high level, why can't I do that with every character? Thus began my journey of becoming a Random main. Now, At that time, I was good with about 9 characters. I was decent with another 10, and the remaining 7 i've never played before, and I would require a heavy amount practice in each character. I ended up making my own tier list based on how well I perform with that character, and from there, I started with my worst character (Ness, in this case) and ended up looking at all the tech necessary to be decent with him. He was so entertaining to learn, I made video tutorials on how to do his Yoyo Glitch (which if anyone was interested, is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZezL5uUNhQ) I got really excited because I saw progress with Ness, and moved on to learning other advanced techniques with characters I wasn't experienced with (Wobbling with ICs, Super Wave Dashing and Extended grapple with Samus, Chaingrabbing with DK and G&W) and as of yesterday, I was Silver III maining Random. I was really excited, up until tonight when I played a Silver III Marth (which in this case, I got Marth) and knew that I was superior because my marth is Gold tier.
I ended up losing. I could not space, combo, ledge guard, I basically FORGOT to play Marth. After taking the loss to the Silver III I went to Bronze I, and with my new found knowledge of losing my skills with top players, I ended up losing with my best characters (Peach, Fox, Luigi) and got discouraged, got on my main account where I only played my good characters (Gold III) and proceeded to lose to Silver IIs. I went down to Silver III, and Then I went back to the drawing board, playing CPUs, when I realized I don't have the touch I used to have with my good players. Now I'm here, explaining everything that has happened to me, and now I'm wondering if everything will be okay and if I'll ever get my mian skill back and being great with 3-4 people instead of being decent with everyone. What a Dilemma!
I'll cut straight to the chase. As of about two weeks ago, I decided to pick up the seemingly pointless and nearly impossible task of being good with every character Melee has to offer; from the top tier Fox all the way to the bottom of the barrel, Kirby. Now, i don't mean I want to learn how every character works and know their gimmicks and understand their play style, no - I want to play EVERY character at a HIGH level to the point where I can go to tournaments and pick random, knowing that no matter what character I pick, it will be at the highest level of play (obviously, some drawbacks are bad MUs, natural low tier being naturally bad and therefore unviable in competitive play, etc.) My drawbacks are far from that. I'll tell you my problem first, then give a backstory, then I'd like to see if anyone can help.
MY PROBLEM: I've forgotten how to play my best characters, in terms of spacing, combos, movement, and mindset. I feel "sticky", meaning my movement is far from fluid as it used to be (dash dancing, dash attacking, wavelands etc.) and i've forgotten how to combo with combo dependent characters (luigi, marth), and quite possibly the worst thing is my comfort in spacing and approach, which i've suffered a lot, and I can tell.
WHAT I WANT: Help in how to get back into shape in terms of playing high level with 3-4 players instead of 26. Should I fight CPUs? Should I practice ledge techs? Should I take a break from smash? Any advice would help, and tell me if the journey to become a random main is worth it! Thank you
BACKSTORY:
I first came out as a Fox, Yoshi, Marth, and Dr. Mario main (hence my name, FoYoMaDr.) My list expanded to characters like Falco, Luigi, Peach and Captain Falcon. One day, I was playing friendlies and my friend decided to pick Kirby, and i scoffed at him since Kirby is the worst character in the game. He actually took me down to one stock with my Marth, and I was very impressed. Then I made it a mission to get good with a bad character as well, and that character was Zelda. I actually became a very viable Zelda, after watching Cosmo and the Lake videos. I felt comfortable in playing with Zelda, and decided to try out Netplay with her. I ended up taking Gold III with mostly Zelda, and I had a burst of happiness since a bad character was made decent through practice. Suddenly, I had a new mission. Since I was able to take a terrible character and play her at a high level, why can't I do that with every character? Thus began my journey of becoming a Random main. Now, At that time, I was good with about 9 characters. I was decent with another 10, and the remaining 7 i've never played before, and I would require a heavy amount practice in each character. I ended up making my own tier list based on how well I perform with that character, and from there, I started with my worst character (Ness, in this case) and ended up looking at all the tech necessary to be decent with him. He was so entertaining to learn, I made video tutorials on how to do his Yoyo Glitch (which if anyone was interested, is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZezL5uUNhQ) I got really excited because I saw progress with Ness, and moved on to learning other advanced techniques with characters I wasn't experienced with (Wobbling with ICs, Super Wave Dashing and Extended grapple with Samus, Chaingrabbing with DK and G&W) and as of yesterday, I was Silver III maining Random. I was really excited, up until tonight when I played a Silver III Marth (which in this case, I got Marth) and knew that I was superior because my marth is Gold tier.
I ended up losing. I could not space, combo, ledge guard, I basically FORGOT to play Marth. After taking the loss to the Silver III I went to Bronze I, and with my new found knowledge of losing my skills with top players, I ended up losing with my best characters (Peach, Fox, Luigi) and got discouraged, got on my main account where I only played my good characters (Gold III) and proceeded to lose to Silver IIs. I went down to Silver III, and Then I went back to the drawing board, playing CPUs, when I realized I don't have the touch I used to have with my good players. Now I'm here, explaining everything that has happened to me, and now I'm wondering if everything will be okay and if I'll ever get my mian skill back and being great with 3-4 people instead of being decent with everyone. What a Dilemma!
