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Problems vs Fast Fallers (Especially Spacies!)

-Maddox-

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Hey whats up I'm Maddox. I was a Yoshi main in 3.5 but a combination of Yoshi nerfs and Pit buffs in 3.6 has re-sparked my interest in Pit. I had a pit in 3.0 so I have the basics of the character down and I've been doing pretty well with him but I really REALLY struggle against fast-fallers, particularly spacies. For reference here is a video of my Pit getting absolutely trashed by IPK's Fox last Monday (Note: I usually go pretty even vs his Fox with Yoshi and consistently take his Lucario to last stock with Yoshi)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzxWIiEquPg

It feels really difficult to deal with Fox in neutral with Pit (though I know I made a ton of bad choices) but the main problem I have seems to be my punish game. I rarely get follow-ups off of my grabs or hits and if I do they don't last very long. Anybody have advice for the match-up?
 
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