Acton
Smash Journeyman
Hey I've recently bought a Wii in the hopes of becoming a competitive brawl player. I just made a introduction topic in conjunction with this topic to introduce myself. Check it out at:
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?p=8835499#post8835499
Well anyway I have some general questions that I hope can help me improve my game play. Some of them cover Advanced Tactics found in this guide; http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=221988 and some of them include just general game play information. I'll go over the most basic questions first and then go over some of my more complicated questions.
The first and very most basic question I have in my opinion is about "Button Control", that is a tendency among new players to just "smash buttons continuously". Its a bad habit of mine that I've noticed. In 4 player brawl sessions I'll miss an attack and I'll keep trying to do it. Or with laser I'll keep hitting the B button. I've noticed this when I was practicing how to SHDL. I had to think about only pressing the B button twice, and not just smash the b button continuously. Also smashing buttons usually gets me knocked off the side and I'll be doing some arial attack while I'm falling which gets me killed. Does anyone have any suggestion for practicing how to control my tendency to "smash buttons"? It seems to have a lot to do with timing.
Also I seem to do much better in 1 vs 1 matches with friends irl then I do in 4 player brawl matches. Its harder to focus on everything going on in a 4 player match then a 1 vs 1 match. Most of the videos I've checked out on youtube are usually 1 vs 1 matches not 4 player matches. This is pretty critical since most of the time when I'm trying to "Chain Grab" its interrupted pretty quickly by another player. It seems a fair amount of the tactics included in above guide seem to be less useful in 4 player matches. As a falco player how should I behave in multi man brawls vs 1 vs 1 brawls?
My next question concerns button configuration and other sub questions involved with this general topic. The first question I have is am I allowed to re-configure the button setup at tourneys? Wether they are wifi/or rl? I've had tap jump disabled to get used to X Y jumping. I used to use tap jump all the time but since I've learned about short hopping its like a whole new world of brawl has opened up to me. xD
My next question involving button configuration has to do with "Boost Smashing",
"To perform this, turn tap jump off. The idea is to do a dash attack (I dash and then use down-c to initiate the dash attack) and then immediately up smash (I use Z + up on the analog stick)"
I have tried this technique plenty of times after seeing it on youtube and I can't seem to get the hang of it. I've always used smash techs by holding a and using the analog stick simulatenously. I can't get the hang of how to use charge smashes with the Z button and the anolog stick, and I don't really understand what he mans by down-c to initiate the dash attack. Does he hold Z and press down on the c stick simutaneously to charge the smash dash attack? I have no idea with this.
Another question I have regards "Input Buffering" It seems an easy enough concept to master while in the air, but I can't seem to get the hang of it on the ground, and more importantly how to impliment this concept in my fighting. Its hard to demonstrate in videos and I think its a concept best demonstrated in real time by someone wishing to maybe tutor me in this concept. But if someone can maybe articulate the principle more eloquently then in the above guide it would be much appreciated.
My last question regards how to cancel falcos "Illusion" tech. I've done it plenty of times in matches that I've played but never on purpose. I can clearly understand the benefits to this technique but I can't seem to get the hang of it. It instructs me to press the b button at the correct time to cancel the attack but can't seem to get it to work properly for me.
Also any other general suggestions would be appreciated. It seems there is a lot of information in the above guide, and I feel there must be some hierarchy to it, that is that there must be certain skills that you need to master before you can move onto others. IF anyone could maybe instruct me what skills, basic or advanced, I should try to work on first and then what I should move onto later would really help me out.
Also my friend code, and any other contact info is in my profile info. I don't expect people to answer all of these questions just answer whatever you can.
Thanks,
Acton
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?p=8835499#post8835499
Well anyway I have some general questions that I hope can help me improve my game play. Some of them cover Advanced Tactics found in this guide; http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=221988 and some of them include just general game play information. I'll go over the most basic questions first and then go over some of my more complicated questions.
The first and very most basic question I have in my opinion is about "Button Control", that is a tendency among new players to just "smash buttons continuously". Its a bad habit of mine that I've noticed. In 4 player brawl sessions I'll miss an attack and I'll keep trying to do it. Or with laser I'll keep hitting the B button. I've noticed this when I was practicing how to SHDL. I had to think about only pressing the B button twice, and not just smash the b button continuously. Also smashing buttons usually gets me knocked off the side and I'll be doing some arial attack while I'm falling which gets me killed. Does anyone have any suggestion for practicing how to control my tendency to "smash buttons"? It seems to have a lot to do with timing.
Also I seem to do much better in 1 vs 1 matches with friends irl then I do in 4 player brawl matches. Its harder to focus on everything going on in a 4 player match then a 1 vs 1 match. Most of the videos I've checked out on youtube are usually 1 vs 1 matches not 4 player matches. This is pretty critical since most of the time when I'm trying to "Chain Grab" its interrupted pretty quickly by another player. It seems a fair amount of the tactics included in above guide seem to be less useful in 4 player matches. As a falco player how should I behave in multi man brawls vs 1 vs 1 brawls?
My next question concerns button configuration and other sub questions involved with this general topic. The first question I have is am I allowed to re-configure the button setup at tourneys? Wether they are wifi/or rl? I've had tap jump disabled to get used to X Y jumping. I used to use tap jump all the time but since I've learned about short hopping its like a whole new world of brawl has opened up to me. xD
My next question involving button configuration has to do with "Boost Smashing",
"To perform this, turn tap jump off. The idea is to do a dash attack (I dash and then use down-c to initiate the dash attack) and then immediately up smash (I use Z + up on the analog stick)"
I have tried this technique plenty of times after seeing it on youtube and I can't seem to get the hang of it. I've always used smash techs by holding a and using the analog stick simulatenously. I can't get the hang of how to use charge smashes with the Z button and the anolog stick, and I don't really understand what he mans by down-c to initiate the dash attack. Does he hold Z and press down on the c stick simutaneously to charge the smash dash attack? I have no idea with this.
Another question I have regards "Input Buffering" It seems an easy enough concept to master while in the air, but I can't seem to get the hang of it on the ground, and more importantly how to impliment this concept in my fighting. Its hard to demonstrate in videos and I think its a concept best demonstrated in real time by someone wishing to maybe tutor me in this concept. But if someone can maybe articulate the principle more eloquently then in the above guide it would be much appreciated.
My last question regards how to cancel falcos "Illusion" tech. I've done it plenty of times in matches that I've played but never on purpose. I can clearly understand the benefits to this technique but I can't seem to get the hang of it. It instructs me to press the b button at the correct time to cancel the attack but can't seem to get it to work properly for me.
Also any other general suggestions would be appreciated. It seems there is a lot of information in the above guide, and I feel there must be some hierarchy to it, that is that there must be certain skills that you need to master before you can move onto others. IF anyone could maybe instruct me what skills, basic or advanced, I should try to work on first and then what I should move onto later would really help me out.
Also my friend code, and any other contact info is in my profile info. I don't expect people to answer all of these questions just answer whatever you can.
Thanks,
Acton