I've been playing Melee for around a month competitively. I had played it a lot growing up but only casually. For the first couple weeks I played Fox, and learned how to shuffle, wave dash, dash dance, and other basic advanced techniques with the character. In the past week or so, I've begun to play as Falcon- and although I had more success playing against competitive friends with Fox in the past, I feel that I have better control over Falcon, better understanding of the character and his moveset, and just enjoy playing him more than Fox.
But even though I've been playing the game for such a small period of time and haven't really committed to a character yet, I've found myself attracted to the Ice Climbers. Normally, the response I would both expect and deserve from people here would be 'just pick the character you like the most'.
I have a problem deciding between these characters for a number of reasons. The biggest one is that while the Ice Climbers are intriguing and look very fun to play and powerful based on sets I've seen, they're so fundamentally different from the rest of the cast that I'm not sure it would be a good idea to learn the competitive game through them. ICs appear to be such unusual characters that it might be detrimental to play them even when I don't have all of the basic techniques down, especially if I ever decided to switch characters.
So would it be better to start playing competitively with Ice Climbers or Falcon? Please don't tell me to decide for myself- that's ultimately what I'll have to do. I'm more just asking for advice on which one would help me improve my understanding of the game the most, which one would just teach me more. I like both characters and I obviously have played both a little, and I'm having a hard time deciding. Again, I mainly think that the fundamentals of Falcon are more transferable to the rest of the cast than the fundamental of Ice Climbers. So help me decide based on which would be better for somebody newer to the game.
But even though I've been playing the game for such a small period of time and haven't really committed to a character yet, I've found myself attracted to the Ice Climbers. Normally, the response I would both expect and deserve from people here would be 'just pick the character you like the most'.
I have a problem deciding between these characters for a number of reasons. The biggest one is that while the Ice Climbers are intriguing and look very fun to play and powerful based on sets I've seen, they're so fundamentally different from the rest of the cast that I'm not sure it would be a good idea to learn the competitive game through them. ICs appear to be such unusual characters that it might be detrimental to play them even when I don't have all of the basic techniques down, especially if I ever decided to switch characters.
So would it be better to start playing competitively with Ice Climbers or Falcon? Please don't tell me to decide for myself- that's ultimately what I'll have to do. I'm more just asking for advice on which one would help me improve my understanding of the game the most, which one would just teach me more. I like both characters and I obviously have played both a little, and I'm having a hard time deciding. Again, I mainly think that the fundamentals of Falcon are more transferable to the rest of the cast than the fundamental of Ice Climbers. So help me decide based on which would be better for somebody newer to the game.
