Went to my local weekly tourney today and played some of the typical people... beating the 4 usuals with a combination of roy and zelda. However we had a new guy this week playing falco, and usually im pretty decent against falco, however i had a lot harder time vs this one. He used a lot more laser than im used to and was probably overall the best or 2nd best falco ive played. We were fairly even through the whole match and he just barely won.
My 2 questions, how do you get around laser happy falcos?
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How do you get around range happy samus(i usually just switch to other characters)?
waveland onto platforms will force falco make a move. he will either jump on his platform to laser more or approach under your platform.
this leaves you to fall from your platform if he jumps up, or jump to the top platform if he is approaching.
if you are on the top, bait him to the platforms and go under. this will leave you in a really good position to trap the falco and kill him.
another good tip is to wavedash out of shield a lot. this will mess up the falco's laser spacing and probably land you with a grab if you play your cards right.
also, powershielding will really REALLY **** a campy falco. its hard to be consistant, but if you practice you could probably make it happen.
for the samus, you can simply avoid the missles by ducking, jumping, or wavelanding on a platform. they are pretty easy to dodge. if you are in a tight spot, your sword WILL kill the missile without you taking damage. on the ground, utilt or jab would probably be best; in the air bair is probably the best (cause of duration) but its not that hard to slash a missile with a fair.
the charged shot should always be shielded (or countered if you're feeling awesome). you can't cancel it out with any of your moves. luckily samus only gets to charge when you're dead, so hopefully there wont be many of them