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Sheik Copycats

TxuZz

Smash Cadet
Joined
Jul 24, 2007
Messages
61
Location
-Where Bluebirds Fly-
I like a lot to play ( and win most of the times) with sheik, which i believe is the best player on SSBM. I've been using it for two memorable years, in matches with friends and so on..
suddenly one day one of them chose sheik as well as i did, but i didnt worry cause he sucked and i beat him like he was a noob. after then he's been practicing and improving a lot with my favorite character. this is not al. another friend of mine saw we were both kicking azzes, and tried her out too. now everytime we gather to smash there are three freaking sheiks on the screen and its kinda getting boring to play with them. and also i fell like there's no grace in playing (melee lightning most of the times). it started to suck even more as they became more skilled and now thye're very close to reach me. yes, im angry.

so the situation is: two unoriginal friends who have became almost as good as me with sheik, and, for me, have turned smash evenings boring.

the advice call: i'd like to know if there's another character i can use, or that any sheik player can use and still be effective and kick azz. i feel sheik is the best, but now i wanna change into a character which they'll never use, (by X reasons) and still be able to 4stock them in a funny not boring way. Also i want to know the cost/sacrifice/consequences of leaving a character and start using a new one. help me please.

Thnks.
 

samdaballer

Smash Ace
Joined
May 21, 2007
Messages
606
Location
SoCal
i would go with marth, though many people believe sheik couterpicks him, he is easy to pick up with and youll have fun with him
 

ArcNatural

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Joined
Jul 19, 2006
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You play lightning melee?

None of this really applies if that is what you play, since lightning is too fast really to l-cancel with shiek.

Sheik is very beginner friendly. Sheik doesn't have much lag on her aerials so you don't need to l-cancel as critically compared to other characters. Sheik also has pretty easy combo setups. Such as dtilt,ftilt, fair or simply dash attack to a tilt or fair.

Most of the other characters require a little more work to get skilled with. Other characters that are beginner friendly to use are Marth and Samus. If your looking to get better overall pretty much any character besides Sheik should do.

If your playing lightning melee I don't think any of this matters, since the game is so fast that you don't really have to l-cancel for any character as you won't really have the time to.
 

Shack

Smash Journeyman
Joined
Nov 22, 2005
Messages
466
Location
NYC
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just get better and make them feel weaker with her and they might drop her.

Pikachu is fast and strong, but light and not as much reach. So its ur choice. Only problem is u have to adjust and might take awhile b4 u can beat ur friends with a new character
 

t3hsh0ck3r

Smash Rookie
Joined
Jul 14, 2007
Messages
8
Location
Cupertino, CA (UC Davis)
i'd go marth or c.falconn

marth has the range (except for needles) on sheik and can edge guard him fairly well.

cfalcon if you want a sheik like feeling. very fast and hits hard (esp with fair)
 

TxuZz

Smash Cadet
Joined
Jul 24, 2007
Messages
61
Location
-Where Bluebirds Fly-
wll i've read this mssgs and tried all suggestions ystrday.. and im keeping IC's and Peach, thou u didnt tell me to u use her, its quite powerful and i only lost one match in a 5hour gathering using her. thnks 4 every advice.. i think my priorities are ordered like this (1-most used, 5-less used):

1.Peach
2.Sheik
3.IC's
4.Marth
5.Luiggi (woot!.. wll yes, luiggi's ok =P)

take care. play 5 hours a day.
 

kiwisurf

Smash Rookie
Joined
Jul 25, 2007
Messages
5
Location
piura-peru
brother!

:psycho:don't stop playin with sheik!!, you know u'r better than them u can kick their ***** whenever u want, as you didit always!!, but say it, say to them hey bit*** i'm gonna kick you *** you'd be never be like me, they're just laughing always and cecy is always waiting(carroñeando sabes de q hablo), he never goes to fight, you are better than that, so fight with me, i'm forggetin marth causa is gonna turn into an obssesion, and by the way i can get better!!
 

Jose Andres Herrera

Smash Cadet
Joined
Jun 12, 2007
Messages
41
My Friend, there are some characters that are good to pick.

Marth for example, the tip of the blade is real good, but try practicing combos and stuff.

Falco or Fox, manage to learn Waveshine and you will make your Sheik friends crazy.

Peach is never a bad choice, she is strong, but remember trainning to reach a pro level.

C.Falcon is a great combo player as Sheik, I encourage you to see C.F videos from Isai and Darkrain to see and learn how they use him.




In other words, all players can be used, but these are good if you train hard.
 
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