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Sheik Match-up

Deathrender

Smash Rookie
Joined
Jun 22, 2015
Messages
10
Location
Grande Cache, AB
Oh god. I hate Sheik. I've had nothing but trouble playing against her since I picked up Mewtwo.

What are some good things to practice for the 20TuTu match-up?
 

blu2grut

Smash Cadet
Joined
Aug 5, 2013
Messages
46
Best advice I can give you is hold down a lot more. Almost everything Sheik does you can crouch cancel and punish. DI in general is extremely important against Sheik.
 

Deathrender

Smash Rookie
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Jun 22, 2015
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Location
Grande Cache, AB
The problem is that when things come around to that, Sheik has multiple tools to beat that and my other neutral game options. If I CC dtilt, she just short hops over top of my dtilt or seems to outspace my utilt. HC bairs work well at keeping her out, too, but she just has to projectile me.

What should I do at higher percents when CC isn't an option? There has to be other ways of getting in.
 

Deathrender

Smash Rookie
Joined
Jun 22, 2015
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Grande Cache, AB
Another problem I'm having with her is getting back on stage. Her moves come out so fast and cover as much range as mine do. I'm having trouble figuring out what to bait. My combo game against her is fine. It's during neutral and getting combo'd that I suffer.

Keep in mind I don't play at a high level. I just don't see how I can win this one reliably. Sheik just looks like she plays well for free.
 

blu2grut

Smash Cadet
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Aug 5, 2013
Messages
46
Sheik is an easier character to combo with which might be discouraging. I would suggest using your shadow balls more and consider a more defensive playstyle and control space with hover canceled aerials. Hover canceled up air cover's lower mid to high approaches. When you get Sheik in the air do not let her get back down. You have lots of tools to keep her from getting down. Make sure you are getting edge guards on her because her recovery is predictable and free.
 
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ShadowKing

Smash Ace
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Jun 1, 2015
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676
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Germany
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Let see here OK so when playing Mewtwo his teleport pretty much beats shieks and his projectile does more damage plus hes dair can kill at low %
 

Ithnex

Smash Rookie
Joined
Sep 19, 2014
Messages
19
Location
Canada, AB, Calgary
Sheik has a fairly linear recovery. You can exploit this simply by hopping on the ledge and they're forced to going on stage then you can simply run on and back throw them over and over again.
 
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