Q&A Sheik Strategy & QnA

[KirbyKaze]

I like how my AIM and Skype are both visible and I have LE on Facebook but nobody ever just asks me on either chat medium...

 

[bubbaking]

What's "LE"?

 

[Tee ay eye]

little england

 

[bubbaking]

Oh, I didn't see that he posted beforehand. New page and all that...

 

[Purpletuce]

So is that an invitation to ask KK on Skype dates? :o

 

[Strong Badam]

SUNG: you're switching to sheik?

 

[Little England]

I like how my AIM and Skype are both visible and I have LE on Facebook but nobody ever just asks me on either chat medium...

I tried sending you a message on aim today when smashboards said you were online, but when I sent it it said you were offline. I also checked FB before I posted. I'll try Skype I guess...

I wouldn't post without making an honest attempt.

 

[KirbyKaze]

So is that an invitation to ask KK on Skype dates? :o

It's similar to how dating in real life works. Nothing really stops you from asking me out - I'm just also allowed to refuse if I'm not interested or it's inconvenient for whatever reason.

 

[KirbyKaze]

Double post, whatever.

I just wanted to say I'm very impressed with the diligence and effort some of you are showing with learning this character lately and taking your self-improvement into your own hands. It's so uplifting, refreshing to watch, and it makes me feel the time I used to donate here and now donate mainly through conversations is a worthwhile investment on my part.

Haven't felt so happy about Melee in a long time. I have a very good feeling about this generation of Sheik players. Keep it up!

 

[soap]

lol

I am now inspired to read 10,000 words of power

 

[Little England]

^__________^

 

[omgwtfToph]

Clawing JC u-smash is good during run and such.

I prefer double stick up for u-smash OOS though.

Dude I do the same thing!

Biggest fan, present.

 

[KirbyKaze]

The epic battle of Toph and Tafo continues

Why can't you both just be happy that I love you <3

 

[omgwtfToph]

More than anything I'm upset we've teamed twice and haven't used the team name "We Love Kirbykaze" or something along those lines.

although Tophokints isn't bad either

 

[Strong Badam]

Oh yeah you guys teamed at KoC didn't you? ;P

 

[stabbedbyanipple]

Yeah kk, you're roughly 50% of the reason I use aim anymore lol

 

[TaFoKiNtS]

I came here to express my praise of kirbykaze

 

[KirbyKaze]

Don't applaud, just throw money.

 

[Sweet™]

Single bills preferably.

 

[Smooth Criminal]

Don't applaud, just throw money.

Can I stuff bills down your trousers? ;3

Smooth Criminal

 

[KirbyKaze]

Can you make it to the club on Tuesday?

 

[Gea]

Does one have to tip 1.5x on Christmas? Wouldn't the quarters kinda be cold?

 

[KirbyKaze]

Oh damn it is Xmas. I actually forgot LMAO

 

[silentSWAG]

club yeahhh
what the **** is 1.5x on xmass?

 

[Gea]

Holiday pay is usually time and a half. So 1.5X your normal pay.

 

[Sweet™]

Basically, KK is going to be rolling in cash money.

 

[KirbyKaze]

My underwear is reinforced prior to the 25th to accomodate all the extra weight that our XXXmas party brings.

 

[Wenbobular]

So apparently KK and Amsah have the same birthday
!!!

Happy birthday bros

 

[L__]

happy birthday sheik gods

 

[darkatma]

KK what are your thoughts on reverse dair from the ledge vs laggier recoveries?

Like how falco does a reverse dair, which catches people because they are trying to DI into the center of the stage. Except with sheik's dair. It should pop them straight up if they're DIing away or down and away, making it so you dont have to cross up the stage to kill them.

 

[bubbaking]

Excuse my ignorance, but how does Sheik do a reverse dair from the ledge? Are you referring to turning around to dair facing offstage?

 

[ShroudedOne]

Jump off the ledge, then dair while drifting into them so that you are in front of them while dairing, using the hitbox behind the dair to pop them up

Like how Peach uses reverse nair to send Sheik back offstage, or how Falcon reverse knees from the ledge. You're using the hitbox to hit behing you, while facing towards the stage.

Hopefully that explanation doesn't suck.

 

[silentSWAG]

how about needle turnaround from ledge then dair

haha

and one time
bthrow drop off dair to fair worked

 

[KirbyKaze]

@ Atma - Reverse dair edgeguard vs onstage lag or anything that's going slightly above the edge (or even around it sometimes) is really good situationally as an edgeguard so long as you can hit the reverse fair when they go up and slightly inwards. Bair and nair often give too much height, and uair sometimes doesn't KO.

In general some manner of bair can setup an offstage fair or an additional bair (or two) so for consistency consider just increasing your proficiency with weak bair into things. For some reason after a lot of Sheiks hit a weak bair, they just freeze up as if they don't know what to do and wait for Falcon or whoever to start their up+B again and risk compromising their edgeguard. He's been hit by a weak move and has X frames before he can protect himself again with whatever; go after him god damn it LOL.

 

[darkatma]

Cool, thanks for the input. I should've realized that it hits slightly inwards anyways, making it so that you have to hit with reverse fair.

Also happy birthday, while it's still your birthday

 

[KirbyKaze]

One of the old edgeguards I used to really enjoy was reverse dair on a space animal around 80% into tipped u-smash KO on FD.

 

[Jolteon]

You can also link reverse dair into weak bairs off stage vs space animals, pretty neat option, but reverse fair is easy anyway and should be used instead.

Happy bday kk/amsah.

 

[silentSWAG]

im real im real im realy realy real
kendrik lamar stuck in my head man
birth date be celebrated =D
so lets go celebrate !!!
no over drinking
me i dont drink
but everyone over smoken
merry chrismass
and its amsahs birth date too !!!
sticky green over fein

and jolteon should of got that 3 stock comeback

 

[Purpletuce]

You can also link reverse dair into weak bairs off stage vs space animals, pretty neat option, but reverse fair is easy anyway and should be used instead.

Happy bday kk/amsah.

That was pretty nice, but the commentators. . . OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

What is that? It scared me.

 

[joejoe22802]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h15MM11X9Cs

I'm not looking for handouts, I've studied this myself. But I would really appreciate advice from kk, soap, jolteon, l.