Sheik's movement

[Pixel]

I main Sheik, but I've only been playing Melee for a month or two. I watch Sheiks on stream or M2K's Sheik and they all move much faster than I can manage at the moment. I'm trying to utilize my short hops(which kind of suck) and fast falling, but I'm not too great at doing so in combat. Any tips?

Also, my friend's Peach ***** me. I mean, ***** me. Consistently. Granted, he's much better at Melee and has been playing much much longer than I have, but shouldn't I have that match-up in the bag? Or do I just suck that badly?

Thanks in advance!

 

[ScubaF_ingSteve]

Your problem is you just need to play more. M2K is one of the best players because of the time he put into it. Just work on mastering things like short hops, wavedashing, wavelanding, dash dancing, needle reverses, shield dropping, ledge stalling etc. The more you work on these little fundamentals, you'll be able to get really creative when you play since you have these little tricks you can do at any time, so you'll be able to move more fluidly since you're comfortable with what you're doing.

 

[EMP_Zurg]

matchups with other high/top tiers are never free, even if you play the matchup "correctly" he probably has way better spacing and knowledge of situations than you and that's enough to win most of the time.