Tips For a Competitive Noob

[MageofSymphonia]

So I decided to finally hit the tournament scene. I used to play once in a blue moon back then but I just started to actually play back in January. Would you say that I'm on the right path towards improvement?

Going to tournaments

Friendlies with much better players

Smashfests

Granted though. The past few tournaments have been quite frustrating as well as friendlies as I have gotten destroyed endlessly, granted the people that I now regularly play with are ferociously good (common players seen on the Internet like on GRsmash top moment videos are heavily located in my region such as K9, Falln, M2K, ZeRo and many others).

How long did it take for a lot of you guys at least be able to start making top half of the bracket in terms of placing results?

Also I've hit a very unique point in my skill levels. For me, I play in my college and the average skill level there is something where I can easily two or three stock people with ease, but when it comes to my close friend (we go to tournies together) and other tournament players. It would be a miracle for me to take a stock off them. Unfortunately, I can't benefit from destroying lesser skilled players, but also benefit not as much from being rekted by power rank skilled players.

Any tips on how to efficiently improve my skills for an extremely competitive scene would help.

 

[Deleted member 269706]

What you want to focus on now is your weak points. Once you're able to hold your own (or at least try) you need to work out all of the little things that get in your way. For example, rolling into/behind the opponent too often, or recovering onto the ledge the same way as before. Figure out all of the little things that are getting in your way, and make an effort to outdo them.

Another suggestion I have would be to pick up new characters. A lot of people get locked into 1 character and totally forget about other options. You can learn so much about your own character from playing as other characters too. I had skills that transferred from Ike to Captain Falcon, and from Captain Falcon to Roy.

And of course, be open to losing, don't lose your head over it. Just know why you lost, and do your best to learn from your mistakes. Having a training partner is great for getting better, but don't rely on the same guy time and time again as you'll be conditioned to his movement, and his movements and patterns exclusively.