Tips for competitive smash

[ShadowCalibur]

Essentially just post tips of what to do to improve whether it be learning combos how to read correctly or anything like that. I too will post some tips but be open to criticism and things like that

 

[Crosstails20]

ummmm Practice?

 

[ShadowCalibur]

i mean like skills but yes practice is something I'm referring to things like teching mindgames that sort

 

[Ralugi]

Don't get hit. Hit them until they lose their stock.

Don’t learn advanced tech until you learn fundamentals. There are five core fundamentals. Neutral, spacing, punishing, reads, and tech skill.

Firstly, pick a character that exposes your strengths as a player. Are you a combo dervish, pick bayo, Falcon, or Sonic to boost your punish game.
Maybe you like to poke out the neutral, and slowly break down your opponent. You can play a character like Marth, Link, or Samus to outlast them.
Just remember to try to pick a top tier, or someone who has potential to be one. You wanna have a mindset to either win, or advance the game. Or maybe being a low tier hero is your thing.

 

[ShadowCalibur]

characters i have 3 mains ( i play them all with equal skill) Cloud, Ike, and Roy. my ike i survive longest with, roy i kill earliest with, Could goes either way. depends on mathchups.

 

[Dream Cancel]

One tip I have is for off-stage gameplay, and that is test your limits in friendlies. Go for crazy stuff and see if you make it back or not. If you SD, then you passed your character's limits, and if you don't, then keep pushing it until you do.

 

[ShadowCalibur]

never thought of doing that i'll make sure to try it

 

[Crosstails20]

Before I was joking around but now I'm serious. You should get online friends who are roughly the same skill level as you and main someone different than your main. Then practice against the player to practice counter play against that specific player. In my opinion you should at least the the top tier people first.

 

[ShadowCalibur]

Cloud is top tier and i view Ike and Roy as mid tier

 

[Ralugi]

Keeping a secondary is a good thing for mid tiers. It's always good to have a for fun character, and a set of aerious characters.

I recommend you play Cloud/Ike to get a grip on fundamentals. Roy is the harder of the bunch

 

[ShadowCalibur]

secondaries if forced are little mac, link and bowser

 

[ShadowCalibur]

i have pissed so many people off when i switch to little mac and just wreck them.

 

[Ralugi]

Little Mac. Are you the c-stick warrior type? Or a serious user?

You wanna be careful with Little Mac. You can't really study recovery or edgeguarding, both very important competitive skills. Also, it's very easy to exploit his attacks, but you have to be smart with your movements

Link is definitely a good start, and Bowser might also be a choice, though combos hit you really hard.

 

[ShadowCalibur]

serious i use more than just smashes. with mac I use everything i have to my disposal except i try to stay out of the air. I mercilessly abuse anything with super armor because im very good with timing so i know when i should use my smashes. Link i love his projectiles and his bomb setups are really good for combos and pressuring. Bowser because why the hell not. He hits like a truck can obliterate shields and has some good combos and gimp options too i use Ganondorf to but as a disrespectful one because i love seeing just how bad people can be on fg.