Tips on becoming competitive ?

[FinlayNight]

Hi guys recently in the past 3 months, i have decided to become competitive in smash..... i would consider my self decent and i practice and practice everyday. i do know a lot of the technical stuff and i practice that alot, but is there any tips for becoming competitive

 

[Sir_Zedd]

The best tip I can give is for you to try and find your local smash scene and get involved with it, playing against human beings locally is the only way to get better at the game (bots and for glory will teach you some very silly things) If thats not possible maybe you could find a friend who would want to practice with you?

Practice, practice, practice those little quirks and tech your character has you need to use all your tools to succeed!

 

[EZdelFresco]

Don't get hit

 

[Pazzo.]

1. Practice with other users outside of For Glory.

2. Practice with other users outside of For Glory.

3. Practice with other users outside of For Glory.

I cannot stress how important that is. It'll make or break you.

 

[Lil Puddin]

Play to win, not for fun.

Ex: in PM Zelda's din was so annoying to use for me. So it is not fun to use. But to be competitive with Zeldoo, I had to use din.

 

[Radirgy]

Prey to Win[/aMSa]

 

[Jebus244]

For glory is not as bad as these posters have made it out to be. Play it and find users you don't have much lag against and friend them. Then play them in your own "room" and pick competitive maps like battlefield or smashville. otherwise play locally against friends.

 

[Vic]

Well its not much but here's what I can offer you for advice:

• Don't be a scrub: http://www.sirlin.net/ptw-book/introducingthe-scrub. If you are one, shed your skin and break out of it. You can't be a scrub and be competitive at the same time.
• For glory is alright for practicing, but a lot of tournaments aren't soley FD stages. You need to learn how to play on other stages and with people that are better than most of the riff raff you find in FG. Play with friends you know are good locally or online friends and practice with them on tournament regulated stages.
• Don't be afraid to go to a local smash tournament. Sure, you'll probably get destroyed and maybe out in 2 sets or before pools are even finished but that's all part of the learning experience: you'll see new strategies employed that you may have never thought of, new techniques, and best of all you'll meet a slew of great people who are just as excited about smash as you.

That's all I got for ya, other than what you already know: practice, practice, practice. GLHF.

 

[Artryuu]

I agree with MaskO'Gears. For Glory gives you bad habits, however, that's not always the case. Once in awhile you can find good players but.. that's a really low chance. What I do, I join online streams (Viewer battles) in twitch that have good players. (Now it is possible to practice against known smash players like dabuz, Nairo, Tkbreezy. etc.) Streams give you lots of skills I assure you. Save your replay losses, check what you did wrong and what you did right. Check what move gets you punish the most. Also, join online tournaments. If you don't win, that's alright, you learned something, it also helps take you tournament jitters. I used to get really nervous in streams, but I've been playing often that now I don't mind having viewers. Finally, most importantly, practice ^.^/.

 

[Mysteltainn]

- Getting involved in your local Smash Bros. community is always helpful in starting to become competitive. This not only gives you chances to fight other humans (crucial BTW, since CPUs give bad habits), but it also allows you to meet new people with similar interests.
- If you don't have much of a Smash Bros. community or friends that play, the next best thing would probably be For Glory Mode. You can pick up some bad habits and encounter some strange people on there, but all in all, you'll be fighting human beings, and this is crucial as I already pointed out, as it teaches you match-ups, forces you to make plays on the fly and relax under pressure, and allows you to eventually do some critical thinking in the Character Select screen after a loss to think about what you can change to be better. If you can, it'd probably be best to continue fighting people that give you a hard time, as these are the people who will help you gain better qualities as a Smasher that CPUs couldn't ever hope to give you.
- If you don't have a community and you don't have online (it happens, but doesn't seem to be your case), then the best thing is your Amiibo honestly. At maxed level, I'd still consider them to be better than the CPUs.

 

[Rajikaru]

if you're unlucky like me and don't have a local scene, don't play on For glory, play on Smashladder. You actually practice with other people who play competitively, and they're all much friendlier. You also go through actual competitive jargon, unlike FG: characters, 2 out of 3/3 out of 5 matches, picking and counterpicking maps, and what have you.

 

[NickRiddle]

http://smashboards.com/forums/regional-zones.89/

Find your region here.
Post and get people to play.
Don't get mad when you get bodied by good players.
Play to learn, not to win, for the first few months.
Pick a top-tier.