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Training at Home/Offline

Impact The Giddlyest

Smash Rookie
Joined
May 21, 2016
Messages
7
Location
New Jersey
NNID
crymsynwyng
3DS FC
3239-5080-4974
Hey guys,

I'm from central NJ, and I don't know many people around here who are free to play offline in person. Was wondering how some of you who may also not have many sparring partners in your area best train. Do you play lv9 CPUs for example, or FG? I generally practice mechanics in training as well as muscle memory inputs, but wanted to know if there were other things people did in the game itself. Thanks for taking the time to read this, feel free to advise as you see fit below :p
 

Draconitix

Smash Rookie
Joined
Jul 30, 2015
Messages
2
I have been using https://www.smashladder.com/ While there aren't a lot of players on it, everyone who is is very skilled. Not only that, but if you have good internet and play against people who are near you, it will be like playing offline. I like to play on friendlies to practice/warm up and for glory to get better while under pressure.
 

C0rvus

Pro Hands Catcher
Joined
Nov 11, 2014
Messages
1,554
Location
East Coast
There are definitely techniques you can practice by yourself or against bots, and things to study outside of the game; but nothing can replace playing actual players. I guess it largely depends on what you are training for/your goals.

In training mode, you can practice character-specific techniques, general advanced techniques, general execution and controlling your character. You can practice combos with DI if you have another controller and are willing to put up with slo-mo or some other work arounds to not having a training buddy.

Against bots, you can practice spacing your moves safely. High level CPUs can perfect shield often and punish with near frame-perfection, so sparring against them makes for decent spacing practice. They also air dodge perfectly so combo practice is okay, but I don't think they are good at proper DI, so keep that in mind.

Outside of the game you can watch and study matches. You play Cloud and ROB? Watch Mew3King, Komorikiri, Tweek for Cloud, 8-BitMan and Holy for ROB. Try to figure out why they make the choices they do, observe their approaches to neutral, to different characters and players, etc. There should also be various resources for improving with your characters and in general. Here on the boards, stuff that gets shared around about fighting game knowledge, anything. Lots and lots of stuff online.

That aside, unless your connection is really bad, try hopping on Wi-Fi and playing people. (Do the rest too, but playing real matches is the best way to improve.)
 
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