Trying to Relearn The King

[Collective of Bears]

Alright, so here's the deal. Some of you might remember me, some may not. But what evs. Right now, I'm in a bit of a crisis concerning King Dedede. I was once a devoted Dedede mainer. But since, I've found new characters and new mains, and I gradually started to use him less. And now, I'm making an attempt to revive him. But there's a problem:

I am SERIOUSLY rusty.

I just can't seem to use him as well anymore. Can anyone give me some help on reabilitating my inner penguin?

 

[Polar]

SCG. UTilt. BAir/FAir WoP. Waddle.
That is all.

But in all seriousness, Dedede is mostly about mindgames and spacing. Almost everything he can do is painful, so change things up and make sure you're unpredictable. Keep your spacing on characters that you need to space from (Metaknight being the obvious example) using FTilts, DTilts, and Waddles, and tech chase/punish. UAir and DSmash are his main killers, but you probably already know that.

 

[Vayseth]

Watch Aero's or Seibrik's videos. Their tournament videos show how D3 really shines at the end of a tournament and they both are very good. Their threads are here:

Seibrik:
http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=187963

And... I can't find Aero's vids. They're on Get your tournament somewhere.

 

[Delta Z]

You forgot U-tilt.

Look up some recent videos of good D3s, practice some stuff, and try to get re-used to him.

But, always good to see another Kirby main. :bigthumbu

 

[Polar]

You forgot U-tilt.

My bad. >.< I said it at the beginning, but accidentally said UAir instead of UTilt.