Alright first off Pika, you should have made that post in the
metagame thread. In fact, before you do that. Read every post in said thread. A lot of general advice on higher level Shulk play such as the proper usage of his monado Artes and how you ought get in line to suck nair's **** it's so good are already in that thread and various others throughout this subsection. Take advantage of them.
I really need to emphasize this. Read all of what's already been discussed. There's a ton of helpful advice for specific match ups as well right there waiting for you to take advantage. It's clear from watching your videos you aren't adapting your style to deal with the character you're facing. In fact, speaking of videos, watch the many that have been posted already as well. You'll learn a lot from them.
A large part of what makes Shulk so daunting at first is having to memorize the proper Arte usage for every other character in the game and then actually putting those fundamentals into practice. Every piece of advice someone could give you has already been dolled out elsewhere in this subsection. Go get it.
Read 900 posts before you ask for advice... Is what you just said. I think asking for advice
as a player is completely different from just getting to know a character. You know, I think the main problem is that we still don't have any sort of matchup thread, and all the information for matchups is spread across all the hundreds of posts in this sub-forum. Srsly I miss that sticky that was going to link to discussions for every matchup. There's currently no organization at all to look that information up.
And yeah, WFT's SUNLIIIIIIIIIIIGHT has crazy priority when fully charged.
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Funkermonster
I would use Speed a lot against them, because both their projectiles take some time, and Shulk will completely dominate her depressing range without giving them much room. Same with Samus. Fun fact, N-air and F-air cuts through missiles and uncharged shots. So just rushing through her missiles with N-airs is quite a viable approach (and awesome). Samus is more punishable than WFT but has some good range and priority so be sure to zone, just stay wary of her really good dash attack and punish/counter it.
Jump is pretty good against Kirby because they usually approach from the air, so you can catch them quick while they can't block. Speed with grabs works against Falcons who like to poke and roll away, and to match his overall speed for easier zoning, Well, overall, you seem to do pretty good. You definitely know what you're doing, so like Berserker said, try incorporating Monado Arts more into your game and play around with how they can affect your matchups and future.
One thing I noticed personally, is that you seem to attack quite a lot. Not really a fact since it comes down to playstyle, but try and think about how safe your attacks are. I would try to use D-tilt over F-tilt, and maybe cut down on the jabs (don't do the third hit unless you're positive it will combo/hit), because both of those are easily punished. For starters, try working in a little Speed usage in matches to add those fast grabs to your arsenal, I noticed your offensive style gets shielded a lot, so some grab mix-up could do wonders.
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