Zatchiel
a little slice of heaven 🍰
I'll offer critique for both of you in order.
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-Joannett88-
Your switches were calmly done for the most part so even in heat of close combat you rarely got a Monado art you didn't want right then. Your art choices were rational too. It is clear to me that you have a great grasp of the character, and getting fifth place on your first attempt at an offline tournament is an exciting achievement. I also remember Marcbri as a player, you did a great job squaring off against him.
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Pikalink
Your playing style seems very aggressive almost regardless of the match context, which is interestingly enough how I love to play him too. Even at kill percents you didn't falter much in your movement/decisions in neutral and your offense appeared confident and sensible. It was fun to observe.
For advice, I personally think you let yourself get carried away a lot with your offense. Using Speed or Jump doesn't mean approaching from the air is always the best option. You could've also gotten better punishes by luring your opponent while they're at the ledge for example. You get stage control then you use that advantage to little effect. What I mean is that you could be killing them at the percents you remained focused on getting them offstage and edgeguarding. It's inefficient management of multiple resources: favorable positioning, your onstage kill options, and in some cases your Monado arts. With the Smash art we can wipe off one of Samus's stocks before she reaches 100%.
Honestly, the matches you've presented don't really show you struggling with much of anything. You win first two games having a convincingly steady control of either game, making very few, minor mistakes besides the obvious self destructs. Matches like those make it kinda tough to supply any advice when it's asked for. Just keep that in mind if you wanted a meatier critique.
You'll get better control of your nerves the more you play singles. Persevere. Your Shulk looks rather beautiful, I look forward to seeing more of your play.
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-Joannett88-
Very good play. Very good.Hey fellow Shulk mainers, bringing you some of me most recent Shulk tournament videos. I am from Spain and we are constantly playing online thanks to the Smash support of our national e-sports company.
Pretty happy with my results, I ended up 5th and this was my first offline tournament as a Shulk mainer.
vs Marcbrihttp://www.twitch.tv/smashbrosspain/b/634383491?t=31m10s
Also in game 2 I switched to Yoshi. Went back to shulk in the others.
Your switches were calmly done for the most part so even in heat of close combat you rarely got a Monado art you didn't want right then. Your art choices were rational too. It is clear to me that you have a great grasp of the character, and getting fifth place on your first attempt at an offline tournament is an exciting achievement. I also remember Marcbri as a player, you did a great job squaring off against him.
No, bad idea. Not until you practice it. Practice it until you are barely messing it up ever. Because when you mess up it can be even costlier than if you didn't do it at all. Like it did at the end of your second stock.
Both seemed fine to me. I can't helpfully criticize those. Anything I have to tell you about them you probably already know watching over your own play. Just those obvious mistakes you might shake your head at. I know I always do when I watch over my play.
For less commonly recognized mistakes, you give up stage control a lot with your rolls. If you don't know whether or not the opponent is going to approach with an attack or a grab, hold your shield and pay attention to what they're doing before you decide on what to do yourself. Most of your rolls were also really... early, like you remained completely uncertain about how he'd react to your shield throughout the game.
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Pikalink
I'd say I like your taste in alts but I like all of them. White is one of my favorites though.
Your playing style seems very aggressive almost regardless of the match context, which is interestingly enough how I love to play him too. Even at kill percents you didn't falter much in your movement/decisions in neutral and your offense appeared confident and sensible. It was fun to observe.
For advice, I personally think you let yourself get carried away a lot with your offense. Using Speed or Jump doesn't mean approaching from the air is always the best option. You could've also gotten better punishes by luring your opponent while they're at the ledge for example. You get stage control then you use that advantage to little effect. What I mean is that you could be killing them at the percents you remained focused on getting them offstage and edgeguarding. It's inefficient management of multiple resources: favorable positioning, your onstage kill options, and in some cases your Monado arts. With the Smash art we can wipe off one of Samus's stocks before she reaches 100%.
Honestly, the matches you've presented don't really show you struggling with much of anything. You win first two games having a convincingly steady control of either game, making very few, minor mistakes besides the obvious self destructs. Matches like those make it kinda tough to supply any advice when it's asked for. Just keep that in mind if you wanted a meatier critique.
You'll get better control of your nerves the more you play singles. Persevere. Your Shulk looks rather beautiful, I look forward to seeing more of your play.
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