Uzima (Uzi)
Smash Lord
awesome!Okay I've compressed the OP. You can go over it Uzi and just fix up any areas / update them with the revelant information.
thanks a million
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awesome!Okay I've compressed the OP. You can go over it Uzi and just fix up any areas / update them with the revelant information.
When looking at ways for a player to improve their Fox technique, I've seen a lot of "learn the character" and "go to training mode" and "master the moves" sort of guff flying around the boards, but I haven't seen many (if any) practical methods for someone to go about approaching these things. For the most part it's either been helplessly vague, or so tangled up in minute technical details that execution gets lost.
What I feel this thread, or even this board as a whole could do well with is a practical and comprehensive "Training Guide" that Fox players can use to better their technical game, and so improve their overall game.
One aspect in particular that may come in very handy is a set of drills and exercises that a Fox player can use in training mode or similar settings. I've recently started a sort of daily drilling and exercise regimen for myself, and it's been nothing but helpful to my game. The drills/exercises don't necessarily need to be tactically viable in a match, but they should condition the fingers, mind and muscle-memory for the lighting-fast moves, quick thinking and pinpoint precision that's all but required for a solid and well-rounded Fox game.
Some examples of drills/exercises may include:
- Dash-Dancing (Simple, but I find it's a good starter for my personal training sessions).
- SH-2X laser, regular SH laser in some cases, and SH-3X laser if you have the fingers/button setup, plus a variety of lead-ins and follow-ups.
- SH-Uair strings, autocanceled (moving across the stage while doing this is helpful).
- RAR-Bair strings, with/without fastfalling (I find performing back-and-forth strings of this helpful for conditioning)
- Various Shine maneuvers. The list for this would be very long, but to name a couple I find helpful:
- - - quick dash to jump-canceled Shine.
- - - ledgehop to shine, returning to the stage very quickly.
- - - many many more
- Illusion canceling, and incorporating it into a variety of circumstances.
- Jump-canceled moves from a shield (Usmash/Shine/others)
- Glide-tossing and item familiarity (you're going to have to fight against a Diddy Kong/Peach/ROB/Toon Link/or others sooner or later, so it'll be helpful to be comfortable wielding items, plus it's good finger conditioning)
- Crossing under the stage (as far as I know, it's only possible for Fox to do this unassisted on Smashvile, and it forces the player to think very carefully about Fox's airborne mechanics and recovery options).
- wall-jump of the stage's edge to recovery, probably some form of Illusion (especially challenging on stages with thin edges like Lylat or FD).
- Some way to practice teching off walls/ceilings (I haven't yet found any that can be feasibly done solo, so this'd be a good spot to have one if possible).
- I'm sure there are many more that could be done.
A list like this would be even more beneficial when there is a brief explanation to accompany each drill/exercise, along with tips and helpful hints for executing them, like a personal trainer for conventional workouts.
From what I can tell, there seems to be a stark disconnect here among Fox players who know all about these tech-skill goodies, and those who aren't so familiar with them. With a Training Guide like what I'm suggesting, maybe this gap can be bridged, and Fox users can raise their level of play with more confidence, more assurance, and more solidity than without one.
Demonstration videos could be handy, but it would need to be more than just an impressive show-off video. It'd also need specific inputs, step-by-step breakdown, and practical methods of execution/practice.hmmm, good idea, Maybe a short video of good strats to practice accross certain stages and such. with the full list of moves through out, like a martial arts kata.
hmm, i train a very odd way, just sit for hours till i get it, no real plan about it.Demonstration videos could be handy, but it would need to be more than just an impressive show-off video. It'd also need specific inputs, step-by-step breakdown, and practical methods of execution/practice.
As an example, for a while I could never for the life of me figure out how to Illusion-Cancel with any consistency, until I slowed down to 1/4 speed in training mode and finally saw the insanely short animation I was supposed to interrupt.
1st: I never really found doing that difficult or challenging, but then again I can only speak for myself.back when I was playing more I used to do 'drills' aswell.
some others to add to your list would be...
- practicing the run off quatercircle quicksnap edgehog thing (really just cant remember what its called)
- what I like to call the fox dance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AVIjWu_2No) props to uzi.
- doublejab cancel, drill to doublejab cancel, etc (stuff like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmaY-lMAcSc&fmt=18)
Repetition does help, a lot. That's kind of the point of drills and exercises.hmm, i train a very odd way, just sit for hours till i get it, no real plan about it.
Like for illusion cancel i just went back and forth accross smashville for hours till i got it,
now i still got it after months of not playing,
I've thought about making a video like this; I have the equipment and software, but I've been hesitant to go through with it. Though I can perform all the above maneuvers, plus a few more, my moves are far from perfect. I don't know if my Fox technique would be able to carry the clout for something like this as it is.I may have to leave this idea mostly to you..
mind if i add the tutorial to the op?If we're going to talk about unknown/little known techniques, then I'll put this one forward. I'm pretty sure I've seen a vid of this before, but I haven't seen a whole lot else since then.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W99P6zz3Sw
And before you say it's not anything, take a closer look. Fox is actually descending during the Illusion Dash's warm-up animation (and I did screw one of them up a little).
On another note, I've uploaded a detailed breakdown/tutorial for the Illusion Cancel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoOzpbaIlhQ
Go right ahead, that's what it's there for.mind if i add the tutorial to the op?
full credit to you obviously