This is me in the latest tour. In general, I am new to smash and i'd like your suggestions for my gameplay.
I always have problems against Lil'Macs
Here's my anti-Mac notes. Pay close attention to the first one in particular.
- Stop jabbing so much when you grab Mac, just throw him immediately before he has a chance to DI or worse, break out as your opponent did several times in your match.
- Against most characters this is bad advice, but against Mac, use the bike a lot more, especially when he has KO punch out. When he gets KO punch, bike at him as much as possible, since no Mac can resist going for the punch, only to be left way open since the punch will ONLY hit the bike and not you when you're riding. Punish with Fsmash or Waft when they waste their punch on your bike. Remember though, only Bike when you have a lot of distance between him, unless you want to be fsmash in the face.
- Come down from the air with a bite out once in a while, especially after a bike jump when they try to punish your landing or when he's shielding expecting a dair. Makes Mac's more nervous to run into you. Don't use the bite until you're reasonably close to the ground and don't use it when you're already on the ground unless you're very confident in what your opponent is going to do.
- When you block his Fsmash, punish with a dash attack. Mac will be using it a lot since all Mac players don't actually think when they're playing as him. The dash attack is Wario's fastest move and it's usually fast enough to catch Mac, although if he does block it, you're dead so be careful.
- Punish his many lunge punches (forward Bs) with a dash grab when they're not next to you, or a down smash when they are, nothing else since Mac is too small to hit with a back air always and dsmash covers both sides quickly when he's close.
- Use aerial bites to grab when he's trying to land on stage (never use it off stage since you can die). Mac's like counter as they're landing, so bite them out of it and watch them plunge to their doom when they realize they've wasted their second jump.
- When Mac is recovering vertically, punish him with a dsmash. He doesn't actually auto stick to the ledge, so he often goes just past it as he's recovering. Be ready for him, block the up b if you need to, but punish with a dsmash or fart. Or, fall of the ledge and back air him as he's recovering to really screw him up.
Mac is a dumb character, and matches against him can go one of two ways. Either you play his game and get bopped, or you force him to play yours and destroy him. Keep to the skies, bike and bike jump a lot, don't be afraid to bite, and for the love of God, avoid those FSmashes. When Macs feel cornered, they'll just spam the living hell out of it, and they're way easier to punish while gliding through the air than on the ground if you know how to fast fall.
