I think us falcons need to be talking now more than ever about how to improve our standing in the metagame. After Evo, there's certainly a falcon hype killing vibe going on, and I'm not down with that. That being said, I'm not trying to claim to be the best, or put myself above anyone, BUT, we need to figure out how to do better than we've been doing. I'm not sure exactly what we need to do, but I know for sure that conversing amongst ourselves will help. With that in mind, anyone who Pms me on the subject can have either my Facebook or phone number to message or text me anytime you have something to discuss, and maybe if we come to good realizations we can post our results on the boards.
Guys, keep in mind that falcon IS an adequate character, and IS capable of not only placing well, but having an armada-esque dominant reign. We have the tools to do it, we're simply not using them perfectly. I know you guys watched hax vs peepee, and I know that I'm not the only one who saw that as completely winnable! Hax was ahead on game three for Christs sake!
Now, in my opinion, there's a few specific things that REALLY need work from us, and the only way we're going to make progress is by having intellectual conversations about them. We have to use our brains guys!
1. Let's be real about it guys, our edgeguards are sub par. If you watch any falcon in any match, you're going to see him fail to close the deal at least once when he could of. This is so crucial to fix! Especially against characters with limited recoveries like the fastfallers, marth, etc... It's one thing to have a hard time hitting a peach as she floats back and forth and using umbrella shenanigans, but trying to edgeguard a spacie and just getting burned into a death combo is just NOT acceptable if falcon's ever going to be the best. So what do we have to do? What can our collective minds come up with to ensure significantly more precise edgeguards?
2. Our tech chases need work. Now, I know that this is a really hard subject, but tech chasing should be our most dominant aspect! I, for one, thing we need to start working on two things to improve our tech chases significantly. First off, we need to make sure we're taking guarenteed tech chases when they're presented. See; dsmash and raptor boost. We also need to really start moving more towards reaction based tech chases. Guys, even if you can't get a knee, it's much better to react and at least start choking out their space/pressuring them! It's incomparably better than just whiffing a stomp or something.
Listen, I went to stress again that I'm really not trying to say this stuff from a high horse. I REALLY just want falcon to do better, and I'll do whatever I have to with you guys to improve. PLEASE provide feedback to this, and lets finally get the ball rolling. Like I said, if you Pm me I'll let you know how to contact me, and I hope to hear back from you guys.
Guys, keep in mind that falcon IS an adequate character, and IS capable of not only placing well, but having an armada-esque dominant reign. We have the tools to do it, we're simply not using them perfectly. I know you guys watched hax vs peepee, and I know that I'm not the only one who saw that as completely winnable! Hax was ahead on game three for Christs sake!
Now, in my opinion, there's a few specific things that REALLY need work from us, and the only way we're going to make progress is by having intellectual conversations about them. We have to use our brains guys!
1. Let's be real about it guys, our edgeguards are sub par. If you watch any falcon in any match, you're going to see him fail to close the deal at least once when he could of. This is so crucial to fix! Especially against characters with limited recoveries like the fastfallers, marth, etc... It's one thing to have a hard time hitting a peach as she floats back and forth and using umbrella shenanigans, but trying to edgeguard a spacie and just getting burned into a death combo is just NOT acceptable if falcon's ever going to be the best. So what do we have to do? What can our collective minds come up with to ensure significantly more precise edgeguards?
2. Our tech chases need work. Now, I know that this is a really hard subject, but tech chasing should be our most dominant aspect! I, for one, thing we need to start working on two things to improve our tech chases significantly. First off, we need to make sure we're taking guarenteed tech chases when they're presented. See; dsmash and raptor boost. We also need to really start moving more towards reaction based tech chases. Guys, even if you can't get a knee, it's much better to react and at least start choking out their space/pressuring them! It's incomparably better than just whiffing a stomp or something.
Listen, I went to stress again that I'm really not trying to say this stuff from a high horse. I REALLY just want falcon to do better, and I'll do whatever I have to with you guys to improve. PLEASE provide feedback to this, and lets finally get the ball rolling. Like I said, if you Pm me I'll let you know how to contact me, and I hope to hear back from you guys.