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What are ways to practice by yourself?

Bumble Bear

Smash Cadet
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Jun 21, 2014
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30
Location
Warner Robins, GA
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nintenman305
I can only go to tournaments once a month and I would really like to win one day. Unfortunately I have no one to practice with but myself. I usually go against level one computers and just mess around with them. Is there any other way I can practice?
 

Espi

Smash Journeyman
Joined
Jun 5, 2014
Messages
482
Location
Vancouver, BC
Here is an excellent tool that you should use.
It's called the 20XX training hack pack.

It has a lot of features that can help you.
 

djmath

Smash Apprentice
Joined
Jan 14, 2014
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123
Location
marth
or you could just find people to practice with. If you go to tourneys once a month I'm sure there's a community where you live. hack pack is solid, but playing real people frequently is important
 

AirFair

Marth tho
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Jul 1, 2014
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Houston, Texas
I guess another way to do it if you had the right hardware and stuff is to use Dolphin melee online, but it's a bit more work. I asked the same question when I first joined and I can only tell you to just practice essential tech, as mentioned above. Just a small tip, play against level 7 cpus at the very least. They are programmed to vary their DI so it makes for better practice then level 9's that only DI in one way.
 

Toe

Smash Apprentice
Joined
Mar 22, 2014
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76
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Connecticut
If you really cannot play anyone, the best thing to do is probably going to watch a ton of high level matches. Try to really understand what they are doing and why. There a ton of Marth guides and videos so most the information you probably want is out there and you just have to find it. The 20xx hack pack does help a lot more that the regular game because it can help you practice tech chases and stuff, and having the varying colors to show hit stun and everything can really help you understand some moves as well as hit and hurt boxes. Hope this helps!
 

ItWasAMindgame!

Smash Rookie
Joined
Sep 17, 2014
Messages
20
Location
North Carolina
I found something when playing that is surprisingly hard to do with Marth, imo. I would definitely consider this as an advanced technique that requires practice! I shall explain how to do it, and then its practical application. I know the abbreviations for the terms I use, but in the case that the people reading don't, other than attack moves, which everyone should know, I will spell everything out so that I am as clear as possible.
How you do it:
To do this, lets assume you and your enemy are both on Final Destination, your enemy is facing right, and you are ALSO facing right (your back is towards your enemy). 1. Do a short hop. 2. At the same time, do a n-air and then fast fall, what this will do is it will cover marth with hitboxes behind him (in this case, towards your enemy). 3. L-cancel/auto cancel. 4. Pivot, (this is the hard part) there are many ways to do this, but I will list the fastest ways. At this point, make Marth either turn around by moving the analog stick to the left, or, you can do a quick dash dance to turn him around. The timing is really hard to do, but this is worth it. 5. Do another short hop L-cancel/auto cancel n-air.
Practical application:
Lets assume we are in the same situation I was talking about earlier. You are in the neutral game and just trying to feel out your opponent/wait for them to approach/do something stupid. When you do this technique, it covers two scenarios, 1. If your enemy decides to approach, when you do the first n-air, you might hit the enemy if they get too close. 2. When your enemy sees the first n-air, it might bait them into approaching, in which case, you would pivot and catch them with the second n-air.
 

Ben Andrews

Smash Rookie
Joined
Jun 8, 2013
Messages
12
I like to put level 9 handicap (level 1 on myself) on a level 1 bowser, with damage at 0.5. This way you can practice l-cancelling really easily. It's easy to see results. Then when the bowser is finally at 999%, you can practice low percent combos on him. Kill him, and start again.
 

Clint Jaguar

Smash Journeyman
Joined
Feb 25, 2014
Messages
269
Location
Preston, England
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ClintJaguar
I just practice the M2K way. I know that's not the best way but with my current situation it'll have to do. Plus I still watch a lot of professional Marth players and learn new ways of using my moves and exploiting my opponent's openings.

Edit: Recently I've stopped doing this since when I got a chance to play against some friends I sucked. I've gotten too used to fighting against computers. Now I'm playing against my brother and learning how to combat a live opponent.
 
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Shiftyy

Smash Cadet
Joined
Jun 14, 2014
Messages
32
Best smasher in my city practices movement only, no combos at all. Perfecting your wavedashes/wavelands along with SHFFLing etc. will get you going
 
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