What Do I Need To Know?

[hipponox]

k im really new to the competitive scene and i just wanted to know what i must know in order to be a good captain falcon player. any help would be greatly appreciated! it really doesn't matter what you post. if it will help in any way whatsoever, post it.

 

[mlorenzo]

first you must learn spacing. is a must. use a lot of falcon aerials. jab cancel. time the knee. and know when to use the falcon punch. most of the time you have to be patient. if you play aggressive you will fail. you have to be pseudo aggressive. and you shall be good. but if you want an easy win. dont main falcon. falcon is a character that takes ton of practice.

 

[Llumys]

Falcon won't get you wins.

 

[Prawn]

Yeah if you want to be competitive then choose a different character. If you take a look at the tier list you should see who is viable in tournament play and who isn't. It's a sad reality that C.Falc sucks in this game

 

[Psychoace]

While this may be true that using him will hinder you always remember the great Taj (mewto)

Grab releases are your friend. Don't forget to gimp.

 

[Player-3]

so psychoace how was hobo20

 

[Psychoace]

I got 17th , but still wrecked in friendlies. Xyro ***** us all.

 

[Player-3]

nice.

xyro is too good

 

[hipponox]

wow. thanks on all the responses so far! well then. since captian is a bad choice, who should i try to main out of pikachu, ness, lucario, marth, or ike? Me and my friends came up with that list. Since playing the most badass character (captain- he is, dont deny it) is a bad choice who should i focus on? Just looking for opinions here. WHO WOULD YOU PICK out of those? and give me reasons why. Again- any help appreciated! : )

 

[teluoborg]

Lol@Falcon boards, telling newcomers to go play someone else.
Playing Falcon competitively is clearly a bad idea if you're not totally dedicated to the character.

But if you feel like Falcon has to be your main then go ahead and main him. You just have to not be discouraged by losing, cause you'll lose a lot when learning to play Falcon, a BIG lot.

PS : to answer the question, beside Falcon I'd choose pikachu, because he's the most annoying thing in the world (+spammy projectile+chain grab+good moves).

 

[Player-3]

if you play falcon it makes you a better player

dead serious, playing falcon in tournys made me SO much better

you rely sooo much on reads and stuff

 

[Llumys]

Or you could just play well with a good character.

 

[Player-3]

that too
i do that now i play marth very well, if i played brawl seriosuly anymore i could prolly be top 5 in my state fairly easily lololol

it took me playing falcon seriously to stop my mental block though

 

[Dre89]

If you play Falcon you'll get better as a player alot quicker then you would from using most other chars, because you'll lose more, and you always learn more from people better than you than one's that are worse. You'll also have to learn how to properly space, bait, and punish etc. because your character is so bad.

But you shouldn't get discouraged from him because he's bad though, make your goal to be a good CF, not just someone who places well in tourneys, you can still be a respected player even if you don't place well because people will acknowledge you're good, just using a bad character.

For example Reflex, who is the number one Pokemon Trainer, only got around 50th at massive national tourney, yet everyone still knows he's a freak at this game.

Plus, there is nothing better in this game than landing the Sacred Combo (good luck landing that though).

 

[Player-3]

i did a knee > punch > knee

in tourny
LOL

 

[hipponox]

o i know. i dont care at all about losing. I do it all the time already. I like the idea of learning him to get better overall though. I think ill learn him and then move on to another character later. Thanks alot for all the responses!

 

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