CobraWolf
Smash Rookie
- Joined
- Jun 14, 2008
- Messages
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I just came home from playing Brawl with my friends tonight and I believe I have made a discovery.
A lot of people seem to have a hard time choosing a character or a secondary because they do not begin learning the character correctly.
The best way to start learning a character (in my opinion) is to keep playing 1v1 match-ups with them against a real live person over and over again until you understand the character and get a feel for the character's playstyle, moves, move sets, etc.
This is how I learned Wolf and how I plan to learn any other characters.
When Brawl first came out I was disillusioned because in Melee my main was Samus and she got significantly nerfed. Because all my friends were playing together I didn't have time to just sit down and continuously 1v1 them over and over again to get good at a specific character.
However, such continuous play is needed. Luckily enough I got together with just my one friend one day when I was bored and played Link. Before long (½ an hour) I was surprising proficient with Link. This would have taken much much longer in a 2v2 situation with many people around (or it may never have happened).
When you pick up a new character in a setting like a 2v2 with your friends, it is intimidating and you are not learning well because 2v2s are pretty much chaotic.
The first day I played Brawl, I tried Wolf and thought he wasn't right for me because I didn't give him a chance when I couldn't immediately own with him in 2v2s.
Later, I practiced him against two different people on separate occasions in 1v1s. He is now my main.
In other words, if there is a character that you played at first in a non-1v1 match, try the character out again under different circumstances. You might see a difference.
A lot of people seem to have a hard time choosing a character or a secondary because they do not begin learning the character correctly.
The best way to start learning a character (in my opinion) is to keep playing 1v1 match-ups with them against a real live person over and over again until you understand the character and get a feel for the character's playstyle, moves, move sets, etc.
This is how I learned Wolf and how I plan to learn any other characters.
When Brawl first came out I was disillusioned because in Melee my main was Samus and she got significantly nerfed. Because all my friends were playing together I didn't have time to just sit down and continuously 1v1 them over and over again to get good at a specific character.
However, such continuous play is needed. Luckily enough I got together with just my one friend one day when I was bored and played Link. Before long (½ an hour) I was surprising proficient with Link. This would have taken much much longer in a 2v2 situation with many people around (or it may never have happened).
When you pick up a new character in a setting like a 2v2 with your friends, it is intimidating and you are not learning well because 2v2s are pretty much chaotic.
The first day I played Brawl, I tried Wolf and thought he wasn't right for me because I didn't give him a chance when I couldn't immediately own with him in 2v2s.
Later, I practiced him against two different people on separate occasions in 1v1s. He is now my main.
In other words, if there is a character that you played at first in a non-1v1 match, try the character out again under different circumstances. You might see a difference.
