yo guys, just dropping my latest set on stream at S@X in here. Don't try to take too much from my gameplay, as the stream flubs are real. Hopefully I'll have some good stuff for you guys soon.
http://youtu.be/fytTl1rub2Y
First off: Good stuff! I liked your play overall, seems solid!
First match you were too risky with your DJ offstage. You need to make sure you're not wasting it/getting knocked out of it in this game especially -- our lifts from Egg Toss are quite miniscule, plus we only get 2. Otherwise, I totally thought you might have brought it back, you were just one solid hit away.
Second Match: Great overall. Again, a bit too risky offstage. You can't waste both Egg Tosses and still be wayyyyyy deep offstage. You managed to work around your awful positioning, but you probably shoulda been gimped.
Third Game: At the end there, you wasted a lot of recovery time and space by Egg Laying under the stage. I'm not sure why you're B-reversing for no reason off stage (Gimr wasn't even near you at the time), but it just puts you in a worse spot for when you do have to come back up.
In the end, I think you really should have won that set, but you're throwing away too much recovery flexibility when you're on defense. Our DJ is precious, you mustn't put yourself in terrible positions that make it an easily punishable option, and you must take extra care not to lose it.
leaving this here for you guys to view. The first match was nothing special, didn't play well at all (spoilers, I won), but instead I'll timestamp you the second match of me going up against some shiek.
https://youtu.be/wpZnuFP-QGc?t=189
Okay, so it's For Glory, so I can't give too much specific advice because of frame delays and things I may not be able to account for.
You Down B. A lot. You Down B empty space, to land, randomly above the stage, etc. It's not that safe a move, and I think that is a bad habit that you may be getting reinforced due to the difficulty of dealing with it online. It's a good move, and has its place, but you can't just throw it out everywhere.
I also noticed you charged Usmash into empty space right when you had your fresh second stock. That's also not the greatest thing to do. Maybe you thought you had a read, but it didn't work out, the Sheik was far away, and you still kept charging. You need to release when the opportunity is gone so you don't give your opponent more time to prepare a punish.
Match 1: Careful with your Down Bs! First stock was lost due to quite an unfortunate one. I also think you go for too many grabs -- they're very punishable and not very rewarding.
Match 2: Holy **** the end of that game. That was some incredible work you did there.
Match 3: No real match specific comments, besides not to hold your whiffed Fsmash that long.
Overall, I LOVE your use of jab. It's really pretty awesome. Not such a big fan of your grabbing, although you toned it down by match 3. I admit to not knowing much about the Pika MU -- the matches were quite fast and nothing really stood out to me as horribly horribly wrong, it just looked like you got beat. No real advice besides pick the winning option more frequently, but there wasn't any systematic failure on your part (I think).
Hey guys, so I just finished my latest Smash 4 video and I thought I would share it with you guys!
Unfortunately locks, egg lay setups, stage spikes and that are lacking since I didn't have any of those replays saved on my own setup; mainly because they would happen on a different setup so I'm unable to record it. :x I'll be making more videos in the future but I'll incorporate more of the other techs with them when I get the clips!
Anywho, here it is! Let me know what you guys think! Also it appears I've been removed from the Skype group.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H__MkEqO0uM
Oooh, this video was fun! I will say, I was very confused with the camera angle in the first clip. I didn't really like it and found that it obscured what was happening.
Also, this is just one of my little pet peeves with combo/highlight videos like this, but I always find spending screentime with your opponent sorta flailing around beneath the stage with their recovery move when they're definitely dead kind of silly. Like, I just watched you combo DK for 6 seconds, now I gotta watch him Up B for 2 seconds before falling to his death. There's no real need, the action is done (unless you're also recovering or something, naturally exceptions exist).
Of course, if you're trying to sync the video to the music/audio effects, then these clips have their place. It's just kind of a general rule of thumb for me, I'm not sure how you decided to go about making the video and if you needed these to get the timing just right.
Regarding Skype, I'm not sure if you've gotten back in or not, but I can't help you there due to Skype not letting my computer run due to being a processor hog. You can try PMing a member of the Skype group about it. Alternatively, you could PM me about the Discord (basically Skype that runs better) group that exists.
PM someone about this, don't talk about it in the video thread.
Some words of wisdom optimising vs Sonic and picking out any glaring errors would be appreciated. Struggling to land safely against him at times.
Competitive local matchup.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85uh2x5-KLI
I have a feeling part of this may be recent matchup inexperience, I haven't played a decent one for quite a long time. No need to point out the shameful SDs #JustYo****hings
Match 1: I love how you killed him with Egg Lay. I swear, it takes so much longer to break free than you expect. I also really appreciate your taunt. Don't get up into a Sonic charging Usmash on ledge though, the move lasts too long and you'll just die. Based off what I saw, it looks like were too...afraid of Sonic. Lots of rolling, giving him space, shielding, retreating, etc. Also, you seemed to be chasing him with unsafe moves (Bair, for example). Don't overcommit so hard just to catch him -- close the space and then you can apply smart pressure, not desperate pressure.
Match 2:
Egg Roll confirmed as Sonic counter. The pressure and confidence you demonstrated in this match is leagues away from the way you were in the first one. It really made a noticeable difference -- you were in charge basically the entire time. A missed stage-tech let him catch up, but otherwise you were pretty dominant. The edge guarding was really nice, as well.
Match 3: I think you try to Egg Toss too much after Dash Attack. It's not really working, and is something you should start cutting out, because you got punished for it basically every time. I really, really liked your extended recovery on your second stock -- you got beat up real badly, but you saved your jump and were able to eventually return. PLUS you took his second stock first. Really well done. Regrettably, two SDs make for a bad time. Not too much to do besides...not SD in the future.
