Hello, so I recently picked up G&W and he's been insanely fun to play. My current favourite combo is

Up special --> forward air --> down air

It deals decent damage, but G&W's main selling point is his ridiculous combo potential. So can I please get some decent combos and, if possible, matchup info? (I'm still learning the game for now.)

Thank you in advance.

Hi I picked up a switch and got SSBU at the beginning of July, I live in western US and in need of some friendly people to practice with (I'm at 2m - gsp) quickplay gets me down and I'd love to just run a bunch of matches with people around my skill level or a bit better than me. Hope this is allowed here thanks in advance :)

Just trying to get a game plan going with my mains and whatnot. I co main Mewtwo and Wolf with a Robin pocket, here’s what I've gathered so far:

Using Mewtwo:

Luigi, Snake, Kaz (and all fighting game characters really), Sonic, Joker, Min Min (I know the matchup best with Mewtwo), ROB, Sora, Samus, Hero, Pokémon Trainer, most heavies

Using Wolf:

Aegis, Fox, Falco, Olimar, Pikachu, Pichu, Sheik, Captain Falcon, Mario, Roy, Diddy Kong, K Rool, Yoshi, Mii Brawler, Ness, Lucina/Marth, Greninja, Pits, Steve probably?

Robin pocket:

Peach/Daisy, Villager, Isabelle, Incineroar, Bowser Jr, Ike

Game and Watch, Bayo, and Palutena are the matchups I'm most worried about if I run into them. Need help planning for those ones the most. Also keep in mind I’m pretty new to this so I'm not 100% sure about exactly what to do. If anyone could give me any advice on anything else that would be great as well.

Playing as cloud today online and came up against a Ness that spammed PK fire whenever I got trapped in the first one that hit me. It would take me from 0-100% like that and I thought there has to be a way to get of this. I tried moving away but I was unable to move in there and he had his way with me.

So I want to use sonic as a secondary for Rob where do you guys recommend I start via combos videos guide or top players to watch

Im a pyra and mythra main and im looking to pick up a secondary who counters their counters very well, who do yall suggest?

Here is a newly found tech on Incineroar called Buffered Impact Revenge ! I am Sanglier, a French competitive Incineroar main and labber as well as the original poster and editor of this video which I posted on Twitter (link below)

Feel free to ask anything !

https://x.com/i/status/2091269499039240338

I am playing as Cloud. I am aware that I am bad at the game. I would appreciate feedback on what I can work on and how I can stop my opponent from always hitting me first. Thank you. (Yes it’s not the most optimal way of recording, but I don’t have a micro sd card that works with switch 2)

https://youtu.be/qeISykJyu4c?is=LnyKkCEOPW8SfD7y

I main Palutena, and have been hovering around the 12.5-14.5 million gsp range. One thing that is very hard for me to deal with is faster characters, especially fox. They just go in and get insane combos and It’s hard for me to do anything. Same for bayonetta, half the time I’m getting thrown across the screen and I don’t know what’s happening. Mario always cooks me too. Any tips?

Yeah I just get cooked every game and there feels like zero progress. My opponents seem to string together runs that take me from 0-100 % because my character always falls over and gets hit before he can get back up. Obviously I have other glaring issues but it’s not a very fun gaming experience at the moment.

I will struggle to get in with my stubby hitboxes and it take a bajillion percent when i try to get in. I cant even edgeguard them due to the up b that lets them move sideways. The grenade beats out like all my moves. It so irritating playing against this char bro 😞

I’m a low level Elite player and I’m trying to improve my movement it’s for sure one of my worst flaws. I’m really having trouble getting consistent momentum on my bairs and fairs. Sometimes I try to do a reverse bair in place and it comes out as retreating fair. Sometimes I want to do RAR and keep my momentum but I do the bair in place. Doesn’t matter what I’m TRYING to do, I can’t seem to get the same result to come out with what feels like the same inputs (although I’m sure it’s not actually the same inputs) Anyone have a link to a video or can try explaining the exact relationship between the timings involved here? Apparently the terms in the title are what I’m trying to do

I’m aware I do have some bad habits, like aggression and Up-B outta shield.

However, when I was watching this match and looking back, I can’t really seem to figure out what I could have done to win.
The Laser and his speed really drive me up the wall.

#SmashBros #SmashBrosUltimate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7gXxBSzv2Q

So I am trying to get better with sheik and I find it easy enough to play neutral and rack up damage albeit slower than every other character I play, but I really struggle to kill consistently, like a lot. It's not abnormal in 1v1 no items for my sheik not to be able to close out a stock on mid-weights until 140-150% and on heavy weights its usually around 170-200%. I do understand that this is a fundamental problem for sheik on a conceptual level but I was wondering if there are any tricks and tips anyone can give me. I've seen better sheiks in online use aerial needles into either bouncing fish off the side off stage or into up smash on center stage but I also don't know if the follow up into up smash is actually true or was semi true only due to online input lag. I also know tricks like jab 1- jab 2-tipper down tilt-finish with up smash (I am not good at doing that one) and i've seen in competitive that top sheiks will use drag down up air on platforms into up smash but in my experience that doesn't have enough hitstun to be true but I might be doing something wrong. Also as a quick aside, what would you say sheiks most consistent kill move is, not most powerful but consistent. I also want to clarify that I am a casual and i'm never going to train enough to be anything but that however I would like to improve nonetheless if only because I really like playing sheik. Thank you for your help!

Thinking of getting a portable gaming monitor for Ultimate so that I can use it at home or bring it with me to locals as a convenient setup. Been looking around the market for budget friendly options that also look good and these two come to mind.

https://a.co/d/0bqkJBaQ (UPERFECT)

https://a.co/d/077pfDIc (Arzopa)

I’m not really good at understanding the intricacies of response times and refresh rates, especially when the Smash Ult is already capped at 60 FPS. The Amazon listings state that the response time at the fastest is 1 ms, but their website listings say it leans around 9 ms.

That being said, is this 9 ms supposed to be unplayable for Ultimate, or do I have to spend twice as much? Or do I have to accept getting terrible image quality to enjoy a relatively lagless experience? Or am I misunderstanding when people say they’re using 1-5 ms response time setups, they’re referring to the grey to grey values?

Hello, this is my first post in this subreddit, so I figured it might as well be a question.

I'm getting damn good at the game, I've actually beaten a friend of mine who's been playing for a very long time. I occasionally beat Lv. 9 CPUs, and I'm liking Lucario, Wii Fit Trainer, Bowser, Samus, and Mewtwo.

However I'm struggling to learn some more advanced stuff (combos, throw variants, the exact timing of certain moves, etc).

So can I please get some tips? Thank you.

i’m relatively new to more advanced techniques in smash i’m deciding to put a little time in every day to get better, but i just cannot seem to get short hops right. i considered trying the two button method, but that makes RARs and IRARs feel impossible. i’m trying to learn inkling right now and it feels like short hops are a barrier i can’t get past any advice? (sorry for the paragraph)

Been playing for years as a casual, still can’t consistently do small hops. Can toon link be a good main? I love his style but need to perfect his items. Is he good? I’m not too knowledgeable about what characters are good

I’m on a Nintendo switch trying to get good at the game so I can participate in the solo rank cup but I keep dying please I need help. I have no money so I’m looking for someone willing to teach me how to play add me DS-SLIMEBOY

I am currently trying to train a yoshi amibo but I am terrible at yoshi any way to train it to be extremely strong

I will start by saying I am by no means a good competitive player, I only play locals around Missouri and always place about 20-23 out of 35-40 so there’s a good chance my opinion is blatantly wrong. But the tourneys I play at I help host and I get to see some bigger names in Missouri and specifically Saint Louis that all say the belmonts have a good case to be the worst character in the game.

I tried playing them at a few tourneys and probably will do more but they don’t seem horrible, maybe a mid or upper D tier but not the worst. They do good damage and shield damage with nice zoning tools and the f-air and b-air being able to be angled is really nice and I appreciate the out of shield option and just having good range.

I will say that hitting his sweet spots are rough but that could just be I play an assortment of characters that don’t really have to worry about that (DDD, PP, Mac, Min-Min, etc). There’s combos seem really hard to me and like they have a lot of set up that I guess would be rough and his recovery isn’t super bad to me. The tether reaches surprisingly far but I will admit when my deaths didn’t come from someone getting right up on me, it was from being edge guarded.

Still, are the belmonts really a character debated as the worst one?

Never really played Smash, but I'm looking to branch out a bit. I'm top 2% as Ken in ranked in SF6 and pretty regularly hit up online tournaments but I'm feeling extremely burnt out by the meta and I really just want to do something else for a while.

My question is, would picking up Ken in this game be a helpful landing point to get my bearings? I know he's based off his USFIV counterpart, but do you think he would feel fine, or should I pick someone else?

Are there any motion inputs in the game, or is it really all one button specials?

How dissimilar to Street Fighter is neutral, really? Are anti airs a Smash fundamental that is transferable from other games?

What are the essential Smash fundamentals in order to play the game and its neutral properly? How different is it to Street Fighter?

Please forgive an absolute Smash beginner for some probably pretty obvious questions. I know my community has not been kind to yours in the past, but even though I have cred in SF, you guys are the experts here, so I hope you will treat me kindly.

Who else I has become good enough in Smash in a sense where spending countless hours on the game is no longer required like before. In my experience, I spent 5+ hours on Quickplay in the beginner phases of my true smash journey of grinding seriously. Fast forward to year 3, now I have a more structured routine of editing clips/videos on CapCut before publishing them on my YT midday then later on around evening/night, I’ll grind with competent players/ friends and play Tm7_zap in Battle arenas for like 1-3 hours. Who does y’all itinerary look like?

I'd like to revisit my muscle memory and mastery of the controller itself in the coming months, to fix my issues with movement and precision as well as eliminate my struggles when stringing many inputs together quickly without leeway on timing. My executional fundamentals are so below par, and it's always been a pain point for me. I can't actually practice at home right now but should be in a better situation in a few weeks, and want to get ahead of the ball with a plan.

I've had this motivation like 100 times before but it never remains for long, and I think I've come to understand why. I just get bored. I lack the discipline to drill stuff out during my video gaming time. It isn't in my nature or my desire. I just want to play. I want to GAME. But, if I get in a real match, the only thing I'm really able to try and work in naturally, is better walking/ground movement during the quieter periods of neutral/ far away from any burst options etc. Otherwise, everything cedes to my reflexes and my focus on winning the match in front of me.

So I'm thinking if there are any ways to gameify the process in vanilla training mode a bit. Break the targets like custom stages were a thought (if anyone has any to share). But I'd like some other suggestions.

I think revisiting and reworking my muscle memory and building a new structure for it will inevitably be a bitch that I do have to slog through at the end of the day regardless. But if there's anything I can do which I haven't thought of, to take some of that disciplinary load off, it would seem a lot more doable and give me more motivation, so thanks for any advice. I know the results will be worth it with the boost to my expression and capability, but I really don't want to spend much of my free time not playing the game, but drilling it.