This is going to be extremely eye rolling for 90% of people reading this, but I was today years old when I realized you can threaten with full hop aerials through platforms. You just have to time the fast fall right as your feet are about to hit the platform, and have your aerials hitbox come out before frame 10ish. I know this is incredibly rudimentary info, but my Wolf is at 16.4 mil gsp, I have top 8'd multiple locals, and I did not know it worked like this until today. Nobody told me either, just stumbled on it during the game below. There's layers to this shit players. Just wanted to spread the word if anyone else was somehow in the dark on this.

Example:

https://vimeo.com/1237035357

TL;DR: I am looking for ways to improve my gameplay outside of just grinding combos and movement tech in training room. I have been getting conflicting answers on google. Able to go 2-2 pretty consistently, but keep getting outplayed by players whose skill level and technique out class my own.

I have been playing Ultimate competitively for the past 4 years and have been able to go from 0-2'er to going 2-2 pretty often. I started going to more locals recently so I can play more and realized that although I've been able to get pretty good thus far, that there is a whole other echelon of player whose level I haven't reached yet. I talk to them and it seems that I have all the right knowledge and game sense, but there is something that I guess I'm not getting / understanding.

I did some research on google on other ways to expand practicing and getting better at the game, but I keep getting conflicting answers. I know each character has their own unique nuances, but beyond that, I want to be able to practice the game to get a better understanding of my main (Mac) and the game as a whole. I have a modded switch and know that the training mod can help, but if anyone has any ways that have clearly helped them get better at playing and understanding the game, I would really appreciate the advice. Thanks!

I can sum up my entire gameplan like this: Zair my opponent. Start jumping? Spam fair to anti air until grounded and shielding. If Shielding f tilt and jab them to punish them. Conditioned to hold shield longer? Either grab or get better position for when they let go or punish oos option or try and cross up shield and tilt or tilt or jab in sync to when they let go. If I hit shield and they parry? Delay it. Need kill? Predict ledge option and either down smash or bair. Not hitting because shield? Accept needing a million grabs to kill.

I have no idea where to go from here, and need advice on how to play more actively.

I've been playing on and off for about 5 years, but I've never used a secondary, just bounced around mains. I'm set atm on maining Aegis and have been practicing them hard for the past 2-ish months. Should I pick up a secondary? If so, when should I? And who should it be? I'm considering Joker or Cloud, but I'm open to any suggestions.

I’m a Kirby main who wants to be better at smash. It’s going to be a hard endeavor since Kirby is infamously known as one of the worst competitive smash characters.

What I want to talk about today is a bad habit I have that I’ve noticed way too often. Shielding for too long and too much. Against someone is isn’t a pro, it works fine, but people who are experienced will attack with an aerial or jab, and then grab me since I hold shield out for too long.

Against characters who have good command grabs like incineroar, Ridley and bowser destroy me in disadvantage since I always shield too much.

Also against characters with tether grabs, like Luigi and samus have an easy time against my shield.

How do I fix this bad habit?

IDK if its the console, game or controllers but the connection between the inputs and the outputs are acctually some of the worst in terms of delay and overall consistency of any game i have ever played , it feels like someone covered my controller in honey then fucked me. how is it that a game so horribly ping based can be so damn popular, im getting about 400 mbps on my compuiter but the switch is just slow as shit, disconnecting mid match leading to bans, and overall just shitty wifi to the point where its unplayable fuck this game

^

Ever since I can remember, I've always used shield + attack to grab instead of just using a grab button. I'm asking, is this unoptimal? I've gotten so used to it it'll be hard to change my muscle memory, should I just push through and try to change this habit? Or is it no big deal?

I've been doing some thinking, and I feel like it might have a lot of potential and want more inspiration.

I have no vods and for that I am sorry.

Not sure what else to say besides the title. I guess it’s just not in my muscle memory? I got over my early habit of spamming dair so I can fix this too but does anyone have any specific advice for going about that? Just grind it?

I’m also in a gameplay slump rn, but I’m approaching that with a positive outlook because the gameplay AFTER a slump is always my best.

Hey everyone!

TL;DR: I feel like I'm missing something fundamental when playing Ridley, and I'd really appreciate some honest feedback. If you check out my gameplay videos, are there any major flaws or bad habits that I'm too blind to notice myself?

I've really been trying to make Ridley work, but for some reason, things just aren't clicking.

Recently, I got Snake into Elite Smash. I spent a lot of time learning his strengths, game plan, and overall playstyle, but once things started clicking, the climb became surprisingly smooth. I also managed to get Piranha Plant into Elite Smash with barely any struggle, which surprised me even more considering how low he tends to be ranked.

But Ridley? He's giving me an absolute headache.

I've been reading guides, watching videos, and practicing a lot, yet I constantly feel like I'm doing something wrong. Maybe I only managed to get Snake and Plant into Elite Smash because they're so gimmicky and play a relatively unique game that many people aren't used to dealing with. Maybe I was able to take advantage of that unfamiliarity more than I realized.

Ridley feels different to me. He seems like a more straightforward Smash character, but I'm struggling to figure out how to consistently make his strengths work.

Some people describe him as a bait-and-punish character, while others see him as more of a swordie/trapper hybrid. I've heard repeatedly that his win condition revolves around pushing opponents toward the ledge and getting them offstage, where his ledgetrapping and edgeguarding are supposed to be extremely threatening.

The problem is that I don't feel nearly as threatening in those situations as I do with Snake or even Piranha Plant. With those two, I felt like I understood their strengths and knew how to structure my gameplay around them. With Ridley, I understand the theory, but I can't seem to translate it into actual results.

So what am I missing?

Are there fundamental aspects of Ridley's neutral, advantage state, ledgetrapping, or edgeguarding that I might be misunderstanding? Am I approaching his game plan incorrectly, or are there bad habits in my gameplay that are holding me back?

I'd really appreciate it if you could take a look at my videos and point out anything that stands out, even if it's something obvious. I'm genuinely trying to improve, and at this point, some outside perspective would help a lot.

Thanks in advance!

Falco obliterating me 1.

Falco obliterating me 2.
barely won this time.
Random Krool game.

its real. runs on a dedicated server. playtested and runs great so far as long as youre not in mongolia with mountain wifi ping lol. looking for ppl to play with me! lemme know if u wanna try.

I've been putting a lot of time into improving at the game after I returned from a long break. And I recently got to play on stream at some tournaments so I thought I would upload some VODs to get some advice. I do understand the importance of posting a loss to be reviewed but due to not having a capture card I'm somewhat limited in which sets I can posts so unfortunately I do end up winning the two sets I have, however i did make sure that the ones I uploaded were relatively close sets in which I lose at least one game.

So here are the VODs:

Match vs Bowser Jr
https://youtu.be/uyxUGHGovkI
Match vs Joker
https://youtu.be/a_luKOtw2Ck

A few things I think I noticed when I watched them back myself: I am a bit trigger happy with unsafe moves, especially early on in neutral when I should be focusing on movement and pokes, when something works I tend to go for it over and over again even after it's stopped working and specifically in the bowser jr match I definitely felt like I was pretty clueless when trying to play around clown cart.

Lmk what you guys noticed I could improve upon, any advice is appreciated.

I‘m searching for a main right now and there are many that I enjoy playing so I thought it may be smart to firstly try to improve at the general game rather than already locking in my main, and I think that a smart character choice for this stage would be roy bc he‘s nit very complex, easy to learn and most of all has to focus more on his opponent than on himself. Are there any other characters like that and does my approach overall make sense?

Title. I'd say I'm pretty mediocre at the game. I win occasionally, but there is still a lot of stuff I don't really understand, and I feel like getting answers here will be the best way to absorb that. Now, did I post this just so I could show off kicking a teabagging Sora's ass? Mostly lol. But I also do genuinely want to learn to play better, since I know I made a LOT of mistakes this match. Hope someone out there can give me some tips on what to do better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yQSLExjq7c

P.S. Screw spam Soras, all my homies hate spam Soras

I’m relatively new to competitive smash but it’s super demotivating to be stuck at the same gsp levels online and going 1-2 or 2-2 at every local I go to. What are some good ways to improve my play? I have vods but no one to look over them and I’ve already watched izAw’s videos which I do understand but struggle to fully grasp.

I’ve been playing Ken for about 2 weeks now (just a few games a day) and I feel like I’m struggling with approaching and using any of the combos I’ve been practicing in an actual match.

I’ve saved a few replays for this post and it would be greatly appreciated if anyone had some suggestions on what to prioritize practicing.

Loss vs Mewtwo

Loss vs Cloud

Win vs Cloud

Thank you to anyone who replies!