Critique my Marth

[Eugenio]

I was finally able to record myself play, and I would like some constructive criticism. I've only been playing this game for about 7 maonths and I like to think that I've made some progress. These videos are from a small tournament I held at a local gaming center that I frequent.

BTW everytime you see me upsmash it's a complete accident. Everytime I upsmash with Marth I feel like punching myself in the face.

Anyway, any advice from some pros would realy help, thanx in advance

Marth ditto
round 1
I'm red shiek. Don't ask why I used shiek. As you can see my shiek sux
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1Vp_YAfMMs

round 2 (red marth is me)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEQ_Ukvmo3g

round 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtOKrVPj2As

round 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngME2grd9Cw


Marth vs Shiek

round 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm1DCOa0z44

round 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gn1LSj7YaA

round 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2WR_wBgUFE

 

[Hoefler]

There were a few situations edge-guarding wise where you could have dropped off the ledge and bair'd the other Marth out of reach.

 

[KyloWinter]

I'm not pro, but it seems as though you rely too much on your Fsmash as your kill move, even when the opponent was 120%+. Also, you should work on your spacing, especially with Fairs, which will lend itself to incorporating Dair as a kill move.

 

[Marthpaladin]

I'm not a very experienced smasher, but I think your most frequent reaction when u saw Sheik coming at u was to shield, and sometimes u shielded pretty early, which restricts your defensive options. You might not seem as safe when u don't shield, but if keep your opponent guessing, you're more likely to punish them and have more options to do so.

I also think u were too eager to use Fsmash as a random, sudden attack. It's not bad to use for this purpose because of its great priority, but its ending lag is long enough so u can be punished. I personally recommend using it to end combos or when you're sure it will hit. I don't mean to tell u to never use it in the way u have, but use it less often.

I agree with Kylo in improvong your spacing. U want to utilize Marth's long sword range as much as possible to decrease the chance of a counter attack, especially against high tier characters like Sheik. Sometimes backing up is a good option.

 

[Eugenio]

Thanx, Iv'e taken everything you all have said to heart. Thanx alot.

 

[Aesir]

against sheik its good to keep her in the air, actually its great to keep her in the air especially if she forgets she only has 1 double jump.

also if you're gonna uair a sheik don't use a weak uair tipper that ****. >_>

 

[Eugenio]

thanx for the tips Aesier.

BTW I absolutly love your sig, dood.

 

[G@BE]

Marth dittos are kinda lame.... In those i mainly up-throw to my air game. Cuz back throws and forward throws tend to stop working at high level play....

But vs sheik you need to do more stuff like Up-throw up tilit after up tilts chase them down with f-air. and D tilt on the side is always good getting quick jabs of the side like that always screws with people off the ledge

 

[RCD]

you wers hwoing some nice shuffling skills and all the double fairs in the begginging of the last match but then u just stuck to ground game

 

[Giggidax]

lol!!! i love how u dash danced menthol on ur 3rd stock in FoD. very funny. i think ur marth is at a good level as of now. still room for a bit of improvement. u have good spacing and timing and a pretty good understanding of marth.
and yes ur shiek kind of lost u that first match lol

 

[KyloWinter]

i think ur marth is at a good level as of now. still room for a bit of improvement. u have good spacing and timing and a pretty good understanding of marth.

I would love for you to elaborate on how his marth is good but still needs imporvement. Perhaps something a little more precise and less ambiguously vague?

 

[Eugenio]

I haven't been able to get to a comp in a while, thanx for the further input guys. I really appreciate it.

 

[Marth/Falco Pro]

Hmm, granted I only saw your Marth ditto, it seemed like all you did was spam NAir and FSmash and not enough FAir. I also saw a lot of attempted grabs that missed. All I can say is to FAir more and don't try to grab so much, it's very predictable after a while.

 

[Anomic_Punk]

I remember those matches~
What hurt me the most was your D-tilt on the ledge.
Thats why I looked out for that in our rematch at FP!

I'm definitely looking forward to our next MM!
^_^