JOJO94
Smash Cadet
Hello fellow Links. I am a Link main in Montréal. I have been working hardcore on my Link since December '15 as I attended every weeklies (and more) in my area since then.
I realized that, when facing someone with a skill level around mine, some character playstyles are harder to deal with for the wrong reasons. Let me explain.
Fox is not that difficult. It's still a hard matchup, but you can punish missed tech as Fox demands extremely consistent input and effort to be played well. And he is easilly comboable.
Shiek, aside from the chain grab. Is also somewhat easy to deal with. Since her air mobility is so poor, she has trouble approaching if you keep good control of the ground. And above 60% D-Throw -> Up-B is a true combo. You can also bait FAirs on a platform and punish with UP-B. You can bait grabs by empty hop -> Wavedash back when she expects an aerial, then punish with Grab or FSmash. And she is easilly edgeguardable.
The characters that give me a hard time are the low level Falco mains and the campy Captain Falcons.
Falco. His lazers. I don't know how to deal with this. Sometime I can just stand still and let the shield do the work, then jab. Sometimes I can't because he adapts and changes the timing. Buffer roll is good against Drill -> Shine, most of low level Falcos don't adapt to the roll. But this is a gimmick and I don't think it's the optimal way to adress the issue. Once hit by a Lazer, I have trouble getting out of it because of Link's slow jump squat combined with my not optimal execution. My only way to adress this matchup is by platform camping, which really is a 50/50 in this matchup for me as of now. I need a way to directly confront this Lazer to DAir approach. Please fill me in. I know I can power shield, but even though I understand the theory, I just can't seem to get the hang of it. Is there proper frame data and tutorial on how to power shield with Link? Or do you guys have any tricks up your sleeves to counter this?
This other matchup is probably the worst one. CAMPY CAPTAIN FALCONS.
Usually, Falcons are somewhat agressive, and I have been used to this (I train with EC and PlamZ, both are mid-high level in the Montréal scene).
But this new guy came to the weeklies with his Falcon. I can see some of his terrible habits (almost always roll back after a nair, does not ever sweetspot the ledge, spams SH UAir for platform pressure. WAY TOO GREEDY for the knee).
When I play against Falcon, I am extremely defensive and try to cover his jumps with projectiles, this worked for me against Falcons that try to go in. But The issue is that this guy just waits. He dashes around and blocks them, and he never goes in. And I feel like I have no safe way to approach him because of his mobility and sheer speed. I feel completely cornered.
If there are any high level player or, at least, Link mains here in this forum that have strategies against campy Falcons, please share them with me. He 2-0d me at his second weekly even though I can see his bad habits, but I just can't get an opening because he camps me.
I can try to get a on stream match if necessary, but I think you guys know what kind of Falcon I am talking about.
PLZ H4LP
I realized that, when facing someone with a skill level around mine, some character playstyles are harder to deal with for the wrong reasons. Let me explain.
Fox is not that difficult. It's still a hard matchup, but you can punish missed tech as Fox demands extremely consistent input and effort to be played well. And he is easilly comboable.
Shiek, aside from the chain grab. Is also somewhat easy to deal with. Since her air mobility is so poor, she has trouble approaching if you keep good control of the ground. And above 60% D-Throw -> Up-B is a true combo. You can also bait FAirs on a platform and punish with UP-B. You can bait grabs by empty hop -> Wavedash back when she expects an aerial, then punish with Grab or FSmash. And she is easilly edgeguardable.
The characters that give me a hard time are the low level Falco mains and the campy Captain Falcons.
Falco. His lazers. I don't know how to deal with this. Sometime I can just stand still and let the shield do the work, then jab. Sometimes I can't because he adapts and changes the timing. Buffer roll is good against Drill -> Shine, most of low level Falcos don't adapt to the roll. But this is a gimmick and I don't think it's the optimal way to adress the issue. Once hit by a Lazer, I have trouble getting out of it because of Link's slow jump squat combined with my not optimal execution. My only way to adress this matchup is by platform camping, which really is a 50/50 in this matchup for me as of now. I need a way to directly confront this Lazer to DAir approach. Please fill me in. I know I can power shield, but even though I understand the theory, I just can't seem to get the hang of it. Is there proper frame data and tutorial on how to power shield with Link? Or do you guys have any tricks up your sleeves to counter this?
This other matchup is probably the worst one. CAMPY CAPTAIN FALCONS.
Usually, Falcons are somewhat agressive, and I have been used to this (I train with EC and PlamZ, both are mid-high level in the Montréal scene).
But this new guy came to the weeklies with his Falcon. I can see some of his terrible habits (almost always roll back after a nair, does not ever sweetspot the ledge, spams SH UAir for platform pressure. WAY TOO GREEDY for the knee).
When I play against Falcon, I am extremely defensive and try to cover his jumps with projectiles, this worked for me against Falcons that try to go in. But The issue is that this guy just waits. He dashes around and blocks them, and he never goes in. And I feel like I have no safe way to approach him because of his mobility and sheer speed. I feel completely cornered.
If there are any high level player or, at least, Link mains here in this forum that have strategies against campy Falcons, please share them with me. He 2-0d me at his second weekly even though I can see his bad habits, but I just can't get an opening because he camps me.
I can try to get a on stream match if necessary, but I think you guys know what kind of Falcon I am talking about.
PLZ H4LP
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