New competitive Melee guy here!

[Kulty]

Hi guys,

So after all this thinking, I decided to only play Smash 4 and Melee at a high skill level (or competitively). 64, Brawl and Project M (not even an official game) are for fun. So in Smash 4, I main andalong withas a secondary. However, I wanted to main different characters in Melee, just to not mess up my gameplay with my other characters I mained. So after choosing my characters (which were between), I decided to only focus on (main) and (secondary) in Melee (I put Smash 4 icons just because it's much more updated and better character or icons design). These two characters are the ones that I enjoy the most in Melee. I enjoyed Marth because of his reward for proper spacing and landing Ken Combos. As for Falcon, well, it's mostly Falcon Punches, Sacred Combos and knee of justice finishers. So I wanted to focus on Marth first. As a new Melee competitive player, what should I start to learn first? Should I learn how to use mobility options correctly (wavedashing and wavelanding)? Should I practice L-cancelling? Basically, I want to know the most important steps on how to master a character and the game mechanics in Melee. After Marth, I'll move on to Falcon. Need your help, guys! Trying to become better in Melee, but this game is just SO HARD to control!

 

[20YY SS | Saiblade]

Hi guys,

So after all this thinking, I decided to only play Smash 4 and Melee at a high skill level (or competitively). 64, Brawl and Project M (not even an official game) are for fun. So in Smash 4, I main andalong withas a secondary. However, I wanted to main different characters in Melee, just to not mess up my gameplay with my other characters I mained. So after choosing my characters (which were between), I decided to only focus on (main) and (secondary) in Melee (I put Smash 4 icons just because it's much more updated and better character or icons design). These two characters are the ones that I enjoy the most in Melee. I enjoyed Marth because of his reward for proper spacing and landing Ken Combos. As for Falcon, well, it's mostly Falcon Punches, Sacred Combos and knee of justice finishers. So I wanted to focus on Marth first. As a new Melee competitive player, what should I start to learn first? Should I learn how to use mobility options correctly (wavedashing and wavelanding)? Should I practice L-cancelling? Basically, I want to know the most important steps on how to master a character and the game mechanics in Melee. After Marth, I'll move on to Falcon. Need your help, guys! Trying to become better in Melee, but this game is just SO HARD to control!

Wavedashing, Dash dancing, wave landing, short hopping, fast falling, l canceling, all stuff you need to learn as a beginner.

 

[Spak]

You also need to work on figuring out the survival/combo-escaping inputs in each game, as Melee uses DI and Sm4sh used Vectoring (but now uses an odd combination of DI and Vectoring). Also, if you use Melee DI in Sm4sh while going horizontally, Sakurai made it so that you die earlier than if you used no DI. Thanks, Sakurai.

 

[Kulty]

You also need to work on figuring out the survival/combo-escaping inputs in each game, as Melee uses DI and Sm4sh used Vectoring (but now uses an odd combination of DI and Vectoring). Also, if you use Melee DI in Sm4sh while going horizontally, Sakurai made it so that you die earlier than if you used no DI. Thanks, Sakurai.

Thanks! I just have to check on Youtube to see how to DI in Melee. I know it's different in Melee compared to Smash 4. I was actually the Smash 4 DI in Melee, and I actually died sooner. Will have to check, thanks!

 

[Kulty]

Wavedashing, Dash dancing, wave landing, short hopping, fast falling, l canceling, all stuff you need to learn as a beginner.

What specific or general techniques that I also need to practice when using Marth and Captain Falcon?

 

[20YY SS | Saiblade]

What specific or general techniques that I also need to practice when using Marth and Captain Falcon?

Basically just all that, Falcon makes you need to moonwalk and edge cancel.

 

[Kulty]

Basically just all that, Falcon makes you need to moonwalk and edge cancel.

I know for the fact that Marth needs to practice techniques like Crouch Canceling, Dash attack Canceling, Jump-cancel grab and more. It's just something like that!

 

[20YY SS | Saiblade]

I know for the fact that Marth needs to practice techniques like Crouch Canceling, Dash attack Canceling, Jump-cancel grab and more. It's just something like that!

Those really aren't advanced techniques.

 

[Kulty]

Those really aren't advanced techniques.

I see! I saw a video about a good practice routine for Marth here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_0v9J54eNc. Is it good?

 

[20YY SS | Saiblade]

Looks pretty good to me.

 

[Kimble]

Check out the marth section of the boards, and this huge library for general melee information.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14scMKnw-IyD_FhOy6Pg7EAkRwu-e1YNbA06k0pwZpF0/edit

I think the most important aspect of marth's play is spacing and movement (and good movement leads into good spacing), so practice your movement a ton. Dash dashing and wavedashing: super important.

 

[Kulty]

Check out the marth section of the boards, and this huge library for general melee information.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14scMKnw-IyD_FhOy6Pg7EAkRwu-e1YNbA06k0pwZpF0/edit

I think the most important aspect of marth's play is spacing and movement (and good movement leads into good spacing), so practice your movement a ton. Dash dashing and wavedashing: super important.

Thanks a lot! I really appreciate it!

 

[Ladder]

Practice movement a lot!
Movement is key for marth in the neutral and practicing it really just makes you feel comfortable with your character
(With movent I mean dash dancing just out of your opponents range, wavedashing, cancelling run with crouch, etch

 

[JipC]

Hi guys,

So after all this thinking, I decided to only play Smash 4 and Melee at a high skill level (or competitively). 64, Brawl and Project M (not even an official game) are for fun. So in Smash 4, I main andalong withas a secondary. However, I wanted to main different characters in Melee, just to not mess up my gameplay with my other characters I mained. So after choosing my characters (which were between), I decided to only focus on (main) and (secondary) in Melee (I put Smash 4 icons just because it's much more updated and better character or icons design). These two characters are the ones that I enjoy the most in Melee. I enjoyed Marth because of his reward for proper spacing and landing Ken Combos. As for Falcon, well, it's mostly Falcon Punches, Sacred Combos and knee of justice finishers. So I wanted to focus on Marth first. As a new Melee competitive player, what should I start to learn first? Should I learn how to use mobility options correctly (wavedashing and wavelanding)? Should I practice L-cancelling? Basically, I want to know the most important steps on how to master a character and the game mechanics in Melee. After Marth, I'll move on to Falcon. Need your help, guys! Trying to become better in Melee, but this game is just SO HARD to control!

Check out @ SleepyK 's guide https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_6o5NHvI9P8-qHp2M8w1gDzL_-JNonEE81Mh4ulY1PY/edit
If you're serious you should have everything down by 2 years

 

[SleepyK]

Check out @ SleepyK 's guide https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_6o5NHvI9P8-qHp2M8w1gDzL_-JNonEE81Mh4ulY1PY/edit
If you're serious you should have everything down by 2 years

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