StoicPhantom
Smash Ace
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- Dec 11, 2018
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You had gotten lucky so far, this is to be expected, when you don't have the game. So don't beat yourself up too much, over too high of expectations. Save your pity party for when you get the game, make it to Elite, and then get stonewalled by the same 5 characters. Just get the game as soon as possible so you don't feel like it's your inexperience making you lose.
Acknowledging that you're bad, is definitely the first step to actually getting good. Far too many people, build this self-image of themselves, over meaningless ranks or shiny medals and get mad and ignore anything in reality, that doesn't match that self-image. I see so many people, just in this game's online alone, that beat on people much weaker than them and run away at the first sign of any good player, all to artificially inflate their meaningless rank. People seem to forget that winning is a sign of progress and not the end goal.
Trying to win for the sake of winning, is what leads people to do things, like pull their ethernet cord to mantain their rank/win streak. That may make your numbers look good but players who know, can see your true skill in your play. Don't lose sight of the true goal in becoming a better player and chase after wins, which are the product of being good, not the proof.
Recognizing that you are bad and feeling bad about it, means you have the self-awareness to recognize that you need to improve and that alone, means you are already above a lot of people and can start on the path to getting better. I can emphasize with that frustration because I have been feeling like that recently, fighting certain characters that seem impossible to beat. I have, however, been steadily improving in those match-ups and can consistently beat Inkling and Yoshi now. Marth/Lucina and Cloud are still out of reach currently and Sheik is looming on the horizon, but I am no longer being two and three-stocked by Marth/Lucina or Cloud anymore. It's just a long, frustrating grind, getting there is all.
Zelda herself, is incredibly difficult to be good with and isn't a character you can be good with, only playing on occasion. She's not like, say Chrom, whom my friend made it to Elite with, in less time than my Zelda, simply running around spamming Dancing Blade. Some characters are just faster to learn and get good enough with, that you can focus on your fundamentals quicker than others. I'm seeing parallels with my Smash 4 main Robin, in the more advanced concepts you need to learn in order to do well and be on the same level as others. Zelda and Robin, are characters you need to learn more advanced fundamentals as a requirement to do well, instead of learning them on the way. Other characters will give you a boost at the start, before you need to start having good fundamentals to win. If you don't have the required skills and character knowledge and practice you're going to lose. Smash 4 Sheik was top five but if you didn't know what you were doing with them, you were going to get obliterated fairly easy.
I have faced quite a lot of Zelda's online, that had no idea what to do and tried to just camp in one place and hope their opponent ran into all of their attacks. They lacked the concepts of spacing, neutral, and stage control, that's required to do well with Zelda. As such, it was fairly easy to take the lead quickly before they could adjust and then camp, slowly picking at them and KOing, when the opportunity presented itself. In order to properly control space and play neutral with Zelda, you need to be very familiar with all her tools, which are not easy or straightforward to use. She's precision based and requires lots of practice and experience to know what you need to do, when, and successfully do it without misinputting.
I know it's not your fault, since you don't have the game yet, but I'm sorry to say that you can't realistically expect to do well with Zelda without regular consistent practice. It took me a lot of playing in order to play at a higher level with her. She doesn't share the same playstyle as before so requires relearning how to play her. I'm sure you found out the hard way that night, that her grab combos aren't all there and that aggressively rushing in to grab when you think you have a read, doesn't quite go the same as it used to. Ultimate is a different game and is going to have different ways of going about things than before. You'll need to get used to both Zelda and Ultimate itself right now.
So don't put too high of expectations on yourself quite yet, when you don't currently have access to what you need, in order to be good yet.
Acknowledging that you're bad, is definitely the first step to actually getting good. Far too many people, build this self-image of themselves, over meaningless ranks or shiny medals and get mad and ignore anything in reality, that doesn't match that self-image. I see so many people, just in this game's online alone, that beat on people much weaker than them and run away at the first sign of any good player, all to artificially inflate their meaningless rank. People seem to forget that winning is a sign of progress and not the end goal.
Trying to win for the sake of winning, is what leads people to do things, like pull their ethernet cord to mantain their rank/win streak. That may make your numbers look good but players who know, can see your true skill in your play. Don't lose sight of the true goal in becoming a better player and chase after wins, which are the product of being good, not the proof.
Recognizing that you are bad and feeling bad about it, means you have the self-awareness to recognize that you need to improve and that alone, means you are already above a lot of people and can start on the path to getting better. I can emphasize with that frustration because I have been feeling like that recently, fighting certain characters that seem impossible to beat. I have, however, been steadily improving in those match-ups and can consistently beat Inkling and Yoshi now. Marth/Lucina and Cloud are still out of reach currently and Sheik is looming on the horizon, but I am no longer being two and three-stocked by Marth/Lucina or Cloud anymore. It's just a long, frustrating grind, getting there is all.
Zelda herself, is incredibly difficult to be good with and isn't a character you can be good with, only playing on occasion. She's not like, say Chrom, whom my friend made it to Elite with, in less time than my Zelda, simply running around spamming Dancing Blade. Some characters are just faster to learn and get good enough with, that you can focus on your fundamentals quicker than others. I'm seeing parallels with my Smash 4 main Robin, in the more advanced concepts you need to learn in order to do well and be on the same level as others. Zelda and Robin, are characters you need to learn more advanced fundamentals as a requirement to do well, instead of learning them on the way. Other characters will give you a boost at the start, before you need to start having good fundamentals to win. If you don't have the required skills and character knowledge and practice you're going to lose. Smash 4 Sheik was top five but if you didn't know what you were doing with them, you were going to get obliterated fairly easy.
I have faced quite a lot of Zelda's online, that had no idea what to do and tried to just camp in one place and hope their opponent ran into all of their attacks. They lacked the concepts of spacing, neutral, and stage control, that's required to do well with Zelda. As such, it was fairly easy to take the lead quickly before they could adjust and then camp, slowly picking at them and KOing, when the opportunity presented itself. In order to properly control space and play neutral with Zelda, you need to be very familiar with all her tools, which are not easy or straightforward to use. She's precision based and requires lots of practice and experience to know what you need to do, when, and successfully do it without misinputting.
I know it's not your fault, since you don't have the game yet, but I'm sorry to say that you can't realistically expect to do well with Zelda without regular consistent practice. It took me a lot of playing in order to play at a higher level with her. She doesn't share the same playstyle as before so requires relearning how to play her. I'm sure you found out the hard way that night, that her grab combos aren't all there and that aggressively rushing in to grab when you think you have a read, doesn't quite go the same as it used to. Ultimate is a different game and is going to have different ways of going about things than before. You'll need to get used to both Zelda and Ultimate itself right now.
So don't put too high of expectations on yourself quite yet, when you don't currently have access to what you need, in order to be good yet.