lesson w sami

Den Wills

Striking
DL BF PS preferred stages

—get better at spawn
— be better at engaging peach
— falco just hold a position
— don’t laser when things are already happening
— reacting in scrambles; keeping it clean on one end
— don’t keep trying to hit the other guy (eg when one of us is cornered)
— be more ready
— transition from bad situation to good situation
— imagine how it would be like for a top player to be in my situation
— aiming better matters in teams too
— optimize how fast i get to him
— try vertical falco horizontal sheik sometimes
— “whoever’s in back, pretend you’re 1v1’ing the person in the front”
— for needle laser, practice moving around each other. eg falco lasers while sheik shielding, falco lasers on the ground while sheik is charging needles on the ground, or falco shoot sheik jump, know when teammate needs to roll…taking turns needling/lasering
— if one of them goes on the ledge (esp peach) walk towards the middle of the stage. swap 1v1.
— know that the guy on the outside or in an awful situation literally can’t interact or do anything, so use that time to look at the person that CAN interact
— shield when the teammate can help
— think about our positioning and asserting our stage space
— don’t be dajuan, stop trying to hit the other guy with jumps all the time
— note: safety of the nair depends on timing of the nair and less on the height
— just nair OOS vs good nairs
— every single good teams player has been an outside player
— teams edgeguards?
—  play the outside better
— throw towards the ledge sometimes instead of trying to create interference with fthrow
— wavedash into jump is bad. wavedash into needles when they’re close
— fthrow —> SH aerial vs floaties from sheik
— react the positions that i have, especially in teams
— taking free things
— “you guys just lost to a peach charging fsmash and the fox doing dtilt when i’m at 9%”


analysis style — think about top players. also think about what it’s like to do your job and what the other guy’s job is. think about how clean/messy the situations look.

sami notes
-reacting in scrambles more
-not trying to force hits when there's no reason (easy example: being in the corner)
-keep the situation clean for your teammate. this includes both engaging the enemy and helping your teammate disengage (sheik engage peach at beginning made it awkawrd, falco didn't help sheik out of scramble)
-make sure they're doing something actually good when they hit you. usually this invovles panicking/autopiloting after close range interactions
- be careful how you 2v1, especially if you're sandwiched
-falco move forward or move vertically to maintain space
-person in back treats enemy aggressor as a 1v1
-not tunneling on opponent who is in extremely useless position
-shielding when you know your teammate can help
-teams edgeguards?
-play the outside!
-sandwiches/positioning > hitting them