#Feedback on reads

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vital estuary
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Thank you.

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So there's a concept known as telegraphing

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Which is moves that signal another move is incoming

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You did a lot of high jumps before returning to stage

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Signalling you were going to land

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That's why the u-tilt hit you

dry scarab
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oh ok

vital estuary
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I then punished it normally with the u-air

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Watch for telegraphing in my moves

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When we fight

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Better, but notice how when I u-tilt, I do it from under the left platform

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So my positioning gives clues too

dry scarab
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okay

vital estuary
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I'm going to use baits now

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So you see how my f-smash almost caught your return to the stage

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I was banking on your recovery range

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Consider my own recovery range: it's quite limited

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So if someone is on a plat

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Their only options if you're below them

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Is to try to use an aerial or run away

dry scarab
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alr

vital estuary
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You want to use up-smash for reads

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Rather than f-smash

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As it has better coverage

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Use baits, jump ins/jump outs when someone is recovering

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To force them to burn options

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Which reduces their choices

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And makes reads easier

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lol

dry scarab
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xd

vital estuary
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Okay, can you set stage selection to true random

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Smash ball icon

dry scarab
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k

vital estuary
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As it seems to be set to SBF at the moment

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BRB 2 seconds

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So notice how some of my f-smashes came very, very close to hitting you

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So there's another aspect to reads - timing

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Sometimes you need to hold an attack for longer

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Or for shorter

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Depending

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Pick the most appropriate one for the job

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So notice some of my reads go the wrong direction

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Those situations are known as 50/50s

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Sometimes you will read the wrong direction, you just have to guess

dry scarab
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k

vital estuary
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So I u-tilt under plat because it protects me from some of the possible attacks you can do

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So I know to spot dodge your grabs because you telegraph it by running up

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Too many full hops

dry scarab
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k

vital estuary
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So I also observe what patterns you repeat

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So you're doing less to read where I am

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And sort of

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Spamming PK fire and aerials where you think I might be currently

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You see how I run in to bait a reaction, pull back, and f-smash?

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Right I'm gunna switch to ness

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And do reads with Ness instead

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Mostly the bat stuff

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But also the PK lightning causing you to PSI magnet off stage and do a bad recovery

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S lightning negating your lightning recovery

dry scarab
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i gtg now

vital estuary
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Conditioning you with the PK lightning

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So you use absorb when trying to land

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Setting you up for f-airs

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So creating readable situations

vital estuary
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See ya