pulsar moth
Who are you requesting?
Byleth
What is your time zone?
EST
What specifically do you need help with?
Need help with movement, combos, game sense, distant, the whole shebang
When are you typically available?
around all day
How long have you been playing the game for?
About a week now. I use to play brawl on the Wii and then fell off
Can I VC?
YES
umbral copper
Yo
pulsar moth
Hey, just dm’d you
I just started the game, and I always use to be bad at playing smash, and now I’m finally open and ready to get better!!
umbral copper
Hey, just dm’d you
My bio literally says dms are closed fam
Sure btw
Will you be available around 6
And also do you want to vc
pulsar moth
I saw lol. My bad
umbral copper
pulsar moth
Yeah I’ll be available at 6. And I’m actually getting a new refrigerator. so guys are gonna be coming in and out for a little, I’m not gonna be able to use vc at that time
But I will be available
umbral copper
pulsar moth
And I was watching a bunch of videos on Byleth, and he is so fricken cool. The combos and distance and everything about him I love. I’m so ready to perfect him lol
Should I try to study all these videos?
umbral copper
Should I try to study all these videos?
So I have a special thing that I want you to do for each of these videos
pulsar moth
Sure what’s up?
pulsar moth
Alright lol
Watching these videos, the one thing I know I’m gonna struggle is with small hops
I always struggled with that when I use to play brawl and on the 3ds
umbral copper
It took longer than expected
pulsar moth
All good
I’m really trying to apply what I saw on the videos, and it’s pretty dang hard 💀
pulsar moth
I really don’t know what I’m doing wrong…I’ve been playing the last two hours, and I feel like I’m trying way too hard
umbral copper
I really don’t know what I’m doing wrong…I’ve been playing the last two hours, a...
Take a break then
Tell me abt it in more detail later tho
pulsar moth
Alright, yeah I should take a break from it💀
umbral copper
Ofc, you should do that whenever you are struggling
pulsar moth
I’m just anxious to get better😆 but I’m slowly realizing what I’m doing wrong. I can’t control my direction or action after I do a small hop, stage control, and finding the kill
And when I try to edge guard, I end up killing myself
umbral copper
Also when you are struggling, try to just record the last video and then upload it to Vod review
umbral copper
And when I try to edge guard, I end up killing myself
Dw abt all of that, I’ll go over tmr
pulsar moth
Aight, I’ll try to remember to record it next time
pulsar moth
All good. I watched the one video you actually posted a while ago, and wow you make Byleth look so easy
Also, what time is it for you? Right now for me it’s 6:30pm. right now we’re installing our new fridge and I’ll be back online
umbral copper
Also 6:30
pulsar moth
Ah okay just making sure we’re on the same time lol
We’re almost done installing, I’ll be on in like 30 minutes
umbral copper
Ok
pulsar moth
I actually have a few minutes now if you wanna get on?
umbral copper
Nah I don’t unfortunately
pulsar moth
Ah all good
pulsar moth
Just a random question I have. I’ve been watching many videos, and I’ve been trying to apply what I’m watching, but I feel like I need to break it down and just practice one thing at a time. Do you know what I should try to focus on first?
pulsar moth
So update on my progress with Byleth, the bread and butter to starting anything is those nair attacks, but I’m struggling to do a mini hop without doing a sair attack by accident or jumping too high. Is there something I could practice to perfect a nair attack without jumping too high or doing an accidental sair attack?
umbral copper
So update on my progress with Byleth, the bread and butter to starting anything ...
With short hop nairs I usually advise ppl to do short hops by itself, then moving left and right with short hops, then practice fast falling by itself, then practice short hopping into a fast fall, then moving while short hopping and then fast falling and then you are done. I personally would recommend doing it around 10-15 times in a row before moving up a level
pulsar moth
Oh! That actually reminds me, doing a short hop and then a fast fall, I see a lot of players doing that, but I also struggle trying to figure out how to do that. Do you short hop while holding down the joystick at the same time?
umbral copper
With short hop nairs I usually advise ppl to do short hops by itself, then movin...
That’s not rly how I learned but I kinda learned through doing it in real matches, which I do for basically everything and I have been informed kind of a lot that practicing in the game rather than in the training mode is bad.
umbral copper
Oh! That actually reminds me, doing a short hop and then a fast fall, I see a lo...
Jump up then when you get to the max height of the jump you flick down
pulsar moth
Alright. And one more thing before I continue practicing today. My man goal is to perfect that small hop nair attack today without messing up, and also doing that quick fall. How many reps should I do short hops, how many with preforming a quick fall, and how many times while moving without accidentally triggering a different attack?
umbral copper
Alright. And one more thing before I continue practicing today. My man goal is t...
15 each in a row
You can do ten if you want
pulsar moth
Alright. Thank you for the advice for today. I’ll try my best to perfect these small hops before I move onto the next thing
I’m not worrying about combos right now, I need to get a better understanding of the game mechanics before I start becoming more fancy lol
umbral copper
Just so you know, I do want to see some gameplay from you. Either from vod review or just playing you
umbral copper
I’m not worrying about combos right now, I need to get a better understanding of...
Yeah
Speaking of that tho
umbral copper
For the combo video: Practice the nair combos up until the platforms, excluding the jab lock (rly hard), practice all the grab ones, aerial ones, tilts, and up b ones. Looking at the combo theory should be interesting but not necessarily mandatory
pulsar moth
Alright, once I have time after practicing these fundamentals, I’ll try to start studying some of these combos and see if I can preform at least one of them
umbral copper
It shouldn’t be hard once you get the hang of it
pulsar moth
My problem is being to hit a nair while moving and without preforming another move by accident. I’ll do a nair, but I’m still pressing the left or right and do a air side attack instead of what I wanted to do
umbral copper
My problem is being to hit a nair while moving and without preforming another mo...
So you don’t have to hold a direction after you’ve jumped since you can’t change the movement direction that fast
pulsar moth
Update on my progress, I’m starting to get really use to the small hops now!! I actually feel like I’m slowly getting better at playing
umbral copper
That’s good
pulsar moth
The next problem that I’m realizing that I want to try to improve is spacing. I choke on spacing a lot. I’ll trip up with my grabs, or I’ll be looking the wrong way, I’m not close enough for a nair or bair attack. Is there any that I can practice with that aims for spacing
umbral copper
Spacing is something you have to kinda play the game to understand
I mean against others as well
pulsar moth
Does a level 9 cpu work best or do I gotta go to online playing?
umbral copper
I see a good bit of ppl recommending just attacking a non moving bot in the training room but I find this doesn’t help all too much
pulsar moth
What if you give it an action like running or dodging and stuff?
umbral copper
Does a level 9 cpu work best or do I gotta go to online playing?
I think online works a lil better but not by a lot
umbral copper
What if you give it an action like running or dodging and stuff?
That does too little in terms of practice since it’s rly predictable
pulsar moth
so I just gotta keep practicing against a level 9 CPU? The other thing is also confidence, I can’t really approach first until I see the other player do something. That’s probably also affecting my spacing
umbral copper
Define something
pulsar moth
Like if they’re shielding or just standing there waiting to shield, and I come running up, I’m kinda just waiting for a reaction. But if I get nothing, then I kinda…jump around
Which is probably a bad habit, I know you probably should be the first to attack and not wait
umbral copper
It’s ok to wait sometimes but often times you do want to take control of the match
You have an advantage when you are the aggressor and not being attacked
pulsar moth
I think once I start to crack out some combos, then maybe I’ll get more of that confidence I need
pulsar moth
Hey! So right now I’m trying to figure out some combos to do with Byleth, but I’m not quite understanding some of the stuff to do in the air. My movement is pretty sloppy when it comes to air stuff. Would you be able to give me some tips on combos?
umbral copper
Which ones
pulsar moth
When you do the up B special. When the move is done, I can’t seem to follow up. I see other players being able to stay close after the move, but I always get launched the opposite direction of them. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong