How To Read Your Opponent, Smash Bros Tournament News, SBC Ep.49

Smash Bros Cast

This is Smash Bros Cast Episode 49

I am your host N64Josh

my co-host and sparring partner is NightCrawlr

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Announcements

• SBC Tournament Results! HERE
  • Winner Dandersen took it down through winners bracket with Falco
  • Check out the special episode with Beyond the Metagame that we recorded after the tournament
• New Monday Call in Show
  • Around 7:30 pm PT

Tournament News :

• Collegiate Melee+Ultimate  2018-2019 Qualifier Schedule Follow Max Ketchum and
• 8 tournaments around the US HERE

Guest:

Countdown to Genesis 6

• 14 Days (2 weeks)
• Quick guide/FAQ for Genesis HERE

Smash News

• New Weekly Event
  • Fire Emblem Fest (Part II): 2 Legend-class spirits and 2 Ace-class spirits that will appear for a limited time
• Friendly reminder to redeem your Piranha Plant, buy registering your physical game and checking your email(could be in Junk Folder) digital games are already registered, check your email.

Talking points/Questions  

• Vagrant-How does one go about picking a secondary, I know using my main is important but the grind can be real sometime. How do I go about choosing a secondary that would be a good time investment for when you just want to switch it up?
• LeafTheEonLast Wednesday at 7:39 PM
  I’d like amiibo to come up as a topic in the cast at some point if possible. They’re the only real purpose for spirit board outside of friendly spirit matches..
  I think they can sometimes make interesting sparring partners as an alternative to the basic cpu.. helps switch things up a bit(edited)
  Shaidar65Last Wednesday at 9:27 PM
  I don’t have any Amiibos Leaf. How much does the AI change? If I constantly dash attack it, is it going to block a ton?
  LeafTheEonLast Wednesday at 11:10 PM
  The amiibo AI got a complete overhaul from smash 4. They now have “personalities” of which I believe there’s over 16 different kinds..?
  Which range from super aggressive to campy to flashy and everything in between. There’s also a new ability to toggle amiibo learning on and off so if they play a certain way you can lock it in and they won’t change styles unless you unlock them.
  Also new that wasn’t in smash 4- they will edgeguard you hard and use their dash attack.
  
  Generally the amiibo like to copy you at first then gradually adopt a play style that can beat yours. It’s all pretty fascinating.

Our Week with Smash

• 5 ways to read your opponent

• How do they get up after being knocked down on the stage?

• • • • Do they roll forward or back?
      • What’s the best way for you to punish their habit? Grab combo, smash attack, etc.

• How do they recover while on the ledge?

• • • • Watch for rolls and normal get ups and learn the best position to be in to punish recovery.
      • If your open uses attack recovery often you need to shield and punish.
      • If your opponent uses jump to recover you may be able to punish with nair, fair or up air.

• How do they recover off stage?

• • • • Do they double jump early and recover high? Punish with a spike or any aerial followed by projectiles to gimp them.
      • After punishing a high recovery you can usually bait out a air doge or up B, if they recover high again, which are both highly punishable due to landing lag. Be careful to avoid the up B attack by jumping toward your opponent then double jumping away.
      • If they recover low you can knock them into the stage by dropping of the stage and landing a back air, or punish with projectiles
      • If you get the timing right you can land a F smash right as they grab the stage if they are recovering low you may need to angle it down.

• Watch for patterns in your opponents attacks and exploit them

• • • • The more you play the game and play as other characters you can learn how they approach and how to counter it.
      • You may find that some people rely too heavily on one move and have nothing to fall back on if they can’t use that move.
      • Almost every character will have landing lag when they use their up B attack that means you have to punish this.
      • If they are looking for the grab spot dodge or roll behind them to punish the missed grab  

• Watch how your opponent reacts to you and your moves and bait them into your traps

• • • How do they react to your projectiles? If they jump toward you how can you punish that?
    • If you see them shield most projectiles or attacks can you get in for a grab?
    • Play cat and mouse with your opponent until you see an opening. Mix up your attacks and movement so they don’t begin to read you.  

Locals – How we did

Smash Tips:

• Izaw Smash Art of Smash Ultimate

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