Official Post-A-Vid

[Dark Shadrio DSfied]

Ha, lol. I wish I had some sort of recording device to record myself playing against one of my Cousins who is just as good as me, and sometimes ever better -.-

[Shock]

Use your shield. ^_^
You and Ice Katt both don't use it much, infact you fight almost exactly like Ice Katt used to...

4/10
But don't worry about my rating, I'm not one to talk myself. -_-
What I did with Ice Katt though, is put her against 3 lvl 9 computers (of whatever character she wanted to main as at the time...) on Final Destination. It helped her figure out a few combo's that the computers were puling on her, as well as make her motor skills a little better. Considering she moves with three fingers on the analog stick (Pointing finger, middle finger, and thumb) she really needed the control. >_>

darkmario said:

Hmm...*watches Shock's video*

3.5/10

Well, first, you need to shield and grab much more. Also, I noticed that when you were running up to luigi, you would stop and then attack. Hmm, try this on for size: Run-->Crouch (this stops you in your tracks)-->Down A or A combo. And since you use Falco, only do the first 2 attacks of Falco's A combo, since the 3rd one gets you in to a flurry of kicks that your opponent can easily dodge and while you are kicking and could use that time to hit you BAD. Also, most of your attacks were too obvious, like when you jumped in his face ony to use the Spike Falco has. Do this instead: Reflector (throws your enemy upwards)-->Aerial Down (forces the foe to pummel right in to the ground below)-->Fast Fall at the peak so you meet up with your opponent while they are unable to move-->Rinse and Repeat until bored or until the enemy DIs away from the attack or Techs to the Side.

Speaking of Teching, here are some 3 videos FF gave me a long time ago and really helped me improve:
Video 1 *Click*
Video 2 *Click*
Video 3 *Click*

But What you really need is to not give the foe a second to breathe (like when you kicked Luigi off the ledge, knew he was going to survive, and waited for him, charging a Side Smash. Instead, you could have jumped toward him and spiked him into oblivion), Grab, and, most importantly, Shield

Oh, so much help ^_^ Thanks, I need it >.> I'll make sure to use this stuff.

Here's my brother, also against a lvl 5. It's in two parts, since the camera cut off.
Marth(ADAM) vs lvl5 Pikachu pt1, Marth(ADAM) vs lvl5 Pikachu
Rate him too. I have 2 vids of Me vs him, which I'll get later.

Ok, here's one of me v him. I'm falco, and he's IC (who he is better with than Marth)

How can I exploit him?

[Fire Fox]

Wow, you're brother is fast.
When he uses Marth he tends to miss when using smash attacks,(Although who doesn't? Thats why I use less smash attacks. lol) so try ground dodging and countering.

I'd have to watch the Falco vs IC one again to see what you can do... But it's not letting me watch again... T-T
I'll get back to you on that one...

[Dark Shadrio DSfied]

Well, since you only said rate him, then I'll just rate him:

3.7/10
He's just a bit better, since he moves a bit more and I saw him grab once, though he took too long to decide in what dirrection to throw the pikachu.

*watches the 2nd video* Ouch...

Ok, stop spamming that Blaster, especially if you see that he is too close. The reason you got the stuffing beat out of you is because he is good with IC, from what I can tell, much better than with marth. Second, NEVER use Fire Bird as an attack, why? Becuase:
- while "Flamming", the opponent can attack you, since it doesn't have actual fire protecting you, unlike Fox's Fire Fox
- If you're gunna use it, even to surprise the foe, the time where you can't attack if too long, and the fo e could just start charging a Smash and perfectly execute it when you're about to hit him (Me and my cousins always hit each other perfectly).
- Since it has short distance, you might as well use Falco Fantasm, since the over all lag is considerabely smaller and just as powerful

With that said, only use Falco's ^B to recover, even though it sucks like a recovery move anyway. Also, I noticed that when you were right in front of the edge, only a short distance away, you use Fire Bird, but used it Diagonally, and missed by a bit. Use Falco Fantasm and grab the edge, but don't use an attack to get back up or roll or jump. Instead, tilt the control stick AWAY from the edge, jump immediately towards the stage and use Falco Fantasm if the foe is near you or use Reflector if the foe is virtually right on you. And Instead of using the flurry of kicks to attack, grab, throw down, and use Reflector (to hurt and start that combo I told you of yesterday)/Down A(to kill)/Down Smash(to send away only if the foe has over 60% of damage, or else the foe will barely be launched). Also, you need to learn the "physics" of the game, so you can know when to attack so it comes out perfectly. I say this becuase there was a moment where you jumped towads him, and use reflector, but you used it to soon. It was good, since your bro didn't react for like after he saw a blue hexagonal image above his character, meaning he wasn't expecting that attack, but you used it too soon.

So with that said, you also need to know what are the good attacks Falco has and which ones suck, depening on how you use them (yes I'm gunna say every single good attack Falco has, IMO):

The Good
- Reflector: Can start combos, like that infinite combo that I explained yesterday and since it only needs 1 frame to activate, you can use it when the foe is right on you and you can't escape.
- Falco Fantasm: Good to use...if the enemy isn't expecting it. Don't use it too much or spam it, ok?
- Blaster: Only use it if the enemy if very far away, or if you know how to the "laser hop" technique, which consists in Short hopping-->blaster->fast fall and I think you have to L cancel...or not, Idk, I never use that technique, I just blaster when the enemy isnt close. To know what close is, it's just a bit smaller than half of the Final Destination.
- A, A: God, this is why I started to use Falco for like a few months, the lvl 9 Falco spams that so much you get ticked off. Use if to start combos, as it has good traping abilities if used fast enough, but don't start the kicks, or you'll regret it. If yu want to know how good it is, battle a Lvl 9 Falco on Final Destination, soon, that lvl 9 will start using that attack and spam it at least across half of the stage, then he'll use some Smash attack or grab->throw.
- Down+A: Godlike tilt attack, can kill just as easily as Fox's Up Smash, too bad it has short distance. Try to use it to finish a combo, but only if the foe has, idk, been knocked down, like at the end of a Reflector->Spike combo.
- Side Smash: Powerful, and fast, use it but don't charge it.
- Down Smash: can be used at the edge of a stage when the foe is recovering to push him/her away AND downwards, which is virtually unrecoverable.
- Grab->Throw Down: Use it to start many combos, like the Reflector->Spike combo or to use the Down A/Down Smash to KO the foe if he/she has a lot of %
- Grab->Forward Throw: use it when the foe has a low %, so the throw isn't that far, and so you could start comboing with the A, A or kick him/her away with the Side Smash
- Grab->Throw Up: Use it to do...
- Up Aerial: powerful move if all 3 hits get the enemy, can KO with ease if mastered.
- Down Aerial: Falco's famed Spike, I've been talking about this a lot, so it must be good. You can combine this with a forward throw at the edge then a spike to KO easily
- Neutral Aerial: Only good if the A button is pressed when you are "touching" the foe, it is pretty powerful and can be used when you are running, like this: Run-> Short Hop near the foe-> Neural A. I used that A LOT when I used Falco, since it has good knockback.
- Backwards Aerial: Very good attack, IMO. Use it in any opportunity you get, but DON'T SPAM.

Oh, since I've talked about Reflecting, here's something you might want to know about that thing and how to deactivate it if you use it in a moment that wasn't the right moment to use it:

If you want to Cancel your Reflector, you must jump immediately after executing the Reflector, or in other words: down+B-[immediately]->Jump.

Now on how to expliot him, you must become faster. His IC is a fast mind, so you must get used to fighting faster, not think, but be used to, like some assassin used to the carnage >.>

Edit: OMFG, long post >.>

[Fire Fox]

Oh, word of advice Shock when using Falco. The Falco Fantasm hits opponents down, so if you use it to recover and your opponent is trying to recover AND you hit him with it, he'll get hit down. Use it like a meteor. ^_^' But like Shadrio says, only when your opponent isn't expecting it, otherwise it can be easily gotten out of. Like by pressing the jump button. <_<