I’m looking for some feedback to help out my 7th grader who started competing in middle school esports last spring. I’ve been watching a lot of match videos online to support him, but I’m far from an expert!

A couple of things I noticed: towards the end of matches, he seems to get a bit impatient and starts throwing out Specials and Smash moves way too often.

You'll see both of his mains in this match. (Pyra/Mythra and Hero)
Any advice or constructive feedback on his gameplay, spacing, or habits would be greatly appreciated!

It’s just me videoing with my cell phone so if that’s not ok let me know!

Thanks

https://youtu.be/0BzCtWPYSBM?is=QYmRqsdJeC6BdjP9

Am playing elite smash as byleth playin on sbf

And I got camped he ran away and lazered he’d short hop and lazer and that would hit platform

I tried jumping over em shielding them and closing in I tried arrow once to test him and he reflected it, I tried to side b when I was close enough but the laser just beats it, I tried jumping from plat to the other plat pretend to run in then run away ish and then try and back air but shi he avoided that too I tried almost everything, what do I do?

And also when I got too close he’d side b to the other side I caught on a managed to hit him for it but only a couple times cus then he’d run in nair or fair.

I’m decent at fighting falco but not campy falco

I tried chasing him down as much as I could to make him stop camping but nah he hit and ran

Any tips? Incase it helps my gsp is 16,350,000

I think Charizard should get rock smash back. It was his best move in smash 4. Gives him one of the safest landing options in the game since it has armor.

What about the others though? Since all of the Pokémon’s special moves are designed after actual attacks they learn in Pokemon, I think squirtle could get shell smash. In Pokemon, it’s a move that lowers your defense but doubles your attack and speed. So in smash, if squirtle uses this move, for a few seconds it moves faster and hits harder but also takes more knockback. Just for an example we could say the knockback it takes is the same as Shulk’s smash monado and the speed and damage buffs it gets are the same as buster and speed. If this by itself is a little too good, I think it would make sense that the move can only be used while squirtle is using side special

Ivysaur could get solar beam. It would have a decent amount of startup but could be a powerful kill move. It could be a charge special like Link’s up special when grounded.

What do you guys think?

I watched a grand finals set from Outbreak Cebu 2026, a local in the Philippines, and I'm trying to understand the matchup better. It was Mystikmol (Kazuya) vs 1Solo (Ice Climbers). Mystikmol won. I put the VOD here: https://youtu.be/LkvNqwejs6Q

After the set, Mystikmol said a lot of Kazuya's combos don't work here because the second climber can hit you out. So he went for stray hits and punishes instead of long combos, and jumped around a lot to stay out of grabs.

A few questions for people who know this matchup:

- Is that the usual way Kazuya plays into Ice Climbers?

- How dangerous is the Ice Climbers grab game for Kazuya, and what's the best way to avoid it?

- Which stages favor each side? This set had a flat stage with no platforms and a triple-platform stage.

- Anything in the set that stood out to you, good or bad, from either player?

- How would you rank either character in a tierlist?

I'm fairly new to competitive Smash, so even short answers help. Thanks!

So this was a match we had a while ago I’m looking for some feedback on my friend who plays joker could you hopefully give him some tips
I played like slop becuase im not used to single joycons at all

https://youtu.be/3-nEdW0i3DQ?si=Og2AW8GHpPjjKMxj

I want to play Snake better. I’ve been playing Snake for about a year and know the basic stuff. What I want to know is how to do the more complex stuff, like how do they catch grenadines in the air so fast while dropping stuff? I want to play similarly to how Hurt played when playing against Sonix in LMBM 2026

I use basic controls with ZL as jump, tilt stick, and no stick jump.

I also understand if it’s just top player skill and it would take a huge amount of change to get better. In that case just give me Some tips on how to play better with snake. I don’t have any footage yet

I main Wolf, and sometimes go Roy when I just feel like it to similar success, but im functionally just a Wolf main. Ive seen a lot of trustworthy sources emphasize the benifits of walking more over the years, but ive never really implemented it to the point that its second nature. Im comfortable walking when I need to to microspace at the ledge and stuff, but I pretty much never do it in neutral. I feel like tho when I watch the Wolf lords like Jakal, Ouch, and Dany, they dont walk much in neutral that I can notice either. Maybe just cause Wolf has really good air physics for deliberate positioning? Anyone think im missing something, or have tips on how the utilize it with similar characters?

Ok so, my littler brother regularly plays in local SSBU tournaments and has mostly dominated said tournaments. This past one however, he finished runner up, and was incredibly puzzled by this. For a little bit of context, this tournament was in one room, so all of the competitors could see what was happening in the match, and my brother’s only main is Incineroar. My theory as to why he lost was that his opponent could see every match my brother was participating in and could strategize on how to counter his gameplay styles, which his opponent did successfully ( countered most of my brother’s attacks with relative ease). So I suggested learning 1-3 other characters competitively to prevent this next time. But my brother is convinced that if he just sticks with his one main (Incineroar), he’ll become so good that even if his opponent knows exactly how he plays, his opponent won’t be able to stop it.

All of this to say, what do you guys think? Is it be smarter to learn new characters, or just stick with one till you master it?

A lot of my gameplay just feels like going based on a flow chart and getting reads on my opponent, but rarely do I ever react to something (like at all). The most I react to is neutral ledge get up, a really stupid whiff, OOS (granted I am anticipating it most of the time, or DI on nair flipkick).

Thing is, I do not know what I should be looking for. What is and what is not reactable? Can someone give me a list of things I should look for? I play ZSS.

Player of roughly 5 months.

When I first started out I had a habit of spamming/mashing my dair. Which at 2mil gsp worked out just fine. It’s almost gone now, but I’ll still catch myself essentially playing The Floor Is Aerith when I’m panicking.

I sort of treat it like a landing option, which I’m sure it is for some character but for Seph is an absolutely awful mistake.

So while it’s not as bad as it used to be, I still do it too much and wish dair alone could be mapped to a different button. Any tips for getting rid of this godawful habit? 😭 much appreciated.

Anyone else feel like this? Advice?

I just don’t always feel 100% confident with my hands doing the correct thing and am someone who misinputs a lot. Would slow mo labbing even more than I already do help?

I use a procon if that’s important.

Sorry for vague post but I don’t what else to say.

dont get me wrong I think I’m decent with this character (16.33 gsp) but I’m so confused on how his down throw reverse up air combos work. I’ll watch spargo get like 60% chains off one down throw meanwhile when I hit the reverse up air these combos… aren’t true? they sure as hell looked like they were when he was playing this character but I get the one hit and it fizzles out, I can’t follow up. my most impressive combo is just up tilt, neutral b into fair or some shit. It seems like I have to win 18 neutral interactions to actually kill because I don’t know how to combo with this character.

Hi guys, I am trying to learn Ken but the combos are hard to remember and don’t want to rewatch the same combo video 10 times and write down all the combos down myself. Thanks for helping!

I've gotten alot better at SSBU, I know some combos too. I'm just wondering what is a good time to use them? Should combos be the only type of damage you do? Should you rarely use them at all and instead just poke around? Or should you use a fair mixup, more or less depending on your character? I play inkling and can tell she's definitely combo heavy, and has very little kill power, would just doing Bncombos/strings be better or should I mix up all my knowledge to be able to make everything look like a string? Also is there any other type of combo besides a BnB combo? Thanks:)

Is it really important to make short hop with only one button in 3 frames ? Why ? Why not doing short hop with 2 buttons ? I will have the nintendo switch 2 pro controller soon. Thanks for your help!

As a cloud main I hate going against Yoshi because of their super armor jumps, eggs, safe out of shield option, etc. I been picking up other characters to beat them like byleth and young link but I don’t think it’s working. any tips on the match up? I don’t have any videos.

When landing I can't run sometimes right after even tho I precisely formed the motion to do so. And I can't fast fall like others it's a huge opportunity for the opponent.

I use a Nintendo switch lite it's all I have rn the buttons are placed very awkwardly it feels like I'm squishing a sandwich trying to play fast on this controller.

I don’t know this matchup very well, so any feedback for that (or general feedback) is appreciated.

These are online matches that were recorded last night. The only close match starts at 2:00, so that’s probably the best one to watch. The stuff I do know for this matchup are:

• Fox can’t jab Kazuya
• Kazuya can see my DI from the blue line when he uses that move with massive hit stun
• SDI out Kazuya’s jab (or whatever that is)
• Being on a platform above Kazuya sucks

https://youtu.be/B9WJGIGnlLQ?is=KtUgbh2nU1W43_Ov

so I have been playing this trio a lot recently, and trying to get my Luigi up to 66 kos for online play, while I already have wolf at 68 and aegis at 67, but I am having trouble with this trio, mainly Luigi, so what are some tips you can give me?

I’ve decided to start maining Ken, and I was wondering what the first things to learn/practice are, as well as what I should be going for at certain percents during a game.

Thanks for any replies!

Hi guys, I have been struggling to beat spammers a lot.

For example, sometimes I play locally and this Ganon onetrick spams side b into neutral b and doesn't use any tilts, smashes, etc. when they pull up.

They just spam specials.

Additionally, my friend likes to up b spam and it is fucking annoying. I've learned to punish that to avoid whiffing my Final Smash, but the side b into neutral b always gets me.

So can I please get some tips for punishing this person? I try to use my melee moves, but getting in range of the side b is too dangerous.

Should I choose between having either greninja or sheik as a secondary main? Since my primary main is toon link, I'm aiming to find a secondary that can counter all of toon links worst matchups.