SSBU: The ONE Habit Keeping you From Improving 

the real habit keeping me from improving is already being so godlike it's impossible to get any better than that

10:35 "Maybe you always do neutral get up at ledge or something" Damn called me out on that one lol

I ain’t improving cuz I ain’t playing the game 🤷🏾‍♂️

Basically just stop guessing wrong - and by extension, stop guessing when you don't have to or when it's not worth it to take a guess.

Please do a part two! It's a struggle trying to adapt to an opponent in a match

I appreciate this video, therefore I will leave a comment for the algorithm

My problem is fumbling under pressure against very fast characters like Cap and Roy. Still not sure to adapt against them

This is such a great video going into detail on something many people don’t cover in Smash tutorials. Thanks man! Much appreciated!

In traditional fighters, you would call this broad definition of overextending/greed “preemptive play.” Basically the idea is that your decision relies upon your opponent making (or not making) specific choices that leave room for your option to work. Sajam has some great videos about the rock paper scissors of fighting games that include these ideas

Glad this got recommended, very well put together and well spoken. Great advice!

How about underextending/lacking in confidence? Sometimes just not feeling like you have the best confirm, despite having a solid grasp cuz weight match ups. I admittedly struggle with that every now and then.

Really good vid man good information. Im not too good but ive actually learned a lot just from watching others battle too

This video finally gave me the info I needed to drop Dedede and pick up a character with options (not really lol)! On a more serious note, this is actually a really good video, really appreciate the work you put into this.

Also side note, this is the first video I've watched on your channel. I already hate playing against joker (Ike main here), but your joker (and lucina and byleth) is nasty and it was fun to watch. GG!

Amazing video. I just subbed. I’ve noticed that I’ve gotten really far in this game by not overextending in neutral and advantage, but you made me realize I’m still getting greedy in disadvantage and better players are taking advantage of it.

fire video, ty for the mindset recenter

My jump getups 💀

This is great! Nice video dude you got a subscriber out of this guy

maybe do one video on how Lucina's tier changed & also about ProtoBanham? Great content :)

thank's for this video !

"who made it back to the fun side of a ledgetrap game" is just a fire sentence, perfectly captures Ultimate lol

good vid, also this goes for anyone tbh. high level players get greedy all the time too. though it can be good. the main reason ppl overextend is to learn what options work and which dont. don't get greedy like this in important tournament sets, but trying new/greedy stuff is absolutely acceptable in friendlies/casuals

would love the neutral video, you broke down overextending in such a simple understandable way I would love to see the way you do it for neutral

4:41 In guide videos like this, there are usually one or two clips that COMPLETELY change the way I think about the game, and help me improve. You're Lucina, you're hitting Donkey Kong at 0%. He's in the air, and he air dodges. You do a safe and fast combo move to extend the combo and the juggle. 32 damage, easy. That's what I do. (although Sora gets 40% from this) Then, DK realizes he can't neutral air dodge again, so he picks a different option. But you're not directly chasing him just yet, you're saving all of your movement because you have a feeling he WON'T air dodge again. You move away for a moment, jumping yourself because Lucina's aerials are good enough to beat whatever option DK does, if the positioning is right. You probably don't even expect him using his second jump but it doesn't matter with how good of a position you're in. With his double jump gone, you can hit him with a fast-fall aerial. Even if that misses, it would be because he air dodged, and you can react to that anyway. But because you didn't miss and you landed safely, you were able to continue the combo and get him to 76% and offstage! So now you egdeguard him with your good moves. That's a great tip that I've learned from here: Watch for your opponent's first escape option, punish that, then watch for their SECOND escape option. Good players won't do the same one option twice, but if they are given multiple options, chances are they will do them in the same order almost every time. It's like doing a landing aerial, spotdodge, then up tilt, or grab ledge, neutral get up, then roll in. So if it were Sora, I'd start at 0 with NAir 1 2 UTilt UAir, basic BNB. Then I could wait to see if they air dodge, where I could hit them with another NAir loop combo or an IDJ up air to get them to the top blastzone. At that point they're probably really scared for an Up B, because everyone knows about the IDJ UAir into Up B kill confirm. If I try to Up B and I didn't hit the Up Air correctly, they are able to directional air dodge at the top. That's a problem because I'll be in freefall and they will reach the ground before me. But if I feel like I missed the combo and don't Up B, and instead go for something safer like Up Air or NAir, I can keep the pressure up even more. Maybe I'll even touch the ground first and get my resources back, while they still are losing a jump and are at 90%. If you're wondering why I didn't mention Magic at all, it's because I usually don't use Magic as Sora. It helps me think about the game in a smarter way, which is why I appreciate videos like this. If you're interested, you can see my shorts tab. But don't forget to subscribe to aann first!

This video might be *exactly* what i needed. I'm a campy af play but wonder why I still end up in horrible situations constantly even if I'm playing "right". But now it's easy to notice that I constantly overextend whenever an opening presents itself. Thanks for the video might be a game-changer 👌

That intro felt personal

Mines rolling in and it's usually just me moving the stick to early

Great channel, great topic! Subscribing for sure and catching up on what I missed. I don't improve cause I can't be consistent in this game with even the simplest inputs. Like jumping, turning around, and drift distance. I can do it in melee, I can train just moving around the stage and I know exactly where it goes wrong or right. But for ultimate, I feel like no matter how I practice I can never end up with the same jump and drift twice, I don't know if I'm not respecting buffering, running up against input lag, or just bad, but considering I can do just about whatever I want in melee consistently I figure its my own lack of knowledge in how this game works (via misconception or ignorance) that leads me to an endless plateau of mediocrity and frustration after every serious training mode session. I'd do anything to fix this so I can enjoy the game and really the learn the characters but unless movement feels fun to me and I can perform the maneuvers I plan out in my own head I just can't get into this like I do melee.

I will never stop spamming down air with Pyra

this vid was inspiring

The first part is more mashing out of disadvantage

It’s so funny playing against people who are not aware of their own overextension. I played a set against a really solid Pyra/Mythra, but once I’d get to 60 they would just switch to pyra and quite literally only down air, with a small side of side b and up tilt. Being able to understand what habits are scrubby and what are not allows you to get really good at punishing and eventually winning more overall games

Little Mac main here, I was gonna say something witty about what to do instead, then realized there's no point since Mac has like 2-3 options total in order to land, and none of them are great

Also keep in mind overextention isn't just something that happens in a set but something good players can and will bait you into doing regularly. If they catch on to how much you like rolling the dice they'll use that to their advantage

Video on neutral please

If you don't mind, I would like to have a conversation with Lucina in her castle

I’m like the Ash Ketchum to everyone else’s Red

Video was really good! Too much yappin in some parts tho ngl

That's for sure my worst mistake :(

My main catching strays out here I main mega man 😭 ha ha ha

The thing that keeps myself from improving is my constantly negative mentality

Trust me I always have something to extend no matter the game state 😜

8:39 « we all have fast fall air dodge », except that zss sux and doesn’t have that option

that terry made me so mad

The only argument against Smash being a fighting game that I'll accept: Smash is a puzzle game

Please make another

Joker Main detected, skill rejected

Your GSP? I'm curious what your level is

How do you learn? Like to me this video is helpful cause I am that chap you describe in the first 30 seconds of the game, best in his friend group, can generally win against causuals. But for me the biggest drawback just seems I don't know how things react anymore different setups, different response. I know the long answer is to play the game and play with different people online/offline, watch vids, watch other matches but is there a smart way to make that time more efficient. Smash is a puzzle game (I love that analogy) but the people I loose too it feels like that know 100 different ways to solve the rubik's cube and I just sorta know the one lol.

good video, song name 0:53s

What's the best way to utilize training mode and improving offline?

Is it rage? Cuz then yeah what it is

Hi

Im not improving because i refuse to put ANY amount of time into labbing. I dont use fundies during my gameplay, i dont do combos, i dont even use most basic movement options (despite knowing how to do all these). I play purely off instinct, its how its been for the last 7 years, and thats how its gonna stay. I like it this way bc I watched some old friends become literal losers, devoting 8-12 hours of their day, everyday playing a game they never wanted to take pro in the first place. Its my destressor after a 56hr work week

Just play joker and kill with a frame 5 Bair at 37% from center

goloso 🐵

7:10 vid would be appreciated

There's Plenty Of Bad Habits That i See On Elite Smash

if you suck? find a better main lol

Ok… but your character has a sword… so you can kind of just brainlessly mash in advantage

Sending this to my best friend who’s an 0-2er in the utah scene to get him ready for our 0-2er summit in June. Will report if this helps 🫡