Month: March 2015

Conditioning opponents and making reads are two things integral to playing any fighting game at a high level. When it comes to Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, the importance of these concepts cannot be stressed enough, as most of the gameplay, even down to performing simple combos, involves making a series of correct predictions.

In the footage below, DireOnFire offers up a handful of useful tips to help newer players get the hang of putting basic reads to use. Many of these apply across all stages and characters, but he does use an example involving Mega Man’s down smash paired with a spot dodge to demonstrate how conditioning correctly can play a big part in securing victory.

While all of the information in the video is good, the closing words that DireOnFire leaves viewers to ponder really stand out. He stresses the importance of trying new things in fighting games in order to improve, especially when training with friends. Take risks. Work on that combo that you always drop when the heat is on. Work on spacing moves that only sometimes come up as useful. Try that edge guard that you always mess up. The important thing when playing with friends isn’t always winning and the better you get, the better they’ll have to get in turn to keep up.

Source: DireOnFire via SmashBoards