Did this as a wee exercise to get me started on analysising Melee games
4% vs Eigen (Falco) G3 Pools Round 1
https://youtu.be/uMqLWOyb5fE
https://youtu.be/uMqLWOyb5fE
Notation based on in-game timer:
8:00 non-neutral start, Falco instantly
gets to top platform & 4% GTFO of the there.
4% catches Eigen out of his movement with
Bair.
7:58 missed opportunity to take center,
since Eigen backed himself into the corner
7:56 got stuck in drop shield animation,
needed to WD or SH away to avoid the Nair
Risky shield grab but gets it, jumps too
late out of Uthrow to get anything outside space.
7:53 the dash in might’ve made Eigen
scarred of a grab hence the spot-dodge, would be a monster Rest if 4% got that.
7:52 Eigen priorities stage over punish
4% mispaced Uair on the retreat but no
punish
7:50 good thing 4% didn’t Usmash OoS here
lol
the movement here helped minimize the
reward from lasers
7:47 bad challenge to Falco’s Nair
7:45 that was a nicely spaced Ftilt by
Eigen lol, couldn’t challenge it
SH Bair might’ve hit? Questionable Uair on
shield but 4% drifts away to avoid shield grab
7:42 good grab, but Puff needs to Jump with
Falco in order to catch him on the platform.
That Fair wouldn’t have done much either,
Uair might’ve caught Eigen jumping.
7:40 misspaced Uair, but no punish.
Crossing up Falco is generally a bad idea but again no punish
7:37 Fair lost to Dair =/ I know I would do
that Fair lmao
Might be a bit slow on the roll reaction
but the Bair hit
7:35 catches SH Laser, but the followup
Bair was far too early so dropped the edgeguard.
7:32 bad Fair, Falco wasn’t nowhere near
the ledge, gets lazered.
7:30 lol rolls
7:29 good wait on the side platforms then
took center when Falco when Falco shot high.
7:27 great spacing on the Dair, gets the
Fsmash.
7:24 lol that Dsmash
7:20 yea just get out of there because of
i-frames
7:18 good spacing on the SH Dair but didn’t
got a punish
7:16 Eigen does the same approaching SH
Dair & 4% got the right spacing but the grab took forever to come out
7:15 gets pinned by lasers but retreats to
side platform to avoid any more.
7:11 bad Nair, followed by a bad Fair that
went unpunished.
7:09 Falco does a bad rising Bair but
needed the SH for the Uair to connect.
Good spacing on Falco’s aerial movement
& gets a Bair on the landing Dair. Drifts too far away for the second one
to connect if he read the jump
7:03 Fair would’ve been better here. Got
shield poked
7:02 terrible Bair
6:58 good ledgedash to get underneath the
Dair, I’m assuming the shield afterwards was a misinput.
Got too close to Falco after the Bair
6:54 scary situation because that easily
could’ve been a grab.
Since he went back to lasering from center,
there was no need to drop down from the platform. Bad challenge to his Nair
6:46 again, bad challenge to his Nair.
6:41 no.
6:40 terrible shield grab but because Eigen
rolled it went unpunished.
6:36 not shieldgrabbable
6:34 don’t think I could agree to that
Dair, too high
6:32 position is rough. Not sure what to do
really here except maybe WD away?
6:29 really good Uair shieldpoke, but
missed the Rest ;_;
6:22 got stuck on the platform =/
6:20 good catch on his jump into techchase
situation. Could’ve been big.
6:19 should’ve Uthrow but Bthrow got
edgeguard situation, but the FH Fair tho =/
6:15 bad Fair but got clipped by weak Bair,
Uair might’ve shieldpoked not sure.
6:14 getting hit by that Dair might’ve been
the better option tbh lol because Rest
Good vertical spacing above the lasers. The
last Fair was p ehh but he dropped shield so ehh
6:10 good pick up on his roll, Fair’d when
he could’ve Rested but got an edgeguard situation.
Good read on his recovery, but the Nair
only covered one option which Eigen didn’t go for.
6:02 weak Fair caught spotdodge, but missed
L-Cancel/ledge cancel so he missed any followup
5:59 lol Fsmash on drop
5:56 dumb Dair gets Dair’d lol
5:53 lol got phantom Jab’d, nice
Powershield
Not a fan of this Fair, far too early &
too far. Landing Uair could’ve got Shined or grabbed
5:48 misspaced aerial & got Fair’d
& grabbed, not sure why he drifted backwards with the Bair
5:43 definitely could’ve grabbed, more
reward than Bair
5:42 good WD backwards, & good shield
grab on Falco’s painfully high Dair on shield. Again Uthrow > Bthrow. If 4%
predicted that not so great Dair he probably could’ve WD back again &
grabbed.
Good Nair to catch the Illusion, but the
Fair was so late ;_; Should’ve shielded or ledge cancel to avoid the Dair
5:37 that roll lol
5:35 I like Eigen’s Waveshine away to avoid
shield grab, but 4% definitely could’ve escaped here. Another bad Dair,
Restable?
He tries to Dair again but 4% does a really
good WD OoS underneath him, definitely would’ve gotten shield poked.
Gets stuck in shield afterwards tho &
gets DA’d
5:32 good DI away, might’ve clipped Falco
with Nair tho if he FF it at the right time. Not a fan of the Dair tho. Missed
the L-Cancel lol
5:30 good Fair to stuff his vertical
approach, looked liked 4% was looking to ledge cancel it so missed the L-Cancel
as well =/
Gets stuck on the platform ;_;
5:27 Uair
5:24 lol Eigen panics, despite getting
exactly what he wanted
Bad Fair, far too early & Eigen doesn’t
like to approach much, landing Uair could’ve been shined, even if it hit shield
5:22 good Bair to catch jump, the grab
might’ve worked if 4% FF earlier?
5:18 I like the Dair to potentially cover
any approach from below, the Fair was a bit iffy but 4% fades far away enough
to not get punished. WD OoS Shine might’ve hit though if Eigen anticipated it.
5:16 Bad Fair, could’ve been Utilt’d
5:14 Another Fair far too early & this
time got hit.
5:11 This Fair looks awfully desperate. SH
Nair was too far away to work & gets Laser Dtilt
5:02 I know I’m guilty of this but there
isn’t a need to throw out hitboxes like this during i-frames. Better to just
trap the opponent unless you know you can get the hit.
Like the falling Fair straight afterwards.
5:00 missed the grab read
Got out of shine range then 4% went for the
Bair
Lovely WD back on the getup attack &
Fthrow got the kill with bad DI
4:51 that Bair was definitely punishable.
The Fair might’ve since Eigen got the PS.
4:49 Decent Fair, at worst that could’ve
been traded but that’s fine at this %.
4:44 good spacing round the running SHFF
Dair. CC Grab/Pivot grab instead of jump away?
Good spacing on his SH Bair as well
4:41 questionable drift w/ Bair & bad
falling Uair. 4% got him conditioned into shield every time he approached like
that so Tomahawk grab definitely was usable.
4:38 got shieldpoked.
Lol grab release
4:34 bad crossup but unpunished
bunch of random Utilts by 4%
4:32 good Bair to catch laser.
Need to FF & DJ close to the ground to
get a possibility of covering get up options
4:30 good Bair on landing Dair
4:27 bad crossup but since 4% didn’t got
punished he just took center stage for free lol
4:26 good pre-emptive Bair to catch jump
2nd Bair caught DJ & that’s
game
Stocks
- Dsmash catching Illusion
- Fsmash on dropping shield
- Fthrow by ledge
- Bair catching DJ offstage
Stocks Lost
- Missed techchase Rest
- Bad SH Nair got Laser Dtilt
Notes
- a good number of edgeguards dropped &
Uthrow opportunities missed
- got him scarred into his shield a number
of times which could have been grabs
- gotta be careful about crossing Falco up
- good avoidance to minimize the effect of
lasers during this game
- taking breaks on the side platform is a
good way to clear the head when dealing with Falco, if Puff gets the lead it means
Falco has to be the one who acts first, either doing FH lasers or going on the
offense, which could get Puff center if she’s smart enough
