against most characters should I be attacking with fair? I always find that it is so punishable if they just sheild... I know dair doesnt have much range infront and same with nair.
whats your best aproaching move?
If you space fairs well, it can make punishing you from their shield pretty difficult but I don't think there's any practically safe approach option. G&W just needs to make awesome reads; he can't really just throw out moves for pressure like other characters.
If you can platform cancel well, that will really help. It's like l-canceling for G&W. I do this with bairs a lot because bair can be an awesome spacing move if you don't have any lag afterwards.
I also like to waveland jab and/or grab. A lot of people really just never expect a G&W to waveland towards them and if you can catch them off guard, you get delicious grab combos.
should you be playing more defensive against Zelda or more aggressive?
Zelda is a really weird matchup. Cactuarz probably knows a lot more about this than I do.
Generally, I will try to play defensively in this matchup if I'm taking the game seriously but Zelda can shield poke with her bair/fair so it makes it a really terrifying spacing battle. Try to get under Zelda as much as possible because she has few options at that point. Nairs **** in this match up. So do utilts. Zelda doesn't have a lot of OoS options so you can dtilt/jab/grab if you find yourself close enough. Getting close enough, however, is scary because her fair/bair kills pretty early. You shouldn't really be approaching with grabs but if you can bait an attack and she misses, wavedash grabs usually work.
