I want to get good at the Sheik MU. Here is a set of me vs Kira's Sheik. (I'd REALLY appreciate PP, Mogwai, Aldwyn advice but of course everybody helps
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Match 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnYwnCWRvRM
Match 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3ZBbyVAlgw
Amsah said I'm good at the Sheik MU but I'm not exactly a Sheik slayer. Nevertheless, I'll try to help. Since this is a general advice thread, I'll just write here my guidelines on the match up although you seem to know how to play it already. But first, here is the specific advice for you. You have a quite fluid gameplay and space very well; apart from very general errors like you not punishing your opponent or SDing too often, the thing I noticed the most is you not using Utilts, Dairs and lasers enough. Lasers should not be abused, but I think you could have used them just a little bit more. As for Dairs and Utilts, they own Sheik quite a lot if used in the right moments. Dair is good if you're landing on her shield with a full jump and she tries to Nair oos (but it's very bad for spacing, so use it wisely). Utilt overpriorities every single one of Sheik's aerial (cept for specific situations), so use it whenever she's airborne and close enough to you. Don't use it if Sheik's on the groung though. Also, you're not using grabs at all. I know they're not good for comboes and Sheik can beat them with Nair oos but they play an important role in the psycological part of this match up (and game in general). Dash attacks can beat Sheik's bair if used with the right timing. Your hitbox goes right between her legs giving her the cun*punt she deserves lol. It's a very useful option when trying to hitting the back of a landing Sheik.
These instead are my general views on the match up:
1) Falco can land a quite annoying amount of fire on sheik thanks to his gun. Lasers nowadays can't be used effectively to camp, but if used the right way will be a good option to slow down sheik/temporarily force her in shield.
2) If you know how to do it, Falco can combo Sheik pretty well however no combo will usually result in Falco killing her.
3) Falco can generally throw out aerials/moves at a faster rate than sheik.
4) Shine is good but Sheik will often outrange it, reducing its effective usefulness unless you learned to shine every single move of hers.
5) Sheik can edgeguard Falco well on any %. Falco can edgeguard Sheik decently at high %. Sheik has got the advantage here.
6) If Falco has got something like 30-40% already, Sheik can combo AND kill him most of the time. Watch Amsah VS Any Falco if you want more information on it, since this is a Falco guide I will not cover Sheik's comboing/gimp options nor the DI involved on your part. Enough guides have been written on it already and DI doesn't do **** anyway lol.
7) In some moments Falco will have the projectile advantage as his gun is more versatile, but on the long run Sheik can outcamp him. Expecially nowasays, where many Sheiks are mastering powershield and specific needle patterns to outcamp Falco.
Overall Sheik wins the match up although in the past it was common opinion that Falco had the advantage. I'm also prone to think the match up will keep getting worse for Falco until someone learns how to shine all of sheik's moves.
The main problem is that Sheik's moveset is made of moves with strange hitboxes, priorities and general high range. That, combined with Sheik's weird silhouette makes it hard to land the first hit on her. I'm convinced that if the Sheik is good enough, it will just be IMPOSSIBLE for Falco to break in. Sheik will just win every single clash. I admit I might be exaggerating this but the main point is still the same: hitting her depends mostly on her doing a mistake.
If you stay back and camp, Sheik will outcamp you.
If you stay back and don't camp, Sheik will slowly close your space and then start approaching with careful spacing. That will result in Falco getting owned.
If you approach, Sheik will counter your approachs (mostly with Nair oss) and combo from there.
Sheik has appearent control over the whole match. For this reason, you can't rely on character weaknesses that much in this match up: all you can capitalize on are your opponent's mistakes.
Inducing Sheik in scr€wing up involves continously switching your patterns. If she expects you to approach, you have to wait a little bit and throw out a few lasers until she puts her guard down and so on. Psicology, experience and knowledge of your opponent play a d4mn big role here.
When trying to induce mistakes on Sheik's part, Falco's overall superior speed (see point 3) helps him doing so, which is why the disadvantage on Falco's part is slight and not impossible to overcome. Also, as I mentioned Falco's lasers can't be used to effectively camp throughout all the match (like Hiko used to do in 2006) but are effective if used wisely (unless you're playing a powershield beast). One single laser catching Sheik while she's jumping oos is more effective than 2344234 fired at her from distance with no specific timing.
If by luck or by strategy you manage to break in, comboing her involves using mostly Shines, Dairs and Utilts. I won't go deep in how to combo her, just watch matches of good Falcos VS Sheik or combo videos. Depending on DI and other factors you will usually land a quite good amount of damage but not kill her. As a result, your objective should be knocking her off stage at that point. Most of Falco kills will come from edgeguards (or bad DIs, which depend on your opponent and can't therefore be relied on effectively). Edgeguarding Sheik involves grabbing the edge, forcing her to get back on stage and capitalizing on her Up B lag, killing her with Dtilt. If Sheik's % isn't high enough, try using Bair and Dsmash to knock her off stage again and repeat the process.
Needless to say, the more you stay away from edges the better it is. This however should not result in you camping in the middle of the stage all the time.
Sheik doesn't have complete control of the match up. On low % she is very vulnerable to Crouch cancel and the only moves she can make up for it are Dsmash and grab on the ground, Fair and Nair in the air. Every single one of her aerial moves can be outprioritized by Falco's Utilt (cept for specific situations involving Sheik being below you). Capitalize on that like a ***** without questioning yourself about your honor. Knowledge of specific timings and hitbox can also result in Falco weirdly outprioritizing some of Sheik moves. With experience you'll start learning on your own in which situations you can find openings.
These are some videos of me playing VS Amsah and Ice (best in Germany, very good Sheik player, at least as good as I am):
VS Amsah:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkHdiGcXc_U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4_UW5zjdXs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T_auot_SfA
VS Ice:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_sfav_VfCU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnUyAku_DQQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksw9rEgsx7s
there also are other videos but they might be outdated, these are the most recent ones.
