hey falcos,
i'm trying to step up falco to the level of my snake, and i need to get better at the mk mu. if anyone has any insight on general prinicples that i need to improve on, that advice would be much appreciated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucmhcDnh9Gc#t=03m58s
i've only got one match at this point.
4:02 - I thought I saw you go into a dash after that laser hit. Perhaps you were trying to go for a grab? At that distance go for a jab or ftilt to take advantage of the hitstun on the laser.
4:06 - Like your punish on MK for Dair spacing on shield.
4:21 - Falling from the top platform and trying to hit with a weak bair while heading towards a retreating MK? At least you weren't punished.
4:29 - Random laser, and usmash when MK was downed on the top platform? You probably should have just SH'd, then waited for MK to do something and following up with 2nd jump -> aerial as a guaranteed punish. Or at least been able to space FH Bair depending upon how he got up.
4:31 - I suppose you realized a mistake and tried FH bair which is why you got hit with the Dair from MK. Otherwise, that shouldn't have hit.
4:32 - You got stuck on the platform in shield. This isn't something I have seen many people attempt, but it might be worth it to learn to platform drop while in shield. You could have gotten a punish on MK with fall Dair, Bair since he got stuck in Fair lag.
4:34 - Dropped form the top platform trying to hit MK with Bair going toward him. It worked, but normally it shouldn't.
4:35 - Maybe you should react immediately with SH lasers once a character gets hit onto a platform. SH nair or Bair would have been better pressure (although, I think MK can UpB SH nair attempts, I have had a couple MKs do it to me consistantly before, but they couldn't really punish spaced SH Bair if they were stuck on the lower platform).
5:01 - I saw this early when MK was downed on the ground. You walked up and shield -> grab predicting that MK would immediately try attacking you. This time you were antipating glide attack. Probably wait a bit longer to confirm they hit your shield before grabbing.
5:03 - Okay, MK tornados through your shield and runs away. In this situation, consider the benefit of punishing with phantasm out of shield. MK is in enough lag to warrant the start up lag of the move.
5:05 - Getting a little hasty there. MK was super far away and Falco's dash attack is better for much closer range as a punisher.
5:31 - I am not entirley sure of how to deal with MK just air camping like that, but SH shine is probably not the best option. The best thing I found was turn your back to him and try timing a 2nd jump, sh, or FH bair to hit MK when he does that.
So, for the next few seconds ulimately with MKs spot dodge your dash grab, I felt you were being a bit hasty at every moment and not realizing that your chance for punishment was already missed, but you kept continuing on with a commitment.
6:05 - I suppose not much to say here other than it might too be useful to pratice a bit of shield tilting to avoid those unnecessary pokes to your shield.
6:26 - This tends to happen a lot in the falco vs MK match-up, and I am not sure what is the best route. You get a CG on MK, but what is the best way to end it. Ideally, your reward offstage is minimal unless you go for another Dair attempt to KO MK, rarely happens. So, another idea to consider might be to end the CG with a spike onstage. This forces MK into a tech position which makes his options easier to cover. So, you could potentially get another grab out of it too or fsmash and still get MK offstage in the end.
6:40 - lol I know I said about the drop Bair from top platform, but that was a good punish on his tornado from up there.
6:51 - Whiff FH Bair, 2nd jump laser. MK is now underneath you and you have no jump. Ouch. Ended with you nearly dead.
7:07 - I noticed you were retreating to that top platform quite a lot that entire match. Habit forming in the middle of a match?
After this stock loss, I noticed you went super gung-oh on your return stock. Rushing into many things at the first part of that stock.
8:47 - There you go again with that SH double laser when MK is on the top platform in a position where he is in a lot of lag.
~9:30+ You must have thrown out about a dozen or more Usmashes, and Fsmashes when MK was near the ledge. In the end, a good old patient Ftilt gets the finishing blow :D
Probably a cumbersome critique, but I am finding that analyzing every second of a situation tends to be the best way to critique. See the small stuff that leads to the general course of the match.
Edit: Overall, I think you might simply need to get better at recognizing when you can get away with a punish, and when its better to simply delay and have your presence work for you. Oh, I recall you saying you had an issue with Snake as well when it came to being a stock behind as your focus or something got distracted. Seems it may have carried over to falco too lol