What makes a approch good?

[FlashGearz]

Since it's being said that G&W has the best with his bair. why is it his, and no ome one like falco who can shdl his way closer

 

[kenkowtow]

What makes a good approach overall?

Well for GnW: The bair cannot be shield-grabbed. It cannot be dodged. Thus the only way to not get hit by it is to roll or not even be in range. Simple as that. This removes any counters that the defending character has. Defending is forced to retreat.

Falco's SHDL shouldn't be that hard to avoid. They work only on the condition that the opponent is not shielding in any way. Also, by your profile, I assume that you use DDD. Kinda large, use something smaller and you should realize it's not much a problem (relative to GnW).


As for what makes a good approach. You can either have an "undefeatable" like GnW's bair. An aerial (spaced ROB Bair), ground attack (snake-dashing), or whatever else that makes you safe immediately after using it. Or something that you can control your opponent with (aka "mindgames").
Then again, you don't need to approach. Say you're toon link. You can just camp instead of approaching.

Look at any tentative tier list. You should notice that all of the ones at top have a good approach option (else camp).

 

[fkacyan]

If you can't be hit out of it, outprioritized by a faster attack, shieldgrabbed, or in any way punished, it is a good approach.

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

An approach tends to be good if you can hit your foe without getting hurt. Easier said than done for certain opponents such as Donkey Kong.

 

[Pure-???]

If you can't be hit out of it, outprioritized by a faster attack, shieldgrabbed, or in any way punished, it is a good approach.

This. but not many attacks have that.

 

[OrlanduEX]

The best approach is NO approach. Camping is usually better than approaching.

 

[TehBo49]

If you can't be hit out of it, outprioritized by a faster attack, shieldgrabbed, or in any way punished, it is a good approach.

That's pretty much the criteria.

 

[NF Alex]

An approach is good when you're using Metaknight.

 

[GimmeAnFSharp]

An approach is also good if you know your opponent well enough to punish them with what would otherwise be a foolish option... if your opponent isn't catching on to Snake's dash attack, than by all means keep abusing it! If they don't know how to react to Din's Fire spam, abuse it!

So many people forget half the game is what the other person is bringing to the table- sure, it's good to have an idea of reliable approaches, such as GnW's bair. But they aren't necessarily the BEST approaches given any circumstance...

 

[Ayaz18]

An approach is also good if you know your opponent well enough to punish them with what would otherwise be a foolish option... if your opponent isn't catching on to Snake's dash attack, than by all means keep abusing it! If they don't know how to react to Din's Fire spam, abuse it!

So many people forget half the game is what the other person is bringing to the table- sure, it's good to have an idea of reliable approaches, such as GnW's bair. But they aren't necessarily the BEST approaches given any circumstance...

lol like my bro knows im way offensive, so he just charges an usmash and lo and behold I run into it, every ****ing time, then I get pissed and want to be more aggressive to get a good hit in when again he charges another smash that usually kills me When I get my kills from combos, spikes and such