How To Get To Top 100 In Melee FASTER Than I Did

[@Puffzilla777]

That part about never having to study and never developing a work ethic really hits home

[@VaughnFrederick]

Yep, same here...

[@eyebreath6412]

Yeah man ame here i started out being treated like i was ahead when i really wasnt

[@hypersnake7904]

Instructions unclear; now top 5 in brawl

[@absolutelynathan2453]

For anyone down here, it's good to note that even if you don't wanna be top 100, this is a fantastic guide to general improvement!

[@mojolito]

Also a fantastic guide to know what to avoid so you don't accidentally get good.

[@jendansol]

Or your can do the top 3 in your Region/Country

[@cyclone6976]

You really think people are that stupid not to think this

[@TheFBIorange]

That feeling when I'm listening this and trying to apply it to my programming job

[@onlyanshu]

This is fantastic content. I'm starting out and thinking about the game like this while I work on just movement is perfect. Getting to the top level in the current state of competitive melee from scratch definitely requires a more analytical approach-- even moreso if things don't come naturally (since they don't for me). Congrats on your Summit win Cody and I hope you find the strength and energy to keep advancing, no matter what you do!

[@Stoonk]

Great video, for tournament nerves: You just have to keep putting yourself in these situations that make you nervous until you get comfortable, if you're nervous at a tournament its because you dont go to many. I learn this from Counter Strike the most 1v5s you clutch the less you feel nervous until you don't feel it at all and never crosses your mind

[@sotoriya9810]

this advice isn't only helpful for getting good at melee but for improving at different skills in general.

[@volgtorbg]

Just started playing melee, and wow, you nailed everything. im a fan now

[@GravyIzSicK]

I literally just started playing melee on slippi yesterday 😅 I havnt played it since I was like 12. (Almost 32 now) and this morning I learned how to shield drop and even did a couple wash dashes 😁 one thing I’m really having trouble understanding is l canceling and how people go from standing to grabbing the ledge really quick, I always just fast fall to sd. I’m in the lab working though! I’m laid off until February so hopefully I can grasp some fundamentals before I go back to work. This was a great video Cody!

[@purpsheik2975]

How’s the practice going

[@cyclone6976]

One thing I’ll say is that most top players are aware that fast fall has around a 3 frame buffer window if I’m not mistaken. Top players usually will wavedash back and right before they leave the edge, flick the stick downwards quickly.

[@172rkgk]

Hey Cody, I really want to thank you for putting this video out there! I’m a Slippi kid so seeing this kind of content specifically catered to beginners, using the tools that we have now, is wonderful to see. Keep up the good work!!

[@apizzabreak]

great vid, cody. i especially love you emphasizing learning to link your movements skills together, and i would add a huge part of improving my game was analyzing how i was using the controller. something as simple as x vs y for jumping can increase your consistency. for instance i used to shield and wavedash with the same trigger for years but as i started learning more out of shield options i switched to split them up and saw a huge improvement. a more specific example is doing three different methods to instant upair with falcon over the years, i finally decided it was most consistent to use a looser grip with my right hand so i could hit y with my finger and cstick the arial. the controller is the interface between you and the game, it can either help or hinder you and requires a thoughtful approach to get in sync with it. i'm not even close to good but implementing a mindful way of practice reduced my frustration and i enjoyed the game so much more just from the additional consistency, i lost less to myself and more to my opponent. also just want to say you're a great competitor, been playing since 05 lol and this game still kicks ass.

[@bubblefish3210]

i wanted to see this vid more than anything

[@mitchellkrever421]

Damn that's alit of good info. Not just for SSBM but for games in general, epically the last bit

[@kllkj089h]

Lokey god tier advice, thanks mate.

[@magicbread8111]

High key

[@guywhoplaysbass]

This was some top tier content

[@matrixyst]

absolutely fire content, at the risk of sounding cliche I'm gonna take this to heart :)

[@josephinefox9347]

Thank you cody

[@MrGetownedLP]

Cody dropping some banger general life advice at the very end of vid.

[@JadenSmithEyes]

Bobby too busy winning Gigaschwab to practice efficiently 🚭

[@PabloEscobar-ly5lp]

This was a great video.

[@jsenliberte7354]

Pretty cool, thank you very much !

[@whjk83921]

Thanks for the videos Cody

[@treyhallmark5418]

Thank you Cody I needed this!

[@63chicago6]

This is a great video

[@ashred9616]

That 7 month in vod is kinda nuts. It’s probably true that with current resources people can achieve that in 3 months but sheesh.

[@ihaveherpeas89]

The willingness to help others with a video like this for a video game 20+ years old is outstanding. It’s stuff like this that makes me wish I kept up playing melee vs ultimate. Excellent material. 🙏🏼

[@skylerjoeshow]

GREAT VIDEO!!!

[@noThankyou-g5c]

Can somebody tell me if im having a mandela effect moment or was ibdw into the esports scene like hella years ago. like did he play a different game or anything? or was into melee in 2014 era? or am i making that up? I haven’t rlly followed smash in 4+ yrs yet his name seems so familiar

[@wbgh]

he started playing in 2015

[@bilalusang362]

Perhaps you are thinking about IWDominate who was a LOL pro

[@Yardomaster]

Practice partners are underrated.

[@TsunamiSurfaceWash]

I’ll be rank #25 in one year, check my progress on 6/14/2024 Power washer turns Smash pro I can see the headlines now

[@ymellow.]

How’s it going

[@TsunamiSurfaceWash]

@@ymellow. honestly still waiting for my phob, I practice everyday though!

[@isthatShaz]

​@@TsunamiSurfaceWashhows it going?

[@bowserjrfan123]

Do you think this could work for Ultimate too?

[@bb97979]

No. Ultimate has no movement or punishgame.

[@C_cotobuki]

I would imagine that the matchup analysis bit could apply, but everything else gone over in this video isn't as intensive in Ultimate.

[@nicholaswomack9027]

I think so- the idea of structuring your improvement still definitely carries over, and ultimate does have some movement stuff that may be relevant depending on your character. Like say you were learning Palutena, you'd need to know how to dthrow -> RAR bair, or Pikachu needs to know how to do lightning loops, Joker needs to know fair 1 dragdowns, etc. Get comfortable using your character, figure out what the pros are doing with the character & learn those. I'll agree with these other guys that the punish game analysis isn't as strong in ultimate, you can't really string together multiple combos unless you play a character like Pikachu with a flowchart combo game- until you get to top level you just have to make sure you've got your bread & butter combos down. Lastly, his point about talking about the game & watching yourself, asking if what you did was correct, that stuff also totally applies to Ultimate

[@shiesterjr]

@@nicholaswomack9027 weird way to say "ultimate sucks and melees super fun and awesome"

[@nicholaswomack9027]

@@shiesterjr hey I'm with you that I like melee more, but that doesn't help this guy with his question. I've been active in my local scene for both games so I wanted to give my input

[@SadToffee]

why go faster? the slower you go the more melee and learning melee you get to enjoy.

[@markantony9038]

1. Main Fox 2. Be a tryhard 3. ???? 4. Profit?

[@javi994]

And yet most Foxes aren't very good at all aspects of the game and only the ones with fundamentals can break through into top level

[@agravy7657]

What the hell are those mini games? Is that a special version of the game?

[@Emily_Terra]

It's the unclepunch training mode mod, Google it it's free you just have to patch it

[@jiaan100]

It's called uncle punch, a training mode with some mini games and prebuilt training scenarios like sdi fox's uthrow uair

[@fro116]

I see

[@sentryslayer16]

this is the kind of thing you should charge $1000 for

[@mtb1392]

Hi Cody!

[@bigboy2217]

Bottom line a lot of people don’t want to admit is that talent is a real thing, and you are talented. Not to undersell your work ethic, but I know plenty of people who could practice 5 hours a day trying to grind tech and not be efficient in half a year like you were in the late clip.

[@mymyscellany]

I think the role of "talent" is definitely way over blown. I think "aptitude" is a real thing. Some people naturally are okay at some things and start off better than others. They naturally think about it in the right way, and they like the thing they have an aptitude for. Yes, if you had insane work ethic, you could probably grind to be an okay opera singer, but if you don't love it, if you don't start already being okay at it, you'll hate the entire process and not be the best. I think all you need to get really really good at melee is an aptitude, which tons of people have, and a crazy work ethic, which very few have.

[@bigboy2217]

@@mymyscellany work ethic is a talent too, so is the ability to suffer a great deal and push through it.

[@mymyscellany]

@@bigboy2217 okay at that point if you're quantifying every ability as a talent I don't know what to say. Work ethic and pushing through are usually primarily from massive sources of motivation.

[@bigboy2217]

@@mymyscellany work ethic and pushing through aren't from massive motivation, that's basically what they are defined as. Having motivation in certain ways is what having that work ethic is. And if those things come externally, rather than from yourself, that's not exactly a skill either. Some people get lucky, others don't.

[@bigboy2217]

@@honeypopsicle1461 Melee is actually incredibly competitive, what makes a thing competitive or not is the fluidity of the practice, how easily one player can be forced to adapt. Much bigger sports can only be worked on so much, as they can cause damage to simulate. But something like melee, and many other e-sports, have communities that set records essentially every year, because everyone is constantly one upping each other. It's a lot more comforting to think that everything in life was the fault of people. If you are bad at the game, it means you made bad decisions, or you were lazy, or you were too stupid. Nobody is willing to confront that some things come easier to one person than another. The zain's of the world have a pathology that lets them work hard, and it's rough. But for every zain there are a hundred people with a slightly more common pathology, one where your expectations for yourself are as high as his, but your grit isn't. Some people can only get slapped in the face with failure so many times before they can't handle it and just want to do something easier. And that's fine.

[@sugarhouse8512]

Step 1: take Vyvanse.

[@Tomatodotexe]

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[@snazzypotatoes2177]

z jump 😅

[@kf_isher1149]

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