Why Your Autopilot Is Your Most Valuable Skill In Smash

[@Oz1455]

I always tell people you can only do so much trying to think and react to everything. You can't consciously do that without it affecting your play, unless you play extremely slow and defensive. My best plays were when I'm not even fully conscious of what I'm doing. I just "feel" it.

[@stryker9250]

I thought for one terrifying second I wouldn't see the end of the fight.

[@jacobstalls1159]

There is a great video on this concept by Core-A gaming called playing fast and slow

[@johntitor7886]

Most people just autopilot their conception of Their Own auto-piloting. Great job of explaining and break things down

[@TeaquestSagas]

That sort of stuff happens in sports too. Just that it's called "Being in the zone" there. Training is when you want to think, but ideally you want to switch your brain off while performing cuz THINKING slows you down. In a way. Like a delay you add to your reaction.

[@E290M6]

Video was very helpful :D Maybe make a follow up vid for training your autopilot? I’d love to see you discuss about it in depth

[@nintend0freak87]

Practice how you play and play how you practice. The same way you do a combo without thinking of the inputs is the same way you should autopilot. There is no real way to show someone how to autopilot

[@freshinfo6626]

Thanks you so much, this question has been over my head for too long

[@CONJOPI]

I think this is one of the most counterintuitive and overlooked things for any skill in life ever! Great stuff!! Also, missed a chance to make an Ultra Instinct reference, it's no wonder such a strong form is all about automaticity!! :D

[@rekt_yer_nan_darding_5788]

I've actually seen most melee players talk about how important having a good auto pilot is but this is the first ult player. Cus at the end of the day you can't expect to play your A game every match, you just gotta make the level your B and C game better.

[@CONJOPI]

@@rekt_yer_nan_darding_5788 Exactly, I agree!! I think finding a balance of how much mental energy to use per match and how hard you concentrate (as too much can also be a bad thing like too little) are also very interesting similar topics :D

[@madlyfwipp9511]

I completely agree! Training your autopilot conditions you and liberates more things on your mind that you can focus on other things like focusing on the opponent.

[@Trisma]

This sounds straight out of the Inner Game of Tennis

[@okbigguy42667]

Thats a good point, it’s happened to me where I play as my main and focus to hard and lose, but do very well with characters I play casually.

[@rekt_yer_nan_darding_5788]

You are probably trying to improve too much at once. I think dabuz says this but just pick one to three things to work on each training and then you do them subconsciously.

[@okbigguy42667]

@@rekt_yer_nan_darding_5788 that’s good advice, thanks bro

[@MikemasterX10]

You letting us see the ending made it soo much better. amazing video I always wondered about auto-pilot 🤔

[@duckdudette]

If you want an idea, I'd love to know how you think about and improve positioning! Do you theorycraft it, run drills? Or is it just about studying VODs and practicing in games?

[@rekt_yer_nan_darding_5788]

Sadly positioning and neautral is hard to impossible to learn online.

[@nathan9392]

Nice video dabuz!! one video topic i would recommend is how to properly edge guard. I believe that is a fundamental aspect of smash a lot of players skip over.

[@KAJU_smash]

I agree and I recommend you Glutonny's analysis of Zackray edgeguard. I think It's called "L'edgeguard la plus clean du monde" (The cleanest edgeguard in the world). Despite Abadango being really good It looks like he is bad compared to Zackray at edgeguarding. Not sure if the video has subtitles tho

[@conradgarcia-hauzer4630]

Amazing videos. Very insightful

[@HeroC14]

You are now manually breathing. Don't mess up!

[@noahvapor]

Please keep making videos like this. I love them :)

[@tordek911]

It's like initial D the Fujiwara zone bro had great autopilot

[@razz9752]

Really interesting take. Nice vid!

[@Marsdend1]

Great video, short and sweet

[@math_no7317]

Auto pilot is another way of saying habits. And habits are repetitive behaviors you do over and over again with less amount of effort. So if you practice a regime over and over again, you can just play the game with your eyes closed. It’d be so easy. But if someone figures out your auto pilot, you’ll be stuck with those habits and end up losing. You’ll do it no matter how aware you are, because habits affect the brain’s functioning. Habits can force you to do things no matter how much you tell yourself no, if your autopilot is strong enough. Auto pilot are habits at the end of the day. The stronger the habit is, the harder it’ll be for you to change it when you need it the most

[@tappoff]

Thankyou

[@starbunyz]

love this video style

[@AllraydenGFX]

You're amazing for waiting until the match finished.

[@ZetTroxX]

damn that´s really good advice thanks

[@randomly2770]

Fitting that brain age is playing

[@TwilightLuna16]

Agreed, it fits so well here.

[@abubakromar2446]

How would I improve at feeling out the opponent?

[@danielarmstrong98]

Great video!

[@derpx23]

Ultra instinct

[@x.a.n.a.9397]

I hate my audio pilot rolling to pushed

[@brutal_lui]

As a Meta Knight main I love this video, I think I think to much when I try to ladder, I should just focus on playing good and get them to the perfect percent. MK b meta

[@AshenKing97]

I don't know if I'd call that state autopilot or the zone

[@sauce8277]

Auto-piloting by a skilled player is basically set-play

[@Baasise]

Dabuz comedor de casadas no brawl

[@stinky3_]

i always thought you dont want to get into autopilot cuz then your paterns will be readable im confused

[@DabuzSSB]

That's having bad habits which goes back to having a bad autopilot. You can have patterns which are good

[@paxcaster]

oddly enough, you can train your autopilot to be more unpredictable

[@stinky3_]

@@DabuzSSB Right, so your saying to train your autopilot and thats the best thing so then your using max brain power without "thinking as hard"? Thanks for replying though love the content :)

[@stinky3_]

@@paxcaster Okay, I've heard that briefly before, but I was just asking to clarify, thanks for replying Ill be working on my game :)

[@rekt_yer_nan_darding_5788]

If you watch top smash players they have a set of specific neutral mixups that they fall back on. Even if an opponent is aware of these they can be hard or unrewarding to punish, so even if they play bad for their standards they can make a top 8.

[@franjassb4243]

Yes

[@umzakagordon7808]

Sht up

[@franjassb4243]

@@umzakagordon7808 no u

[@umzakagordon7808]

@@franjassb4243 u

[@Nokyyyyy]

\o/

[@paxcaster]

TLDR; wax on, wax off

[@angeredgoose7552]

not to be rude but you play min min so the autopilot is yknow

[@imbecile5604]

bruh hes literally a top 10 player, who mains one of the most complex characters in the game rosalina lmfao. think before you say

[@angeredgoose7552]

@@imbecile5604 joke.mp4

[@imbecile5604]

@@angeredgoose7552 sorry you just never know with some ppl in this community lmao