1. Surviving

2.   The Grab Game (On Floaties)  Footsies Last Week’s Recap

3.   Surviving  Smart Decision Making  Minimizing Losses Defensive Play

4.   Typically, bad players will not pressure or punish you for small mistakes.  Usually, your defensive game will be underdeveloped if you don’t play good players Developing the Defensive Game

5.   What are you willing to give your opponent? Decisions… Armada’s Peach in PAL version

6.   Ask yourself the following:  What % are you?  What are your opponent’s (characters) tools/goals?  Take Stock?  Rack up percent? Stuck in a Bad Spot?

7.  What to do? Stuck in Shield -You are at 112% -Fox is at 0% What can kill you? How do you get out? Alternate Questions 1. What if you were at 40%? 2. What if Fox was at 120%?

8.   Acknowledge that you got hit, but realize you still have some decision making Ask yourself the following: 1.What did you get hit by? 2.What % are you? 3.What is your stage position? And if you get hit?

9.   When you get hit…  Can you CC?  Sheik’s weak hits, tilts, jabs,  Falcon’s Nair, Fox’s Nair  Can you SDI?  How can they follow up?  (How do I minimize the next hit or the next, next hit?)

10.  Be Aware! At high level, the decision tree for Falcon is straight-forward. Identify the following: 1. What makes it hard for him to follow up? 2. An escape

11.  Ways to get Out Teching to Ledge 1.This ends Waveshine combos from Fox 2.Here s2j stomps Hax but gets 0 extra direct follow ups Learn this!

12.  SDI SDI is one of the most important techniques for surviving 1.Fox’s Up Air 2.Fox’s Drill 3.Nair 4.IC’s Blizzard

13.  Platforms Android is getting chain grabbed, but now in this position he can use the platform as a potential mix up to escape

14.  Walls (PS) DI down and away to tech into the wall

15.   When you get hit by a low move, you can Amsah Tech  (Hold c stick down, DI down and in) Amsah Tech

16.  Game Sense

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18.   In minimizing the punishment, we aim to  Not lose our stock  Minimize %  Minimize Edgeguarding possibilities The End Outcome Shroomed is in a position that if he gets hit, he won’t get edgeguarded

19.   Don’t Panic when you get hit  What are your opponent’s goals  Try to minimize the damage  Find an escape Recap

20.   Stop getting caught on platform  There are other options than off the ledge FAIR  Learn to stay grounded  Stick to the game plan Atrioc’s Recap