That’s not to say everyone’s journey isn’t different, it absolutely is – however, latching onto something as fragile as a ‘secret’ will get you nowhere hard work is required unfortunately. There is no secret, I practiced and I learned, because I wanted to get really good. I tell mostly everyone who comes to me wanting to get better and asking “How did you get good so quickly, what’s your secret?”. How far you go depends on how well you pick up the information and what you decide to do with it, and most importantly your passion for improving. This resource should be able to teach you everything you need to know from a complete beginners level to potentially somewhat advanced. Melee from the ground up - you have come to the right place. You have most likely came to this guide because you want to either get better at or learn Super Smash Bros. So you want to play Melee?: An Introduction Some sections may be familiar for more experienced players and others interesting for new ones – regardless, you should be able to pick and choose between categories which feel suited to what you want to learn. I’m hoping this guide will comprehensively cover all categories I feel are relevant and to the extent of the knowledge I have available. I decided instead of wasting my knowledge/experience, I would attempt to work on the most informative guide I can on improving at Melee. However, my passion has eventually dwindled and I no longer feel this way. I cherish the experiences I’ve had with the game and wouldn’t think about changing them – it helped me improve to become who I am now. I improved steadily over time to peaks I didn’t imagine I would ever achieve – becoming best in my region and highly acclaimed in Europe (42nd in European Heir Rankings). Competing at tournaments frequently, starting from a local level to eventually national. I have played competitive Melee for slightly over 3 years. I’m going to keep my history brief because that’s not what I’m here to do. Sorry for the dramatics, but improving at Melee was something I was once extremely passionate about. It’s a battle of the mind a reflection of oneself – you will fail many times, but you will appear from the other side if you learn from them. This sort of thing can light a fire in people and bring out both the best and worst in them. It’s the act of pushing your boundaries past ‘just the video game’ and then further introspectively. The satisfaction and self-reflection that comes with achieving goals along with doing something you enjoy is a rare feeling. Improvement in any hobby or skill in life I believe is one of the most fulfilling things you can do. Both can be toggled in the debug menu.The Art Of Improvement: Super Smash Bros. The character will flash red when an L-cancel is missed, and white when the player succeeds at timing the L-cancel.Useful modifications like flashes on successful or failed L-cancels for helping players time L-cancels.This can also be done in the middle of a match by pressing the "exit match" sequence of L + R + A + Start, but adding B to the button presses. After a match is complete, A and B can be held to start another match with the same characters, stage, and settings.The pause camera can rotate and zoom out freely.Additional Stages can be chosen by pressing the D-Pad down while on the Character Select Screen.Stage striking is available on the stage select screen by pressing Y.The stage select screen highlights generally legal tournament stages, which are highlighted with different colors to show legality in singles and/or doubles.Longer nicknames, along with lowercase letters and additional characters to use.