Wizzrobe daily analysis:

Here I will keep links to my analysis vods of Wizzrobe vs certain characters/players. You might find them useful. I do these videos daily.
Wizzrobe vs Suess (Falco):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAw-WclWEEY
Wizzrobe vs Ice (Fox):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URvFNhXhW-s

Setchi lab notes #10

Been labbing how Falcon can escape dthrow weak knee gimp at the ledge. Okay so there's two ways he can do the weak knee: 1. SH delayed knee /w no fastfall 2. SH instant knee /w fastfall Both of these hit double jump sweetspot, so let's explore alternative options. Let's start with instant uair. Even at 0% if the Falcon does an instant SH knee then it will trade (so ask whether the trade will be favourable or not). You may be able to outrange the knee with uair, but I was not able to get this in frame advance. However, let's say they delay the knee so they don't have to fastfall. At low% your instant uair will hit him in the startup frames of this delayed knee, so it wins. However at higher% it will trade with or lose to the knee (unless you can somehow outrange it like I explained earlier). If the other Falcon knows you're going to instant uair they can just utilt you (which you can adapt to by DJ sweetspotting), but this is about option coverage. So there's another option that I tested which was DJ back/inplace airdodge diagonally up into stage/ledge. This one's weird for the instant knee /w fastfall. On every stage other than BF, Falcon can DJ walljump after the knee. This beats the airdodge at higher % as you can simply DJ walljump uair afterwards to hit them after the airdodge. However at lower % they can get ledge from the airdodge before you can uair them if done correctly. So this option beats the instant knee on BF, beats it at low% on other stages but loses to it at higher% if they know to walljump uair. Also, if they utilted to cover instant uair, they could uair you after the utilt in your airdodge lag... sooo... option coverage. This option directly loses to the delayed knee since they can just DJ uair after the knee to hit you in your airdodge lag. Though, at low% you could DI the uair to get ledge, so still interesting. Took me a lot of testing, hope this was useful. If anyone has any ideas then throw them at me.

Setchi lab notes #9

It's been a while... sorry :(
Been focusing on things other than labbing, like working on my neutral game and whatnot recently and so I haven't been thinking about making lab notes!

But, I'm back now with PAL Sheik whiffed rest punishes!
NTSC Sheik's tend to do dthrow nair for damage, obviously this doesn't work in PAL and so we need to find alternatives. Also kill options.

Currently, a lot of Sheiks' decide to fully charge dsmash or usmash. I'm going to show why this isn't the best option most of the time. Fully charged dsmash and non tippered usmash deal 18% damage.

Percent builders/combo's

1. Dair to Nair (do from 23% to ?%):
Unstaled, this combo does 25%, already more than a fully charged smash attack.
Here's a gif:
https://gfycat.com/JoyfulMelodicFreshwatereel
They can ASDI down though, but you can react to this.
If they ASDI down and tech in place/missed tech, dsmash on reaction. This will do 24% as a combo.
If they ASDI down and tech roll, dash attack. This will do 21% as a combo.When the dair no longer combos to nair you could uair or fair depending on DI.
The reason you don't do this combo below 23% is because they would be able to ASDI down pseudo CC and punish you hard (rest). So don't.

2. The PAL combo (do at around 30%)
https://gfycat.com/YoungGlassFlyingfish
Uair... to uair... to uair...
Does 28% if uair is unstaled.
Looks like PAL dair has some pretty funny uses lol

3. Needle grab dthrow dash attack (use from 0-22%, before you can dair nair)
Doesn't need a gif.
Does 21% if unstaled.
The dash attack is on DI away, you need to react.
Boost grab does NOT work on DI down and away, they can jump out.Kill options

1. Fully charged non tippered usmash
Doesn't need a gif, will kill off the top of FD at 71%

2. Tippered usmash through platform.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj4OW8rBmkI
Will kill Puff off the top of Yoshi's story at 35%

3. Uair fair near ledge (around 67% on FD)
Situational, and just outside of usmash kill %. But has to be mentioned regadless.
https://gfycat.com/DaringUnnaturalBluewhale
Didn't kill in the gif.... sad times. Could possibly kill though, so I mentioned it anyway.

4. Transform to Zelda then bair/fair them.
Kills off the top of FD at 66%, will kill off the sides earlier if you're close to them.
However, they can amsah tech the bair/fair. If they do, IMMEDIATELY transform back and continue the fight as Sheik.
https://gfycat.com/HardtofindDampKusimanse
You could get around this by being tricky with your fair/bair timings.

5. Fully charged Zelda fsmash
They can't CC it due to being in rest.
Will kill off the top of FD at 58%
However, you probably won't have time to set this up, so don't be too reliant on it,
SDI could make this option obsolete.

Setchi vs G analysis

I made a video analysis of me vs a local Falcon player. 25 minutes long, all on Falcon dittos.

Some interesting points made, consider watching :)
https://youtu.be/0TNxjwoJ_8k

Setchi lab notes #8

Today I'll be going over what I consider the optimal thunders combo with Fox.
Many Fox players use running shine jab reset, however, that can be SDI or ASDI'd out of and also doesn't work at high percents.
Here is a gif showing it being SDI'd out of:
http://imgur.com/a/QKena
This is nothing new.

However, drill reset CANNOT be SDI'd out of like this.
So, we'd think that running shine SHFFL drill would be optimal then? Still no.
This is because they could SDI the multiple hits of drill in, as shown in this gif:
http://imgur.com/RO7UYd3
In this gif, the SDI is unreal and the option the Fox chooses is wrong, but it shows that it allows counterplay to reduce or completely remove punish.


So what is the optimal thunders combo then?
I believe that it is running shine SHFFL single hit drill. This is because it does not allow for SDI up to jump out, and it doesn't allow as many SDI inputs behind to reduce the punish. It also works at any and all percentages.
Here is a gif of it:
http://imgur.com/a/OFN5T

The only downside to drill reset over jab reset is that the opponent can buffer their getup option after the drill connects, which means that you can't do falling uair shenanigans and instead need to use options that you can do on reaction, such as usmash or grab.
However, this tradeoff is worth it if you are playing someone who can consistently SDI your jab resets.

Setchi lab notes #7

I'm going to be testing whether Fox can fthrow Falcon at the ledge and smashturn wavedash back to fastfall and grab the ledge in time before Falcon can hit him with instant uair. Doesn't need much explanation.
Falcon will DI up and in using the diagonal notch.

0% - https://gfycat.com/BlackIndelibleAlaskanhusky
Falcon hits Fox before he can grab the ledge.

25% -http://recordit.co/TYRk1vRPbn (if this link doesn't work then let me know :/)
Fox can grab the ledge now before the uair will connect, as long as he is close enough to wavedash off quickly enough. So although he won't cover the instant uair, he can safely cover the DJ sweetspot without having to worry about being hit by uair.
Falcon should try to avoid a situation like this by SDIing the shines during waveshines to position (something I consider highly underutilized)

Double stick DI and using it against Fox

This post might be kind of long, but I heavily recommend you read it, as it will likely benefit your play.
Alright so I've been doing some testing lately and I think it's about time I make a post on double stick DI out of platform combos, specifically the MU that it's surprisingly underutilized in, against Fox McCloud.

Many top players and technical players already know that double stick DI out of Marth platform combos is extremely important, for example, here is a gif of Falco double stick DIing out of Marth's utilt techchase on platforms (excuse the tags):
https://gfycat.com/QuarrelsomePassionateCardinal

To find out more about double stick DIing Marth platform combos and double stick DI in general, read here:
http://smashboards.com/…/double-stick-di-out-of-marths-pla…/

Okay, now it's time I go over its utility against the Fox, and how you can turn a poor situation into an advantageous one.
To double stick DI Fox's uair, you simply hold your control stick horizontally off the platform you're on while being near the ledge, to get your DI, and ASDI down by holding your Cstick down.
Captain Falcon can double stick DI Fox's 2nd hit uair to 32%, however, it will be different depending on your character.
If they techchase you with both hits of uair, you have 2 options:
1. ASDI down the first hit of uair then double stick DI the 2nd.
2. SDI out of the first hit uair, escaping the combo completely.
Here is a gif of number 1:
https://gfycat.com/OblongDaringJoey
In this gif, Falcon ASDIs down the first hit of uair, then double stick DIs to escape completely, also giving him the opportunity to uair Fox in the process.

However, I think you should instead SDI the first hit of uair which would then force the Fox to 2nd hit only you, extending the range in which you can perform this technique as you don't have to worry about the 5% damage from the 1st hit of uair.
Here is a gif showing double stick DI on the 2nd hit of uair only:
https://gfycat.com/GloriousTalkativeAuklet
As you can see, the percent range is a bit higher due to not having to worry about 1st hit uair, and Falcon still got the uair afterwards, turning a bad situation into a good one.

I hope you all learned something from this post, double stick DI is a really broken mechanic and I hope I've shown that if utilized properly, can be devastating to a Fox player.