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Important Numbers

The purpose of this post is to outline how I am going to systematically memorize as much relevant frame data in Melee as possible. The main way I will be going about this is with flash cards, which in and of itself probably doesn’t need to be explained on here. Another purpose of this post is to justify why I think this is worth investing my time into as an avenue for growth in Melee. Time is a limited resource. One of the main arguments that people use for why they haven’t memorized frame data and percents is because both are so accessible that it makes it a waste of time. Why memorize something when you can just check your phone to know the data? I see it the opposite way, though. Time is a limited resource, so I should be doing as much to improve at Melee during my down time as possible. Time that I’m spending driving, or walking, or eating, or waiting in line, is all time I could be improving at the game. There’s not a lot of things I can do though, during that time, that direc...
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A First Glance at Yoshi's Movepool

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This post is not intended to be a high-level or comprehensive look at Yoshi’s moveset. This is mostly here to document my reactions and thinking to looking at Yoshi’s frame data and hitboxes. I hope that by looking at these things critically and writing my thoughts about them, I will put myself into the mindset of looking for my own solutions for problems in-game with the tools Yoshi has. In order to make sure my evaluation of the attack is thorough (although I fully expect it to be incomplete and flawed), here is a list of criteria/things for me to consider for each one: Combo starter - This refers to the attack’s ability to be used to begin combos. Either pop them up or lead them to a knockdown, anything that can be consistently followed up on. The best combo starters are the ones that work at many percents (see: shine), but most won’t be like this. Reliability - The attack’s ability to be relied upon to serve specific uses. A good example of an attack that isn’t reliable wo...
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