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Note: While playing at my "prime" (summer of last year I guess?) I was actually far worse at smash than I am now. So don't point out things I did in old videos as contradicting this, as I know longer do them (I'm just out of practice).
As much as I hate to admit it, Brawl is not a game of winning. It hasn't been for awhile. Brawl has become a game of not losing. The goal is to avoid dying three times before your opponent does. This mindset leads to lots of timeouts and long matches, but it is the best way to play the game IMO.
Wario benefits a lot from this mindset because it gives him time to charge his fart. I should stress that unless your opponent literally gives you a PERFECT opportunity you should never try to kill with anything other than fart. Your goal should be to stay alive and get little damage here and there. Then when your realize fart would kill, you double check your charge time and
BOOM
One thing to remember that is important is that you should never "look" for a fart. I always crack up when im watching videos and the clock goes to a minute and 20 seconds or so and the wario COMPLETELY changes his style and starts hopping around menacingly trying to look tricky. I don't know why anyone would ever think that would work. The opponent simply plays safe and tries to bait the fart (which gets it wasted almost every time). Play EXACTLY the same and then just instead of that fair poke, change your mind at the last second and fart.
Remember everyone, there are 8 minutes on the clock. Even if you waited for the biggest possible fart, you still have 4 per round! And a max (not including farting every minute on the minute) of 6. So you have 4-6 farts per round. If you aren't using at LEAST 4 farts per match you are doing something wrong (this is assuming you lost the round. If you can win in 2-3 farts then be my guest). Don't get impatient. While they are camping you just remember your fart is charging so don't worry about it.
Also when you are trying to get a fart kill don't wait until its charged and then start approaching like crazy. I can't stress it enough that you need to keep your playstyle constant regardless of whether you are going for a fart or not. And if you decide to be risky and run in for a fart kill (like an idiot), at least wait until it is only 40 seconds charged or so, as this will give you enough time to find an opportunity.
OKAY
Now I will give you the reason that wario is not winning nationals. This is the hardest thing to understand with the character and work around in-game I think. I will direct your attention to a simple fact.
WARIOS JUMP OUT OF SHIELD IS REALLY REALLY FREAKING SLOW
His roll also sucks. And in case you hadn't noticed, its not too great for him to get grabbed out of shield either. This is how almost all damage to warios is done these days. people wait and then hit warios shield and wait for either the spotdodge or the jump. Anything they do will hit you out of your jump and I see it ALL THE TIME. DON'T DO IT. You are better off just rolling away and taking a dash attack or something. I wouldn't even bother spotdodging much. The point is that the ENTIRE GAME if you want to win you need to avoid letting your SHIELD be hit. It doesn't matter what spacing trixies you use to do it, but you need to avoid that scenario at all cost as its one of the only ways for wario to get hit by anything worth-while.
Thank you for reading and have a nice day.
As much as I hate to admit it, Brawl is not a game of winning. It hasn't been for awhile. Brawl has become a game of not losing. The goal is to avoid dying three times before your opponent does. This mindset leads to lots of timeouts and long matches, but it is the best way to play the game IMO.
Wario benefits a lot from this mindset because it gives him time to charge his fart. I should stress that unless your opponent literally gives you a PERFECT opportunity you should never try to kill with anything other than fart. Your goal should be to stay alive and get little damage here and there. Then when your realize fart would kill, you double check your charge time and
BOOM
One thing to remember that is important is that you should never "look" for a fart. I always crack up when im watching videos and the clock goes to a minute and 20 seconds or so and the wario COMPLETELY changes his style and starts hopping around menacingly trying to look tricky. I don't know why anyone would ever think that would work. The opponent simply plays safe and tries to bait the fart (which gets it wasted almost every time). Play EXACTLY the same and then just instead of that fair poke, change your mind at the last second and fart.
Remember everyone, there are 8 minutes on the clock. Even if you waited for the biggest possible fart, you still have 4 per round! And a max (not including farting every minute on the minute) of 6. So you have 4-6 farts per round. If you aren't using at LEAST 4 farts per match you are doing something wrong (this is assuming you lost the round. If you can win in 2-3 farts then be my guest). Don't get impatient. While they are camping you just remember your fart is charging so don't worry about it.
Also when you are trying to get a fart kill don't wait until its charged and then start approaching like crazy. I can't stress it enough that you need to keep your playstyle constant regardless of whether you are going for a fart or not. And if you decide to be risky and run in for a fart kill (like an idiot), at least wait until it is only 40 seconds charged or so, as this will give you enough time to find an opportunity.
OKAY
Now I will give you the reason that wario is not winning nationals. This is the hardest thing to understand with the character and work around in-game I think. I will direct your attention to a simple fact.
WARIOS JUMP OUT OF SHIELD IS REALLY REALLY FREAKING SLOW
His roll also sucks. And in case you hadn't noticed, its not too great for him to get grabbed out of shield either. This is how almost all damage to warios is done these days. people wait and then hit warios shield and wait for either the spotdodge or the jump. Anything they do will hit you out of your jump and I see it ALL THE TIME. DON'T DO IT. You are better off just rolling away and taking a dash attack or something. I wouldn't even bother spotdodging much. The point is that the ENTIRE GAME if you want to win you need to avoid letting your SHIELD be hit. It doesn't matter what spacing trixies you use to do it, but you need to avoid that scenario at all cost as its one of the only ways for wario to get hit by anything worth-while.
Thank you for reading and have a nice day.
