1 Minute Melee Lessons - Short Guides for Melee Speedruns

Currently it's only guides for Targets, but Events will be added and for certain courses for BtT and certain Events there will be multiple guides. 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRSZTIKPRRKQm8lC2O3MbtDQzPD-VAWll

Adventure Mode (Very Hard) Tutorial

Current WR uses Doc, so I thought I'd post this tutorial here for a good reference for new Runners interested in learning w/ Doc or Falco now. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkigdM_zqIk

All Trophies Tutorial

Video walkthrough: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VIZAu13c_A

Route notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xoKp8pZ_PPzWJ52XBebdwQpNrNeyxVCF2tGYkv-46fA/edit?usp=sharing

Classic, Very Easy – Personal Fastest Stage Times as Ganondorf

*Written by Pokemonmaster888 on June 5, 2019*
*Last updated on May 21, 2021*
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The content here describes the fastest Stage times and strategies for each Stage that I have achieved throughout the Very Easy speedrun, for Classic mode, in Super Smash Bros. Melee. This guide’s information applies specifically to Ganondorf. This guide also applies only to the characters/levels (the playing fields in the game) that I unlocked in my latest plan for this category, which greatly narrows down the content and possibilities out of the potential levels and characters. I am writing in this way to make this resource relevant, as the save file unlockables that people use for this category don’t include many levels and characters that can be obtained. Some of these levels/characters are repeated here, which means that you can’t actually get these set-ups consecutively for a single segment run. This document simply lists the best individual Stage times that I’ve gotten. This material can be used to understand what to play for, and how to play the Stage set-ups when you encounter them. Note that these decimal places may not be exact, as they are from memory. Give or take a couple of hundreths of a second if the listed times are impossible frames. The times written for each Stage are the times that the in-game clock stops at when you complete the Stage.

Stage 1
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Ice Climbers on one of their Icicle Mountain levels, where they start very close to you on the same flat platform you are on. Use a forward-air or down-B attack. Time on clock was 04:59.41

Stage 2
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Three notable occasions here. The fastest time ever was against Mario & Peach. I beat Mario in the normal fashion, with a forward-air attack. Peach then moves leftward towards the right gap in the Mushroom Kingdom II stage, and my teammate Samus spikes her down, ending the fight. Very rare occurrence. Time on clock was 04:59.26

A second very rare occurrence was battling Kirby & Pikachu. The level is Dream Land. Beat Kirby with a forward-air attack, and Pikachu gets hit by himself in a cluster of bomb blocks, causing him to be knocked out of the level on the right side of the screen. This can also happen with the Kirby & Jigglypuff enemies. Time on clock was 04:58.88

A more consistent (yet still not very consistent, as the two characters don’t really cooperate often) setup is Ice Climbers & Kirby. You spawn on the very left of the level, and they spawn in a close vertical alignment near you, in the middle of the stage. They both move toward you and you down-smash attack both of them. Time on clock was 04:58.88

Stage 3 – Target Test
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I’ve gotten 01:58.89 here a bunch of times, and likely got 0.02 seconds faster than this time during my play of this speedrun. However, that 0.02 seconds faster time was not done utilizing a consistent amount of tries.

Stage 4
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This situation is against Ice Climbers, on the version of Icicle Mountain where they are slightly below you, to the right of your higher platform. They jump up toward you and you down-smash attack to send Popo off screen to the left. This should be consistent, as the enemy will always come after you in the way you want; you just need to time your down-smash correctly. Time on clock was 04:59.24

Stage 5
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Side note: Giant Link is the best character to face in the run, as it allows other beneficial characters in other Stages to still be available. You can beat him quickly. However, said opponent does not result in the fastest Stage 5 time.

Giant Donkey Kong is the fastest character to fight. Use the forward-air attack. Time on clock for him was 04:59.11

Stage 6 – Snag the Trophies
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I’ve gotten 01:58.61 here a bunch of times. I may have gotten 01:58.63 numerous times too, but not recently. Down-B attack, then dash and fast fall to complete the Stage.

Stage 7
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Peach on Mushroom Kingdom II is the fastest character to defeat, here. Simply up-tilt attack; Peach will walk over to you and get hit by the attack. Do note that the strategy is semi-consistent because it requires Peach to not attack you while you are charging your up-tilt attack. She will get close to you before your attack finishes, and instead of staying still, she will often damage you. Time on clock was 04:58.54

Stage 8
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The best time that I can remember is the time in my 00:27.10 IGT speedrun video. It is 04:53.37 against Kirby Team on Fountain of Dreams. This Stage setup is either the best you can get or one of the best, as C. Falcon Team or Mario Team can also be beaten fast. That can be done when they all fall towards you and you execute your attacks optimally. The Stage time listed here is not an optimal time, as significantly better can be done with the proper “movement routing”.

Stage 9 – Race to the Finish
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You actually want to air dodge diagonally into the goal here, not try to waveland, as air dodging directly into the goal can save you some hundreths of a second. Time on clock was 00:53.22 (done on December 12, 2020)

Stage 10
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I am not sure of my best time here, but in general, the lighter metal characters get beaten faster. I think the time on clock was 04:58.29

Stage 11 – Master Hand
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The best Master Hand time I have ever seen is the one in my 00:32.77 IGT speedrun video. That time on the clock was 04:53.96, and the attack pattern Master Hand did there is the best one I have seen for beating him as fast as possible. He did a very similar attack pattern in my 00:27.10 IGT speedrun video, too.

Comprehensive strategy guide for the Classic, Very Easy speedrun as Ganondorf

Ganon Classic (Normal/Ganon) guide (WIP)

After spending many hours and over 1300 attempts running this category, I have decided to write down my strats in the hope it may help another Ganon in their running endeavors. Hopefully somebody will benefit from the time I sunk into the category. Enjoy <3

Note: Down-b is usually much more reliable than d-air as the CPUs seem to really enjoy meteor cancelling the d-air. It's pointless to d-air spike Kirby or Puff at low%.

GANON STAGE GUIDE / TIERS

[Solo fight]
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SS: Mushroom Kingdom 2 (Peach, Luigi), Mute City (Falcon)

MK2 (Peach) is the best map for sure. As soon as you start, forward air the peach, then jump -> down-b to spike her down the right pit for the quickest round 1 in the game. Sometimes she can jump out or up-b if it’s not executed perfectly so keep that in mind, always be ready to use a backup strat (Killing off the side). Even if you miss it’s one of the fastest stages to do.

MK2 (Luigi) comes in at a very close second as it requires a much more difficult timing to actually pull off. As soon as you start you want to move backward to lure him toward the left pit. Jump out and double jump back toward the middle, this will lure him to jump/drop over the pit slightly. You want to d-air him as soon as he places a toe over the left pit, killing him instantly if you pull it off correctly. There’s a backup strat for this if you hit him too early and he just goes up. You want to jump and d-air him again but you have to be on the right side of Luigi so he is sent diagonally down and left down the pit. You can also do this strat with Peach but the other method is faster and far more consistent. Feels good to pull off.

Mute City is also placed in SS tier as it’s almost as fast as MK2 while being amazingly consistent to pull off. Immediately run and f-air falcon then run, jump and down b as he uses his up-b. Can be 99% consistent if you get the timing down.
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S: Yoshi’s Island/Yoshi’s story (Yoshi), Battlefield (Bowser)

The Yoshi stages are very fast if executed correctly, though it can be difficult to do so.
For Yoshi’s Island you want to immediately run and f-air Yoshi, run and f-air again, run and f-air a last time to kill. For the third f-air if you do it perfectly you will miss as you have to wait for Yoshi to get up from the second f-air. If Yoshi is off screen without dying you can do an up-air or another f-air to finish him off. This requires quick SHFFLs so if you’re not good at L-cancelling you might have trouble.

For Yoshi’s Story you want to immediately double jump to the top platform and f-air Yoshi, from here you can jump down fast fall f-air or just run off the platform and f-air. After this you have to jump out and down-b him mid-air to kill. I had trouble for a while L-cancelling the first f-air, beware.

For Battlefield you want to double jump up, (Not onto the platform) f-air Bowser as he drops from the platform, run and f-air him again as he hits the right platform. Then you jump out and down-b him to kill. Very fast. Easier than the Yoshi stages imo, though slightly slower than them.
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A: Final Destination (Mewtwo), Rainbow Cruise (Mario)

The Mewtwo stage is pretty easy to pull off. All you have to do is run f-air him, run f-air again, then jump out and down-b. He will use his up-b so make sure you up-b too so you don’t lose a life. His up-b is the only reason I don’t place this in S tier.

Rainbow Cruise is one of the few stages where we actually use d-air to get a kill. You want to immediately go to the left edge and face away from Mario. As he walks closer you want to jump then double jump behind him, fast fall and f-air to send him offstage. After this, jump out and d-air the fuck out of him. GG.

Guides for Event Matches

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsBU1foAcbmtCVTF-XI7GluljMWGpExeK

Guides for Target Test/BtT

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsBU1foAcbmtyaeCI89m4WgQ-K4vjCnoY

Melee Adventure Mode V Hard Tutorial

davidvkimball

Fuzzyness

Pokemonmaster888

AyRookie

melancoliax

Vikingja

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Event Match

GameCube

SpyHarms

esch

USA / NTSC

Dr. Mario

Mario

Luigi

Bowser

Peach

Yoshi

C. Falcon

Ganondorf

Falco

Ness

Ice Climbers

Kirby

Samus

Zelda/Sheik

Link

Young Link

Pichu

Pikachu

Jigglypuff

Mewtwo

Mr. Game & Watch

Marth

Very Easy

Easy

Normal

Hard

Very Hard

Lv. 1: Trouble King

Lv. 2: Lord of the Jungle

Lv. 3: Bomb-fest

Lv. 4: Dino-wrangling

Lv. 5: Spare Change

Lv. 6: Kirbys on Parade

Lv. 7: Pokémon Battle

Lv. 8: Hot Date on Brinstar

Lv. 9: Hide ‘n’ Sheik

Lv. 10: All-Star Match 1

Lv. 12: Seconds, Anyone?

Lv. 14: Trophy Tussle 1

Lv. 15: Girl Power

Lv. 16: Kirby’s Air-raid

Lv. 17: Bounty Hunters

Lv. 18: Link’s Adventure

Lv. 20: All-Star Match 2

Lv. 21: Ice Breaker

Lv. 22: Super Mario 128

Lv. 23: Slippy’s Invention

Lv. 24: The Yoshi Herd

Lv. 25: Gargantuans

Lv. 26: Trophy Tussle 2

Lv. 27: Cold Armor

Lv. 28: Puffballs Unite!

Lv. 29: Triforce Gathering

Lv. 30: All-Star Match 3

Lv. 33: Lethal Marathon

Lv. 34: Seven Years

Lv. 35: Time for a Checkup

Lv. 36: Space Travelers

Lv. 37: Legendary Pokémon

Lv. 38: Super Mario Bros. 2

Lv. 39: Jigglypuff Live!

Lv. 40: All-Star Match 4

Lv. 41: En Garde!

Lv. 42: Trouble King 2

Lv. 43: Birds of Prey

Lv. 44: Mewtwo Strikes!

Lv. 45: Game & Watch Forever!

Lv. 46: Fire Emblem Pride

Lv. 47: Trophy Tussle 3

Lv. 48: Pikachu and Pichu

Lv. 49: All-Star Match Deluxe

Lv. 50: Final Destination Match

Lv. 51: The Showdown

Character

Difficulty

Platform

Hyrule Code

We recently said to allow the "Hyrule Code" for runs, but as @SukeSJ said in the Changelog Forum Post
[quote=SukeSJ] the decision we made with Hyrule Code and UCF was made extremely quickly by us moderators.[/quote]

And it indeed was a hasty decision with little to no discussion. Now we have dec

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