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Players commonly fight against CPUs to train when there aren't other players around to play. This is a practice that is criticized by some, as besides even the highest level CPUs being of a lower level of skill than a typical casual player, CPUs do things that human players never do (and will never do things that are common for human players to do), as well as having several exploitable flaws and being completely incapable of [[mindgames|mind gaming]], or even learning from their mistakes and changing their tactics accordingly. | Players commonly fight against CPUs to train when there aren't other players around to play. This is a practice that is criticized by some, as besides even the highest level CPUs being of a lower level of skill than a typical casual player, CPUs do things that human players never do (and will never do things that are common for human players to do), as well as having several exploitable flaws and being completely incapable of [[mindgames|mind gaming]], or even learning from their mistakes and changing their tactics accordingly. | ||
Training against CPUs is said to not adequately train one's skills beyond basic offense and defense (such as the ability to read and bait opponents), and it is often argued that excessive CPU training may cause a player to actually become slightly worse by developing habits that only work against CPUs and will be heavily exploited by human players. For example, if a Kirby player persistently used [[Stone]] on a CPU, it would be hit by the attack most of the time, without defending against or punishing it, and do no more than occasionally dodge it, even at level 9. However, a skilled or even a remotely competent human player would easily avoid the attack by rolling, sidestepping, shield-grabbing or just walking away, and then punish Kirby with a grab or strong attack, such as a charged smash. Another example is CPUs not fighting off edge-guarders in any of the Smash games, which allows players to KO them with basic edgeguarding techniques, while experienced players would prevent this at all costs. | Training against CPUs is said to not adequately train one's skills beyond basic offense and defense (such as the ability to read and bait opponents), and it is often argued that excessive CPU training may cause a player to actually become slightly worse by developing habits that only work against CPUs and will be heavily exploited by human players. For example, if a Kirby player persistently used [[Stone]] on a CPU, it would be hit by the attack most of the time, without defending against or punishing it, and do no more than occasionally dodge it, even at level 9. However, a skilled or even a remotely competent human player would easily avoid the attack by rolling, sidestepping, shield-grabbing or just walking away, and then punish Kirby with a grab or strong attack, such as a charged smash. Another example is CPUs not fighting off edge-guarders effectively in any of the Smash games, which allows players to KO them with basic edgeguarding techniques, while experienced players would prevent this at all costs. | ||
However, training against CPUs does have its merits. CPUs can be used to effectively practice [[combo]]s and [[chain throw]]s, as well as [[spacing]], [[punish]]ing and other [[tech skill]] related things. CPUs can be more effective than human players in this regard, as they're always available and won't refuse a match where a player just wants to practice the aforementioned things. Many top professional smashers have reported using CPUs to train, such as {{Sm|Nairo}}, {{Sm|Vinnie}}, and {{Sm|Mew2King}}. | However, training against CPUs does have its merits. CPUs can be used to effectively practice [[combo]]s and [[chain throw]]s, as well as [[spacing]], [[punish]]ing and other [[tech skill]] related things. CPUs can be more effective than human players in this regard, as they're always available and won't refuse a match where a player just wants to practice the aforementioned things. Many top professional smashers have reported using CPUs to train, such as {{Sm|Nairo}}, {{Sm|Vinnie}}, and {{Sm|Mew2King}}. | ||