it ' s pikipek ' s final evo , and all 3 stages keep either keen eye or skill link . skill link is reeeally good cuz it gets fury attack , bullet seed , and rock blast for lots of damage and type coverage , even against other birds . <| sep |> some real cringe right there . <| sep |> na id say ghosts was the beginning of the end <| sep |> Damn , seems to be the consensus I guess I wasn ' t the playboy I thought I was <| sep |> I love these pictures . <| sep |> Any interest in the # 1 ST FN Falchion Night 12 ? <| sep |> Okay coming online ! Edit I ' m online now ! <| sep |> Hey , fellow sophomore Snare here , also started marching with traditional last spring . I ' d definitely say that the three things that helped me are 1 . Getting a good practice pad . I got ultra motivated to practice once I got the Invader V 3 with a gum rubber head . I suggest you DON ' T get the one with a gum rubber head since I got ridiculous pad hands after using it for a year and I ' m just now fixing that . I ' d say you should get a Xymox pad which I ordered for Christmas if you can afford it , as I ' ve heard that ' s the best kind of pad out there . 2 . PRIVATE LESSONS ! I started off last year not knowing anything about marching snare and everything that came with it including traditional grip , set position , even reading the marching music . I started taking lessons from my instructor and did so until the end of the school year where I learned a TON . Private lessons are the number one source of knowledge especially when you don ' t know where to start . Take them from a local music store Music World , Beacocks , wherever , it will help so much . I ' m about to start taking lessons from my school ' s battery tech who also works a snare tech for OCI and I ' m super excited . That ' s how you should feel about that and drumming in general . It shouldn ' t feel like a huge stresser . 3 . Free time . Just padding out on free time helps a lot . Go find music and exercises for snare and start working on them . There ' s no pressure because it ' s a personal thing and it will only improve your playing . The website my junior superior showed me was www . snarescience . com where I found WGIDCI music , exercises , and even a triplet grid generator where I practiced diddle on accent , drags , stuff like that . In conclusionDon ' t stress out , my dude you ' ve still got 2 years in high school and 67 before ageout . If I can learn as much as I have in the past year alone , you can still learn all the basics and beyond , just if you ' re willing to put your time in and enjoy it on the way . The more you practice , the better you ' ll feel about your playing . Never be complacent with where your skill is because there ' s always someone better than you . That ' s what makes me go . If you wanna talk more about this , hmu my dude , cuz I ' d love to progress through this with you !