Hello everyone!
Time for another small trick I suppose. You may notice something odd about aerials in this game and that's the fact that a large part of any aerial action has no landing lag at all (there are exceptions of course, basically whenever the devs felt like putting it in).
Because of this trait, there is something we can exploit called
Platform Land Canceling, which allows us to land on floating platforms faster through the use of various actions. It is similar in concept to wave landing in Super Smash Bros. Melee but like I don't play that game, the most complex thing I do in Melee is just spam Shiek side tilts.
Two of the most accessible actions to land are throws and shields. Throwing is probably the easiest way to do it, and every character can throw in the air! To demonstrate the speed difference, the first jump is Jack normally landing on the platform, after then he platform land cancels with a grab/throw.
You are also able to land with shield! Though this method requires more precise timing to it as your vertical momentum totally stops when you air dodge. Too fast, and you'll just air dodge and fall under. Too slow, and you'll not land as quickly but you're air dodging without any landing lag so you might be safe anyway. Maybe it's better? Try it out and see!
Platform land canceling is also accesible through various attacks characters may have. So yes, Aku can take advantage of this with his mighty laser, canceling out his attack so he can follow quickly after! Dexter's nair may work with this as well with some timing differences. He can use it just before to let the projectile stay out and land, or time it to just simply land (both seem to have the same landing time so uh I guess just use it). Though many aerials in the game will just fly above the platform and won't land cancel. Try experimenting with your main and see if they have any other cool ways to land cancel!
That's probably all for today. See you soon with some more PTE content! Maybe soon we can talk about the characters and then PTE will have a forum section woohooooooooooo