Gale Guarding *New Technique*

[SSBB]

I know this may sound like a silly question to some. But, as a kamikaze precaution (as in, you're dying and want to take your enemy with you) is there any way to throw you boomerang and pull your enemy to their death? Just posing the question, but I doubt it'll work...

[freeman123]

I doubt it. Even if you can pull them off the stage, I'm sure they can still recover afterwards.

[Lootic]

But if you pull em of the stage and then nair them further away from the stage.

[kai123]

Yes this is possible,i did this on someone not paying attention,he got underneath the little edge of final destination and wasn't able to recover,so it's probably not gonna work if your opponent is paying attention.

I'll post a vid here as soon as it's up.

[Aurashade]

Please, look at your name, smash yourself in the raisins, then leave. PLEASE.

[kai123]

Sorry won't do,it's not my fault someone else already stole my (not so)original nick name,which was obviously just "Kai".

you should aim it at someone next time,so people don't get confused about who you are talking to next time ^^.

[Aurashade]

Sorry won't do,it's not my fault someone else already stole my (not so)original nick name,which was obviously just "Kai".

And if about all you do around here is b**ch at people,you might wanna consider leaving yourself.

Not you, the guy who made the thread. Shut up.

[SSBB]

Please, look at your name, smash yourself in the raisins, then leave. PLEASE.

Could you explain?

[Aurashade]

Your name + name of video game =wtf?

[AntonieFC]

Your name + name of video game =wtf?

Play nice with the other kids =P.

From what I've seen it doesn't have that much pull. Even if it did you can probably recover via... I dunno jumping?

[Beno]

It could be possible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeQnJxm5n2k
At around 4:05-4:10 it looks like Marth is being pulled by the boomerang more than just slightly (most or the entire time the boomerang is out).

[SSBB]

Your name + name of video game =wtf?

Actually it stands for Super Saiyan Bio Brolly, it's just a funny coincidence. I've been using this name on other forums since before Brawl was even announced.

[Prime Time]

Actually it stands for Super Saiyan Bio Brolly, it's just a funny coincidence. I've been using this name on other forums since before Brawl was even announced.

QFT

i thought of DBZ before brawl too ironically.. maybe bc i was playing it on the wii >_>

[turtle roll]

ok, i'v been dying to post this somwhere and didn't wan't to make a whole thread on this so i'll do it here cause it's titled gale boomerang.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtPHYMo6O-w

ok, go there and at the very end, look at the boomerang with motorcycle. it knocks wario off and shoots his bike across the screen. think about that for messing with wario's recovery. pretty cool, right?

[Sliq]

Actually it stands for Super Saiyan Bio Brolly, it's just a funny coincidence. I've been using this name on other forums since before Brawl was even announced.

Unfortunately, that name is even worse.

At least you aren't mariofan65 or hylianhero67. Serious, have some creativity for fux sake.

[Warriors]

it probably won't work
your enemy will still lurk

this thread isn't about that question. its just those guys arguing and posting stuff

[BOTA]

maybe if you are off the edge, throw the boomerang, then grab the edge, it could maybe pull them too far away to recover with you edge guarding?

[skullkidd]

Does the GB help opponents recover by pulling them back towards the stage?

[A2ZOMG]

Wait, did anyone mention making the Gale Boomerang return to you so that it goes off stage and pushes someone away from the stage? I'm told that works VERY well if you can aim.

[pyro363]

No because it doesn't move people that far. That would be hot though

[Ogre_Deity_Link]

Hasn't anyone noticed that in a lot of Link videos, while the GB isn't useful (at least now) for killing your enemies, it seems to almost always cause the opponent to wiff their next attack by blowing them backwards? I seem to see that a lot as far as videos go. Maybe it could be a defensive weapon when it returns and not an offensive one?

[kingofping4]

Does the pull of the GB get affected by the weight of your target? Also, could you use it in team games to help your partner recover by pulling them back towards the stage? I could see this being helpful in a Link/Olimar or Link/Ivysaur team.

[LinkNSnake4Main]

Look at this video, the boomerang practically RIPS marth off the stage.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jZgp_tM53ic

around 1:00 - 1:06

[kingofping4]

That's a pretty good amount of pull in that video. Maybe it would be useful in those teams I mentioned, though it seems like it'll just be a minor annoyance for your opponents.

[TeenLink2D]

What I want to know is if you can still grab in battle while the enemy is blocking. If so then maybe you can throw the Gale at the person and on it's way back, the enemy will block.(Assuming they don't jump) Then while their doing that, grab them and combo them.

[t3x510]

Does the pulling effect self-activate or can it be manually done? I ask this because some of the time the boomerang doesn't even pull the person.

I was told you could hold A but I haven't had a chance to give it a shot.

What do ye make if dis?!

[FrozenFire13]

The Gale Boomerang doesn't pull at all if they A. block or B. dodge. It hardly pulls them anyway. I haven't had a look at the video posted above, but the GB pulls the best when the the opponent is in the air.

[Turbowombat]

I don't have a video of this but I've noticed in dinking around in training mode that the boomerang can consistently take someone from any edge camp spot off the edge. The pull is based on their position in the tornado, so if they're in the top (like say if the boomerang is angling down under them) they get pulled much farther than if it hits them on a level slope.

Tentative strategy vs edgeguarding: tether the edge then edge hop and b-stick a boomerang down behind the edge guarder and tether the edge again. The Gale should pull the enemy off the stage and if they hesitate at all you can let go of the edge, footstool off of them and get back up knocking them to their death.

This would be extremely hard to pull off and has two noteable weakpoints, which are the beginning of your edge hop and it fails if they dodge the boomerang or jump immediatly upon falling off the edge. If they "see what you did there" they could potensially footstool off you. But it's just a thought.

[Ganny]

If you can throw the boomerang so that the gust hits the enemy but not the actual boomerang, then they get a small push which I don't think resets the 3rd jump. Pretty much impossible to pull off on will. Too much room for error. If you can do this consistently against a good opponent, please contact me

[FrozenFire13]

All you have to do is get the distance of the boomerang down. After that, it's all just reading where your opponent is gonna go.

[Ganny]

it would probably take alot of practice and be difficult to pull off, but I guess I'll look into it a little more. I dunno if it's worth knocking the person a couple feet away (game size) when you can just hog the edge all for yourself.

[Ultimatum479]

The funny thing is that, if you could actually manage to pull someone off the edge while you were falling to your doom, you might save yourself by FSJ-ing them. ^_^

[Ganny]

I can't believe I actually did it. Accident of course. I didn't get the kill, the person who hit him got it. Annoying but it works well vs Ike

I was able to pull kirby off the stage when he was a block. Dumb spammer. Well kirby is ideal to pull off the stage with the gale boomerang since he falls so fast. I got the kill for that one ^_^

[lorddave551]

wow that sounds really random lol. Other guy was probably out to lunch when it happened. Great for laugh value tho, too bad it wasn't recorded :(

woot 100th post:)

[Ganny]

Gale boomerang is now the official Ike killer. When he charges his B right near the edge, just knock him off by hitting him with the wind and not the boomerang itself. He is in for a nasty surprise when he is forced to use his B right and runs right into the bottom of the stage. XD I have a replay if anyone wants it.

[t3x510]

Ooh. I would like to see it.

[Ganny]

Ya sorry, I decided to save the footage for the Dr. Pepper MLG Contest. You'll see it then. I have a ganon combo which KILLS Ike if you want to see that. It's not as wanted as Wind Walking

[Legan]

The funny thing is that, if you could actually manage to pull someone off the edge while you were falling to your doom, you might save yourself by FSJ-ing them. ^_^

http://youtube.com/watch?v=P-wwJ451nNU



2:26 Is what ive been doing to prevent edge guarding/gimping. Toga refers to it as the boomerang hop.

[Skler]

Just gunna toss this out there, any good player can jump into the gale and use it come towards you while performing an attack. The gale boomerang's non-damaging part provides no stun and can be abused by skilled opponents with any knowledge of Link. That is all.

[Ganny]

The beauty of that is that link's smash overrides smashes of characters with a weapon. At least I think it did that in melee