Marth's down tilt (ground)

[GhostAnime]

I heard it was a edge-guarding move. How is it used that way?

[Rune]

By stabing at people's faces while they try to get onto the stage..

[GhostAnime]

Ok..thanks for the simple reply.. >_> *Feels stupid*

[Glide]

Hey, when a simple answer will suffice, it's best not to mince words, right?

[Rune]

Indeed hehe ^^"

Well ok, there is more..

There's 2 methodes really..
the first is the simple art of stabing people in the face, as stated somewhere up there --^

The second is stabing at people's feet after they atually got on. When spaced right this leaves them with pretty much three options.
Option 1: Jump over you.
Simply forward smash or fair/nair them, depending on how high they're jumping.
Option 2: Stand there and get stabed at..
Just continue poking them till they start to run out of shield.. if they let their shield down you might be able to get a fsmash in.
Option 3: Roll, most people tend to use this one.. just stab at thier feet till they roll then stop, wait for it.. and fsmash the other way. You could also grab and down throw them back into the abyss, your pick.
Most people roll after 2 stabs btw, others roll the moment their mind tells them there's an opening.. just stab stab stab then wait for a split sec. Their mind will say, it stopped! Roll now! Roll to your doom! ^^

Just do some testing yourself..

This move along with Fsmash and some fairs/nairs for jumpy people is pretty much all you'll need to edgeguard anyone..
If they're still coming back you could try counters and spikes.
Have phun.

[Suretman]

Remember that you can do repeated down tilts by holding down and pressing a instead of tilt down and a and then repeating. Also you can cancel the down tilt so it doesn't lag as much. You can jump, walk, turn around, do an attack, dash, or just hold to the direction that you are facing so you don't turn around and the lag will be reduced.

EDIT: This also works with Roy, I just found out about this recently and I'm making sure everyone else knows.

[Umbreon]

dtilt = marth's best dash attack option. yar.

[Umbreon]

dtilt = marth's best dash attack option. yar.

[Rune]

Nice double post there. ;P

And.. don't forget Ftilt and Fsmash.

[Ninja]

Dtilt is great for leading to the forward smash works almost all the time

[ANTX]

you have to be running to use the dtilt dash attack.
who ever runs with marth? lamer.