Ganondorf taunt dodge?

[knightpraetor]

how do you dodge while taunting? cause I saw Ganondorf dodge a major blow during the taunt..and then smash an opponent off stage

[Duke]

Since Dorf is lifted from the stage he is invicible for a few frames. This shouldn't be used as a regular defense because the lag afterwards can be greatly punished.

[Lemming 1545]

Are you sure about that, Duke? I'd like to see a hitbox animation for the taunt, because I'm pretty sure there's no invincibility, just the off-the-ground-ness. knightpraetor, do you remember what attack Ganondorf dodged? Maybe it actually just went underneath him.

[knightpraetor]

dunno..i thought it was an opponents forward smash but i can't remember..been like 3 days now..just thought it was cool cause he risked it all to show off..

my friend and I both seem to remember the attack going straight through him so i don't think it went under..but i guess our eyes could have been fulled..i'll test it sometime...

thing is i didn't think there were any frames of the taunt in which you were invincible...most of the time you can hit them during it...weird

[emubreath]

I know that you can dodge red and green shells with the taunt. it may only be able to dodge all the low attacks, like a low SHL.......or marth's b up xDDDDD

[Renth]

i've never heard of anything like this sounds like BS to me but i'll mess around with it a bit i guess.. ~_~ taunts being dodges doesn't add up

[Duke]

its not really like a OMG a secret dodge. Dorfs legs have a weird property to them. You can sometimes walk over samus bombs without hurting you and attacks can sometimes go throw ganons legs. When ganon taunts his legs are lifted kind of behind him making that weird property through out even more of his body. But really it is only the legs that are invincible in this.

[ender]

its not invincibility, but since it moves his body in ways he normaly isnt, it looks like a strange dodge

[Blade_117 3]

sometimes when i get smashed in the air, my character doesnt flinch. It takes the damage even though i dont shield or cc, even when im at a high percent. Guess its a glitch of some sort that links with ganons taunt :S

[MyKo]

LOL FINALLY someone brought up this topic.

ganon's taunt CAN dodge..low ground attacks..but it's a REALLY laggy dodge...haha

[TeH PwNx0rZ]

I wouldn't consider it invinsibilty, but when Ganondorf taunts, he does move a little above the ground, but I assume that that can dudge low attacks. But, like everyone else has said, there is major lag and can make major consiquences in a real battle... Maybe you could do it if you were daring? :p I wouldn't risk it, Ganondorf's moves have enough lag already...

[AngeloBangelo]

There are no invulnerability frames. He is just elevated slightly off of the ground during the middle of hit taunt allowing him to dodge very low objects, such as a walking bob-omb or a green/red shell. It's more for showboating than effective since it takes like 1.5 seconds to successfully pull off and no one plays with Bob-ombs or shells anyway unless they're just messing around.

[sigma]

accually the other day i got fsmashed by roy while taunting with ganon and it went through me. but yeah, it is useless.

[CuckooOfTime]

I'd like to see a vid of this, what with ganon being my main and all. Anybody?

[Time/SpaceMage]

sometimes when i get smashed in the air, my character doesnt flinch. It takes the damage even though i dont shield or cc, even when im at a high percent. Guess its a glitch of some sort that links with ganons taunt :SSounds like a phantom hit to me. That's when an attack is so close to missing you that it should count as a miss, but instead you take half damage and no knockback (but still full stun).

Cuckoo, the only video I know where Ganon dodges something (a walking bob-omb) with his taunt is halfway through this music video (http://rapidshare.de/files/13598554/SuperSmashBrosMeleeMusicVidHelloweenRiseandFall.wm v.html).

[narj]

he only dodges low smash attacks. and green and red sheels

[McD]

Lol...a taunt dodge eh...so...is it a glitch or not...

[Lemming 1545]

No, not a glitch. When Ganondorf floats off the ground while taunting, some items (and, presumably, certain low-angled attacks) that would normally hit him go underneath him instead. However, as has been said, it's not an effective battle tactic since it's very conditional and very laggy, so unless you feel a desperate need to show off, you'd do better to just jump/shield/block/dodge/roll/whatever.

[alexhb]

ganondorf can dodge ice climbers ice blocks with his taunt

[Lemming 1545]

But wouldn't it be infinitely easier, faster, and less laggy to either sheild, sidestep, roll, jump, or counter?