New Luigi Technique

[Drasil]

I'm pretty new to the Competetive Smash-scene, even though I have been playing Melee much as a child and played Brawl alot, so it might already be a known Luigi thing, but I'll bring it out there in case it isn't.

While practicing my Luigi the other day I discovered something funny. When dropping off any platform you can sweetspot a jump and skip the jumping animation to instantly land ontop of the platform. This can lead to quick ground-based moves and can be quite surprising. I'm now trying to incoporate this into my playstyle and have tried a few combos with the technique.

One of the coolest things about this technique is when Shield dropping through the platform, jumping and Shield Grabbing instantly when landing on the platform as shown in the video. After the grab you thrown up or down and follow up with an Up + B for a low percentage kill on certain stages if you're standing on the highest platform!

 

[kyaputenfarukon07]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMxgGtMLEfw#t=25s

I believe what you have figured out is a no impact drop.

As old as this video is it has a lot of relevant stuff.

Here is the original thread for the video.

http://smashboards.com/threads/platforms-101.106622/

 

[Stride]

There has been a thread about this on the Luigi boards before:
http://smashboards.com/threads/new-tech.308463/

 

[TobiasXK]

while this has been known kinda forever, i think it's sick that as a "pretty new" competitive smasher, you're already noticing and experimenting with stuff like this and thinking about it in relation to situations and other tech that you know (like shield-dropping). =j

 

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[Drasil]

Thanks for the threads and videoes guys! I expected the technique to actually exist, but I couldn't find any information about it so I had to ask here. Thank you for the nice words, TobiasXK! Very appreciated. :D