New PM Tech: Ballerina Twists

[HY-Periodix]

I found this tech while playing. Its done by holding attack then walk then hit c-stick diagonally up away from the direction you're walking. This can be used to grab the ledge or just for styling.

PM Tech: Ballerina Twists: http://youtu.be/5WsBryKOF6A

 

[shairn]

This is actually possible using only the control stick, albeit not so smoothly. The input is very similar to a dashdance, but in a tilt fashion rather than smashing the stick.

It's also completely useless though.

 

[HY-Periodix]

This is actually possible using only the control stick, albeit not so smoothly. The input is very similar to a dashdance, but in a tilt fashion rather than smashing the stick.

It's also completely useless though.

It can be used to grab ledge too.

 

[shairn]

It's faster and easier to just RAR wavedash off the ledge in 99% of cases.

 

[hotdogturtle]

This is most commonly called "pivot walking" and has been known since 2008.

 

[Fortress]

"Pivot walking", and has been around for a while.

It's also completely useless though.

Entirely untrue. Pivot walking opens another avenue of edgeguarding to characters who otherwise have a rough time through the slower technique of Wavedash-to-ledge. It's also much safer, in addition to being faster (no risk of accidentally airdodging off of the stage and killing yourself).

Moonwalking can act as a faster, safer alternative to wavedashing to the ledge for characters like, say, Link, who lack a fast-acting Wavedash. For characters, however, that lack that option (Bowser comes to mind), the pivot walk can fill the roll nicely.

In terms of speed and safety for advanced edge-hogging techniques:
Pivot Walk > Moonwalk > Wavedash

Everybody can pivot walk, though it can be slower than moonwalking with a weaker range, moonwalking is quick, and doesn't pose any risk of accidental airdodging on air, and wavedashing to the ledge is probably the slowest option between the three.

 

[HY-Periodix]

So I experimented with it and I did a forward smash as fox toward the ledge then pivot walked to grab it. Pretty neat.

 

[Fortress]

So I experimented with it and I did a forward smash as fox toward the ledge then pivot walked to grab it. Pretty neat.

It's a pretty niche technique, but it has some uses in mixups and simple styling. There's a reason you don't see much of it in competitive play, and that's mostly because it's for flash and flare above most else. Ledgeguarding with it is the primary application, though most of the time Wavedash > ledgegrab is the more practical option, since it's got a longer range than pivot walking (even if it is a lot slower).

 

[0RLY]

It's nice on Yoshi's Island brawl since wavedashing to the ledge is suicidal there.