Super Smash Academy Presents: Dash Dancing

[LiteralGrill]

It's been three months since Super Smash Academy posted their last video, a tutorial on how to use the Project M Debug Menu. Now they're back to help explain and teach a little bit about Dash Dancing and how it's more than just quickly pressing left and right. Give the video a watch and hopefully learn some things to apply in the game.

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[SDFox]

I still like shield dancing in sm4sh better.
since it dosen't have a limit on how far you can do it.

 

[Arc Tangent]

I didn't know that dash-dancing was so technical...

 

[Link24a]

I still like shield dancing in sm4sh better.
since it dosen't have a limit on how far you can do it.

what?

 

[Gam3rALO]

I love doing this

 

[Daybreak]

I like how he explains it as king of the hill and how the space you gain is important.

 

[Kahnu]

Is there really a guied for dash dancing.

 

[ELITEWarri0r115]

So THAT'S how you do it... I have always wondered... Well, more practice with Roy now.

 

[Absol]

rev up those surf boards

 

[Phoenix502]

I wonder what Yungtown's schedule is like, some folks out there would feel a bit put off by something as simple as dash dancing...

although, if he explained how these got slightly hampered in Smash 4, that would be nice in my book

 

[TopKek.GG]

Wow. Now I finally understand Dash Dancing.

 

[◥θ┴θ◤ | JJ]

I can't help but wonder why Brawl & Smash 4 have such short initial dash animations -- especially the latter with its alteration/buff to pivoting (known as perfect pivoting). Seriously, just imagine how much more versatile that mechanic could be if the game had Melee-like dashes... then combine that with Melee-like dash-dancing. It would really go a long way in the neutral, and with the game focusing pretty heavily on the neutral, that would only help it substantially.

I still really enjoy playing Smash 4, but that's something that really irks me, because it's a huge missed opportunity.

 

[SmashRayner]

MARTH MAINS PLEASE TAKE NOTE

 

[Silvia]

This has got to be one of the best videos ever.

 

[CJ14r43]

I still like shield dancing in sm4sh better.
since it dosen't have a limit on how far you can do it.

What about fox trotting?

 

[InfamousLuffy]

MARTH MAINS PLEASE TAKE NOTE

Will do. /END

 

[DahremRuhar]

Is there really a guied for dash dancing.

No. There is no "guied." If you meant a "guide" yeah there is. It's extremely easy to do, but because it looks cool many people dash-dance for the sake of dash-dancing without understanding why and how it should be applied. It was necessary. K? K.


Slightly more on-topic: this video was so good. It was clear, concise and accurate. Comparing Smash to King of the Hill was a great thought.

 

[Kahnu]

No. There is no "guied." If you meant a "guide" yeah there is. It's extremely easy to do, but because it looks cool many people dash-dance for the sake of dash-dancing without understanding why and how it should be applied. It was necessary. K? K.


Slightly more on-topic: this video was so good. It was clear, concise and accurate. Comparing Smash to King of the Hill was a great thought.

I should hire you instead of using spellcheck!
Dash-dancing is extremely trivial.

 

[DahremRuhar]

I should hire you instead of using spellcheck!
Dash-dancing is extremely trivial.

In Smash 4 it certainly is. In Melee (which this video is about)... not so much. It's kind of a big deal in that game.

 

[Saikyoshi]

I just wish it didn't look so ridiculous.

The reason casual players dismiss dashdancing and wavedashing as glitches is largely because they make the characters look like epileptic frogs.

 

[Cody645]

Oh my god, it's about time SSA did something! Glad they're back!

 

[PandaPanda Senketsu]

All of these weird movement options are what make melee's neutral so sick, it definitely has the most fast paced neutral in all of smash.

 

[InfamousLuffy]

All of these weird movement options are what make melee's neutral so sick, it definitely has the most fast paced neutral in all of smash.

Agreed.

 

[C-SAF]

I just wish it didn't look so ridiculous.

The reason casual players dismiss dashdancing and wavedashing as glitches is largely because they make the characters look like epileptic frogs.

If I heard someone dismiss moving ur character back and forth as a "glitch" I would literally laugh at them.

Also, I think dashdancing looks sick. Its so intimidating when u play someone with a good dashdance.

 

[NotAnAdmin]

I like that they specifically said that this tech isn't just to show off.
Most people new to high level Smash will just do it thinking it's just what the high level Smashers do to look cool. It's not for that, it can be, but it is a legitimate series of movements that can help you get the upper hand in the neutral.

 

[Nessimator]

I still like shield dancing in sm4sh better.
since it dosen't have a limit on how far you can do it.

What is "shield dancing?"

 

[Dr. James Rustles]

No. There is no "guied." If you meant a "guide" yeah there is. It's extremely easy to do, but because it looks cool many people dash-dance for the sake of dash-dancing without understanding why and how it should be applied. It was necessary. K? K.


Slightly more on-topic: this video was so good. It was clear, concise and accurate. Comparing Smash to King of the Hill was a great thought.

This post is what trying too hard looks like, people.

 

[DraculaSb]

I like that they specifically said that this tech isn't just to show off.
Most people new to high level Smash will just do it thinking it's just what the high level Smashers do to look cool. It's not for that, it can be, but it is a legitimate series of movements that can help you get the upper hand in the neutral.

Holy moly you couldn't have said it any better! It's very good for baiting.

 

[QWA]

I still like shield dancing in sm4sh better.
since it dosen't have a limit on how far you can do it.

Please don't give spamming rolls a fancy name.

 

[SDFox]

Please don't give spamming rolls a fancy name.

It's not spamming rolls, its running back in forth using the shield to cancel the turn around animation.

 

[whoknowswhat]

It's not spamming rolls, its running back in forth using the shield to cancel the turn around animation.

Nowhere nearly as efficient. Way too slow. Even if that were a real thing.

 

[Cree]

Please don't give spamming rolls a fancy name.

That's...That's what that was? A name for...that? *Looks up* There goes any hope.

 

[C-SAF]

It's not spamming rolls, its running back in forth using the shield to cancel the turn around animation.

Sheild stops, its a melee thing too and very important to certain characters Dashdance (see PewPewU's Marth). Actually surprised it wasn't I this video. It happens so fast in Melee you often barely see the shield come out.

 

[SDFox]

Nowhere nearly as efficient. Way too slow. Even if that were a real thing.

It's not. By any means, but relative to the speed of each game it's pretty close, and you can do it off of run animation, as opposed to the start up for the run.

 

[coilerr]

w

I just wish it didn't look so ridiculous.

The reason casual players dismiss dashdancing and wavedashing as glitches is largely because they make the characters look like epileptic frogs.

it looks amazing what are you talking about
being caught it your awful run stop animation or turn animation thats disgusting

 

[Deleted member]

What is with the Giygas background!? O.O

 

[Pretzl]

w

it looks amazing what are you talking about
being caught it your awful run stop animation or turn animation thats disgusting

QFT. Run lag is some ugly stuff.

 

[HOO HAH]

I still like shield dancing in sm4sh better.
since it dosen't have a limit on how far you can do it.

What's that?

 

[SDFox]

What's that?

Running and using shield to cancel the animation to cancel the turn around animation.

 

[Evilzpet]

"Dash dancing" is such a dumb name. It should be called juking, just like in every other sport/game.