Super Smash Academy Presents : SHFFL

[TewnLeenk]

Short Hop Fast Fall L-Cancel, or SHFFL for short, is an incredibly important technique used in competitive Super Smash Bros play.

SHFFLing is the quickest and least laggy way to perform an aerial attack. By L-canceling an aerial attack out of a short hop, the player can reduce the amount of landing lag their character has and drastically increase their chance of comboing or following up. The technique can be a little tricky to pull off at first, but is essential to a competitive players arsenal. Luckily, Super Smash Academy has a great guide to get beginners SHFFLing like pros in no time.

Everyday I'm SHFFLing​

Now that you've mastered the SHFFL, don't forget to check out Super Smash Academy on YouTube for more informative and interesting Smash Bros videos.

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[Zethoro]

Did this really warrant a tutorial? Nevertheless, great content from the Smash academy, as always.

 

[NotAnAdmin]

Another great video.
Many thanks!

 

[Spak]

Everyday I'm SHFFLing

 

[J.P]

Did this really warrant a tutorial?

Actually yes, SHFFL requires precise timing and perfect knowledge of short hop and L-cancel. Either you don't play Melee/PM and don't know how hard it can be or you are so good that you forgot how hard for us Melee/PM beginners is :/

 

[90007000]

Everyday I'm SHFFLing (NOT)

 

[Falm]

I struggle so much with consistency with this tech

 

[Zethoro]

Actually yes, SHFFL requires precise timing and perfect knowledge of short hop and L-cancel. Either you don't play Melee/PM and don't know how hard it can be or you are so good that you forgot how hard for us Melee/PM beginners is :/

I didn't say that it didn't need prescise timing, but the tutorial is basically, tap jump, input aerial, fast fall, press L with good timing.
It's a tough thing to get down, but it's by no means complicated, just a rough sequence to develop into muscle memory, much like things like DACUS or pivot USmash.

 

[J.P]

I didn't say that it didn't need prescise timing, but the tutorial is basically, tap jump, input aerial, fast fall, press L with good timing.
It's a tough thing to get down, but it's by no means complicated, just a rough sequence to develop into muscle memory, much like things like DACUS or pivot USmash.

I think you don't understand the purpose of tutorials mate, tutorials aren't made exclusively for hard things, a lot of simple things, video game and none video game related have tutorials. Thing is, not everyone knows said sequence, this is why this tutorial was made, so people can know the sequence you call "simple" (yet I doubt you know what you are talking about considering you compared it to pivot USmash).

 

[LEGOF]

This series reminds me Wak's Advanced SSBM videos. This series could have as much of an impact to someone else just like Wak's video did to me.

 

[Kirbymeister]

Good thing this came out: I've been meaning to brush up on my Melee skills.
A great video, as always!

 

[Link24a]

Tfw this is the only Melee tech I'm able to pull off consistently

 

[masterpad]

i love shffling especialy using L-trigger for Landcancel, it goes along with fast-falling using D-stick very well

 

[Kirbyfan391]

Everyday I'm SHFFLing

Short hops so low they're still on the ground!

 

[Ryu Myuutsu]

Everyday I'm SHFFLing

Improved version

 

[SmashRayner]

i'd rather see this in smash 4 over wavedashing any day

 

[Gawain]

I'll never understand how some people think this takes a great deal of skill or precision to do. I think I was able to get this around 90 percent of the time within less than a half hour of learning about it. It's not hard at all.

 

[Evilzpet]

Did this really warrant a tutorial? Nevertheless, great content from the Smash academy, as always.

Don't be an ass. Yes it does so new people can learn. I don't see what the problem is exactly? Not everybody can be perfect like you and can know everything without being taught.

 

[Zethoro]

I think you don't understand the purpose of tutorials mate, tutorials aren't made exclusively for hard things, a lot of simple things, video game and none video game related have tutorials. Thing is, not everyone knows said sequence, this is why this tutorial was made, so people can know the sequence you call "simple" (yet I doubt you know what you are talking about considering you compared it to pivot USmash).

Yeah, that was a poor comparison.
I forget that a lot of Smash Academy's videos are for the fundamentals, so I guess this is fitting.

 

[SSS]

WHAT YEAR IS THIS

 

[Zethoro]

WHAT YEAR IS THIS

The year is 20XX. Everyone gave up on learning Fox to TAS levels of perfection and Bowser is somehow now perceived to be the best character in the game.

 

[hype machine]

The hardest part of SHFFLing for me is fast falling with consistency.Does anyone else have this problem

 

[Moux]

Another good tutorial by smash academy

 

[MCDMars]

I didn't say that it didn't need prescise timing, but the tutorial is basically, tap jump, input aerial, fast fall, press L with good timing.
It's a tough thing to get down, but it's by no means complicated, just a rough sequence to develop into muscle memory, much like things like DACUS or pivot USmash.

I feel like that's what makes it a great tutorial. It shows you what a lot of basic movements look like, and tells you how to get those right and work towards the SHFFL rather than just learn it all at once