Hive
Smash Lord
You've probably came to this thread for two reasons:
1. You are learning samus and want to understand one of her most useful advanced techniques...
or 2. You have just beaten someone in a game paused it, and are now wondering what you should do with the remaing 1 and a half seconds before your opponent flies off into space.
In either case, this guide is for you.
The basics:
up taunt- samus swipes her hand, jet pack goes off ... meh
side taunt- samus' arm comes apart... it looks pretty kwl
down taunt- samus seems to be confused and turns around looking like an idiot
when to use: because after you stock an opponent you will most likely be charging your beam... its hard to find times to use your taunt mindgames..ending a game is really one of the only times to use this technique...
before you begin you should practice the feel of the d-pad, its located below the analog (yes, that thing actually does something)... if you are a sonic, pikachu or Jiggls main, this should already be second nature to you...
Taunting precisely and efficiently is key to ending any samus match... it can leave your opponents thinking "hey she knows how to kick a**" or "her match was kwl, but then I lost all respect for her at the end" (note: equivalent to wario farting a ko)
now practice hitting right on the d-pad... samus should do her kwl arm taunt!
now hit left... same thing!. Notice how much closure it gives to a match? Note: Be careful not to hit down on the d-pad. If you have accidentally hit this button... STOP. Your Samus looks like a pu**y
Alternate Taunts
Alternate taunts are taunts that don't require a single use of the d-pad
Some notable examples are:
Dedede's -"playa' pose"
Jigglypuff to shieldbreak- "jihad"
and Ganondorf' -"doing just about anything"
Samus too has alternate taunts (or ATs since the abbreviation is open)
-For those of you who play soul calibur you'll be glad to know jumping off a ledge after (hopefully :/) someone is STILL an acceptable taunt
-Using the name "Tudor" at the beginning of the match is an automatic taunt... but also, and unfortunately, an automatic john for your opponent. However its still one of the few ways to combat looking douchey using d-taunts
-Shieldbreaking yourself is pretty kwl with samus... she looks like she's wasted...
Doing it in front of Onett's "Drug Store" sign is a bonus point.
-Unplugging an opponents controller mid-match... and then telling them "no johns" is definitely a taunt... and also pretty funny
ZSS Transformation
Is accomplished by rapidly hitting up then down and then up again on the d-pad..... supposedly <.<
I can never get this dumb thing to work
By doing this transformation you see a pretty shiny implosion thingy... but then as you start to get your hopes up ...you realize samus has shed most of her awesomeness and remaining is the degenerate clump that is ZSS.*
Good:
-shiny implosion
-If you opponent isn't dead already... you will be. A fitting punishment for switching away from samus.
Bad:
-ZSS
-Flinging junk at people
*- I'm just kidding, ZSS is my second and I
her ^^
edit* forgive me ...the boards were dead :/
1. You are learning samus and want to understand one of her most useful advanced techniques...
or 2. You have just beaten someone in a game paused it, and are now wondering what you should do with the remaing 1 and a half seconds before your opponent flies off into space.
In either case, this guide is for you.
The basics:
up taunt- samus swipes her hand, jet pack goes off ... meh
side taunt- samus' arm comes apart... it looks pretty kwl
down taunt- samus seems to be confused and turns around looking like an idiot
when to use: because after you stock an opponent you will most likely be charging your beam... its hard to find times to use your taunt mindgames..ending a game is really one of the only times to use this technique...
before you begin you should practice the feel of the d-pad, its located below the analog (yes, that thing actually does something)... if you are a sonic, pikachu or Jiggls main, this should already be second nature to you...
Taunting precisely and efficiently is key to ending any samus match... it can leave your opponents thinking "hey she knows how to kick a**" or "her match was kwl, but then I lost all respect for her at the end" (note: equivalent to wario farting a ko)
now practice hitting right on the d-pad... samus should do her kwl arm taunt!
now hit left... same thing!. Notice how much closure it gives to a match? Note: Be careful not to hit down on the d-pad. If you have accidentally hit this button... STOP. Your Samus looks like a pu**y
Alternate Taunts
Alternate taunts are taunts that don't require a single use of the d-pad
Some notable examples are:
Dedede's -"playa' pose"
Jigglypuff to shieldbreak- "jihad"
and Ganondorf' -"doing just about anything"
Samus too has alternate taunts (or ATs since the abbreviation is open)
-For those of you who play soul calibur you'll be glad to know jumping off a ledge after (hopefully :/) someone is STILL an acceptable taunt
-Using the name "Tudor" at the beginning of the match is an automatic taunt... but also, and unfortunately, an automatic john for your opponent. However its still one of the few ways to combat looking douchey using d-taunts
-Shieldbreaking yourself is pretty kwl with samus... she looks like she's wasted...
Doing it in front of Onett's "Drug Store" sign is a bonus point.
-Unplugging an opponents controller mid-match... and then telling them "no johns" is definitely a taunt... and also pretty funny
ZSS Transformation
Is accomplished by rapidly hitting up then down and then up again on the d-pad..... supposedly <.<
I can never get this dumb thing to work
By doing this transformation you see a pretty shiny implosion thingy... but then as you start to get your hopes up ...you realize samus has shed most of her awesomeness and remaining is the degenerate clump that is ZSS.*
Good:
-shiny implosion
-If you opponent isn't dead already... you will be. A fitting punishment for switching away from samus.
Bad:
-ZSS
-Flinging junk at people
*- I'm just kidding, ZSS is my second and I
her ^^edit* forgive me ...the boards were dead :/
