Timing for a tech online?

[King9191]

I've been practicing teching a lot. I side tilt Falcon in training, grab the ledge, and drop off the ledge right when the hitbox on his Up-B comes out. I tech the knockback perfectly. Did the same thing with Ness to adjust to delayed knockback and stuff like that.

So when a Falcon command grabs me just under the ledge in For Glory, I was fully prepared. I lean forward in my seat, wait for the knockback, time it perfectly... and I go flying into the abyss.

Before anyone says I just didn't time it right, my timing was perfect. I did a little experiment and found that there was a miniscule amount of lag, which I had not noticed before at all.

So... is there a specific timing for teching online and there's almost unnoticeable lag? 10, 15, 20 frames early?

 

[derpcube]

In my opinion teching in smash 4 is the hardest due to lag, there has been hundreds of times where I lose matches due to missing my tech in lag.
Lag can't really be controlled and is random so luck will help you tech online.

 

[King9191]

Thanks. I just can't wait to get into the tournament scene. Then there will be no delay, obviously, and I can tech with ease if I expect an attempted stage spike.

 

[Deleted member 269706]

Just do your best when playing online...Generally it's not too far off from offline play as long as the lag isn't too much, but still challenging nonetheless, especially at higher percentages. Maybe you just messed up that time. Keep with it, but don't rely on it, especially when playing online.

 

[King9191]

I attempted techs an eighth of a second earlier than I normally would when I was playing today, and I never missed one of them. I even got it after getting hit by Mario's multi-hit Up-B under the ledge.

 

[srn347]

Whenever I'm uncertain of the amount of lag in FG and have distance from my opponent, I tap the R button to see how much it delays. Over multiple matches with opponents from various regions, I've found the lag to be (usually) somewhere from 15-35 frames. Anything more than 20 feels noticeable without testing it.