Tourney Locator Tech Of The Week DOUBLE FEATURE: U-Turn And Moon Land!

[LiteralGrill]

One Smash in partnership with Tourney Locator have worked together to produce the series: Tech of the Week! Last week we were very busy with CEO 2015 incoming and accidentally missed the Tech of the Week. To make sure no one misses out on the content we have made this article a DOUBLE FEATURE to highlight both videos!

Let's start with last week's tech. Those in search of a movement option good for mobility, shield pressure, and edgeguarding will be excited for this one. Learn from the world of Pokemon with Tech #68: U-Turn!

Want to become a real master of the ledge? This tech will help you get back on the stage and into the fast almost twice as fast for many characters. Tech #95: Moon Land!

Some may have noticed the numbers of the techs are slightly out of order. This is because all of the techs to be shared are a part of the One Smash Tech Tree. This makes each video feed of the others, showing how each tech works together to form a complete game. The other videos in the series include Fast Fall Break,Snap Back and Slow Run. A full playlist is available here so be sure to check these out to get the full idea of the One Smash Tech Tree. Hopefully these techs will help players up their games!

SmashCapps always looks forward to the Tech of the Week and hopes it can help people learn something new. To keep up with all of his writing antics follow him on Twitter.

 

[90007000]

Lol DOUBLE TECH

 

[busken]

Oh boy its a DOUBLE!

these techs aren't to bad

 

[young grasshopper]

"The eagle has landed" It's not an eagle, it's a falcon! I might punch them just for getting it wrong

 

[◥θ┴θ◤ | JJ]

These guys' videos are the greatest.

 

[Ryu Myuutsu]

That U-turn tech... was really helpful! Thanks!

 

[RoA_Zam]

So tech 95 requires tech 96 to perform? Hello?

 

[GP&B]

Great stuff, but I'd really love to avoid a repeat of Brawl where every small nuance has a dumb name. Try to call it precisely what it is.

 

[NFTsmasher]

I agree with GP&B. The videos are well done with useful bits of info, but the titles for them (and the names of the techs) can be a bit misleading.

For example, instead of "U-turn" (something that only barely resembles the actual motion that you do), it should be something like "turn slide" or "turn skid slide" (some name to not confuse with what "perfect pivot" is).

I guess they are just going for what they think will sound catchy, but I would argue to keep names as close to what the tech is actually accomplishing when possible and THEN possibly abbreviate that name if you're going for something that is easier to say quickly. We already have tons of people confusing wavebounce with b-reversals and stuff like that, so clarity for these naming conventions goes a long way.

 

[EmptySky00]

You didn't make U-turn Tech #89 are you stupid?


I've never seen an opportunity dropped so hard. If it was someone's child that kid would be on the short bus for the rest of his life.

 

[SpandexBullets]

Ooh fun

I wonder who has this best? (Who am I kidding it's SHIEK)

 

[Spinach Ops™]

T E C H B O Y S

 

[Kink-Link5]

This is front page worthy? Both of these are in Brawl.

 

[LiteralGrill]

This is front page worthy? Both of these are in Brawl.

Since someone brings this up EVERY SINGLE TIME these are posted, I will yet again say not everyone played Brawl, and not all who did so learned all of its mechanics. These help those folks learn these techniques.

 

[Phoenix502]

Since someone brings this up EVERY SINGLE TIME these are posted, I will yet again say not everyone played Brawl, and not all who did so learned all of its mechanics. These help those folks learn these techniques.

perhaps you and @ kirbykid aught to throw out a disclaimer whether or not this was from brawl or not...

 

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Whats the pot bonus

 

[Notries]

Wasn't the U-Turn already discovered by the Wii Fit Trainer boards as the RTAC or something? Or was that something else?

 

[TriTails]

I don't get how to do the U-turn.

And I imagine Moon Land will be useless on characters like Luigi who sticks on the ground for three seconds after going helpless. Luigi also can't move horizontally while going up so.

Seem like Luigi is an anti-tech character :/.

 

[ssbMars]

Whats the pot bonus

Bahaha! Lol at the staged messages with auto-updating dates.

On topic, I can see myself using this "U-turn" tech as a rudimentary dash dance. I like the idea of being able to cancel my dashes. I'll definitely be looking more into how I can expand on the tech for extra movement.

 

[kirbykid]

"The eagle has landed" It's not an eagle, it's a falcon! I might punch them just for getting it wrong

So tech 95 requires tech 96 to perform? Hello?

The numbers are just numbers for internal reference. See tech tree here for how the tech relates to each other: http://www.onesmash.net/tech-tree/

Great stuff, but I'd really love to avoid a repeat of Brawl where every small nuance has a dumb name. Try to call it precisely what it is.

You're free to call it whatever you want. You're also free to try and find all of this tech and work hard at making a video of it. Technical terms have their benefits, but our descriptive, short, catchy terms are just better.

I agree with GP&B. The videos are well done with useful bits of info, but the titles for them (and the names of the techs) can be a bit misleading.

For example, instead of "U-turn" (something that only barely resembles the actual motion that you do), it should be something like "turn slide" or "turn skid slide" (some name to not confuse with what "perfect pivot" is).

I guess they are just going for what they think will sound catchy, but I would argue to keep names as close to what the tech is actually accomplishing when possible and THEN possibly abbreviate that name if you're going for something that is easier to say quickly. We already have tons of people confusing wavebounce with b-reversals and stuff like that, so clarity for these naming conventions goes a long way.

Another problem is that we have a lot of generic descriptors for actions that aren't well defined either. People already throw "cancel" around everywhere. Auto-cancels are not cancels. The words skid and slid are also used a lot. We've researched our tech months in advanced and refined the name we assign to it to not overlap with existing tech/terms and also be descriptive.

perhaps you and @ kirbykid aught to throw out a disclaimer whether or not this was from brawl or not...

Nah. It's the tech of the week series not... "new tech for smash 4 that wasn't in brawl of the week" Thanks for the suggestion though. It's good to try an clear up confusion here and there.

Seem like Luigi is an anti-tech character :/.

Luigi recovers better onto the stage with down b than up b. But... if you have customs, that grounding up b is really good for moon landing.

 

[young grasshopper]

I was only joking about punching. I was trying to make a pun

 

[Waroh]

You didn't make U-turn Tech #89

Well, it's at least tech #68 and 68 becomes 89 if you look at it upside down.

 

[CNMNE]

The numbers are just numbers for internal reference. See tech tree here for how the tech relates to each other: http://www.onesmash.net/tech-tree/

You're free to call it whatever you want. You're also free to try and find all of this tech and work hard at making a video of it. Technical terms have their benefits, but our descriptive, short, catchy terms are just better.



Another problem is that we have a lot of generic descriptors for actions that aren't well defined either. People already throw "cancel" around everywhere. Auto-cancels are not cancels. The words skid and slid are also used a lot. We've researched our tech months in advanced and refined the name we assign to it to not overlap with existing tech/terms and also be descriptive.



Nah. It's the tech of the week series not... "new tech for smash 4 that wasn't in brawl of the week" Thanks for the suggestion though. It's good to try an clear up confusion here and there.



Luigi recovers better onto the stage with down b than up b. But... if you have customs, that grounding up b is really good for moon landing.

I'm a Zelda main, and I'm not being sarcastic, i genuinely want to know how would I Moon Land with Zelda? I'm getting punished out of Farore's Wind all the time, and this is a huge help, it just doesnt seem very possible. Thanks!

 

[kirbykid]

I'm a Zelda main, and I'm not being sarcastic, i genuinely want to know how would I Moon Land with Zelda? I'm getting punished out of Farore's Wind all the time, and this is a huge help, it just doesnt seem very possible. Thanks!

The angle is really hard with Zelda. I can sometimes get it with a almost 45 degree angle moving up toward the ledge. I use delay to avoid the snap and Zelda can just barely make it over the ledge for a relatively fast landing (faster than grabbing the ledge and jumping up). However, Moon landing should be used when you're not in a position to get punished. Gotta scare your opponent away first.