ZSS Laser -> Down-B -> Follow-ups: how can I use it?

[Golden Rainbow]

I was just fiddling with ZSS a bit when I sorta discovered this. I'm pretty sure I'm not the inventor for this, but I found it interesting, not obvious, and I didn't find it in these boards, so I wanted to share it. You can watch it by clicking here. Apologies for the low quality footage, but that was the only way I could do it.

If you can't watch the video, here's a written explanation: you can connect Down-B after Paralyzer/Stun Gun. It's guaranteed (or at least easier) the more you charge your laser, being almost 100% guaranteed with a fully charged one (save for awkward situations). After the opponent is buried, you can follow up as they rise, since they can't immediately act when getting out of a buried state. You can get guaranteed attacks when they are buried, when they rise, or mix it up and go for airdodge punishes.

My major question, though, is: is it useful? Sure, it looks cool, but I'd appreciate if someone more knowledgeable than me could apply it consistently in a match. My idea was to use it in high percentages where ZSS doesn't get combos/strings easily (and therefore not a whole lot of conversions), but I'm having a hard time identifying how can this be more useful than down-throw -> back air.

 

[Scootch]

That is a really cool combo. Even if it isn't as useful as d-throw b-air it looks cooler.

 

[Megamang]

This has been known for a while. If you hit them right near the edge, you can try and time a flip kick spike on them when they release resulting in a kill. If they aren't spikable, it seems most ZSS try and bair them towards the blastzone to finish them off or set up a HYPE KICK! Grabs are nice because they do a lot of damage once you pummel and chain them. I'd wager its better and more consistently deadly to simply do the grab combos because they leave the opponent in a pretty bad state of landing against ZSS.

But yea, flip kick them if it will kill them.

 

[Otterz]

Definitely using this on a Town & City platform thats leaving. Thanks for posting this.

 

[Sol Squid]

If you start the combo and go Nair -> Paralyzer -> Down B, that is a free 22% average. Down B also kills, so if you start at percents that wouldn't usually kill, you could take a stock.

 

[pichuthedk]

Uhh well here is one that probably hasn't been mentioned if you have someone on the ledge and your spacing is around say your grab range(when they use a ledge get up).
From that range if you get a fully charged laser on them , that spacing let's it be perfect in terms of timing to down b and kick spike them as they slide off the ledge., I'm going to work atm but if I remember I'll make a video when I get home.