Recent content by imnotdannyboy

My only concern about the z-drop here is that if our hit doesn't combo, or they fall out of range or something, they regain ledge invulnerabiility from the bomb AND they end up really close to the stage. So it seems like you have to be sure the second hit can combo.

Does the zdrop bomb really open up more options than just bthrow bomb after trump? What kind of stuff can you follow up with? I guess if you chose to hop on stage, you'd have a bit more time to set up your edgeguard.

Ahh, yeah, my controller is in better condition than the other ones we got around the same time, but the analog stick totally wiggles freely just a bit in the very center. I bet it's not snapping back quick enough. Thanks for the input I'll check out the one Smashboards was advertising on sale.

Cool! Yeah, I knew about grabbing ledge with bomb, I just wasn't sure if the jump was enough to get the bomb and the fair. Shame it doesn't work at higher percents, but it could be used to set up gimps. RAR and backwards short hop are also great cause they dodge recovery hitboxes. I don't know...

To be clear, Toon doesn't have any good combo throws, and his follow-ups are mostly nil if your opponent is doing anything to avoid it. That said, toon's throws are mostly for getting people offstage, so if you grab someone while facing the ledge. You probably wanna fthrow to set up an...

Can you tether ledge trump with a bomb in hand and do a reverse bomb throw fair? I feel like this is better than bair, since bair hits them so high. Will this work or will they be too high for the fair follow up? I can test this when I get home, but that'll be a while. What about bomb throw uair?

Hi! I recently tried to learn to perfect pivot on the gamecube controller. I have had little success. I can kinda get it done by manually moving the control stick to just a tiny bit past neutral, but I've had no success with the flick. So far I get like 1 out of every 10 attempts. However, I...

The early cancel sweetspot isn't really relevant. It make a few plays, but I doubt it's gonna be big. The important thing is the end-of-AS sweetspot. Learning that distance is vital.

I think this is Shulk's biggest problem. He's really predictable in neutral and he lacks any good approaches. That said, my most success has been shifting between vanilla, speed, and jump. The best way to win out neutral is to be less predictable, and swapping between three distinct playstyles...

BTW, pivot Fsmash is drugs. Beautiful, beautiful drugs. It's your 'my sword is better than your sword move'. Characters like Lucina, Marth, or other Shulks LOVE to get JUST inside your/their range when doing an aerial, locking you in shield stun for that millisecond they need to get back out...

Hi! I just thought I'd make a discussion post on controller options and control bindings for Shulk. This feels like the first release of Smash where we have actual control options (Four Ways to Play my bum) and Shulk can benefit greatly from being a bit open to switching it up. I haven't gotten...

For all intents and purposes, turnaround f-tilt IS shulk's dash attack. It has almost as much range, and speed turnaround ftilt actually outranges speed dash attack, if i recall correctly.

That's kinda sketch, only because most heavy projectile users have their finger on the block button at all times. Something wind up time of Back Slash will rarely get through, and you'll be open to heavy punish.

Dude, if the other Shulk goes Smash you better damn well go Smash. That's honor. And don't you dare go Shield, you ain't no coward.