Recent content by ph00tbag

I don't have any guides, but I can offer some advice. It will sound very boring. Go into training mode, select pichu as your dummy, then just practice hitting it with fully spaced zairs and nairs. I'm not talking just try to do it a few times. I mean, try to hit it three times in a row. Then...

Note: as a rule, I don't use a 21 point scale. Match-ups are an imprecise thing, and I think 21 points can't be too fine-grained. If you get lost, my 6:4's would really translate more to most people's 55:45's, and my 7:3's would be more like most people's 60:40's or 65:45's. Fox - 5:5 -...

There's not really a name for when that happens. I'm not sure why it happens either, but every character does this, especially if you royally **** up a dash dance.

Thank you for fixing that error on my part, I was just so used to the other tag! My bad :) That feels so wrong, but yeah, you're right. Don't listen to me, OP.

It's different in terms of timing. A NIL must be timed such that only the peak of the jump gets above the platform. PC Jumping is much closer to the jump's initial frames. I'm not sure if the mechanics behind the tech are understood at all, or if Samus is actually capable of it on a platform...

As ChivalRuse suggested, dsmash is best used when you have a narrow window for whiff punishing, especially when your back is to the edge, as it will often set up for edgeguards. Despite KLit's objections, there are also places where you can force yourself into range of a CC dsmash by mixing up...

It's probably a PC Jump, seen at the end of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMxgGtMLEfw It may be simpler as a result of Yoshi's wonky surface, but it looks for all intents and purposes like a PC Jump to me.

For Falcon, you're not wrong, but again, many jab combos frametrap CC grab, and explicitly punish crouch canceling, but if you can preempt it with something quick enough to beat the second jab, why not do it occasionally? Smash isn't reductive, there's not really any single option that beats...

I would rather say go with something faster than seven frames to beat jab combos. This is a nice low-precision option, though.

You are probably hitting their shield too high, and/or missing your l-cancel, or even potentially not using a strong enough aerial, or not spacing well enough. A lot of aerials, when striking low on shield, and l-canceled, will frame trap when followed up with jab. I would say the opponents that...

Plasma screens do tend to have less latency than LCDs/LEDs, and their high refresh rates make fast-moving images crisp and fluid, however, static images tend to burn in, making Plasma screens less preferred. It is possible to find flatscreens of both varieties that utilize minimal digital signal...

Always devote a little bit of time to the things you'll always use. L-canceling, Aerial Interrupts onto platforms and from ledge, MCs, Jab Canceling, pivots, wavelands, wavedashing, different kinds of bomb jump, grapple wall jumps, sweetspots with both grapple and Screw Attack. There may be...

For my part, I say ban out of hand any stage with permanent features (walls, gaps) that force an aerial approach from above purely based on who achieves the position first. Stages that meet this criteria: Peach's Castle Kongo Jungle (Melee) Great Bay Corneria Jungle Japes Hyrule Temple Green...

Short answer: No Long answer: Where Metaknight has few, if any, meaningful weaknesses, Fox has weaknesses that are actually pretty fatal. Metaknight has the longest range (on a kit of almost entirely disjointed attacks), the fastest attack speed, one of the fastest ground speeds, the best...

It's not uncommon to see players space a dash attack so that the hitbox strikes the back of the opponent's shield. An opponent that's been conditioned to expect an earlier dash attack (which is typically better for combos) can often be baited to attempt a shield grab, or they might whiff a bair...