A Question about U-Airs.

[SinkingHigher]

I noticed that when you fast fall a U-air, mid-attack, Sheik does one of those frog kicks upon landing on the floor. If you push the joystick to the side, she slides quickly but only a little distance.

I'm pretty sure this is a dead end, but can anyone think of a way to manipulate that landing animation to do something cool? I tried "sliding" to the edge, but she just stops.

Hmm. I'll try it directly above the edge and on platforms to see if anything happens.


*UPDATES*

Alright, I found out that it can cancel landing lag directly into an unescapable u-tilt at lower percentages. f-tilts sometimes work.

 

[-Mars-]

I noticed that when you fast fall a U-air, mid-attack, Sheik does one of those frog kicks upon landing on the floor. If you push the joystick to the side, she slides quickly but only a little distance.

I'm pretty sure this is a dead end, but can anyone think of a way to manipulate that landing animation to do something cool? I tried "sliding" to the edge, but she just stops.

Hmm. I'll try it directly above the edge and on platforms to see if anything happens.


*UPDATES*

Alright, I found out that it can cancel landing lag directly into an unescapable u-tilt at lower percentages. f-tilts sometimes work.

I'm kinda lost, is thier any way you could put this on a vid?

 

[SinkingHigher]

It's really simple...

Just to see what I mean, jump twice. As you approach the ground (like, the distance you would Chain Jacket), do a u-air. When sheik lands, she obviously can't be on her feet, so she lands on her shoulders/back and kicks her feet up.

From what I can tell, you can perform any vertical attack from this position quite quickly.

If you still don't get it, I'll do the vid.

 

[TigerWoods]

I know what you mean! But I don't seem to have a use for it. Well it looks really cool!

At low percents the frog kick can set up for another aerial? I duno..

I think It was put in because it's the only animation that would make sense after hitting the floor...

 

[Villi]

Landing on her back just means you didn't auto-cancel the attack. It's possible to auto-cancel it from a short hop.

 

[-dMT-]

I think what he means is missing the autocancel on purpose to witness the landing lag, which is Sheik bouncing back on her feet in the case of a uair.

SinkingHigher is suggesting that you can cancel that animation into a u-tilt.

...if I understood him...I think I did. I should try this.

 

[SinkingHigher]

You're close. She lands on her shoulders, and the U-air connects.

Instead of frog-kicking to her feet, she u-tilts to her feet.