A seperate footstool button

[0RLY]

Srsly, we need it. I can't stand how all these players get unintentional footstools for kills and combos. Sometimes, they even mess up your flow because you didn't mean to footstool. With a seperate button specifically made for footstooling, we wouldn't have to deal with these unintentional happenings. We could actually use footstooling purposefully and effectively. Unfortunately, I don't think this will ever happen. This is like Sakurai's hidden C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER! Thoughts?

 

[Xsyven]

I love it when I accidentally footstool someone. But I'm one of weird Brawlers who laughs when I get owned by a really cool combo.

 

[fkacyan]

Accidental footstools are only good, as you can't tech the landing and the landing has no invincibility frames, so it only means more combo.

You just have to learn the positioning and how to expect it.

 

[PCHU]

I love it when I accidentally footstool someone. But I'm one of weird Brawlers who laughs when I get owned by a really cool combo.

Not the only one.
My Kirby friend pulled off a decent combo, I laughed, but I laughed harder when I broke out of it later on and killed him.
Mistakes can really suck.

Anyway....Footstools rock, but they suck as well.
Characters with multiple jumps just annoy me, because if they're above you, chances are you're gonna be footstooled.

 

[Sosuke]

Its just all about the timing.

 

[MarKO X]

I love the whole footstooling thing, even if it's accidental. It's one of those things (unlike tripping) where you can laugh at it even in the heat of an intense match.

Everytime I footstool, I say, "Ha ha, I just stepped on your head."

 

[Tenki]

You can footstool many characters' non-disjoint U-airs, or even FSJ to get out of their attackbox range during startup lag.

Level 9 computers do it all the time.

As Sonic, I piggyback on other people's recoveries with footstools after spring lol.

The only thing I don't like about trying to fsj intentionally is it usually requires you to spam+lose (or not have) your double jump, so it's kinda hard to do it out of a first jump.

 

[Ilex]

I once won a match from accidentally foot stooling a Marth. They don't have any negative points as far as I'm concerned, so it's not a bad thing if you accidentally footstool.

 

[Johnthegalactic]

ZSS has two different footstool jumps, one can be done and save your second jump.

 

[Zenthewanderer]

I personally like it too. Kudos to the Brawl team for such a nice touch.

 

[SinkingHigher]

Footstalls are sweet. They're like tripping, only useful.

Anyway, Killer Instinct is awesome.

 

[RetroRhythm]

No, it needs to stay on the jump button.

You wouldn't accidently footstool jump if you weren't spamming the jump button so close to the person anyways.

 

[Master of Fossils]

I love footstooling people by accident. Its always one of those haha moments.

 

[AnAardvark]

If it was on a seperate button, wouldn't people just spam that button whenever they're close to the opponent to see if they can get a footstool? Same as air-dogdging in the air, except you don't get any disadvantaged for just mashing the footstool button. And I like it when I do a footstool and KO someone, it makes me look like I did it on purpose.

 

[klapaucius]

This is a little like saying there should be a separate button for tilts, so that people don't smash when they mean to tilt.
Of course, the flaw in that analogy is that some people actually do that, but you get the point. Putting such a specialized move on its own little button would complicate things needlessly.

That said, I don't get footstooled by people very often, except by a friend who mains Toon Link, but high-level CPUs tend to love footstooling me.
Peach and Bowser at Level 9 have a tendency to dash towards me, then shorthop into a footstool into a dair.

...This works much more often than it should.

 

[iEatPikmin]

What would the FSJ button do when you're on the ground? In the air, away from your opponent? I think 3 jump options is already enough, so if there was a FSJ button, it'd be pretty situational.

 

[0RLY]

Perhaps, replace one of the existing jump buttons?

Y'see, I hate it when I see my opponents drop of the ledge so they can try a dj spike, like with Ness. Then, instead of getting spiked, I get footstooled and I see Ness jump off my head and then dair thin air. From that, I know he didn't do it on purpose, which makes it an accident. I would much rather be spiked and given the chance to tech than being bounced off of.

The few combos I DO know how to setup with footstools are very difficult because of the weird timing of footstooling. Even when I'm on top of my opponent mashing jump, it doesn't always work. For once, I just want to be able to use a footstool combo on purpose, and not by accident.

 

[Natolis]

tht would be better for vertical spacing

 

[nakedsnake]

I can only do footstools on accident

 

[N M E]

No, random footstool kill are epic

 

[PKSkyler]

I have a seperate button for when i want to footstool someone.

"X"

 

[samai]

maybe just have an optin to turn footstooling off

 

[smaci92]

seperate footstool button = awesome

 

[nakedsnake]

Something like footstool shouldn't have its own button it should take skills to pull off.

 

[Bowser King]

footstooling randomly makes me laugh especially in the air. It's fun to stomp on them and feel like you meant to do it.