[AT] Link's Hitstun Cancel

[bc1910]

I just found that Link has a variant of Mega Man's ability to up B out of hitstun, just like Diddy can neutral B out of hitstun.

I was messing with Link's ability to toss a bomb with down B to cancel landing lag (which I didn't find myself and take no credit for) and found that if Link is holding a bomb, he can cancel hitstun by using down B to throw the bomb when he gets hit. He can throw the bomb the instant he gets hit.

Unlike Mega Man's rush cancel, which only works if Mega Man is sent into non-tumble hitstun (so basically if Mega Man is hit with a weak attack rather than an attack that sends him flying), Link's bomb cancel only works on hits that send him into tumble hitstun.

This was tested using the demo. I'd like to provide a video or something but it's really late over here, I'll try to get footage of this tomorrow but I don't know if I'll be able to. Sorry if this is old.

EDIT: Seems someone found this a couple hours before I did, here's a link to the reddit thread where they're talking about it.
http://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/2i12j0/d1_just_posted_this_video_on_twitter_you_can/

 

[AdaptiveTrigger]

I think I saw someone else posted about this...though they didn't post it here in the Link forums

 

[bc1910]

Yeah sorry if this is already common knowledge but I've looked and haven't seen anyone else post about this. They're just talking about Link/Toon Link/Peach's ability to cancel landing lag, not hitstun, with their item tosses. I figure it deserves its own thread for reference anyway, whether I'm the first to find it or not.

 

[JJpalmer]

How does it work i apologize for the stupid question

 

[Sabaca]

You just spamm downb while holding a bomb when you get hit

 

[Chappy]

Why hello there, bc.