Backwards bair

[HideousBeing]

Do other Zelda players here ever find themselves using the bair even when they are facing the opposite direction?
Consider this scenario:

You and your opponent land near each other and instinctively shield after doing so. So you're both on the ground shielding, and facing each other, with your shields touching each other. You decide to break the standoff, with a JC kick. Only I, though I would jump at him, would use my bair. It would still hit him, but I would be less vulnerable if it hit him (assuming that you are so close to each other that neither fair nor bair would sweetspot) than if I used the longer in coming and going fair. Not to mention, I could quickly pull another one afterwards, when I end up behind him.

This may be hard to understand, but I think if you do it, you'll get me here.

 

[SaiXander]

Maybe if you reword it.... I could understand exactly what just happened.

 

[Zone]

I guess what your saying is landing ur kicks behind them. with a backair. SO they can't shield grab, and their best option being b-air out of shield ot keep shielding if you're lcanceling. Kinda like trying to land your dash attacks on shields behind them.

 

[Luthien]

So you jump TOWARDS them, and when you're in the air behind them you bair? Hmm... never really tried it. All of the people I play are noobs (some actually GRAB... ok, most aren't that bad...), so I never really need the faster speed of bair, as opposed to fair, because they react so slowly there is almost no difference. I can see how that could be useful, though. Thanks for the idea, I'll give it a try.

 

[Zone]

So you jump TOWARDS them, and when you're in the air behind them you bair? Hmm... never really tried it. All of the people I play are noobs (some actually GRAB... ok, most aren't that bad...), so I never really need the faster speed of bair, as opposed to fair, because they react so slowly there is almost no difference. I can see how that could be useful, though. Thanks for the idea, I'll give it a try.

Yea I prefer b-air over f-air for that reason only, it's faster.

 

[DH_Ninja]

I really don't know if ive done that at all or not. Might give it a shot.