Hoenn
Smash Journeyman
Many people have been trying to avoid relying on pikachu's bair for edge guarding claiming "Once people learn to tech it it will become obsolete"
What input is needed to stage spike? A: The same input that causes air dodge.
If you fastfall bair at the last second, the opponent will fall out of it and will throw out any input they buffer. If you air dodge from there, you will not be able to recover unless you are villager.
This works by abusing the buffer mechanic allowing moves to input on the first possible frame.
This is a 50:50 mixup. Both lead to death
Even at low percents: If they don't tech, then you get a free footstool
To explain this further to people that have trouble getting infromation from reading and do not understand the video. These are their options after getting hit with bair offstage:
1. They can Press L or R which leads to
a. We stage spike them, then they survive by teching it
b. We fastfall at the last second, they air dodge to their death
OR
2. They buffer a recovery option or press nothing
a. They get stage spiked and die (or stage spike to footstool)
b.There is a possibility that they recover safely by not buffering anything that won't help them recover (They are still in a really sticky situation)
https://youtu.be/0_MeYKMyyFU?t=8m
Here is a video example. I hope to see more pikachu mains abuse this
What input is needed to stage spike? A: The same input that causes air dodge.
If you fastfall bair at the last second, the opponent will fall out of it and will throw out any input they buffer. If you air dodge from there, you will not be able to recover unless you are villager.
This works by abusing the buffer mechanic allowing moves to input on the first possible frame.
This is a 50:50 mixup. Both lead to death
Even at low percents: If they don't tech, then you get a free footstool
To explain this further to people that have trouble getting infromation from reading and do not understand the video. These are their options after getting hit with bair offstage:
1. They can Press L or R which leads to
a. We stage spike them, then they survive by teching it
b. We fastfall at the last second, they air dodge to their death
OR
2. They buffer a recovery option or press nothing
a. They get stage spiked and die (or stage spike to footstool)
b.There is a possibility that they recover safely by not buffering anything that won't help them recover (They are still in a really sticky situation)
https://youtu.be/0_MeYKMyyFU?t=8m
Here is a video example. I hope to see more pikachu mains abuse this
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