Best punishes

[Wintry]

So I'm starting to understand how to play Luigi a bit more and I love his style of play. I can hit most of his combos 80-90% of the time, though I sometimes struggle with Dair spikes and sweet spotting Up B.

For a punish, however, what should I be looking at? Sometimes I notice that when I shield an attack I'll get pushed back too far to go for a grab, unless I'm missing something. What should I do to capitalize?

 

[MrTeddyBear]

You should be able to perfect shield the hit and do an OOS Up-B to kill them if they're in high percents. If not then just zone them out, he slides too far to be able to punish the hit.

 

[Wintry]

You should be able to perfect shield the hit and do an OOS Up-B to kill them if they're in high percents. If not then just zone them out, he slides too far to be able to punish the hit.

Sorry I'm still noobish, what's OOS?

 

[MrTeddyBear]

Sorry I'm still noobish, what's OOS?

Out of Shield, basically means that since you can jump out of your shield, you can cancel your jump into some B moves, like Up-B. Basically just perfect shield, then jump and immediately after you jump do the Up-B. It's quicker and safer than just letting go of shield and using the move.

 

[PXL]

Up B out of shield is great

 

[Ribskhie]

Try using D-Smash, it has really good range, and while you're not going to be killing with it unless they're at a high percent, it does knock them away.

 

[STiCKYBULL3TZ]

So I'm starting to understand how to play Luigi a bit more and I love his style of play. I can hit most of his combos 80-90% of the time, though I sometimes struggle with Dair spikes and sweet spotting Up B.

For a punish, however, what should I be looking at? Sometimes I notice that when I shield an attack I'll get pushed back too far to go for a grab, unless I'm missing something. What should I do to capitalize?

Just about any move can be used as a punish. What matters is the amount of frames you have to punish and the enemies percent. Are they at kill percent? Are you just trying to get damage or an advantage? Luigi's grab is very good and has some reliable kill setups. So I would naturally grab as a punish. If I see enough time I'll use Up B or Usmash. If I have a small window, jabs or tilts work great.

To deal with Luigi's pushback, spot dodge or powershield. Powershielding is hard to do unless you can see an attack coming but it'll net you a better punish