better and faster way of hugging. (UPDATE!)

[distr0ia]

It's not really a new technique.
It's more of an improvement to an old one.

um, isn't that pretty much what the OP said?

 

[siqmonkey]

um, isn't that pretty much what the OP said?

sorry but i don't know all the terms said here. whos OP??

 

[comboking]

I don't know i will go find out considering crashboards is working

 

[siqmonkey]

ok. thanks i guess.

 

[Vro]

This is very swift, with no chance of overpassing the ledge. Although people will still differ on how to edgehog, this is a good find.

 

[siqmonkey]

thanks. i experiment a lot.

 

[Jumanji]

OP-original post, in this case you

 

[Valken]

I find this extremely situational and pretty much useless. Sure you can do it right out of dodge, but the time it takes to do the dodge animation is much much that simply stepping off the edge. It may be cooler, trickier, and niftier, but it sure as hell isn't faster.

It definately has it's uses, they are just few and far between.

I want to accentuate the point that this is indeed cooler, trickier, and niftier than simply hugging. And for that, you deserve a high five.

 

[Ulevo]

This most definitely has its uses. It is a safer, more insured way of Hugging, and for that alone, it is useful. Characters like Captain Falcon and Sonic have trouble Hugging because of how fast they run, so this helps them out a bit. It's also a good retreat method if you happen to be shielding near the edge, and can be used to counter attack from a ledge hop.

Good find in my opinion.

 

[Valken]

This most definitely has its uses. It is a safer, more insured way of Hugging, and for that alone, it is useful. Characters like Captain Falcon and Sonic have trouble Hugging because of how fast they run, so this helps them out a bit. It's also a good retreat method if you happen to be shielding near the edge, and can be used to counter attack from a ledge hop.

Good find in my opinion.

Good points. I didn't think of Falcon and Sonic. Excellent point. As far as a retreat goes, will probably get hit on your way down and, in return, become edgeguarded.

This moves a toss up.

 

[Ulevo]

Good points. I didn't think of Falcon and Sonic. Excellent point. As far as a retreat goes, will probably get hit on your way down and, in return, become edgeguarded.

This moves a toss up.

I am unsure of how fast this method is from the point at which the roll ends, to the point where the character clings to the edge, so I am not sure how safe it is as a retreat method near an edge, but it makes sense in theory. It may even differ from character to character. I will try putting it into practice the next time I have a few rounds.

 

[Frostspin]

Some may be having trouble doing it (as I was until about 5 minutes ago, now perfected) because you don't just press down diagonally, or at least that didn't work for me. Just pressing diagonally down after the roll caused me to fast fall down. To do the hug, I press down diagonal, then sweep it forward quickly once he falls off the edge to initiate the hug

 

[mventre]

^^^ ahhh thanks alot man i haven't been able to do it yet and i'm going to try this method

 

[TriforceCore]

I cant seem to get it down with charizard maybe Im doing it wrong?

 

[siqmonkey]

first off, im happy that everyone is getting the hang of this tech and using it as a safer way of hugging. for that i thank you. second, most of you have trouble learning this. its really simple. you can walk/run to the edge to the point where your character is in its "im about to fall" animation or whatever its called. then just tap diagonally down on your control/joy stick(not the c-stick) depending on which side of the stage you are in (if your on left then tap diagonally left, if your on the right then tap diagonally right). you dont tap diagonally during the roll animation, its after. this way is hard to do because you can fastfall since your facing away from the stage. i roll dodge to the edge so i can face to the stage, so then when i tap diagonally down it instantly edgehogs and you don't fast fall at all. you can also do this while standing on the edge. perhaps i should make another video showing you the difference between walking, running and roll dodging to speed hug?

 

[imnotanoob]

Oh so thats why i couldn't do this correctly. im off.

 

[otter]

So does that mean there is a moment where you lose invinsibiltiy between the roll and the hug? Because that would make it sort of useless.

 

[Doval]

So does that mean there is a moment where you lose invinsibiltiy between the roll and the hug?

Duh. Unless you know of a way to literally roll off the edge.

This is just a different Analog Stick input to do the exact same thing as hugging. Rolling isn't even that efficient; it's faster to run and simply "brake" by shielding at the end.

 

[n3g4t1v3]

im about to try this. I'll let you know how it goes.

 

[Fredd]

Would someone please give me a step-by-step instruction on how to do this?
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[iamthelifeonmars]

does this have the same effect as just doing a qcb (or "hadoken" or whatever you wanna call it. the other instant edgeguard)? thats what i do and i never have any trouble with it at all really, it doesn't seem that unsafe

 

[Affinity]

you can walk/run to the edge to the point where your character is in its "im about to fall" animation or whatever its called. then just tap diagonally down on your control pad (not the control stick)

wait... like your "do a taunt" control pad?? ive been trying that and it doesnt work at all.

it might help if you explain this step-by-step

 

[siqmonkey]

sorry control or joy stick. sorry i was in hurry. the one you move your character with. ^_^'

 

[Affinity]

sorry control or joy stick. sorry i was in hurry. the one you move your character with. ^_^'

lol that makes a lot more sense. thanks

 

[lain]

for the last time. this is not a fast way to hug. this is a very dumb way to hug.

running off and fastfalling does not encompass jumping off the stage in any way to grab the edge. what you're doing is rolling to the edge and turning around to fall off and grab the ledge. for a second you can see diddy kong turn around and then fall.

 

[siqmonkey]

yeah but this tech has less chance of fastfalling.

 

[siqmonkey]

a new find read the first page.