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Climbing Thier Way to The Top! ~ An Ice Climber Guide ~
- Thread starter Undrdog
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chiyo-chan' dad
Smash Ace
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You think, no! You will, or Popo will cry
Ice glitch looks good i'm going to try it now!
Wikikamukau?
Smash Rookie
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I've always loved Ice Climbers, and this is the first Thread I went to.
I'd never use the Ice Glitch on somebody (except my brother) but it's still good to know. V. well done! Kudos!
I'd never use the Ice Glitch on somebody (except my brother) but it's still good to know. V. well done! Kudos!
otg
Smash Master
Bump.
Can someone explain why this isn't stickied?
Can someone explain why this isn't stickied?
Brawlmatt202
Smash Champion
That's a good question...
Maybe not one bothered to tell a mod or something.
Maybe not one bothered to tell a mod or something.
S.D
Smash Master
Nice guide, few little things you missed that are quite helpful.
D-throw, D-smash is a great chain throw against some characters as someone mentioned. It is the most effective chain throw against sheik as the effect of DI is minimal. She will just pop up in the air ready to be grabbed again. It also works for captain falcon on higher percentages.
When D-throw - D-air chain throwing, good DI can escape quite easily. When you do your d-throw, make nana move slightly forward before D-airing. This requires a little 1/4 circle rotation of your joystick to move forward then g back to d-air. This will send most characters behind you, so to grab again spin around and press grab.
Edge guarding is an ice climber specialty. A couple of good edgeguards:
1/ Spot dodge to desynch facing the edge when an opponent is off the stage. Make nana charge an f-smash then turn around with popo and wavedash off to edgeguard. This means that if they make the stage they get f smashed and if they go for the edge the miss it. Note nana will smash when popo grabs the edge so timing is important. You must hold a the whole time to keep the smash charging.
2/ Similar to the above, when rolling back onto the stage from the ledge, you can make you nana perform any move. So if you miss an edgeguard, you can smash with Nana.
Another handy desynch with the climbers is up b out of shield. Nana will pop up but they wont perform the up b. Essentially nana will short hop and be able to perform any aerial. This is useful for high percentages as you can defend your popo and short hop attack with nana.
Nanapult. Nanapulting involves desynching your ice climbers (easiest with spot dodge to ice brick) alternating ice bricks, then inputing dash jump and down b while popo is using ice brick. This will make nana run forward, jump and blizzard - nanapult. It's a useful change up move or mindgame, keeps your opponent guessing and can stun them long enough for you to capitalise.
Anyway, just a few thoughts, there are endless possibilities with IC's so just experiment. Use those disjointed hitboxes!!!
D-throw, D-smash is a great chain throw against some characters as someone mentioned. It is the most effective chain throw against sheik as the effect of DI is minimal. She will just pop up in the air ready to be grabbed again. It also works for captain falcon on higher percentages.
When D-throw - D-air chain throwing, good DI can escape quite easily. When you do your d-throw, make nana move slightly forward before D-airing. This requires a little 1/4 circle rotation of your joystick to move forward then g back to d-air. This will send most characters behind you, so to grab again spin around and press grab.
Edge guarding is an ice climber specialty. A couple of good edgeguards:
1/ Spot dodge to desynch facing the edge when an opponent is off the stage. Make nana charge an f-smash then turn around with popo and wavedash off to edgeguard. This means that if they make the stage they get f smashed and if they go for the edge the miss it. Note nana will smash when popo grabs the edge so timing is important. You must hold a the whole time to keep the smash charging.
2/ Similar to the above, when rolling back onto the stage from the ledge, you can make you nana perform any move. So if you miss an edgeguard, you can smash with Nana.
Another handy desynch with the climbers is up b out of shield. Nana will pop up but they wont perform the up b. Essentially nana will short hop and be able to perform any aerial. This is useful for high percentages as you can defend your popo and short hop attack with nana.
Nanapult. Nanapulting involves desynching your ice climbers (easiest with spot dodge to ice brick) alternating ice bricks, then inputing dash jump and down b while popo is using ice brick. This will make nana run forward, jump and blizzard - nanapult. It's a useful change up move or mindgame, keeps your opponent guessing and can stun them long enough for you to capitalise.
Anyway, just a few thoughts, there are endless possibilities with IC's so just experiment. Use those disjointed hitboxes!!!
S.D
Smash Master
Yeah, fair call, just thought I'd add my two cents, never know it might come in handy for someone... maybe
Super Mari0
Smash Journeyman
Why isnt this stickied yet?
Thanks it helped and cleared me up alot about the ICs^^
Thanks it helped and cleared me up alot about the ICs^^
otg
Smash Master
Once again, I'm bumping this to HOPE that a mod will sticky this. There is no official guide to the Ice Climbers and this is a very good one. I don't see why this isn't stickied.
Kyu Puff
Smash Champion
This thread did use to be stickied. The mods unstickied it because we have so many threads up there, and this is a pretty outdated guide. Considering there are no mods left on this forum, I don't think anything new will be stickied for a long time.