Dash Cancelling: When/Why/How To Use It?

[The Ocho]

A friend asked me today what the point was of even bothering to learn this technique, and I didnt have a full answer for him, actually, I only had a slight answer for him.

Would someone tell me when/how/where/why to use this technique? Or have I been wasting time.

 

[Kashakunaki]

Wow. I didn't realize this thread had zero responses, or else I would've responded earlier.

Dash cancelling isn't in Brawl. So uh... doing it is the same as doing nothing.

 

[Cobra]

Are you sure he wasn't talking about the Dash-attack cancelled into an Up+A?

...because that has some decently useful implications for Wolf. If he's never heard about it, it might be worth it to point him to the Vid. *goes and finds*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7Q2gfVEf0k

...maybe that will help.

 

[The Ocho]

Blah, I wasn't sure of what it was, The Over B cancel. The one that can make you slide, look like a wavedash (though its not essentially) or makes your recovery further if hit in the right frame.

 

[Memento]

Do you mean taking your side-b and canceling it by hitting "b" during one of the frames?

If so, the purpose is simply so you can make a no-lag landing. If you don't cancel it you end up landing with a very significant amount of lag leaving you rather vulnerable.

Even then, it's not a very hard technique to learn. You can simply hit your b button after hitting the side-b, once you get the timing right its fairly consistent.

 

[jdub03]

is he talking about B-sticking?

 

[UltraKyu]

I think he means dash-cancel with Shield Button.

Heres an explanation of how to use it and why:
Imagine you run towards an opponent, without dash-cancellig you have 2 options for an attack: either you perform a dash-attack (press "A" while running) or you can jump and do a Aerial. But If you run and cancel your dash with Shield, you can perform any action out of a dash a lot faster than you could if you just waited till your character stands still after running. For example you can run towards you opponent, press Shield and then "A" to grab out of your shield or you can perform a (non) Up-Smash out of your dash.

Its nice for Mindgames, gives you more Options for moves out of a dash.

There are also other ways to cancel your dash, like Up-Smash-Dash-cancel. Just perform an Up-Smash while you're dashing and you immediately perform a Up-Smash even without cancelling your dash with the shield-button. This only works for the Up-smash though.

cya

 

[Relhots]

A friend asked me today what the point was of even bothering to learn this technique, and I didnt have a full answer for him, actually, I only had a slight answer for him.

Would someone tell me when/how/where/why to use this technique? Or have I been wasting time.

lol, remember when you played dark... lol, with all of the canceling... he would kill kash and his cockyness...

 

[Kashakunaki]

My God, what is he talking about?

 

[Relhots]

My God, what is he talking about?

oh, this guy on Bc, has mastered that slide, and the ocho wants to learn it... im surprised you dont know it... you think you know everything...

 

[star_wolf86]

Is it, by any chance, possible that this could be done with an up-B attack, instead of up-A?

If so, then I can imagine Luigi using it to turn himself into a god.

 

[Kashakunaki]

Ouch, Relhots. I felt the sting on that one.

No need to be rude. It seems like you're the only one who gets that impression around here.