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Falco Sheild Pressure

Laijin

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This is one of the things my Falco lacks. lol.
Anyways, i've played lots of Falcos before and they all are able to deliver intense sheild pressure on me, always forcing me to roll away. My question is what is the best way to do this?

I've seen people shine -> SHFFL d-air -> shine -> repeat.
I've seen people shine -> waveshine -> waveshine -> waveshine(back and forth)

What is the best way to do it? Do I just simply short hop and d-air out of my shine and repeat? Or do I have to do something completely different?
 

SCOTU

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Probably the best way is to start off by getting behind their shield, either with your first dair, or a waveshine. From there, you should mix it up with early pillars, ideal pillars, maybe some double shines if you're feeling up to it. See the thread on pillaring (something like: "Pillaring - what it is and how to do it", on the 3rd page), i give details on the 2 most optimal ways of pillaring (i also throw in the thing on multihsining a few posts down). The key is to mix up your pillars, and know that you're not going to break their shield, so be ready for them to roll/ spot dodge/ etc.
 

Zeron

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Yeah, has anyone actually broken an opponent's shield with Falco's shield pressuring abilities?
 

SCOTU

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Technically, no one can (without the other person being dumb). But there are instances where it occours. (i.e. Shiz's combo vid, cause that's **** strong pressure that can intimidate someone into not thinking).
 
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