FF stall Good/Bad?

[Mr.Kalos]

Yah im so curious about this, i've been playing marth pretty long now, and I allways SH and wait a second before FF should I do it immediately? Or am I doing L337 mindgames?

 

[ArcNatural]

You can only Fast Fall after the peak of the jump so you can't do it immediately. Where you fastfall always depends on your situation. Fastfalling late and aerialing so that your attack hits low to the shield is usually the best for giving your opponent the most lag for you to get away with. You should always vary your fast fall heights and such to keep them guessing.

 

[Mr.Kalos]

But I can't ( at the moment ) Just change it up, the best I can do is SHFF and then double Fair

 

[ArcNatural]

Just something to keep in mind then, I definitely recommend (at least when short hopping) to fastfall after you have attacked. Doing it during the attack is generally a bad idea even though it works well when you empty shffl. Hitting someone or hitting a shield will cause hitlag in which fastfalling after the atttack is better.

 

[Mr.Kalos]

oky thanks ill start to implement that into my game, ( and maybe win for once )

 

[FrostByte]

You can also use fulljumps or double jumps for different effects and follow through with an aerial, grab or ground attack. Fulljumps backwards work against characters like fox and sheik who may find it easy getting into Marth from above (Fulljump back-facing Bairs will actually work as well, if not better). Delayed ffs work especially against Falco's lasers and other projectiles.