Gyromite - Edgeguard applications ( by Robo~Luigi )

[El_Bardo]

Just wanted to share with you guys a video made by my brother ( Currently Top player of Spain playing only R.O.B). In this short video he explains some uses for the gyro for edgeguarding :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3TtJNm7hpo

 

[Mister Eric]

Awesome! Tell your bro I said thx!

 

[Gotmilk0112]

Whoa. I never knew you could edgegyro -> Dair / Usmash like that.

Only problem is I rarely find myself in a situation where I'm holding a gyro with my opponent offstage, far enough offstage to let me set that up.

 

[Mister Eric]

Whoa. I never knew you could edgegyro -> Dair / Usmash like that.

Only problem is I rarely find myself in a situation where I'm holding a gyro with my opponent offstage, far enough offstage to let me set that up.

It's quite easy to set up actually.
The best way to initiate this is while they are recovering, and they get up from the ledge, you knock them back off by using down b.
That or you can hit them with the gyro toss from your hands or from down by while you're in the neutral to knock them off stage.

You can also do a reverse aerial rush downward gyro toss to make it faster. I plan on making a video soon to elaborate on all of this.

I do this a lot in high level play.

Check this out for a reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS9Hxzt0gjI

Every kill set up in this game was from a gyro setup. And I knew which way he was going each and every time because of the direction ROB was facing when he tossed it.

Hope this helps!

 

[Gotmilk0112]

Now that I think about it, I have done it before, just not comboing into a smash or aerial. Usually just hitting with a thrown gyro then chasing forward and landing a dash attack.

 

[Gotmilk0112]

Almost...

 

[Gotmilk0112]

Ah, there it is!

I DID IT!

This makes me irrationally happy.