Has grab range increased?

[Artmastercorey]

I play a tether grab character mostly young link and I notice alot of time people are grabbing me from quit far away like as if they have a tether grab themselves. Like mario for example. I know in past games there was a way to extend your grab I forgot the name of it (boost grab I believe). Im assuming this is whats going on, or has grab range in this game been extended somehow?

 

[TheTrueBrawler]

I feel like tetherless grabs have decreased in range actually. Either that, or it's an issue with both Richter and Ike.

 

[Artmastercorey]

Really? Hmm, maybe its certain characters. Like mario grabs me from so far, ness always has ofcourse, marth, king k rool, obviously, ect. I wish there was something that compared grab distance.

 

[ZephyrZ]

There is a way to boost your dash grab range by hitting dash -> shield -> attack. The way it works is that hitting shield just after dashing cancels the dash into a roll, but hitting attack while shielding cancels it into a grab. That way you get a momentum boost from the canceled roll while grabbing.

It's actually a pretty easy tech to pull off. I suggest watching the Beefy Smash Dude's video on it.