help with homing attack

[Remo_Mago]

hey,
so im kinda new with Sonic, and after watching some tutorial vids, i tried to do the same.
One move that i saw quite alot of people doing is edge-guarding the foe, jump towards his direction and using the Homing attack to knock him out of the stage.
When i try to do this ,for some reason, the attack goes around my opponent and actually throws him back to the stage!
Could someone please tell me what im doing wrong and advise me with some solution?

keep in mind that im a bit of a noob, and im getting started at the technique.

Thanks alot guys.

 

[Tenki]

positioning.

If he's moving towards the stage and/or rising, it helps to start your homing attack if you're lower than your opponent.

If you're above him, there's a good chance your homing attack will go over/behind him and hit him backwards.

 

[Camalange]

I highly recommend watching this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QMRTsGfy0c

Not only does it explain how the homing attack works, but it also displays other tricks that Sonic can do.

 

[Tenki]

and after watching some tutorial vids,

I'm pretty sure that's the vid he was talking about.

I don't remember any other vids demonstrating HA usage lol.

 

[Camalange]

I'm pretty sure that's the vid he was talking about.

I don't remember any other vids demonstrating HA usage lol.

Hmm...true
>_>
It's just that when I watched that video it made everything clear to me...

 

[Sonic Orochi]

I like the HA even though it sucks D:

 

[Espy Rose]

Watch my latest match vs. Morningstar (3 III is how it's categorized in the Cinemas).

Bair->bair->homing attack.

Too good.

 

[ithrowthings]

Overswarm has a LOT of sonic knowledge and he told me not to even do it. I only use it anymore against nojoes' snake and that's IT.

My 2 cents, do something else out there.

 

[da K.I.D.]

I like the HA even though it sucks D:

HOLY CRAP, where the hell did you come from?

Overswarm has a LOT of sonic knowledge and he told me not to even do it. I only use it anymore against nojoes' snake and that's IT.

My 2 cents, do something else out there.

lol, OS doesnt know jack shiat about sonic...

but that might be because he plays you instead of the really good sonic mains

 

[Kinzer]

Isn't that kind of insulting?

Even though for the moment I won't trust any of the SBR for information regarding Sonic OTHER THAN SP...maybe

 

[ithrowthings]

HOLY CRAP, where the hell did you come from?


lol, OS doesnt know jack shiat about sonic...

but that might be because he plays you instead of the really good sonic mains

ouchies that hurt.... Anyhoo, there's a tourney near you in PA (closer to me, but whatev) coming up on the 27th and 28th. I'll MM you there if you want.

 

[infomon]

^^ I reeeeally hope this happens

 

[Tenki]

^^ I reeeeally hope this happens

saaaame

Overswarm has a LOT of sonic knowledge and he told me not to even do it. I only use it anymore against nojoes' snake and that's IT.

My 2 cents, do something else out there.

Click the little arrow for more wisdom! ^
[SP?] "Tell the Sonic people out why he's so low on the tier list."


OS: "No disjointed hitboxes of any kind, spam works. And there's nothing that Sonic can do, because the only things that go around it are so telegraphed that the other person can just move out of the way. Like, I literally walked up to DastrnMarco and said
'hey, you're playing Anther's Sonic and you're down a couple stocks; Hold down and just hit A alot. He's gonna jump and do a neutral B. Shield and roll. Then down-tilt again. He then beat Anther's Sonic.'"

Yeah, he does have alot of Sonic knowledge. He really knows how to beat bad Sonics and people who don't know matchups lol

Like alot of Sonic's movements, Homing Attack isn't a good move if your opponent is in an idle state (standing, walking, running, falling with double jumps left) It's so horridly easy to take advantage of - you need to set it up with hits, or by 'pinning' your opponent's choices (ex: when they're recovering)/outpredicting them. But it's a good punisher for sure. It reaches quickly and has a horizontal trajectory.

Alot of people just use it stupidly. And Anther's baby Sonic was no exception :l

You don't use Homing Attack, Spindash, Spincharge with the intent to hit if your opponent is in an idle state, because they can just walk back, dodge, attack, or pull some other horrible counter attack (lol I explained how to **** Sonic's homing attack near the edge a few times across a few threads). You gotta use them smartly, as punisher moves.

 

[da K.I.D.]

lol i cant leave the state....
i want to but the law is gaying me harder than metaknight

 

[infomon]

lol

sounds like stage-striking to me >.>

 

[da K.I.D.]

huh?
10whuts

 

[TwinkleToes]

HA is really an offstage maneuver. It's way too easy for people to dodge it on stage.

If you're going to use it to gimp and they're facing the stage and you're coming from the stage you should be below them when you initiate the homing attack so you go to their face instead of their back.

 

[da K.I.D.]

wifi combo is always nice to spice things up every once in a while

 

[Sonic Orochi]

HOLY CRAP, where the hell did you come from?

:D

Dunno, just felt like visiting the boards again.

Anyways, I like HA gimps. It kinda forces your opponent to double jump early or late, depending on your release timing. And always turn back before using the HA: if you miss, you'll go near the stage, instead of going farther. Plus, if it hits... it sets the enemy for a good bair if he DI towards you (which he most probably will do, because DIng towards the stage means he's DIng towards you).

Jump -> ASC -> C-stick TOWARDS stage -> HA sets you to Spinshot and HA towards the stage, if you time it correctly (or just use the B reversal stuff). You lose your second jump, though =|

 

[infomon]

huh?
10whuts

I was making some lame joke about the gov't stage-striking all the States around you..... lol.....

 

[Rickerdy-doo-da-day]

Peach's Nair >>>>>>> Homing attack

Only use it sparingly, when your opponent least expects it. Don't forget you can half the time it takes for the Homing attack to come out by pressing B again about halfway through

 

[Remo_Mago]

great advises
i think im getting the hang of it now!
thanks for the help

 

[ROOOOY!]

Overswarm has a LOT of sonic knowledge and he told me not to even do it.

I hope that's a joke. If not, then -1000 cool points.

I'd have that as my sig but I feel it would be a little confrontational.

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Yeah, Homing Attack.
Don't use it ever, in any circumstance, not even if you're being paid.
Unless you're playing online, anybody with reflexes is going to punish you for it.

 

[Kinzer]

Sonic Unleashed is awesome, when I first saw that scene, I literally LOLed.

I'm still working on trying to beat the game, I'm not as dedicated to Sonic as I should be outside of Brawl.

 

[ROOOOY!]

I've restored 4 of the emeralds I think.

Best game since the Sonic Adventures. If Unleashed had been just moar Sonic and no werehog it would've been the best since the originals.
I dunno why they included him :\ Have they got to fill some sort of minimum ****tyness quota or something?

 

[Tenki]

Ledgehopped homing attack is kinda interesting.

But definitely not something to spam 9_9

I've restored 4 of the emeralds I think.

Best game since the Sonic Adventures. If Unleashed had been just moar Sonic and no werehog it would've been the best since the originals.
I dunno why they included him :\ Have they got to fill some sort of minimum ****tyness quota or something?

Wii version? The werehog thing isn't too bad, if you get good at killing the monsters lol.

There's this cool thing you can do where if you're doing a ground move, you can cancel it with shield. So I was basically "shield cancelling" dash attacks and jabs. It's amazing. Tech skill in a Sonic game. wut wut

When you finish the game, go watch vids of the 360 version and cry on the inside.

I pretty much did that.

 

[infomon]

I suspect the werehog stuff makes sense for two reasons:

1. They felt like they needed to have some new, unique aspect of the game... which is fair enough (if it doesn't suck)
2. I'm sure the system requirements of the werehog stuff is a lot simpler than the running scenes; both in terms of storage space, as well as memory/CPU requirements. This would explain why there's more werehog in the Wii version. Also, it's probably a lot less work to develop in terms of level design, etc.

 

[Camalange]

I second infzy's post.

If you play Sonic Unleashed, each daytime stage is like, 5 minutes of Sonic literally blazing by beautifully designed levels. This is the fastest Sonic has EVER been in ANY Sonic game.

Werehog is basically filler...not too bad though, but sometimes I'm just playing through it so I can do more daytime stuff.

 

[Kinzer]

Oh S*** guys, we've gone off-topic, we better at least talk about homing attack while we discuss the awesome of this game.

 

[ROOOOY!]

Homo Attack can suck my balls.

Yeah Tenki, it's actually the 360 version I've got. How much worse is the Wii version?

 

[Camalange]

Sonic's homing attack in Sonic Unleashed actually locks on targets 4 realz.