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[Thai Warrior]

Another noob question.. How exactly do u shot hop? do u just tap ur jump button or something? and how can it help oli on his >B?

 

[-Dixi_]

you short hop by lightly presing up or jump. Olimar can short hop, fB, then fAir.

 

[Thai Warrior]

oh i see. Thank u very much lol

 

[BlackWaltzX]

To be more exact -Dixi, if you jump in the air, you can foward B without stage influence. On Yoshi Brawl, standing on the stage not only makes the pikmin arc in a horrid way, but it makes you a sitting duck.
'WHile in the air though, you can be moving away from them while throwing at the same time.

Yes though, you can foward b and fair one after another too.

 

[Thai Warrior]

U can aim better when u short hop with ur pikman right?

 

[BlackWaltzX]

Completely.

 

[Thai Warrior]

Thats cool

 

[-Dixi_]

i never throw pikmin on the ground period... on a short hop you can fB twice.

 

[DanGR]

Thanks for not flaming him guys. I like to see that in the Olimar forums. ^_^

Anyways, Thai, you should try and get into the habit of short hopping your pikmin throws. It's not as nearly as punishable and especially for Olimar, he needs to be close to the ground most of his game anyways, IMO.

 

[Poisonsparrow]

ooh this is good info for me
I usually don't Short hop with Olimar only if im trying to FAir or spike them off the stage

but I'll utilize it more with the FB

 

[DarkStraw]

I use the ground pikmin throw against short characters sometimes, like toon link. Esp if they are just sitting there spamming arrows or something.

 

[BlackWaltzX]

I use the ground pikmin throw against short characters sometimes, like toon link. Esp if they are just sitting there spamming arrows or something.

It's still better with short hopping.
The only exception is at the start of the match against a Zamus, you'll want to F+B a blue, red or white. It clashes with the armor pieces and blocks the throw. So basically...

GO~
Red blue white? F+B, purple? SH F+B, yellow, dodge pieces.

Red, blue, yellow as opener, you can do a shield dash foward and grab.
Yellow, play as normal.
After F+B with purple, than dodge and foward smash as most Zamus' will do a grab move.

 

[Thai Warrior]

thanks u guys been very very helpful! ill put short hopping into my game play now =)