Homing Attack

[Terios the Hedgehog]

I guess for offensive uses, it's probably better off as a followup after an spindash hit (any phase, lol). Forever ago, Terios had an offstage D-air > HA pseudo-combo but everyone's too scared to try it LOL

....I did? A Dair combo sounds more like an Anthinus thing. If I ever did that to you it was an accident and a stroke of luck. lol

 

[Jim Morrison]

I actually killed a Snake the other day with bair to bair to HA off of YI Brawl.

You lost a set to Hylian thanks to HA, so this totally gets crossed out.

 

[Tenki]

....I did? A Dair combo sounds more like an Anthinus thing. If I ever did that to you it was an accident and a stroke of luck. lol

Nope lol

It was TwinkleToes.

O_o;

did he died?

Homing Dair: Done by dairing into an enemy and then doing a homing attack to cancel the dair. If done correctly, the homing attack will send you up and into your opponent and knock them even further from the stage. Sometimes it is necessary to use your mid-air jump first to get close enough to your enemy to home into them, but this is dangerous since if you miss you will need to up-b very quickly to keep from dying.

 

[Terios the Hedgehog]

lol. I'm gonna try that out. That's not specific enough. Sweet spot dair?

 

[Tenki]

probably sweetspot, otherwise you end up ... far away from your opponent and die.

But it was meant to gimp only some characters, like Fox / Falco lol.

I still have never gotten around to trying it myself :/


Let's not forget SonicX580's mysterious "F-shot" technique that he made himself.

Take a guess what it's made of lol.

 

[Nixernator]

So this Homing Dair technique is for use against fast fallers mainly? Lol I found my new trick to try.
Also Homing attack is a good ok mixup when someone is juggling you, also I use it as a good indicator of skill of the person I'm playing. Like if they get hit more than 2 or 3 times in one match without it being unavoidable/ do not punish it, I don't really bother practicing with them.
Ever.

 

[Terios the Hedgehog]

Fthrow Homing attack combo is legit.

 

[chaoechidna]

It's pretty awesome at that moment where you end up stuck under the stage, you know, the part where your opponent starts gloating since you just lost a life. But wait.. you're sonic. Use HA while they taunt, bounce off the bottom of the stage towards the edge (hopefully), use spring. Watch while your opponent craps his pants when you end up next to his taunt charging your forward smash. The last part has only happened once in my life..

Oh yea, if they spot dodge while you do HA, you're pretty much dead. But you were dead anyway, so HA is worth a shot if you end up under the stage w/out a second jump.

Other than that, I use it sparingly when coming out of my spin dash if I miss the opponent but SDJ over their heads. It works well sparingly.
Mostly use it for recovery.

 

[Jim Morrison]

Mostly use it for recovery.

No.
I spotdodge, you die.

GG

 

[Tenki]

Fthrow Homing attack combo is legit.

lol sonicx580 found something legit? wat

from now on, we call this by his name:
F-shot.

But wait.. you're sonic. Use HA while they taunt

this is actually rather lol and truthful.

too bad it almost never happens :/

also, I wifi combo'd people IRL.

i was like, wat.

 

[Terios the Hedgehog]

No. It's not legit. I was being sarcastic. lol

 

[Tenki]

we still dub it F-shot, regardless.

 

[Terios the Hedgehog]

I wholeheartedly agree.

 

[MarKO X]

To home means to follow, correct? Not with Sonic. Calling this move a homing attack is blasphemis, IT DOES NOT FOLLOW, IT ONLY LOCKS ON THAN FOLLOWS THROUGH WITH THE GIVEN PATH. If it were to home, it would not miss.

And with that logic, no one should use Homing Attack.
/thread

 

[Kinzer]

I thought we already established that HA as a direct offensive attack is pointless.

 

[Kitamerby]

"Hey, what's the quickest way to ensure myself a painful death? Oh right, just tap the B button."

 

[Terios the Hedgehog]

"Hey, what's the quickest way to ensure my OPPONENT a painful death? Oh right, just tap the B button......with MK."

Spruced that up for ya.

 

[MarKO X]

I do not approve of that fix.

 

[Terios the Hedgehog]

I do not approve of your disapproval.