How do you play Puff on your controller?

[Tags]

Alright I've been basically wondering this ever since I started maining Puff for about 4 months now and I've been wondering...

How do you guys play your Puff with your controller?

Basically I've been dominantly using control and c stick for basically everything. The only time I use y or x (y in this case) is for wavedashing / wavelanding. I switch up my L-canceling now and then from L trigger to Z. It's just for some reason I feel constricted to use x and y if I want to use them for all my jumps / moving around. But the problem is when I go defensive (OoS / CC Wavedashing etc) I move my thumb to y, and when I want to strike for a punish I feel like I take too much time to move my thumb back to my regular position to do so.

So basically my question is: What is the most comfortable way to play Puff with your controller? Or should I just do what feels natural?

 

[Krynxe]

Just do what feels natural, honestly

I use Y for all of my jumping, occasionally I use analogue stick up for certain situations like rising up-airs
R for my wavedashing, either trigger for my shielding, etc
I use a mixture of A button and c-stick for atacks, also given the situation and given what I used to jump

And then you have people like hungrybox who use analogue jump and Z for attacks/L-cancels almost exclusively

As long as you can consistently do what you need to do, there isn't a problem. If you are having problems, practice more or change something up.

 

[Tags]

Yeah I can definitely see Z being an "All-in-one" button for Nairs, L-canceling, and grabbing (For all aerials though seems a bit weird). I practice a lot every day and pretty much have everything down to muscle memory now, but I'll try switching it up now and then.

 

[Fortune]

You could try using the right side of your right index finger on Y to jump. That way your right thumb is free to aerial with the C stick and you can move the control stick with your left thumb without interference from jumping. This is usually how I move in the air.

 

[Zelbertoad]

I don't use the z button , x button, R trigger, or c stick.

I use L for shielding, wavedash, and L-cancel, and L & A for grabbing. Y for jumping.

It's very minimalistic and comfortable. It helps me to reduce my reaction time by making my right thumb move as little distance as possible.

 

[S2rulL]

When I started using Puff, I mainly just used the analog stick, A, R & Z. But more recently, I've been using L, Y & the C stick more, but mainly just using L for wavedashing and cancelling, Y for keeping up pressure and the C stick if I want to go for low% kills.

 

[Grim Tuesday]

How does HBox fair while moving backwards/bair while moving forwards without c-stick?

 

[Massive]

You can flick a tilt and hit Z to do an aerial and not lose any momentum if you do it quickly/correctly.
It's better/more reliable to just to use the c-stick though, IMO.

 

[Chikorita]

I use X for all my jumping (I find it much, much more efficient to SH and WD with X) and I use L for shielding and wavedashing while I use R for L-Cancelling.