Paladinight
Smash Apprentice
Hey guys I don't really know if this known but I looked around and can't seem to find it anywhere. So as most of you know if you do a Monkey Flip from above a certain height and don't press a button on landing Diddy Kong will maintain that momentum, and then it is possible to shift that momentum by crawling backwards. However performing this while facing left doesn't yield the same distance as when performing this facing to right. Plus aside from the fact that this technique currently only has any real benefit while facing to the right, there's not much you can do while crawling backwards. In fact as far as I know it's only Jab, Banana Pull, Jump, and Shield, to get any real benefit you must end the crawl and once you do you're left to the options you would have during the neutral game. So aside from using it to space around a little you can't really do that much with it.
But today I was messing around and found a way to alleviate both only being able to perform it facing to the right and the limited options available to you. Instead of holding the crawl if you press Down > Down Back > Neutral, Diddy will slide backwards but in a neutral position and this works even while facing to the left. Note it has to be done reasonably quickly. Now because Diddy is in a neutral position you're free to do anything you desire out of slide while maintaining the backwards momentum, except for Jab, F-Tilt and F-Smash as they cancel the sliding momentum.
Also while we're here I want to say that you can also pivot out of the Monkey Flip sliding animation instead of just sliding forwards so it's possible to Monkey Flip over someone and attack behind them while moving away or even Pivot
Sliding backwards and pivoting extends into the neutral game as an approach option as you can Monkey Flip where ever you want and be able to space and attack accordingly.
But today I was messing around and found a way to alleviate both only being able to perform it facing to the right and the limited options available to you. Instead of holding the crawl if you press Down > Down Back > Neutral, Diddy will slide backwards but in a neutral position and this works even while facing to the left. Note it has to be done reasonably quickly. Now because Diddy is in a neutral position you're free to do anything you desire out of slide while maintaining the backwards momentum, except for Jab, F-Tilt and F-Smash as they cancel the sliding momentum.
Also while we're here I want to say that you can also pivot out of the Monkey Flip sliding animation instead of just sliding forwards so it's possible to Monkey Flip over someone and attack behind them while moving away or even Pivot
Sliding backwards and pivoting extends into the neutral game as an approach option as you can Monkey Flip where ever you want and be able to space and attack accordingly.