Instant Skull Bash out of Back-Air

[OptimistNic]

As I was playing the demo I had messed around with Pikachu. I did a b-air and then after the endlag was complete I pressed side-b. Instead of having the startup lag it usually has, it instantly activated the attack. Note that this is only possible immediately after the endlag of the b-air ends. Charging it will also retain the startup lag it normally has.

Sorry I cannot provide you footage.

And yes I tested every other aerial and even waited a bit after the b-air endlag just to make sure I wasn't being fooled, but there is no startup immediately after b-air.

 

[KurashiDragon]

I just ran it in my demo and yea, it seems to be the case. It only works for Bair though.

 

[Muhznit]

Can also verify. It's pretty cool. Doesn't seem quite useful though, since there are few situations where I see need to use Skull Bash (recovery aside, but you'll want to charge for distance anyway). Can anyone with the full Japanese game verify this with custom moves?

 

[Choice Scarf]

Is this aerial endlag or landing endlag?

 

[OptimistNic]

Is this aerial endlag or landing endlag?

Aerial. The trick can only be performed entirely in the air.

 

[GrownCannoli]

Nice trick. This is great for recovering if you go deep for an edge guard.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[Pikabunz]

This is a pretty interesting find. Can other characters do this?

 

[GrownCannoli]

This is a pretty interesting find. Can other characters do this?

I am sure they can. I realized that you can upB instantly out of Bair too for a sneaky recovery.

 

[Pikabunz]

UpB doesn't really look faster after bair. It seems to only work with sideb after bair, which is really weird.

 

[GrownCannoli]

Ok never mind I don't know what I was thinking lol. But yea SideB is certainly faster.

 

[Chibi-Chan]

Uh it's.. Still working!

 

[infomon]

I have absolutely no idea why this works but it works.

Totally bizarre. Nice discovery!