Is edge hogging cheap/n00bish?

[Roy82]

I believe edge hogging is completely ok as it takes a litte practice to jump onto the edge properly. but my bro thinks its a cheap move. personally I think ledge vulching is cheap but not edge hogging. what do you guys say

 

[Falconv1.0]

I believe you need to read the friggin rules and try the search button, also

LRN 2 LURK MOAR

 

[CRASHiC]

No, the pros do it, does your brother play Olimar or Ivysaur by chance?

 

[M-WUZ-H3R3]

It's not cheap. It's been a part of competitive smash forever and it's funny as **** to pull off.

Your bro needs more recovery options.

 

[smashmachine]

only noobs say edgehogging is cheap because they die that way
he probably uses a character with a fail recovery

 

[mountain_tiger]

Anyone who thinks edgehogging is cheap is an idiot, IMO.

 

[Melfice z]

Edgehogging is by no means cheap because its the opponents fault that they are offstage to begin with >___>

 

[Roy82]

only noobs say edgehogging is cheap because they die that way
he probably uses a character with a fail recovery

he uses diddy kong and has like 200 more falls than KO's!

I do it to him all the time. Love jumping out there with Ike and d-airing him straight down also.

 

[The_Prince]

even halfway decent players can easily get past edgehogging. unless they're playing with link or something.

 

[Roy82]

even halfway decent players can easily get past edgehogging. unless they're playing with link or something.

It's especially easy for me since I main Wolf... his b-right/b-left is perfect for knocking them off the edge.

 

[smashkng]

Edgehogging is a deadly gimper of Olimar and Ivysaur's recovery.

 

[Budget Player Cadet_]

Your bro is a scrub. Just tell him "No Johns" and find better opponents. :V

 

[M-WUZ-H3R3]

he uses diddy kong and has like 200 more falls than KO's!

I do it to him all the time. Love jumping out there with Ike and d-airing him straight down also.

If he mains diddy, can't he just wall cling?

Thars yar recovery option

 

[Apollo$]

Edgehog him moar

 

[pacmansays]

Not cheap but not going to deny its annoying to fall victim to...still can't do it quickly enough so I need to work on it a little

 

[VodkaHaze]

I think it is a technique that isn't cheap. Because edgehogging isn't spammy and can be hard to perform at times (grabbing the ledge at the right time can be hard).

 

[UncleSam]

I'm going to assume he is recovering low which he should not be doing in the first place, I dont think we'd have this problem if he knew how to recover better.
a way to get him to stop johning is to punish him every time he gets up from the ledge.
worked for me
@vodkahaze only if they know how to recover well

 

[sasook]

even halfway decent players can easily get past edgehogging. unless they're playing with link or something.

Actually, we manage just fine really. Fun fact (yes fact), good Link players have broken DI. Simply because DI is our recovery.

On topic, I used to think it was cheap a year ago when I first entered competitive smash but...it's not.

 

[GTR!]

Saying edge hogging is cheap is just an excuse your bro uses to make himself feel better for losing...its something on smashboards we call johns

 

[kingcobra9]

personally planking is gay but edgehogging is part of the game like smashes

 

[xDD-Master]

No........

 

[ssbbFICTION]

Tell him to take up metaknight.

 

[smashmachine]

Tell him to take up metaknight.

then he suicides with a B attack and says meta knight sucks

 

[The Sauce Boss]

seriously? What a stupid thread.

 

[Shadow13]

Edgehogging is fun, it isn't cheap, just teach him how to do it better so he doesn't think it is cheap.

 

[Demp]

The skill in edgehogging isn't the actual edgehog, but rather setting it up.

Lock please?

 

[Roy82]

Wow, this got more posts than i thought it would =)
I'll probably do what a few of you said and try to teach him how to EH better.. then he'll understand the great feeling you get when you nail it.

Actually, I noticed the other day that in Brawl level 9 cpus do it... don't think they did in Melee.

 

[M-WUZ-H3R3]

Wow, this got more posts than i thought it would =)
I'll probably do what a few of you said and try to teach him how to EH better.. then he'll understand the great feeling you get when you nail it.

Actually, I noticed the other day that in Brawl level 9 cpus do it... don't think they did in Melee.

In melee the cpus have the same approach every time. If you play against a lvl 9 fox in melee he'll take a few steps, shoot a few lasers, take a few more steps, shoot some more lasers. When he finally gets close to you, he'll start to jab with his 1st and 2nd jabs only.

They were actually programed with other options in brawl.

 

[AlAxe]

Your bro plays Diddy and you play Wolf. He should be the one edgehogging you, lol. I main Diddy and very rarely get edgehogged while Wolf is one of the easier characters to edgehog.

 

[saviorslegacy]

OMG! Liek u r ah n00b if you edge hog.
FACT!

 

[9Kplus1]

Only Marth mains make edgehogging "bad" as you people call it.

 

[Mota]

Not cheap, Takes skill and timing, also there's some risk to the edge hogger.

Many funnies have come from egde hogging.

 

[demonictoonlink]

No, but this thread is...

 

[MoblinMan]

what he said ^

 

[ffdgh]

If the cpu have sense enough to do it, i suppose not XD

 

[Cacti]

Of course not...

 

[Kuraudo]

inb4sonictheedgehog

 

[:mad:]

This thread is bad and you should feel bad.

Of course it's cheap, n00bish, and something only bad players do. It's dishonorable and stupid.

Don't do it...

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Nahhhhh.

 

[.Marik]

Your brother needs to lern2recover.

It's a perfectly viable option which every person should practice, and learn to overcome.

 

[choknater]

edge hogging was a LOT gayer in melee

in brawl it hardly ever works lmao, maybe against spacies or ic's or whatever but

just TRY edgehogging peach or tlink

its not gonna work, maybe once out of 100 when you time it PERFECTLy and they are JUST BARELY out of reach

let alone the chars who cant be edgehogged if they recover correctly

mk, puff, snake, etc

cheap/n00bish? no
difficult to do in brawl? hm yes sometimes
better options? usually