There seems to be quite a bit of inactivity here in the Kirby Boards so I decided I might as well do something in hopes of drawing up a bit of discussion. I figured I might as well talk about something that isn't really discussed much, the Jab Cancel, something not hugely used by players outside of Samus and occasionally Sheik. This is because for the most part other characters have far more effective means of shield pressure, but this is Kirby we're talking about, he aint got **** on nobody.
Kirby's jab, for the most part, is none too good. It's not the fastest and it doesn't combo into anything, however the act of jab canceling can be useful for him. Because you cancel the jab animation with a Crouch kirby essentially gains a very defensive attack option. Certain characters like Link, Falcon, Ganon and Zelda can't do anything from shield if Kirby is crouching, and the constant jab pressure can keep them in long enough to give you a Shield Stab option in Dsmash. Any OoS aerial options can be canceled with a jab putting your foe back on the ground and giving you another free hit.
Now you may be asking yourself "Pink Reaper you dashing Herculean stud of a man, why would I do this, something that's actually rather difficult to do, when I could just shield grab" to which I would respond "Because Kirby is terrible." Kirby doesn't have alot of useful options but this can help by eating away at your opponents shield, giving him the ability to at least do SOMETHING. A ganon with almost no shield is much easier to approach than a Ganon with full shield. Dair becomes more of a possibility. Fair's 4th kick will always hit, keeping you from getting shield grabbed. Little things like this help Kirby to not get slaughtered. You'll still probably lose, but you wont get slaughtered.
You can infract me for this Dogy.
Kirby's jab, for the most part, is none too good. It's not the fastest and it doesn't combo into anything, however the act of jab canceling can be useful for him. Because you cancel the jab animation with a Crouch kirby essentially gains a very defensive attack option. Certain characters like Link, Falcon, Ganon and Zelda can't do anything from shield if Kirby is crouching, and the constant jab pressure can keep them in long enough to give you a Shield Stab option in Dsmash. Any OoS aerial options can be canceled with a jab putting your foe back on the ground and giving you another free hit.
Now you may be asking yourself "Pink Reaper you dashing Herculean stud of a man, why would I do this, something that's actually rather difficult to do, when I could just shield grab" to which I would respond "Because Kirby is terrible." Kirby doesn't have alot of useful options but this can help by eating away at your opponents shield, giving him the ability to at least do SOMETHING. A ganon with almost no shield is much easier to approach than a Ganon with full shield. Dair becomes more of a possibility. Fair's 4th kick will always hit, keeping you from getting shield grabbed. Little things like this help Kirby to not get slaughtered. You'll still probably lose, but you wont get slaughtered.
You can infract me for this Dogy.
