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Jab Cancelling

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bigafromusclekid

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I found a fast and easy way to jab cancel. You simply jab and crouch cancel it soon after. It requires a little timing, but I find:

Nair - Jab Canceled jab - Jab canceled jab - grab - dthrow as an effective combo.

I think this will set up for more accessible combos especially against faster and smaller characters.
 
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Whiteface

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AS we speak i am trying this technique... It works perfectly.. Thank you! This is going to be supremelt useful
 
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bigafromusclekid

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Also, this is a lot faster than shield cancelled jabs, so try this out. It's good for jab cancelled grabbing.
 
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How do you jab cancel? I know that is really obvious question yet I don't know how. I try to time my shields or crouch just after pressing A, but it doesn't seem any quicker at all? What am I not doing?
 
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bigafromusclekid

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Jab canceling is quite easy. You can't perform the crouch until a little after you jab. You can't immediately cancel the jab otherwise you'll just perform the kick.
 
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Nica K.O

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does this work on everybody or is it like character specific?

good stuff btw

this makes for some good mind games and mix ups
 
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rklamer

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Yeah, I honestly don't understand how Jab Cancelling works. Can someone explain it as simply as possible? XD
 
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bigafromusclekid

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press the a button, crouch, and then press a again. You shouldn't even see the crouching animation. Also, you can't crouch immediately after, otherwise it'll just go to the second jab attack. The idea with Ike is that you only get the punch out because it is the fastest of his AAA combo. This sets it up for grabs, Aether, or maybe some other attacks.
 
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bigafromusclekid

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I kind of invented it, I think. The only thing I've heard about jab cancel is with the shield button, but i didn't know how to do it :-) Other than that, I never heard of crouch jab canceling before.
 
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bigafromusclekid

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I don't care if i did or didn't. It's not like I'm trying to name it "afrojabbing" or "BAMK's jab". Nobody has been using this tech, and so I figured nobody knew about it.
 
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limitbreak

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bigafromusclekid said:
I kind of invented it, I think. The only thing I've heard about jab cancel is with the shield button, but i didn't know how to do it :-) Other than that, I never heard of crouch jab canceling before.
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Ill just clarify it. You didn't invent it. Im not being a jerk, Im just letting you know that crouch canceling instead of shield has been used before.
 
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bigafromusclekid

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But that's the thing! Nobody knew about it! This isn't melee. There are barely any tech skills that came over from melee. It's a completely different game.

Neither of us know a lot about this game yet, so instead of saying "Oh yeah, that's in melee," to the 4 tech skills that came over, I'm trying to figure out what's in and out.
 
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GTGD

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Since I got the game I've been jab canceling G&W's pump with the crouch like in Melee. I actually wasn't aware that the shield was used to cancel it by most people until now, since people only ever say the term rather than how to do it.
 
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bigafromusclekid said:
But that's the thing! Nobody knew about it! This isn't melee. There are barely any tech skills that came over from melee. It's a completely different game.

Neither of us know a lot about this game yet, so instead of saying "Oh yeah, that's in melee," to the 4 tech skills that came over, I'm trying to figure out what's in and out.
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Are you ****ing ********? Ive been using this **** since day one.

Stop being a little ****, GTFO the internets
 
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Rabble2

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the afrojab, its doesnt matter if you invented it thats what it will be called
lol Miller's jealous :(
 
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bigafromusclekid

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Wow Miller, Sorry if you're mommy and daddy don't love you.

Anyway, I realize that jab canceling repetitively can help with spacing without sending them too far out. This could put some characters outside range of hitting, but then you can follow up with an ftilt.
 
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Ohh no, now im going to go cry.
Lately it seems that I, and a handful of other people on these Ike boards, are the only sane ones.

GTFO the internets
 
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DuB 22

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Yeah this is terrefic! I never really liked SC the jabs. Ya know, I tried it a little online, you can even get a down tilt out of it after you hit 'em with a couple of cancelled jabs. *Cheers* Ike has new combo starters!
 
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bigafromusclekid

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Miller said:
Are you ****ing ********? Ive been using this **** since day one.

Stop being a little ****, GTFO the internets
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Wait.... What?? So I'm a **** because You've been using a tech skill in a completely different game. Ok, I see your logic now. You really are the only sane one on the Ike boards.
 
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