Knee Timing?

[ItsIve]

What's up guys, I've been having some trouble landing the sweetspot knee lately (after reading an air-dodge) I can't seem to get the timing correctly these days, and I've actually lost some tournament sets recently because I failed to land a clutch knee. So do you guys have any little tips or tricks that help you get the knee timing more solid? I posted this in the Q&A thread a few weeks ago but it got lost in some other posts and didn't get answered. So thank y'all!

 

[ATH_]

I would highly appreciate this as well...
I've always had trouble with timing it in bizarre scenarios. It seems to be my largest drawback when playing Falcon, since I know when to go for them, but I tend to just hit the weak knee.
Though it did help me learn weak knee combos. :3

 

[yogo540]

I'm also curious how local vs wi-fi play affects consistency.

 

[Metalbro]

It's really just something you have to get a feel for.

 

[ItsIve]

I think WiFi does affect it somewhat. At least a little bit. I sometimes have the feel for it, but I randomly lose it and gain it back again. I also sometimes use the A button for aerials and sometimes the C-stick, and maybe that affects things too. I don't know. But yeah, weak knee does lead into some pretty interesting stuff, I sometimes purposely get a soft knee because of the follow-up potential it has. I wish we had the technology that Melee players have that show what exactly the hitboxes are and when they appear. That would make this so much easier lol.

Also, do some characters in the cast have airdodges of different lengths? Because I think that could affect the consistency of knee timing too.

 

[Swagmaster]

Practice is key.
If you think you need to, go to training mode and repetively full hop knee someone (smaller characters for a challenge). If you have someone who's willing to help, let them airdodge and DI in a random direction while you practice. Remember that slowing down the speed and working your way up can help if your still not getting it. I can hit the timing for knee all day long, but my spacing for airdodge knee is way off. Any chance anyone has any tips for that?

 

[Ramz289]

It's really just something you have to get a feel for.

Practice is key.
If you think you need to, go to training mode and repetively full hop knee someone (smaller characters for a challenge). If you have someone who's willing to help, let them airdodge and DI in a random direction while you practice. Remember that slowing down the speed and working your way up can help if your still not getting it. I can hit the timing for knee all day long, but my spacing for airdodge knee is way off. Any chance anyone has any tips for that?

^ dis
Set cpu to walk or jump to practice kneeing a moving target.

 

[ItsIve]

Thank y'all for all the suggestions so far. I appreciate it!

 

[jacksonTown]

Do you guys use the C-stick or -> + A for knee? or any aerial attacks for that matter.

 

[Levateinn]

I always try to be inside their hit box since sweet spot is what , first 1-3 frames of active. But yea I know it prolly isn't the best advice but you do need to feel it.