Loop Arrow

[Atsu]

I know there's a video thread, and I don't know if this has been found out yet (Can't search it since a title would be hard to go from), but here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyBlqxn1QTk

It's more of an easter egg then anything else. It could be helpful in some ways I suppose.

 

[NastyMcMean]

OMG thats ****ing awesome

 

[Betaz]

holy **** mindgames!!!

 

[Undrdog]

Fun way to edgeguard in teams anyway.

 

[Hardcorenesser]

it's too hard to pull off to be useful. You would have to have enough time to do and your opponent could just shield it... and all your effort would go to waste...

 

[kotahlicious]

holy **** 0_0

 

[MAtgSy]

Your opponent wouldn't always expect it though.

 

[Mysteryfox1]

OMG that's awsome!!!

 

[neji hyuuga6]

wow awesome!!

 

[Raikage]

That is amazing. I remember someone saying "Wow, so Pits arrows are like Ness' PK thunder!?" a while ago and I said "Nah, the arrows would be way too fast to control like that", guess I owe someone a beer!

 

[Billychu]

Wow. Please don't tell me that I have master this. I AM NOT SIMNA!

 

[Atsu]

it's too hard to pull off to be useful. You would have to have enough time to do and your opponent could just shield it... and all your effort would go to waste...

Which was one of the reasons why I said it was more of an easter egg than anything else. xP

You leave yourself open long enough to let your opponent get a free strike. If you're going to edgeguard, you may as well just do a normal curve. But I can't deny it's surprise factor if you mastered it (By master I mean hit with near 100% accuracy).

 

[VaneWalker]

Thats Pretty impressive, I call it a Super Duper Tech

 

[NastyMcMean]

it's too hard to pull off to be useful. You would have to have enough time to do and your opponent could just shield it... and all your effort would go to waste...

yeah, maybe they can shield it but what i was thinking was that you can shoot it away from them and it will stab them in the back, of coarse they will shield most of the time but loop arrow=pressure. If they shield and you are close enough you might be able to grab and all that good stuff

 

[wodan46]

One thing to note is that you can still apparently move while controlling the arrow. I wonder it a player with good timing and planning could do an attack or shield at the same time the arrow hits.

 

[CorruptFate]

That is so bad *** i am so tying that when i get my game THIS WEEKEND WOOT!!!!!

 

[FS Fantom]

Wow...never even thought to do that, and I've been playing for a month, lol.

Cannot wait to go home tonight and play around with this.

 

[MrEmperor]

Wow! Just wow. Don't think it'll be much use though like people have said.

 

[iron blade]

0_0 Wow. Definitely an easter egg though. It's too hard to pull off for it to be useful and it leaves you open.

 

[Hardcorenesser]

Ya... i don't necessarily know what you mean when you say easter egg... from the context i assume it means it is some kind of cool technique that isn't worth the time it takes to pull it off. Also, is it possible to get two arrows in a loop at once? If you can, can't you make a circle of arrows that just keep spinning and spinning? or does each arrow only last for so long?

Ya I tried this a couple weeks ago. I gave up on it though cuz it was such a pain to try...

 

[ZDAN]

Can you fire more arrows whilst one is being controlled?

 

[outofdashdwz]

Wow haha it's like skywriting. Except... you can only write "o"s.

 

[SuichimoTheDragoon]

Wow haha it's like skywriting. Except... you can only write "o"s.

First thing that went through my mind when I saw that.

Peter: "There's a message in my alphabet soup. It says 'oooooooo'."
Brian: "Those are Cheerios."


Actually, I have a question to ask now that I think a little. Can you maneuver the arrow while being grabbed? Like, say you just shot the arrow and got grabbed right after it. Could you bring it around to hit the guy who grabbed you? I'm assuming it would break the grab.

 

[Pyronic_Star]

although most seem to think that this won't be very useful....i'm fairly sure that id someone is able to actually master this it could be highly useful
scenario:

Pit loops arrow
opponent doesn't care
pit approaches and attempts to attack opponent
opponent shield grabs or perfect shields....just to be interrupted by the looped arrow

in my opinion..this could be a HIGHLY useful defensive tactic.....of course this is only if someone is able to fully master it and do so while playing as normal, which as someone has previously stated, would take extremely good planning

 

[Ballistaboy]

WOW just doing that is amazing, then all of your propositions. If someone was able to fire an arrows, loop it around, and hit someone with it accurately while playing. pit = god tier, lol

 

[10electro01]

THIS is the counter to sheik's infinite(?) wall grab.

 

[BAND!T]

i dont think you can shoot another arrow, the first one would dissappear

 

[zeldamaster2006]

Never gonna be useful but that is AWESOME!

 

[Admiral Pit]

It's like a missile coming outta nowheres! I'd love to do that, but i dont think it would work on most human players, but i still love it!

 

[Doval]

A direct approach would the loop arrow probably wouldn't help, but if you loop it back and under the stage, you'd have a much better trajectory to hit people below.

 

[Tristan_win]

This look really interesting and need to have a in depth study, like how many milla seconds you need to hold down and left to make it do a complete circle.

 

[Admiral Pit]

I tried doing the loop arrow yesterday when the game came out... quite hard to master, but I still like it. It's not necessary to do that against pros though, for that can cost you a lot.

 

[Repryx]

Hrmmm Im gonna try this out!

 

[PipePlaza]

HOLY ****!
All hail the Looping arrow!

 

[NxC]

Can you fire more arrows whilst one is being controlled?

Yes. I got three going at once but it's hard as hell. With more than one going at once, they are all controlled at the same time.

I just tried this, and even recorded with a crappy webcam. I'll probably upload it later. I can see this going one of two ways: Either being mastered by some robot-like smasher or a clever tactic used by none.

I'm going for the first. :<

 

[FS Fantom]

Get that vid up ASAP because I would love to try and figure out the timing for mutliple hours.

Honestly, though, I'm not sure how this could be used in a 1v1 match; you'd have to be playing against a mental invalid for it to work. Maybe once in a blue moon as an escape once you're grabbed, but that's incredibly situational.

 

[NxC]

Get that vid up ASAP because I would love to try and figure out the timing for mutliple hours.

The trick is to leave enough space behind you to allow for the shooting delay while the already shot arrow(s) are coming back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCa4elU8xJU : Hope you can stand the crap quality, I need to get a better way to record the screen. This was one of my first attempts, I was practicing while it was uploading and I managed to get ~5 arrows almost on each other.

It's just so darn difficult. It's hard to set up, even if you can see where your arrows are. The time it takes is a bit obnoxious, too. Anyone could come up and beat the crap out of you before you even get 3 arrows looping.

 

[Crizthakidd]

haha mindgames. thats all im saying. ull freak the shiz outa ur opponent!

 

[NxC]

Ok, further testing yields that you can only have a maximum of 4 arrows suspended in the air. If you shoot a 5th, the first one is deleted. There is a limit, but if you manage to get four consistently, props to you.

 

[Renvi]

HOLY CRAP, that is amazing.
Sick vid too, NxC. How long did that take to figure out?
Totally have to try that out tonight.