Lower Fair at the ledge

[InfinitySoul]

I was reviewing Earths games. When Pit is holding the ledge a usual option is release SH Fair.
I thought he could throw the Fair lower.

Here are my results :
(http://hpics.li/f47ccaf)

You can see the hitbox hits Roy a lower (on his foot instead of his leg).
Which means you can shield stab much more easily.
The only drawbacks I found so far are : 2% less damage and probably have a shorter range.

Instead of releasing the ledge holding back, you should release holding down, press forward, press A (for fair) and keep the stick tilted forward.

Video (Earth's fair @ 2:35, lower Fair @ 2:55).

If there is anything I missed or that you want to add...

 

[knepsis]

I believe the higher fair hits the autocancel window for fair, so it'll usually be better drive it's got less lag, but this could be useful against a damaged shield, fe if you've already hit their shield with upperdash while recovering this should poke and you can get positioning advantage

 

[InfinitySoul]

Lower Fair does autocancel, go @2:55 and slow down the video.

Also I just noticed Pit landed quite far from Ryu with low fair. Far enough that Dsmash and jabs certainly don't connect. Needs to test if Pit can lands a bit further.

 

[knepsis]

Lower Fair does autocancel, go @2:55 and slow down the video.

Also I just noticed Pit landed quite far from Ryu with low fair. Far enough that Dsmash and jabs certainly don't connect. Needs to test if Pit can lands a bit further.

It does not look like it autocanceled

 

[InfinitySoul]

It does.

When he suffers landing lag, Pit knees himself.

Here is how low fair landing looks.
Start a custom, SH Nair Fast fall and you will see the difference.

Edit : so I've been testing again. I confirm it does AC.
https://youtu.be/EV7_uu6QoeU?t=9s
Slow down the video to 0.25.

 

[InfinitySoul]

http://metauprising.blogspot.nl/2016/09/labbing-results-get-up-low-fair.html

Here are the results of the labbing sessions I made.

It does loose range, and doesn't shield poke as well as I thought (picture inside).