Meteor Cancelling

[J-mar]

Hey guys, which buttons do you find it easier to meteor cancel with? Up then UpB or either X or Y followed by UpB?

 

[TrageÐy ®]

X + Y.
That's how I learned, way back when I bought SSMB :T

 

[Fletch]

"Y", although I cannot remember the last time I had to meteor cancel when I still had a jump left over.

 

[SCOTU]

I don't meteor cancel, I edge tech. (no good at meteor canceling). I'm better w/ the SDI and edge/wall tech.

 

[Zaromo]

If you have your second jump still and are accustomed to using the jump "buttons" (X and Y) and I would HIGHLY recommend X or Y. However, if you "don't" have your second jump then only the Up B will save you...unless your Yoshi or something!

 

[Lightshade]

"Y", although I cannot remember the last time I had to meteor cancel when I still had a jump left over.

Very true. Most of the time you are hit with a meteor smash, you will most likely have no jumps left.

 

[Wave⁂]

Use any attack that constitutes for recovery, such as an upB that gives distance or a jump.

 

[SpruceTengu]

What exactly -is- meteor cancelling? Thats one i haven't heard of...

 

[Zankoku]

You cancel the downward knockback of a meteor by either using a double jump or Up+B at any point AFTER hitlag of a meteor attack.

 

[flipkid]

now.. the hitlag is limited to the time during the hit animation correct?

 

[trademark0013]

during, no. very shortly afterwards

 

[10th-Karma]

I love giving my friends heart attacks cuz their Falcon meteor didn't work.

 

[gunnac]

hey whats the timing exactly. I mean you cant meteor cancel at ANY point after hitlag. You have to time it right?

 

[10th-Karma]

I think you have to wait for like after you're down a body length underneath the player that meteored you and then jump right away. U just need to get familiar w/ it. I suggest to practice w/ another human player and hang off the edge of final D and let someone like ganon or falcon meteor you and meteorcancel.

 

[SCOTU]

Here is the process:
1: Get hit (animation finishes)
2: Hit lag (hit lag is the time starting the frame the hitbox connects and lasts a number of frames based on the move. During this time you don't move and can SDI. You know when you get hit by samus' blue ****, you pause a bit after being hit, there are 18 frames of hitlag on that)
3: Now you're in meteor state, a state of being of your character signalling: moving fast downward and any point during it you can meteor cancel. This step is the difference between a spike and a meteor, spikes you tumble instead of being in meteor mode.

 

[HideousBeing]

The final slash of Link's grounded spin attack knocks you downwards. Is this a meteor attack? Can this be meteor cancelled?

 

[Stormblast]

No that is a semi spike and cant be meteor canceled.

Meteors are generally all moves that send you straight down.

Spikes like marths and falco's send you down at an angle so there is the difference and they cant be canceled but you can jump and up-b when the hitstun is over but you will probably be dead then

 

[HideousBeing]

No that is a semi spike and cant be meteor canceled.

Meteors are generally all moves that send you straight down.

Spikes like marths and falco's send you down at an angle so there is the difference and they cant be canceled but you can jump and up-b when the hitstun is over but you will probably be dead then

Not all meteors send you straight down. I'm pretty sure mario's fair is a meteor, and depending on what time of the attack he hits you with, you could go at several angles, as well as straight down.

 

[strider43]

...unless your Yoshi or something!

If Yoshi begins his second jump it makes him like 100x heavier making it impossible to spike him in any which direction, Unless of course he ends his jump and is falling down.