Momentum Braking with Pika

[Stealth Raptor]

it has an upward boost penalty when it does the start up, then the KA seems to get rid of all horizontal momentum with a slight upward kick.

 

[KayLo!]

it has an upward boost penalty when it does the start up, then the KA seems to get rid of all horizontal momentum with a slight upward kick.

Ah, okay. I was interpreting the "unfriendly momentum" being boosted to be all unfriendly momentum, both vertical and horizontal.

Thanks for clearing that up.

 

[stevensteve]

to confirm what people said already:

when sent up vertically, the best thing to do is to DI accordingly and do either uair or nair.

tested at final destination
center of stage
against marth
pikachu falls from its "cloud" after death and u+smash was used accordingly
@84%**** pikachu versus marth's fully charged up+smash.

dair failed, pikachu died
nair succeeded, pikachu survived
uair succeeded, pikachu survived
bair failed as well

i moved the dmg one % higher but pika ended up dying regardless

thoughts: i would assume dair would work since, well, it goes down lol. nair and uair work because they are fast aerials as mentioned earlier.


****in retrospect, i do not know if it was indeed 84% or 85%. sorry

 

[lmntolp]

Ah, okay. I was interpreting the "unfriendly momentum" being boosted to be all unfriendly momentum, both vertical and horizontal.

Thanks for clearing that up.

the momentum boost can be horizontal, if you're moving partly horizontally already. I noticed this in the vid mentioned a few posts ago with fox's shine

 

[K 2]

Read post #20.

 

[K 2]

Pikachu's Skull Bash Momentum Cancelling works! I did some testing yesterday and it reliably stops horizontal momentum, but it gives you a slight vertical boost (about a double jump's height) Pika's second jump is moderately effective, but it gives you a really big vertical boost.

Heres a vid by infzy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx3ixgO_i8o