Ness's dash attack can KO at 94%

[AnchorTea]

Now this might be something I'm not aware about, but I am very sure that this isn't normal and is possibly an exploit.

So earlier today, I was at the good 'ol Smash Ladder playing Fuel Ness and this happened:

Considering that Rosalina went through the blast line in one second means that this can KO at even lower percent. I also find it odd that the camera seemed like it was higher than usual. I also don't remember his dash attack launching the opponent upwards like that. It barely even made contact to Rosalina.

Does anyone know about this, or have an idea of how to perform it consistently?

 

[Earthbound360]

Counterhittttttttttt
Plus, Rosalina is light.

 

[AnchorTea]

Counterhittttttttttt
Plus, Rosalina is light.

Oh.

I thought I discovered something huge for a second...

 

[Uffe]

Actually, AnchorTea, I would say you've discovered something. At least as far as I'm concerned. I thought it was stupid that Peach's dash attack could kill, but if Ness is capable of doing this himself, then I take back that sentiment. xD It looks like the last spark is what does it. I'm wondering if the first spark is capable of this as well. Fortunately, Ness' dash attack can be used as a spacing tool, though it's probably not advised. The sparks fly out at a good enough range. You just have to be sure your opponent doesn't have a longer reach than that.

 

[AnchorTea]

Actually, AnchorTea, I would say you've discovered something. At least as far as I'm concerned. I thought it was stupid that Peach's dash attack could kill, but if Ness is capable of doing this himself, then I take back that sentiment. xD It looks like the last spark is what does it. I'm wondering if the first spark is capable of this as well. Fortunately, Ness' dash attack can be used as a spacing tool, though it's probably not advised. The sparks fly out at a good enough range. You just have to be sure your opponent doesn't have a longer reach than that.

Maybe the last spark has a tipper?

 

[Celestial]

I think the biggest thing to note here is that Rosalina was charging her down smash when Ness' dash attack hit her. If you get hit while charging a smash attack the knockback of the move you were hit by will be much larger, somewhere around 2 times the normal amount. That coupled with Rosa's low weight is what we're seeing here. It's still very cool though, we should look for opportunities to punish charging smash attacks.

 

[Uffe]

Maybe the last spark has a tipper?

I wouldn't say that. Ness' dash attack naturally forces the opponent to fly upward, which is great against people who roll away from you, because you could then use an aerial afterwards. So I think that's pretty much the case here with Rosaluma. The attack hits people upward, and because she's light, she launched. I'm just wondering how low of a percent other characters have to be before flying to their death as well.

 

[Earthbound360]

Actually, AnchorTea, I would say you've discovered something. At least as far as I'm concerned. I thought it was stupid that Peach's dash attack could kill, but if Ness is capable of doing this himself, then I take back that sentiment. xD It looks like the last spark is what does it. I'm wondering if the first spark is capable of this as well. Fortunately, Ness' dash attack can be used as a spacing tool, though it's probably not advised. The sparks fly out at a good enough range. You just have to be sure your opponent doesn't have a longer reach than that.

You can't hit with the first 2 sparks.

The way counterhits work in this game is that the first hit you take while charging a smash greatly increases the knockback you take. If you hit with the first hit of dash attack, you'll multiply the knockback of the first hit only. If you want to launch them off of the top, you've got to only hit with the last hit.
Also, they need to be light as a feather, charging a smash, and have high damage already.

It's not too practical.

 

[VentusNeos]

I think the biggest thing to note here is that Rosalina was charging her down smash when Ness' dash attack hit her. If you get hit while charging a smash attack the knockback of the move you were hit by will be much larger, somewhere around 2 times the normal amount. That coupled with Rosa's low weight is what we're seeing here. It's still very cool though, we should look for opportunities to punish charging smash attacks.

^ This, also you have some Rage, as you're at 104% But the counterhit is what killed