Omfg Short Hopping Is Gay O.o!!!!

[kimimaru5]

I've been trying to short hop for like a week and i still cant get it down. >.>

I can do it maybe like 3 times in a row 5 if im lucky but i can only do it constantly when i'm not paying attention. Like i was just being stupid with mewtwo and i did like 10 times then realized what i was doing and immediatly couldnt do it again. The best way for me to do it is to use the very tip of my thumb on the very bottom of the x/y button ( whichever's the one diagonally-up left of the a button --i know i a newb at gamecube controller layouts o.O )
and this is not going to work against another person when they are attacking you.

any tips? also i cant wavedash without short hopping -.- bcuz the person jumps too far up for it to do any good, it just turns out as like a regular dodge.

P.S. Im using Shiek

 

[Mew2King]

you aren't supposed to short hop when you wavedash, you just press X (or Y) and then air dodge at an angle. You press X, and down-forward on the control stick and R, at almost all the same time. You'll notice that you'll slide right away (since it takes less time to press down X than it does to press down R or move the control stick completely in a direction).

when i got the game for a long time i couldn't consistently do mewtwo's teleport downwards. Then over time from playing you just naturally get better without realizing it

 

[GI Josh]

ou could do what my friend JJ does with sheik, he uses Y for normal jumps, and X for short hops

 

[JJR.O.B.]

Since I started playing brawl I have now changed all my jumps to X

 

[Nick Nasty]

When you're trying to shorthop, it's important that you realize it's not how hard you press the button, but how fast you press it. As for how to press the button, that depends on you.

 

[Mr Mattastic]

you aren't supposed to short hop when you wavedash, you just press X (or Y) and then air dodge at an angle. You press X, and down-forward on the control stick and R, at almost all the same time. You'll notice that you'll slide right away (since it takes less time to press down X than it does to press down R or move the control stick completely in a direction).

when i got the game for a long time i couldn't consistently do mewtwo's teleport downwards. Then over time from playing you just naturally get better without realizing it

Did you ever see the Pokemon 151 Shirts, I swear the Mewtwo one was made for you.

 

[Grunt]

Pshh...
shiek doesn't need to wavedash.

 

[JrdnS]

sheik kind of needs a wavedash. but anyway you can do a regular jump for a wavedash it doesnt have to be short. but with shiek to wavedash jump then immediately air dodge diagonally. wave dash varies from character to character. like sheiks is an immediate airdodge but for ganons you have to wait a tiny bit longer to airdodge. and short hopping takes a little practice sheik is one of the harder ones to shorthop like fox. practice with falco then when you get that move to someone harder.

 

[-Wolfy-]

Even a mediocre Sheik player will wavedash. Enough with the people saying characters like c falc and sheik don't need wd/l canceling. All of those people should just go play brawl.

 

[Grunt]

Thanks, both of you, for seeing the sarcasm in my post.

 

[Red the Ghost]

That's the thing about the internet; you can't recognize sarcasm as easily due to the lack of tone.

Anyway, I just lightly tap the very bottom of the X button with my thumb. It usually makes a louder clicking sound than usual.

 

[Overload]

just practice

 

[kimimaru5]

Anyway, I just lightly tap the very bottom of the X button with my thumb. It usually makes a louder clicking sound than usual.

yeah thats what i do normally but it still acts gay sometimes. Thanks for all the reply's ill try all of them right now.

P.s. the rsn im practicing short hopping is not just for shiek but to just know how to do it. I just pciked shiek bcuz she's my fav :o

 

[dudutsai]

try using easier characters to short hop first
Bowser is pretty easy I think

 

[debaser]

keep in mind, sheik is one of the hardest characters to consistently short hop with.

just practice and you'll get better

 

[puckgood]

Yeah, short hoppings tough.... I learned it with Marth, cause he's my main. It one of the most useful AT's though.

 

[DragonBlade]

I have a theory that people who have trouble short hopping are simply forcing their finger down to press the button and then relaxing their finger to release the button. This probably works for every other button in the world, but as everyone knows this is Melee and we Melee players are descended from Hercules himself, taught never to camp, never to john, etc.

Try forcing your finger down to press the button and also force your finger away to release the button, I think just realizing this may speed your fingers up a bit. I remember when I tried to use a claw-like grip and had to hit x with the side of the lower part of my pointer finger. I thought it might be impossible to move it fast enough to short hop, but I eventually go it down focusing on pulling away my finger instead of just relaxing it. Now I can just short hop by just twitching my pointer finger.

 

[PD4FR]

Yeah, Fox and Sheik are really hard to wavedash with compared to some others, but I think you should make sure you are moving around when you practice. Being able to do it when you are standing still in no pressure at at all is different than doing it in the heat of battle.

 

[Mic_128]

Use search, there's a fair few threads that cover this in more detail.