Optimising Tech Chases

[OninO]

Hi all,

I was inspired to post this thread after reading Gravy's work in the Cap Falcon forums about optimising tech chases. So, to get the ball rolling I'll set up a few hypotheticals to discuss. Feel free to introduce more.

Scenario 1:
F-throw (stage independant) @ percent sufficient to cause knock down (I'm not sure what this is on most characters but will try gather it tonight).

Scenario 2:
Low-percent shine, opponent landing on platform.

What are some common ways to tech chase these scenarios?

 

[orvs]

i can't discuss these frame-by-frame like gravy did XD

in scenario 1 that you listed, f-throw gives a knockdown starting at ~40-41% on fast fallers. So if you f-throw a fast faller, you can cover their tech options with down smash on reaction if you're fast enough. Since down smash covers tech in place, missed tech, and either tech away/tech in, you can condition their tech patterns after f-throw. most other characters can kinda do something like jump/aerial before getting knocked down.

in scenario 2: it depends where they land on the platform and where you are positioned. ideally you want to be close as possible while under the platform to extend your combo. if they land on the platform, and they choose to tech either away on inwards, you may be able to react with a shine, or a spaced nair/bair, because you don't have to worry about spacing in case they do a get-up attack. bair/nair covers options similarly to downsmash in scenario one, but at low percents you wont get much out of it.