Pivot Sliding

[Frothylark]

I made this thread in the tactical discussion section, but it's not getting much attention. Since this technique is most prominent with Link, I thought I'd post it here.

This is something I've been trying to get good at lately.

Technique Demo:
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=t6jdzQteqiA

The description says you can do pretty much anything out of this slide. Ftilt, Fsmash, grabs, and item throws. It also says that Link has pretty much the longest slide, so other characters probably wouldn't have any practical use of this.

I've also discovered you can do this with Dsmash and Usmash too. But there are better ways to extend the range of Usmash with Link.

The input is pretty difficult to do outside of practice, pivot transitioned into side tilt while hitting c-stick or A.


Is anybody else trying to do this?



Here's is a video I made. I apoligize for the quality:
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=o5gpywrxYJM

 

[Frothylark]

This is for the default Gamecube controller settings.

I hope this is clear enough. It's supposed to work for everybody, but Link has the longest and most noticeable slide length. With Link, so far, I have been able to ftilt, fsmash, dsmash, grab, and throw a bomb(doesn't seem that useful to me) while sliding. You can usmash too, but boost smashing seems more useful for that. Also, I think I somehow pulled out a utilt for this, but it might have been something different, so I'm not sure.

 

[Lootic]

able to use effectively in battle?

 

[Iwan]

Is this viable in an actual match?

 

[Frothylark]

Probably not, because the input is slow and delicate. But try it for yourself.

 

[JoeTang]

Isn't this the same principle of a Stutter Step, except instead of using the C-Stick for a 1 frame Smash, you use the Control Stick and A to control a Tilt or Smash instead?

 

[Twin_A]

i think this could be helpful in an actual match. It could catch your opponent off guard, be used for mind games, and give you a better spacing game in the end. the trick is to get better/more precise with it

 

[lorddave551]

hmm interesting. Doesn't seem that difficult, the hard part seems like initiating a walk not a run. I'm probably wrong tho, i'll try it an get back to ya.

 

[Aurashade]

tried it, doesn't help me at all since I'd be walking away from my opponent which is the stupidest thing to do, that and the forward tilt isn't a long range attack so its terrible.

 

[Frothylark]

tried it, doesn't help me at all since I'd be walking away from my opponent which is the stupidest thing to do, that and the forward tilt isn't a long range attack so its terrible.

You don't need to move away or step backwards at all. Just turn around. The point is to extend the horizontal reach of some of your melee attacks.

 

[Twin_A]

A friend of mine was doing this to me online in a link ditto. i thought at first maybe my boomerang just caught him coming back. But the second time he got me with an up smash from almost halfway across FD

 

[FEaR.7]

Hey TwinA, if your're refering to me what I did was a dash canceled into a dash attack canceled into a grab canceled into an upsmash. Gets you a pretty long slide if you do it correctly.

 

[Maikeru17]

This is about just as useful as the extended upsmash slide.

Which has very nice uses.
I like this.

I will learn and exploit it's uses.

-Nox`

 

[lorddave551]

I retract my previous statement. This is hard to do...

 

[Ademar440]

This is very easy to do out of a Bair, for example I am able to hit with a Bair, land, turn around and link will slide and my favorite thing to do is a Ftilt since it has nice range, the only way for the enemy to avoid this is by air dodging the F tilt but if it misses I can to either a Dsmash or charge an UpB ( in case they roll behind), other thing is that you can shoot an arrow as soon as land after using a Bair, I posted how to do it here: http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=160299
Greetings

 

[Aurashade]

You don't need to move away or step backwards at all. Just turn around. The point is to extend the horizontal reach of some of your melee attacks.

So if what you're saying is true than it's completely useless if you're not moving.