PK Thunder > Ledge Glitch

[Sade]

I'm sure this has happened to some of you before. It happens to me every so often, but it gets annoying sometimes. I managed to do it twice in one round at EVO too.

Say, you're recovering to the ledge of the stage via PK Thunder2. But instead of grabbing onto the ledge, you bounce off of it and die.

I know some people say that it happens if you're holding down on your directional stick (which is understandable because it prevents you from grabbing the ledge), but I don't ever recall holding down, especially since most of the time this happens, I'm PKT2ing diagonally up.

I've talked to other Lucas mains and they've told me that it just happens randomly, and can't be fixed. But I'd figure just ask the Lucas community, even if it is a nub question :'D

What causes it and is there any way to avoid it?

 

[Levitas]

in melee, there are two grab boxes, a front one and a back one. if the front one overlaps the end, but the back one doesn't, the character gets an edge grab. The point is that I'm betting from the wrong angles and spacings, lucas's grab boxes come over the edge on the same frame, causing an edge bounce instead of a grab.

Then again, this is all speculation since there isn't a debug mode to be sure.

 

[HailCrest]

was it the right ledge? or did it also happen on the left?

if it was the right, then just be more careful; aim just below the ledge to sweetspot the ledge. for some reason in brawl the right side hates pkt2.

 

[Sade]

It happens on both the left and the right sides and I'm sure of this because it happened on the left twice during the EVO match :'D And of course it's happened on the right too during various friendlies, from several different angles.

Lol, I'll see if I can get some footage. Either that or PK Thundering into ledges for an hour :'D

 

[lil cj]

This is very common
and has been discussed numerous times
just watch your angles

 

[Tyr_03]

It happens when you aim a little to high. Tends to happen most often if you're recovering from above parallel with the stage.

 

[Sade]

Yeah, I noticed last night by PK Thundering for an hour straight lol. Thanks anyway =)