Plz tolerate my noobiness...

[LordHellRaiser]

I would like to ask some questions.

I have been reading on this site for a few weeks but i would like to know...in full detail what a pillar is.

Everyone seems to be unclear on this.

 

[TheKneeOfJustice]

Pillaring is a pretty technical move that involved really only two things. The first of which is repeated Shuffled Dairs. Once you can get this down, add in a shine every time you l-cancel the Dair, followed by jc'ing out of the shine to repeat the Dair, and so on. In essence it's a low to the ground method of pressuring an opponents shield without leaving much room for shield grabbing and such.

 

[tarheeljks]

he's right-- i think it was originally used to destory shields. could a moderator close this b/f someone says its something else.

 

[invertigo]

no reason to. if anyone says anything else then theyre wrong.

only falco can pillar, fox cannot.

-but its true that many people have it confused. many pros that i play believe to this day that pillaring is just a shine combo when its actually a shine combo against a shield as knee described.

 

[LordHellRaiser]

Yeah guys thanks alot... I apriciate your patience, i know you get threads like these 24 seven.

So... after suckin up i would like to ask another question (or two)

I don't understand d-air, n-air and the tilts... my impression of them right now is that d-air is holding down a when in the air (spike?). I have no idea what tilts are.

i am a person that needs the literal translation for this...i best understand things through raw descriptions of what buttons you actually press.

(once again) thanks for putting up with this.

 

[PetaNybble]

oh, tilts are just a fancy way of saying leaning your stick to what ever direction, then press a. e.g. when you hold down, and press a, falco does a sweep with his feet, that's a down tilt

 

[invertigo]

dair means down aerial
fair means front aerial
nair means neutral aerial
bair means back aerial
uair means up aerial

fsmash means front smash

ftilt means front A without smashing