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Possibly Useful PK Thunder technique

Tyr_03

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So discovered this technique last week with Lucas. It's extremely useful with Lucas because of the tight turning radius of his PK thunder but I couldn't think of how it could be useful with Ness because of the way his works until earlier today.

The technique is done by running toward the edge of any platform or stage and just as you are nearing the edge, pressing up B. The effect should be that you will keep your forward momentum and slide off the ledge. Ness keeps moving while his pk thunder comes out at the point where you pressed up B. You can see a video of Lucas doing it here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ytvd1mUeQps

Unfortunately this technique does not have quite the same effect with Ness but I think it can still be useful. What I realized today while doing it with Ness is that when it's done correctly the tail of the pk thunder starts just behind Ness. I also realized that if you don't hit Ness immediately like you normally do with Lucas for this technique you can have a lot more control over it and shoot yourself in more downward angled or backward directions. When an opponent tries to attack you while you are attempting this technique they can get caught in your tail and are helpless as you PKT2 right into them. Give it a shot and tell me what you think. Maybe this could be useful for some mindgames if done right.
 

psyNess

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wow, Lucas' is incredibly tight...
oh have you tried it with that magnet pull/zap jump or whatever its called? is it possible to do from that?
if its possible it'll give a lot more freedom as to where you can start it from...


heh I use to enjoy doing this in melee on the ufo ^^
 

Earthbound360

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This is thundersliding. I put it in Melee's PKT guide which is a subsection of Annoyings guide. It when you use the momentum of a DJC or running off of an edge (only the latter since DJC is pretty much gone) to move forward and carry momentum while casting PKT.

Seems more useful now since PKT got a buff, but its not anything new, sorry.
 

Tyr_03

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Oh glad to finally get a name for it. It's been on the Lucas boards for a while and I didn't have a clue what to call it really. But yeah the sweet thing about it now is that with Lucas you can easily cancel PKT2 by hitting the edge of a platform. Yeah and you can't do anything with the zap jump or magnet pull with this as far as I've been able to do. This seems like it ought to be pretty nice with Ness since his PKT2 is so powerful now and has less lag at the end.
 

Jahrule

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Actually I did this on accident aganist my friend the other day and he got really pissed lol. I didn't know there was a name for it but it's a really good technique. It's especially good if they're at a high percentage.
 

Tyr_03

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Simna is a beast. I hope he's playing competitive Brawl. Can't wait to see what he can do with new and improved Ness.
 
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