Powershield Grab?

[rustediron]

Does anyone know what moves are safe to powershield grab? As I understand, the extra shield knockback from the powershield stops the shine from hitting, making the grab possible in the case of some moves, such as Falco's dair.

Furthermore, is this affected at all by the timing of the powershield? I'm often crouching when I powershield, which gives me a bigger time frame whithin which to input my shield button, and I'd like to know whether this has any effect on the follow-up grab.

Power shield grab does NOT let you grab sooner. It does, however, have the benefit of making you slide really far. If you are playing Falco and he does not go deep on your shield with an aerial (i.e. the aerial barely reaches you), you can quite often PS it so that you slide back and avoid the shine. Often times, just shield DIing alone without the powershield will make his shine miss. Falco's shine hitbox is very short on the front (you basically have to be touching his beak). I will say to be cautious because Falco players will almost always jab (b/c it has more range than shine) when they realize they screwed up the spacing on their aerial. If that's the case, you can still shield grab after their jab, but then you ALSO have to watch for double jab mixups after the aerials. A third thing Falco players will do is spot dodge immediately after poorly spaced aerials, especially vs. Marth and other grab-happy characters. So just keep all of these mixups in mind, and you should be able to catch onto their habits in this situation fairly quickly because most Falco players do not have a plan for this situation, but rather a panicky knee-jerk reaction that they do over and over. Last thing to keep in mind is your shield size. Don't rely too much on this kind of stuff because a low nair can pretty easily shield poke your toes if you've already lost some of your shield. I would recommend not trying any of this at all vs. Fox because his shine just has so much more range, and his greater speed makes it easier for him to go deep on your shield in general.

(Pardon my double post)