Question about Marth's dair.

[LukeTheSheppy]

Scenario: Low percentage Marth v. Fox, Battlefield. Both in air slightly below top platform, Marth slightly above Fox. He lands a tipper dair. As expected, the Fox is spiked, however without any sort of apparent teching, He lands on his feet.

Am I missing something here? Did I just blank out for a split second and miss myself teching, both mentally and on screen? I was under the impression that Marth dair, like other spikes and meteor smashes, forces a knockdown state (terminology?) from which it must be teched upon reaching the stage in order to recover.

Any explanation would be wonderful.

 

[Link24a]

Weak knockback doesn't cause knockdown

 

[LukeTheSheppy]

Weak knockback doesn't cause knockdown

Thanks mate. Have a like for your trouble.

 

[FE_Hector]

Yeah, it probably won't knock down at lower %s. It's the same concept that goes into Falco's pillaring even though his dair is a spike. Apparently the game just has this weird programming where you do some odd spinny thing and land on your feet below certain %s when you get spiked. I don't understand it fully, I just know that it is.