RCO Air Speed

[erico9001]

Hey guys! I put out a video on YouTube a couple days ago on RCO Air Speed, a glitch or mechanic I discovered. If you haven't watched the video yet, here it is:

If you prefer to read, here's the script.

While the video is pretty in depth, I've realized there's still a lot of things left to discover, talk about, and share regarding RCO Air Speed, so I decided I'd open this thread.

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I'll start us out with a few things that I've seen or thought of after releasing the video...

• Something I didn't include in the video is that using another up special and not having it interrupted is another way to remove RCO Air Speed. This isn't very useful for Shulk, but some characters can use their up specials safely or often do use it at the end of their combos, like Mario, so it's worth knowing.

• I read in a comment somebody saying that doing an instant ledge-grab gets rid of it, and I tested and confirmed it for Shulk. So that's pretty cool.

• I saw some discussion on Twitter about it potentially happening in Project M, but not in the same regard as Brawl/Smash 4.

I think this could use confirmation from other people though.

• RCO Air Speed probably also has a significant role in gimping, and maybe air dodging could help recover from a gimp
• Maybe RCO Air Speed is why some people (cough @notyourparadigm) die after doing a wall jump tech

 

[Kofu]

How does it interact with being trumped?

 

[#HBC | Red Ryu]

Interesting, I'm also curious how and who this affects in detail even in games like PM where it appears to be a thing if the situations are similar.

As a Zard main given his low air speed as is I usually don't notice this but I can see it being a thing that matters once and a while.

 

[erico9001]

How does it interact with being trumped?

If you are trumped, you should experience RCO Air Speed

 

[RobC]

Fascinating! As a Luigi main I always wondered why I couldn't reach my max aerial momentum in certain situations no matter how much time I had to drift.

Am I right to assume that a quick aerial is better for removing RCO air speed than air dodging in most circumstances? Thank goodness for my FAir...

 

[erico9001]

Fascinating! As a Luigi main I always wondered why I couldn't reach my max aerial momentum in certain situations no matter how much time I had to drift.

Am I right to assume that a quick aerial is better for removing RCO air speed than air dodging in most circumstances? Thank goodness for my FAir...

Late reply but it should depend on your situation as for what your opponent is doing. But if you're ignoring that, Fair would be better if FAF is lower

 

[RobC]

Late reply but it should depend on your situation as for what your opponent is doing. But if you're ignoring that, Fair would be better if FAF is lower

Yay! According to Kuroganehammer Fair's FAF is at 24 compared to frame 33 out of an air dodge.
Thanks for the info!