elheber
Smash Lord
Ah, Jump Canceling; is there anything you can't do?
This post is important for those of us who have Tap-Jump set to Off. If you have Tap-Jump set to On, you can safely exit this thread without missing out on anything.
REVERSE HYPHEN SMASHING
You should all know that Luigi's Hyphen Smash is killer, and that his uSmash hitbox is larger from the back. The problem with performing Reverse Hyphen Smashes, is that when Luigi pivots during a full dash he is unable to do anything (except Jump) until the previous forward momentum has subsided; I'll call this "Dash Pivot Lag" for now. This means you can't, under normal conditions, perform RHSs. It's supposed to look like this:
Hyphen Smash = Dash -> Up + A
Reverse Hyphen Smash = Dash -> Pivot -> Up + A
That will work fine for people who have Tap-Jump On since smashing Up on the analog will Jump Cancel the Dash Pivot Lag and enable the uSmash. But for those of us with Tap-Jump Off, we manually have to press Jump to cancel the Pivot Lag and enable the uSmash. For us, it will look like this:
Reverse Hyphen Smash = Dash -> Pivot -> Jump + Up + A
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
It's not important if you have enabled Tap-Jump, which is why I said you can safely ignore this thread... BUT if you are a Tap-Jump Off type of player this is vastly important. Start a game, dash, pivot, and during the Pivot Lag try to Super Jump Punch. You'll notice you can't. But if you dash, pivot, and then SJP and Jump at the same time, it'll work perfectly. Jump Canceling explains why, after switching from the Wiimote+Nunchuck to the Classic, I wasn't able to get as many of those vital Dashing FJP KOs as I used to.
For those of us with Tap-Jump Off, we can do everything that they can do, including OoS uSpecials and OoS uSmashes. You MUST get used to tapping Jump when you uSmash for flawless uSmashes every time. There's no downside to doing this; the buttons are literally millimeters apart. Learn it. Now.
I jump with R, so I'm also able to OoS FJP and Dash Pivot Lag FJP with ease; but trying to convince you guys to change your Jump button to R is beyond the scope of this post. The important thing is, if you disabled Tap-Jump, to make it a habit to Jump as you uSmash. Your game can only improve this way.
This post is important for those of us who have Tap-Jump set to Off. If you have Tap-Jump set to On, you can safely exit this thread without missing out on anything.
REVERSE HYPHEN SMASHING
You should all know that Luigi's Hyphen Smash is killer, and that his uSmash hitbox is larger from the back. The problem with performing Reverse Hyphen Smashes, is that when Luigi pivots during a full dash he is unable to do anything (except Jump) until the previous forward momentum has subsided; I'll call this "Dash Pivot Lag" for now. This means you can't, under normal conditions, perform RHSs. It's supposed to look like this:
Hyphen Smash = Dash -> Up + A
Reverse Hyphen Smash = Dash -> Pivot -> Up + A
That will work fine for people who have Tap-Jump On since smashing Up on the analog will Jump Cancel the Dash Pivot Lag and enable the uSmash. But for those of us with Tap-Jump Off, we manually have to press Jump to cancel the Pivot Lag and enable the uSmash. For us, it will look like this:
Reverse Hyphen Smash = Dash -> Pivot -> Jump + Up + A
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
It's not important if you have enabled Tap-Jump, which is why I said you can safely ignore this thread... BUT if you are a Tap-Jump Off type of player this is vastly important. Start a game, dash, pivot, and during the Pivot Lag try to Super Jump Punch. You'll notice you can't. But if you dash, pivot, and then SJP and Jump at the same time, it'll work perfectly. Jump Canceling explains why, after switching from the Wiimote+Nunchuck to the Classic, I wasn't able to get as many of those vital Dashing FJP KOs as I used to.
For those of us with Tap-Jump Off, we can do everything that they can do, including OoS uSpecials and OoS uSmashes. You MUST get used to tapping Jump when you uSmash for flawless uSmashes every time. There's no downside to doing this; the buttons are literally millimeters apart. Learn it. Now.
I jump with R, so I'm also able to OoS FJP and Dash Pivot Lag FJP with ease; but trying to convince you guys to change your Jump button to R is beyond the scope of this post. The important thing is, if you disabled Tap-Jump, to make it a habit to Jump as you uSmash. Your game can only improve this way.
