Roy Tech - Pivot Sliding

[Jrzfine]

Last night I was screwing around on For Glory when I noticed that Roy did a strange slide when I tried to downsmash my opponent. After some investigation, this was the result; Pivot Sliding.

At the very least this seems like it could be used as a flashy mixup to approach an opponent. Thoughts?

 

[ArikadoSD]

so... it's literally walking?

lol

 

[Sonicninja115]

It looks like it has the same speed as a foxtrot but with more options. It seems useful, and it might even be a really good tech.

 

[SafCar]

The aerial options would be good in Brawl where we'd be punished for dashing, but other than that, it only seems good for Dsmash and Flare Blade. Are you certain this can't be done for, say, Marth? He could get mileage out of this due to his high walking speed.

 

[Sonicninja115]

The aerial options would be good in Brawl where we'd be punished for dashing, but other than that, it only seems good for Dsmash and Flare Blade. Are you certain this can't be done for, say, Marth? He could get mileage out of this due to his high walking speed.

This might work on the entire cast. I will look into that.

 

[Jrzfine]

so... it's literally walking?

lol

It's not walking. The slide is faster than walking and because of the drift it gives you lets you start up your move before you are even in range of the opponent, making it that much more difficult to react to.

The aerial options would be good in Brawl where we'd be punished for dashing, but other than that, it only seems good for Dsmash and Flare Blade. Are you certain this can't be done for, say, Marth? He could get mileage out of this due to his high walking speed.

This only works with Roy, strangely enough.

 

[Kealmir]

Wow that's so funny, i just noticed this last night after using Neutral b as well. Is this something that changed in a recent patch?

Also i think it's exclusive to characters with dashes that have a lot of start up frames cause I can't do the same with Lucina or Marth. If i had to guess what other cast could do it, Falcon is very likely as his dash is very similar to Roy's.

 

[Pale Tuna]

I'll definitely try this in my gameplay. Thanks for the find.