choknater
Smash Obsessed
This hasn't been talked about much yet... but Sheik is a monster on this stage.
Having trouble with Snake? Does DDD keep shield grabbing you? Running out of recovery options?
Want to look flashy, technical, and SEXY in Brawl?
Pick Norfair.
Without further ado, here are some movement tricks, points, and possibilities:
Chain
1. ledge drop to chain hog. pretty self-explanatory. you can drop very quickly from one ledge to the next using the chain
2. if you get edgehogged on one of the platforms and use your chain, your chain might snag one of the other platforms nearby. basically, you're less likely to die. lava might be up too, so you'll live
3. pay attention to when you have and don't have invincibility when using your chain, so you don't get hit by lava
4. if you ledge drop with a horizontal direction and immediately chain, you will grab the same platform. if you ledge drop with DOWN and immediately chain, you will grab the lower platform.
5. ledge drop chain hogs to ledge drop double jump aerials are VERY FAST. (much faster than it takes to write all those complicated words down, LOL!)
basically make sure you know what you're doing with each chain, and you can greatly increase the speed that you move around the stage. you can make metaknight look slow here
Vanish.
1. you can direct your vanish while standing on an upper platform to the ledge of a lower platform. For example, stand in the middle of one of the top platforms, directly above the ledge of the one beneath you. vanish down, and you can grab the ledge immediately
1b. you can vanish from the outer edge of a top platform diagonally to the ledge of a lower platform
2. make sure that after you direct the direction of your vanish, let go of the control stick so that you will definitely hog the ledge. i think if you keep holding down or away from the ledge, you won't grab it.
3. sexy vanish glide: you know how there's a long vanish glide and a short vanish glide? if you do a short vanish glide off the inner part of one of the platforms toward the outer edge of the platform... you will hog the ledge of the SAME PLATFORM that you glided off of!
4. sexy vanish glide 2: you can vanish glide from the bottom platform diagonally upward to the ledge of the TOP PLATFORM!
Other:
1. if you ledge drop off a lower platform and double jump toward the ledge of an upper one, you will hog. an easy and safe way to move from lower to higher platforms instead of just jumping on top of them
2. norfair's low ceiling allows for very low % UAIR and tipper usmash KO's. you can easily get uair KO's because the magnifying glass is pretty low as well, and it's easy to aim attacks against people in the magnifying glass. (that's that little circle that characters are in when they're off the screen)
2a. since you can Vanish KO using one of your trick ledge vanishes, you can pull off much more Vanish KO attempts WITHOUT BEING PUNISHED
3. like on battlefield, utilt reaches characters on higher platforms
4. LAVA COMBOS. sheik is fast enough to do it. when that wall of lava comes up from the side, sheik can easily combo moves off the lava wall. grabbing and throwing into the lava works very well also
5. TILT LOCKING inside that little building when the lava wave comes out. sheik owns inside that thing. if some idiot actually follows you in there, **** him with tilts. (otherwise just dodge the wave)
This is not nearly all the possibilities. This should just open you up to all the things Sheik can do on this cool stage, and it should improve your creativity for moving around on other stages! (Rainbow Cruise is another one of my favorite Sheik stages.) Remember that Sheik is a NINJA, and the fastest and sexiest character in the game. You will seriously look like a real ninja if you use Norfair.
Sorry that I can't make a video, but I encourage others to make video of all their Sheik Norfair tricks.
characters who don't stand a chance against sheik on Norfair:
- Snake, DDD, ICE CLIMBERS!!!, basically characters who need a lot of ground room and are too slow to keep up with sheik
- this stage also lessens the gap between Sheik and some of her hard matchups like G&W, metaknight, and olimar
- Metaknight is still very good on this stage, but Sheik has a lot of movement abilities which allow you to keep up with his speed. if both players know what they're doing on this stage it could provide for a very exciting and interesting match. you're much better off on this stage against metaknight than, say, smashville or FD. (sheik's ledge moves provide a lot of invincibility! use it well)
Remember that if you're using this stage as a counter pick, don't get caught up in all the tricks. You still have to play effectively and focus on racking up damage and not getting hit. Norfair greatly enhances Sheik's already fast ability to move, so use it well.
Having trouble with Snake? Does DDD keep shield grabbing you? Running out of recovery options?
Want to look flashy, technical, and SEXY in Brawl?
Pick Norfair.
Without further ado, here are some movement tricks, points, and possibilities:
Chain
1. ledge drop to chain hog. pretty self-explanatory. you can drop very quickly from one ledge to the next using the chain
2. if you get edgehogged on one of the platforms and use your chain, your chain might snag one of the other platforms nearby. basically, you're less likely to die. lava might be up too, so you'll live
3. pay attention to when you have and don't have invincibility when using your chain, so you don't get hit by lava
4. if you ledge drop with a horizontal direction and immediately chain, you will grab the same platform. if you ledge drop with DOWN and immediately chain, you will grab the lower platform.
5. ledge drop chain hogs to ledge drop double jump aerials are VERY FAST. (much faster than it takes to write all those complicated words down, LOL!)
basically make sure you know what you're doing with each chain, and you can greatly increase the speed that you move around the stage. you can make metaknight look slow here
Vanish.
1. you can direct your vanish while standing on an upper platform to the ledge of a lower platform. For example, stand in the middle of one of the top platforms, directly above the ledge of the one beneath you. vanish down, and you can grab the ledge immediately
1b. you can vanish from the outer edge of a top platform diagonally to the ledge of a lower platform
2. make sure that after you direct the direction of your vanish, let go of the control stick so that you will definitely hog the ledge. i think if you keep holding down or away from the ledge, you won't grab it.
3. sexy vanish glide: you know how there's a long vanish glide and a short vanish glide? if you do a short vanish glide off the inner part of one of the platforms toward the outer edge of the platform... you will hog the ledge of the SAME PLATFORM that you glided off of!
4. sexy vanish glide 2: you can vanish glide from the bottom platform diagonally upward to the ledge of the TOP PLATFORM!
Other:
1. if you ledge drop off a lower platform and double jump toward the ledge of an upper one, you will hog. an easy and safe way to move from lower to higher platforms instead of just jumping on top of them
2. norfair's low ceiling allows for very low % UAIR and tipper usmash KO's. you can easily get uair KO's because the magnifying glass is pretty low as well, and it's easy to aim attacks against people in the magnifying glass. (that's that little circle that characters are in when they're off the screen)
2a. since you can Vanish KO using one of your trick ledge vanishes, you can pull off much more Vanish KO attempts WITHOUT BEING PUNISHED
3. like on battlefield, utilt reaches characters on higher platforms
4. LAVA COMBOS. sheik is fast enough to do it. when that wall of lava comes up from the side, sheik can easily combo moves off the lava wall. grabbing and throwing into the lava works very well also
5. TILT LOCKING inside that little building when the lava wave comes out. sheik owns inside that thing. if some idiot actually follows you in there, **** him with tilts. (otherwise just dodge the wave)
This is not nearly all the possibilities. This should just open you up to all the things Sheik can do on this cool stage, and it should improve your creativity for moving around on other stages! (Rainbow Cruise is another one of my favorite Sheik stages.) Remember that Sheik is a NINJA, and the fastest and sexiest character in the game. You will seriously look like a real ninja if you use Norfair.
Sorry that I can't make a video, but I encourage others to make video of all their Sheik Norfair tricks.
characters who don't stand a chance against sheik on Norfair:
- Snake, DDD, ICE CLIMBERS!!!, basically characters who need a lot of ground room and are too slow to keep up with sheik
- this stage also lessens the gap between Sheik and some of her hard matchups like G&W, metaknight, and olimar
- Metaknight is still very good on this stage, but Sheik has a lot of movement abilities which allow you to keep up with his speed. if both players know what they're doing on this stage it could provide for a very exciting and interesting match. you're much better off on this stage against metaknight than, say, smashville or FD. (sheik's ledge moves provide a lot of invincibility! use it well)
Remember that if you're using this stage as a counter pick, don't get caught up in all the tricks. You still have to play effectively and focus on racking up damage and not getting hit. Norfair greatly enhances Sheik's already fast ability to move, so use it well.
). Also, when someone has a fairly depleted shield the up tilt will hit their feet. If its counter pick then i think i might start using it.
