Sheik's attacks vs falco's side B, need some help

[ddonaldo]

What attacks does sheik have that have equal or higher priority than falco's side b? Playing a hyper defensive falco with sheik is giving me more problems than it should

also a side question, is it possible to cancel the ending lag of needles independantly?

 

[Zankoku]

nair will always beat side b. I don't know about bair, but it might.

I don't know what your side question is referring to.

 

[ddonaldo]

thanks alot =)

soz i've realised i made my side question sound more complicated than it is =p just ignore the independantly bit.

"is it possible to cancel the ending lag of sheik's charged b attack"

 

[SinkingHigher]

Needle. A single needle will stop him.

Needles have HIGGGHHHH priority.

 

[Zankoku]

Needles are Special. They don't interact with other hitboxen, thus they will NEVER clash.

 

[S2]

I'd have to double-check if b-air works, I don't think it does though.

B-air edge-guarding Falco and Fox's phantasms was one of my favorite things in Melee, since you'd hit Falco with the b-air before his hitbox touches you.

Good to know that n-air does the job in Brawl. Needles have always been great for gimping.

 

[imdavid]

dsmash should work... maybe drephen can help us out there

 

[Tristan_win]

All I know is that fair doesn't work and ftilt doesn't work.

 

[0RLY]

...chain? It supposedly blocks projectiles too, so it may have some use against Falco's lasers.

 

[SinkingHigher]

...chain? It supposedly blocks projectiles too, so it may have some use against Falco's lasers.

Not RLY.

It can deflect weak projectiles like Snakes/Samus missles. Otherwise, it's not a safe bet.

I wonder if jacketed chains can deflect/cancel strong attacks...

 

[Zankoku]

Chain does jack **** against Falco's lasers. It's the same Special type hitbox as Needles, which means it won't interact with hitboxes. The only reason it blocks Samus' missiles and Snake's Nikita is because those projectiles have hurtboxes and thus can be "attacked."

 

[R3N0]

nair, needle, thats it