Sheild Break Viable?

[David Viran]

I was watching the nairo vs nakat match and noticed that @Nairo came really close to breaking nakats sheild twice in the first match.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=JMF2M46q9rs

They are at 1:40 and 3:25.

 

[Tobi_Whatever]

Against certain characters maybe, but faster characters, especially slippery ones like Pikachu (and his goddamn uSpecial), can just camp for a short time because shield regeneration is so fast.
To me, shield pressure seems highly situational and requires constant aggression. Assuming we can actually do this would mean we are already pretty much winning the neutral.

One good thing we get out of on-shield hits, even if it's not a shield break, is that a weakened opponent shield allows us to play more reckless for a short amount of time.
Just my two cents.

 

[David Viran]

Pika can't be careless with oos QA because it has some start up I think like 15 frames and we can possibly punish it if we read it. I agree a weakened sheild is very beneficial. We should look into moves that will sheild stab.

 

[pichuthedk]

Pika can't be careless with oos QA because it has some start up I think like 15 frames and we can possibly punish it if we read it. I agree a weakened sheild is very beneficial. We should look into moves that will sheild stab.

Pikachu has RCO on his up special if we hit him. IIRC I saw Esams video and remember hearing soemthing

Also I want to figure out shield breaks with her as well ever since I saw @NickRiddle break a Diddy's shield on halbard this one time xD.