Shield before dropping through platform?

[Skrlx]

Isai and boomfan do it.. and i've been wondering is it just for flashing purposes? Or is there some use for it​

 

[Dash_Fox]

It's fast and you can trick people with it. Everyone does it.

 

[Deleted member]

you don't have to wait for your dash to end before you drop through a platform

noob

 

[NixxxoN]

wtf, can someone post a link with an example of this?

 

[Skrlx]

you don't have to wait for your dash to end before you drop through a platform

noob

nooooooooooooooooooooooooob

So is that the use for it? if you're running on a platform you shield so that it cuts off the need to wait for the dash animation and you can drop?

I knew about that and i think it exists in melee too
but from what i saw isai and boom shield before dropping on those tiny platforms in hyrule so it obviously doesn't cut any animations


@ Nixxon i'll make a video in a bit

 

[xx0EleMenT0xx]

it make you drop faster when you do it after a cancel

 

[SheerMadness]

So is that the use for it? if you're running on a platform you shield so that it cuts off the need to wait for the dash animation and you can drop?

There you go.

 

[Skrlx]

wtf, can someone post a link with an example of this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owwh2xsyKfY
i think in some of those drops i didn't shield but you can get the idea

 

[Daedatheus]

I do this all the time but never really thought about why. To cancel dashes, but also, after z-cancelling an attack onto a platform, I find it easier to immediately follow with a platform-dropped aerial if I just keep holding Z.

 

[ballin4life]

I find it really difficult to drop through platforms in melee because I always try to do this

 

[Lawrencelot]

In melee it's possible as well, but it's harder as you have to make sure you don't spotdodge. You have to do it diagonally in that game.

 

[NixxxoN]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owwh2xsyKfY
i think in some of those drops i didn't shield but you can get the idea

lol thanks. I think i usualy do it most of time but just because of z-cancel and inmediately going up and down the platforms. I didnt even think this was useful for anything.

 

[House]

By using a shield before dropping through a platform you don't need to wait for the character crouching animation to finish, so basically it lets you drop faster from a platform and saves some frames before you can fast-fall/attack/2nd-jump than just conventional platform dropping.

In this run, I had to use shield dropping for platform-9 as I found I could fast-fall earlier than just pressing down to crouch into dropping..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qcA9rLPzjw

Also, you need this if you want to drop-cancel in ssb64.

 

[Daedatheus]

after z-cancelling an attack onto a platform, I find it easier to immediately follow with a platform-dropped aerial if I just keep holding Z.

By using a shield before dropping through a platform you don't need to wait for the character crouching animation to finish

THERE WE GO.... I knew it felt better for some reason. Can't believe I never thought of that. I use it all the time, especially in platform combos, but once again I never looked more carefully to see how effective it was.

 

[Darth Rancorous]

its funny, after i started watching some isai vids i noticed that he used his shield before dropping through the platform. i started incorporating it into my game and it made a difference in the time it took to drop through the platform. ive always thought about bringing it up, but i figured you guys might have already talked about it, seeing as how i joined smash boards really late

 

[DaveBF]

Hahah wow I thought I already knew all the techniques... I just hope there's still more

 

[Zen Yore]

Spoiler

fanboooooy ^
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[Darth Rancorous]

Spoiler

fanboooooy ^
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hahaha, smash boards has yet to let me down

 

[Kefit]

Somehow I never knew about this.

*tests it out*

Not the most natural thing in the world to pull off yet, but this should be quite useful.

 

[Daedatheus]

Not the most natural thing in the world to pull off yet, but this should be quite useful.

When z-canceling onto platforms, just keep holding Z as you land then drop through.

Comes to be natural very quickly.

Cancelling dashes is the same as always, just on a platform.

 

[DMoogle]

When z-canceling onto platforms, just keep holding Z as you land then drop through.

Comes to be natural very quickly.

Not for us that just spam Z. Now we have to learn to time it.

 

[Wenbobular]

Yeah seriously, what the HELL is this timing business...~_~

 

[Daedatheus]

Not for us that just spam Z. Now we have to learn to time it.

Play Melee for a week. Problem solved.

See? I have easy solutions for everything.