shield drop in comboing

[Moooose]

yo i just landed the rapest combo in falco dittos. imagine yoshis story land a dair on the left platform at around 70%. they get hit when they're grounded so they pop up and to the left but not high enough for a jump dair spike. so i ran left and shai dropped a dair for a spike it was ****. have you guys used shai dropping in your combos? please share =)

 

[DtJ Jungle]

you can do some cool things with shield dropping

you can waveland shield drop as well

got that into a bair once, twas cool

 

[Metal Reeper]

I do it sometimes....but im not good enough with it to combo with, nice combo btw

 

[Lovage]

you can do lots of cool and unique combos with shield dropping

 

[trahhSTEEZY]

you can do lots of cool and unique combos with shield dropping

Lovage can you please explain real quick on how to do the shield drop technique? and how it helps? I see you & others mention it but dunno hao.

 

[Moooose]

shai dropping!
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=165086

 

[ETWIST51294]

I really need to practice this.

 

[Moooose]

zhu in the original thread:

Mastered =D

Very cool technique. The only application I've found for Falco is to use it for double dairs. Sometimes the first dair will send an opponent too far horizontally but with this, I might be able to hit them with a second dair even if they DI to the side.


looks like i just rediscovered this lol

 

[X1-12]

its all about the shield drop platform cancelled back-air

 

[EWC]

I think that shield dropping should be really useful in combos if you can master it. A lot of the time I find myself in a situation where I midair shine, waveland onto a platform, and have my opponent not go high enough to keep the combo going above the platform.
What I do in this situation is either drop through in place or run of the side of the platform and do a dair or something. The problem with this is that you usually can't get the optimal spacing like this, since you are restricted to dropping either where you land, or at the edge of the platform. A mastery of shield dropping would let you go anywhere you want, so you get always keep your combo going as long a possible.

 

[FNF]

i seem to always accidentally do this shield dropping, but don't know the specifics.

how exactly is this done?

 

[X1-12]

shield and gently hold slightly left/right, then roll the stick gently to the bottom and you fall through the platform out of shield

this can be done in one smooth motion so you just push the stick slightl to the side then straight away roll it down


If you roll or spotdodge you are pressing too hard/too far

 

[LLDL]

I don't think it will significantly improve your game play whether you know or not, and only a few combos will be extended because of it, it's situational