Shield Grab?...no wait...DODGE GRAB!

[Pyroloserkid]

Everyone knows you can grab an opponent while in your shield, but what if you could grab after a dodge?

In Melee, Young Link could use his hookshot after an airdodge, so Sakurai might have already considered this and added it to Brawl. (Yeh I know, don't get my hopes up.)

Since it seems almost IMPOSSIBLE that BubbleShields will be able to be pulled out in mid-air, I think the Dodge Grab would be alot more plausible.

Discuss?

 

[Star105]

wow two seconds after the post.......................

oh well its a good idea but CPU's are killer with grabs so...................

 

[Pyroloserkid]

wow two seconds after the post.......................

oh well its a good idea but CPU's are killer with grabs so...................

Yeh, I find CPU's spam grabs like beasts. Which is why I play with my friends =P.
My scrub friends don't even know how to grab. I only have one friend who is any good.

How about some opinions and improvements on the idea guys?

 

[Puffs]

Would it make that much of a difference? Grab is just an extra tactic to counter Shield anyway.

 

[Pyroloserkid]

Would it make that much of a difference? Grab is just an extra tactic to counter Shield anyway.

Please, say that question outloud to yourself.

People that I've seen main Bowser use the air dodge...not frequently but I'd say often. Now if you could dodge an attack, and attack back, air combat would be inproved 4 fold imo.

Say if you're on the ground. Your opponent Fsmashes and you ground dodge, now you smash him back. In the air on the other hand, if you dodge, you're immobile until someone hits you or until you touch ground.

 

[Puffs]

Please, say that question outloud to yourself.

People that I've seen main Bowser use the air dodge...not frequently but I'd say often. Now if you could dodge an attack, and attack back, air combat would be inproved 4 fold imo.

Say if you're on the ground. Your opponent Fsmashes and you ground dodge, now you smash him back. In the air on the other hand, if you dodge, you're immobile until someone hits you or until you touch ground.

That's more of a stage recovery thing. Also making it so that you can't Air Dodge continuously.

 

[OnyxVulpine]

This um.. pretty interesting. Not sure how it would work.

They would have to throw some other things in.. Not fully understanding how this would work and what impact it would have..

During the dodge? Right after a dodge? Can't you do that already? *confused*

-Onyx

 

[Pyroloserkid]

This um.. pretty interesting. Not sure how it would work.

They would have to throw some other things in.. Not fully understanding how this would work and what impact it would have..

During the dodge? Right after a dodge? Can't you do that already? *confused*

-Onyx

Right when the Air Dodge animation ends.
And do you play Melee? Because I'm pretty sure only Young Link can do that, and his doesn't grab, it just flinches you.

 

[psicicle]

Link and Samus can also do it.

 

[Florida]

This sort of thread seems like it was made just for attention purpouses. It's not a very good idea at all, and not really needed for Smash. Grabbing in the air, is a no-no! It's what made Mortal Kombat Armageddon so crappy in the final result. But... Sakurai did say he wanted arial combat featured in this game... Bah, only time will tell I suppose.

 

[Psychoace]

What about characters that have no real purpose for ****ty dodges, I.e. Falcon.? It would be kind of awkward seeing a dodge grab since the point of a dodge is to....well dodge the attack.

and as puffs said would ruin wavedashing.

 

[Pyroloserkid]

What about characters that have no real purpose for ****ty dodges, I.e. Falcon.? It would be kind of awkward seeing a dodge grab since the point of a dodge is to....well dodge the attack.

and as puffs said would ruin wavedashing.

See, but it wouldn't grab automatically after the dodge. You'd have to press another button.

 

[Psychoace]

It would be slower than shiledgrabbing and thusly pointless.

 

[MR.WIGZ]

too late u gota wait and see

 

[Tsen]

i'd have to say the concept of an air dodge -> grab seems kind of pointless I mean for 1 you have to be close to grab and another thing if you try to grab after the dodge then miss that just leaves you even more open than you would have been just directioning yourself away from the opponent for a safe landing then being ready for the next onslaught

 

[Snakey]

I think I have to agree with Tsen on this one. As for Link, Samus, and Young Link, they only have it as a recovery method. Using it in combat would often leave you open for attack because it would be tricky to be close enough and high or low enough for it to actually work. The added dimension of height would greatly decrease the usefulness of an air-grab.