"Shinespiking?"

[ZeroFox]

Hmmm, so I know that Fox can't really Shinespike like he did in Melee. However, do any of you still use Shines off-stage for killing/gimping purposes?

I still tend to sometimes, I guess it's because I'm too used to Melee Fox...

I think I do it more for flashiness when I'm up to it, rather than praticality.

 

[-Mars-]

Against characters with crappy recoveries it's actually pretty easy to land. You should start using nair for gimps though.........don't know if anyone else uses it but everyone should. Nair is really good off the stage even for characters with better recoveries.

 

[KheldarVII]

I also enjoy the reverse falling F-air off the edge for people recovering vertically. Nice on FD. Although a shine spike may work better.

B-air to kill, and N-air to push.

 

[_X_]

Shine is still epic from gimping

/thread.

 

[Irsic]

I still use shine for gimping, and it works pretty well still. It's just not as easy as before. You can really catch someone off-guard with it.

 

[Zhamy]

Dair-Shine offstage works wonders on characters with bad recovery.

 

[ZeroFox]

I still use shine for gimping, and it works pretty well still. It's just not as easy as before. You can really catch someone off-guard with it.

Yeah it doesn't have the potency like it did in Melee, but it still works if you get it right. There are other off-stage options for Fox, but I still think Shining is pretty sweet, especially for a flashier kill.

 

[PhilMcCloud17]

Shine is much cooler looking than nair haha so thats why I use it.

 

[K 2]

I don't use it for practicality, since nair and bair are better, but its still fun to use to be fancy and show off.

 

[ZeroFox]

I don't use it for practicality, since nair and bair are better, but its still fun to use to be fancy and show off.

Definitely, it makes for a pretty impressive kill.

 

[Anciant2]

I only use shine against fox's and falco's. For others i just use Nair.

 

[Dyyne]

Dair-Shine offstage works wonders on characters with bad recovery.

I'm not sure, but I think if you knock ganon off the edge, and do dair-shine, he can't interrupt it or live from it lol. Again, not sure, I've only done it to cpus.

 

[K 2]

Again, not sure, I've only done it to cpus.

That usually means it doesn't work.

 

[The_Blue_Bomber]

I'm not sure, but I think if you knock ganon off the edge, and do dair-shine, he can't interrupt it or live from it lol. Again, not sure, I've only done it to cpus.

I've tried it on humans, it doesn't work very often.

 

[ZeroFox]

I've tried it on humans, it doesn't work very often.

Well I've played some pretty crappy humans, and it has worked on them =P

 

[Uzima (Uzi)]

I use drill shine off the stage when ever possible plus shine kills are so satisfying.

 

[viparagon]

shine has the bonus of not killing you when you use it low enough. It is actually quite useful when you use drillshine against chars who recover low

 

[YesISpeakChinese]

style > practicality

 

[ZeroFox]

style > practicality

Hehe, I'd have to agree. Although I guess "style" comes out more often in matches that I know I'm going to win (playing against non-competitive players) or in friendlies that I don't care about winning in.

Tournament matches are pretty much all business for me. If Shinespiking were to be practical in a certain situation, I'll use it. But I won't put for the effort to make sure to use it in a match, like I would in a friendly.