Short Hopping

[NickTheGreat]

Hello everyone i'm having trouble SHing with Fox becacuse his jump is so fast.

I can do it with Falco and others, but I just only get it with fox like 1/10 of the time.

Any help would be great. Bye.

EDIT: I was always using a wireless Wavebird, and I heard they have a 2 frame lag...

That explains a lot! Now I can do it about 1/5 of the time!

 

[Brainjack]

lol there really is no "trick" other than just practicing, just do it over and over again, eventually you'll get the touch for it

p.s. you'll find this to be true for a lot of smash related techniques, only way is to practice, just keep to it, sounds cliche but honestly, it's true, especially for short hopping

 

[DtJ Jungle]

once you can short hop with fox you can short hop with anyone..practice practice

 

[Toobz]

once you can short hop with fox you can short hop with anyone..practice practice

Truth. Just spaz out on the controller and hit the button really hard. smash that jump button. Eventually you won't have to smash it and it will feel natural.

 

[Brainjack]

Truth. Just spaz out on the controller and hit the button really hard. smash that jump button. Eventually you won't have to smash it and it will feel natural.

hahahah wait really?!?!?! or is that a compeltel joke.

 

[DtJ Jungle]

dont smash it...

 

[Alphicans]

Smash it? Don't smash it? Both incorrect. Although I trust you can both Short hop, you're not really helping lol. It's just based on how fast you can release it. So just hit it fast. Practice, however, is the most important.

 

[DtJ Jungle]

i know that...so why the **** would you smash it? it would be alot harder to learn if you just sit there and smash it

 

[RaynEX]

Fox has one of (if not the) fastest jump in the game. The controller gauges how long your finger is on the button, and how quickly you release it. Work on tapping it very quickly. You can hit it hard, or soft...because it doesn't really matter how you do it - as long as you keep the brevity of the SHs constant between each jump. Bah its not that complicated. Just make sure your finger isn't on the button too long. Swipe/flick/tap.

 

[NickTheGreat]

Thanks guys i'll practice it more!

 

[Da Shuffla]

I think Fox is tied with Shiek for slowest jump delay. When I first started SHing, I grew my right thumbnail so I could flick the X button. This made it a whole lot easier. When I cut it, I found that I could still SH because my thumb was used to making that motion. Also, you can look into the "slow right thumb" thread for more info.

 

[Brainjack]

hahahahah wow, growing thumb nail, haven't heard that one before............

 

[NickTheGreat]

OMG, I found out something I never realized...

On my other thread in Melee discussion, someone told me that the wireless Wavebird's have a 2 frame lag...

That explains a lot! Now I can do it about 1/5 of the time!

 

[bahamutz69]

i didnt read all the posts so sorry if you already got it down.
but what i do is have the tip of my thumb on y and and then just push down and slide off.
or whats what i did when learning it and getting it down.

 

[Da Shuffla]

hahahahah wow, growing thumb nail, haven't heard that one before............

Yeah, it was like short-hopping training wheels. The only downside was that it wore down the paint below my X button.

 

[DtJ Jungle]

....wireless wavebird?..buy a real controller...

 

[NickTheGreat]

....wireless wavebird?..buy a real controller...

I already did.

 

[Brainjack]

OMG, I found out something I never realized...

On my other thread in Melee discussion, someone told me that the wireless Wavebird's have a 2 frame lag...

That explains a lot! Now I can do it about 1/5 of the time!

good john, gg.