XSilvenX
Smash Lord
I recently started using Aethers to spike alot more in my gameplay. But there are some times when I would go for an Aether spike vs someone and I would successfully get the spike but Ike wouldn't grab on for some weird reason. I found out that if was because I was holding forward. Now The only reason I would hold forward is to have Ike be on par with the ledge so that after the Aether I don't hit the floor but I grab the ledge. Now there is a way to of course grab the ledge after an Aether without any DI with proper spacing, but of course you're not always in the position to do that. Sometimes I would Aether far from the ledge so I would hold forward to sync Ike up with the ledge and at times Ike wouldn't grab no matter how close he was to the ledge. Little did I know that holding forward is the same thing as holding down in that situation..Ike WILL NOT GRAB THE LEDGE with his back turned to the ledge while you're holding forward. I thought it was only while holding down since it's a general thing for all characters but no...it's kind of weird. Of course this only applies to when his back it turned to the stage...he has no problem grabbing facing forward. I notice sometimes people recover with Ike's Aether backwards too when they're coming from under the stage so just remember to let go of Forward when Ike is on par with the ledge or else he won't grab.. That sure does explain my SD in the tourney match I had on Sunday.. (still won though hehe)
And the Shorthop B-Air issue..it may or may not happen to you but just try this....go in training mode or any other mode...really it doesn't matter. And try to do 10 successive shorthop bairs IMMEDIATELY out of jump with the C-stick. Stupid right...? What I'm referring to is the tendency for Ike to not SH BAIR sometimes...he will do a backwards jump with slight momentum going towards the back. I've talked to Versa about this and he says he has the same issue sometimes...at first he thought it was his controller but I'm starting to think there are certain frames where if you press Bair too fast after you jump, it won't register as a Bair. It's pretty ridiculous as SH Bair is one of the key things to Ike. An immediate one is necessary in certain situations. I've known about this for the longest but I always thought it was a controlller issue...only thing is, I'm using a relatively new controller and it does the same thing. Now I'm pretty much forced to delay my C-stick BAIR a little bit..it's still lagless but it's kind of annoying to have to remember to slow down your BAIR.
And the Shorthop B-Air issue..it may or may not happen to you but just try this....go in training mode or any other mode...really it doesn't matter. And try to do 10 successive shorthop bairs IMMEDIATELY out of jump with the C-stick. Stupid right...? What I'm referring to is the tendency for Ike to not SH BAIR sometimes...he will do a backwards jump with slight momentum going towards the back. I've talked to Versa about this and he says he has the same issue sometimes...at first he thought it was his controller but I'm starting to think there are certain frames where if you press Bair too fast after you jump, it won't register as a Bair. It's pretty ridiculous as SH Bair is one of the key things to Ike. An immediate one is necessary in certain situations. I've known about this for the longest but I always thought it was a controlller issue...only thing is, I'm using a relatively new controller and it does the same thing. Now I'm pretty much forced to delay my C-stick BAIR a little bit..it's still lagless but it's kind of annoying to have to remember to slow down your BAIR.