Sonic down air cancel??

[Stilll Alive]

So I'm sorry for not having proof I am kicking myself for not saving the replay, but I played a guy a few minutes ago who did sonics down air a lot, and it had little to no recovery frames, it was almost like an L cancel is there somehow sonic is able to do this?? Because I've looked over the Internet and experimented in the lab a bit and I can't figure it out, if you have know where I could get some info on this or even if you have seen it yourself let me know please!

Thanks again.

UPDATE noob moment lol, didn't realize if you triple jump then down air it has no recovery, so if you too didn't know, now ya do lol

 

[Espy Rose]

Yeah, dair has a certain amount of frames dedicated to the animation + cooldown. If you're still in the air when the entirety of the attack is over, then you go back into a falling and landing with zero lag.

 

[Camalange]

Q: Can Sonic L-Cancel his Dair?
A: No. Sonic used to be able to autocancel his Dair from the max height of his Spring, but this is no longer the case. However, if you're at the approximate distance of a jump plus the max height of a spring and then Dair, it will autocancel. There's no way to shorten the lag. It just has an increased autocancel distance.

http://smashboards.com/threads/sonic-faq-differences-between-side-b-and-down-b-more.371222/