Sonic spring scenario

[sesshomaru]

So i just saw a sonic vid where sonic up-b's above mario. i'd never noticed it before but his spring falls away after use. This was always just background animation to me until i saw it almost hit mario, so i ask. Can u interact with the falling spring i.e. could i up b and send it at my opponent while edge-guarding or will they simply pass through each other?

 

[TiersAreReal]

Yes, you can. In some videos, I saw a fairly nice mini-combo where Sonic used his UP B in the air and the spring hit a character trying to chase Sonic (emphasis on trying) and then Sonic immediately used his down air to follow up on the spring's hit. I've also seen Sonic use the UP B while at the edge so that the spring fell down to hit a character trying to recover. The knockback wasn't all that great, but it is a projectile and buys you enough time to land and set yourself up for more edgeguarding.

 

[WeltallZero]

Yep, when you use the spring on the air, it will fall down and hit any opponent, and even cause light damage. This causes the spring to immediately disappear, so you can only hit one opponent.

 

[Chiroz]

Watch some videos of LuCKy, he seems to have the spring timing down perfectly. I watched some of his videos, and when he edgeguards he always times the spring so it hits the opponent.

He has even killed with the very small knockback it does. I believe it was him vs Inks (Marth), he did a spring and the small knockback made Marth miss the edge by the tiniest amount. LuCKy annihilated Inks in both matches.

 

[shortwanabelaker]

...spring spike

 

[Chiroz]

...spring spike

Its not a spike, more like a very low knockback. Its like taking away a mid-air jump. (since if you hit them, it basically just knocks em back about a little bit less than a mid-air jump but it also kills their momentum foward.

 

[sesshomaru]

still, i dare say that sakurai actually gave sonic a good deal with all the up-b options. couldve easily just been another "we expected more" moments. thnx for the response

 

[LuCKy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrnbjL84kr8 1:30

i remember when i was making a big deal out of the spring a while back and people called me dumb lol

but i mean there is no other way to kill your opponent

if you wanna laugh at them with your superiorness............ lol

-edit sakurai did not intend for the up b to be used this way

 

[Deathwish238]

yea i forgot who did it (zeal?? or something) but when you hit ike with the spring when he's in the UP+B animation you turn him around 180 degrees and im pretty sure he can't grab the edge...kinda cheap but sweet and gives you an advantage over him.

 

[LarkOhiya]

you can grab the edge regardless of the way your facing.

 

[Bit Cloud]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VXsdKVtU3nI

The Ike vid Deathwish238 was talking about. The spring pushes ike so that when he does Aether he is too far from the ledge and Ike dies.

 

[Tristan Darkshade]

Ike never performed his up B animation before he was hit by the spring in both instances. Still, this shows good use of spring gimping.

 

[InterimOfZeal]

Haha, that match was good times.

If he had of used it before the spring, he wouldn't have been able to reach the edge. If he used it during, he woulda gone down and to the right, after... well, you saw what happened.

It works decently enough for most match-ups, really. Just get them into the spot where everyone ever dies, and lulz about it.

 

[LuCKy]

InterimOfZeal coming wit teh spring kills n' gold sneakers lol very cool sonic i enjoyed your match a lot

 

[InterimOfZeal]

It's all about the gold shoes. Btw, huuuuuuuuge discovery about the bracelets.

Spoiler

They're actually floaties. That's why he doesn't drown in the water

 

[LuCKy]

It's all about the gold shoes. Btw, huuuuuuuuge discovery about the bracelets.

Spoiler

They're actually floaties. That's why he doesn't drown in the water

but what about regular sonic???

 

[Lyoncet]

but what about regular sonic???

I was wondering that too. Everybody's playing the dark-shade or yellow-shoe Sonic.

Although there's something very aesthetically pleasing about the slightly purple version.

 

[LuCKy]

its all about teh green sonic lol

 

[InterimOfZeal]

Spoiler

they all wear floaties. They're just hidden in the bracelets/gloves

I'm not kidding, guys.