Sourspotted fair/bair

[Z1GMA]

As a Zelda-player I love when a sweetspotted fair/bair connects.

But what about the sourspotted ones?
Can they lead into anything good?

Any experience?

Biscuits !

 

[Oh Snap]

If i'm coming down from the air, then I try to follow with a dsmash.

 

[SinkingHigher]

Dairs work best with sourspots.

Sour d-air x3 or Sour Dairx2 > Spike or footstool.

 

[Iris]

I wouldn't say it works best with them, they just serve more purpose than the other sourspots.

Anyway, sourspots aren't really useful, just know when attempting a sweetspot that you can string a Nayru's if it sourspots, so it's not incredibly dangerous to use.

 

[RedSnowman]

If you sourspot into a powershield you can get away unscathed whereas if you sweetspot into a power shield you get owned. Haha, I feel like they flow into dsmashes and you can control which side you end up on pretty well so I don't try to sourspot but if an fair/bair sourspots I work with it ya know?

 

[Brinzy]

The only time a sourspot has done me any good with those is if I kick a bit too early and it sourspots, because I can usually land a sweetspot or I can get down and out of the way.

 

[Sonic The Hedgedawg]

I once used a sourspotted LK from off the edge to barely nick a thetherd shiek causing sheik to drop off the chain and get edgehogged by moi.

and othertimes, I'll use a sourspotted dair when recovering from above to disrupt Usmashes... and then I land at a distance (due to zelda's floatiness) and Fsmash before they can attack.

 

[Villi]

You can also get the verry first hit of the nair (which I'd hit the back of someone's shield with over naryu's anyday) out after a sourspotted bair. It has a set knockback which sends them in possibly three directions depending on where you hit them (left, right, up). I tend to send them behind my back after a bair, so I can usually count on landing a grab if the nair connects.

 

[Z1GMA]

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thx ..

 

[psike]

Sonic has definitely use some sourspots against me to make getting back to the ledge an arduous task. Any characters that have poor or slow recovery can be disrupted with a few sourspotted kicks.

 

[Sonic The Hedgedawg]

since it has very low knockback... it can be used to disrupt slow, or otherwise vulnerable recoveries (ness, lucas, Diddy and lucario come to mind)
it might not be as devestating an option as Zelda's Lightning Stomp, but it's a lot safer and easier to place. the move can also set up positioning for a zelda stomp or for an easy edgehog.... at the very least it can result in some free damage to a vulnerable opponent when landing a sweetspotted lighting kick would hit them once and put them in a better location to recover.

 

[SinkingHigher]

I don't know if this counts, but often when I SHF-air and it sourspots, I end up on the opposite side of my opponent, and a b-air seems to always connect.

Perhaps sourspot fairs are not meant for stringing attacks together, but as a way of messing with your opponents.

 

[powuh_of_PIE]

In rare cases on characters with bad recovery the sourspot's hitstun will lead into a second one, which will lead into an edgehog if you get back before they do.