Tap Jump or Button?

[Delta-RS]

What do you like better?

I personally prefer buttons. I find it easier to short hop and you can strong up without
tap jump. What is your preference?

 

[M!nt]

Definitly buttons, with the control stick it's hard to perform aerials without slamming the stick around.

 

[ryuu seika]

Upsmash shouldn't be confusable with Uair. Buttons.

 

[Flutter NiTE]

I can't do a utilt without completley focusing on how slowly to move my finger.

 

[Igoos]

Tap jump. I first played Brawl with the wiimote + nunchuck. In this configuration, I was with buttons, programing C button to be jump 'cuz that way is easy to do utilt but with the GC control, I don't have this option so my left index finger be the jump and my middle left finger be the shield button, so I stick with tap jump.

Later, when I buy a Classic Control Pro, I will do a personalized config so L will be jump and LZ will be shield

 

[FIREL]

I use both.
Tap-Jump, only because i'm very used to it.
Button Jump as an alternative jump that i can use in combos.

 

[Xebenkeck]

use both, it helps infinatly

 

[Juice Box]

Buttons because they let you quickly perform aerials without having to readjust the control stick too much beforehand.

Turning tap jump to 'off' also helps with not accidentally jumping and gimping yourself. Plus they let you use up tilt much easier.

 

[The real little comet]

I alternate.
I find it hard to tap jump when under lag, so I use the button.
Tap jump when the pace runs smoothly.

 

[SupaSairentoZ7℠]

I use both. I used to rely on the buttons but I practiced a bit with the controls and now I'm comfortable with both methods.

 

[Supreme Dirt]

Buttons.

Mostly due to being a CCPro user.

 

[Mike2]

I play with tap jump off. I also have L to jump too.

 

[AMKalmar]

Z jump, tap jump for buffered uair.

 

[§witch]

Leave it on for OoS options, durrrrrrr

 

[Bobwama]

Buttons, R on a GC controller works beautifully.
Utilts can get screwed up into a jump or smash in the heat of battle and ruin your strategy ...also can cause a lack of falling Uairs.

 

[TurnOneWrath]

I use both, but I think it hurts my game a little. I do u-tilts after landing, normally, because I am already holding up on the control stick, which leads to predictability with some characters I use (mainly Lucario suffers from this).
When I turn off the tap jump and use buttons, I still sometimes instinctively try to use up as well, and I end up not jumping when I really need to. A little frustrating, I guess.

 

[Claire Diviner]

I stick with buttons, though tapping up on the Control Stick does help in certain situations, especially as an Out-of-Shield option.

 

[Gatlin]

Whichever is in the more convenient position for the scenario I am in. I guess I alternate, but I will mostly be using the buttons over the control stick.

 

[Phoxhound]

just buttons. turned off tap jump while I was playing lucario for his delicious utilt.

 

[Tenodera]

Always buttons. There are times where I would accidentally tap-jump and it turned out very useful, but most of the time it was just problematic.

 

[SpliziT]

Tap jump off. Being a Fox main that is very crucial.

 

[Zatchiel]

I use both. More-so Tap Jump, but it's been screwing me up when it comes to things like Fire Jump Punching. I also use the X button to footstool or whatever I need to do. Tech Jump also comes in handy when I need to Tech Jump > B-reverse as Snake.

 

[Pogoshark]

I used to use tap jump, but I forced myself to use buttons just recently, im getting used to it now

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

Tap jump can be a nuisance when you're trying to do u-tilts and u-airs.

 

[Soldner Kei]

tap jump on and jumping with buttons too, couse I am used to jump with buttons since Smash 64, and tap jump couse it's useful for OoS options, if you have trouble doing uairs use the c-stick, it wont waste your jump, as for the utilts just push the stick slighty...

but on the other hand, whenever I play as ZSS I use tap jump off, since her OoS options arent that good

 

[KMFBrawler]

use both, it helps infinatly

Agreed. I use tap Jump for jumping, and buttons for aerials.

 

[~XP~]

I ALWAYS turn off tap jump. I've been playing Smash since 64 and I've always use the button, and ever since it's been the same with every smash game.

Not to mention tap jump makes it harder for me to tilt and DACUS.

 

[Abel1994]

i use both >.> I use em all!

 

[smashmanx7]

tap up mostly because i find more simple and i've been doing it longer

 

[Problem2]

tap jump shouldn't be used to actually jump. You should use it if you do OoS up-b or u-smash a lot. I actually assign my unused shield button (L) to jump so I can turn tap jump off and still use OoS options easily.

 

[tocool4muffins]

Buttons, easier to control. I disable the tap jump under my brawl nickname, just so I don't accidentally jump while trying to use any up-A attack

 

[Kenshinhan]

Tap jump off please. It does lead to accidental double jumps when you're trying to Uair, and sometimes accidental jumps when you're trying to Utilt from the ground.

Also, Button jump (with x, y, z, r) is probably the easiest way to perform consistent short hops. I don't think I need to explain how important short-hopping is in SSB, SSBM, and SSBB. Button-release and sensitivity to X/Y is easier for me than using Z, but I imagine L or R to be just as good (since there is so much physical button-depth on button presses for quicker button release)

Short-hopping takes practice if you're not used to it, but it's all about quickening your button release (with X/Y/Z) and button press sensitivity with L/R.