to grab or shieldgrab

[knightpraetor]

Simple question i guess:

from time to time i will L-cancel and end up mistiming the Z for the grab.....i'm curious whether it matters whether i just hold L and hit A afterwards?

how much slower is it to shield grab if i wait for the shield to appear?

if i am just holding L and then still hit A on time will i grab without the shield coming up? because in that case i'd have the best of both worlds, instant grab if timed well, and a shield grab if i mistime a little..

but anyways i just thought i'd try to deal with those random times when i end up throwing up a shield when i wish to grab..very careless..but it still happens 2 or 3 times an hour

 

[Razgriz]

I wonder why nobody is answering your question. I'm curious to know whether the shield grab is slower myself. Well, I can tell you it certainly isn't faster, and it's useful to be in the habit of jump cancelling your grabs, so I would just always hit the jump button and then the grab, even when stationary. Hey... I wonder if there's much lag to a jump-cancelled shield grab... The best of all three worlds perhaps?

 

[Nick Nasty]

If you post your questions in Emblem Lord's thread they will give you a nice answer. Anyway, if you are going to shield grab w/Marth then either do it if you are in reach of your foe after a SHDF or if your opponent attacks you and you block it. As Razgriz mentioned earlier, learn how to do JC grabs because they are much faster, have less lag and more abusable since Marth has the best grab range in the game. Also, WDing into shield grabs works too.

 

[xelad1]

it all depends on how you are grabbing, nick mentioned some good points since the button configurations for WDing and L cancelling allow you to shield grab faster but most of the time you want to be JCing your grabs out of dash dances.

 

[Teczer0]

well if u r attacking ure opponent u should like not shield grab cuz itll make u stand still...

i would always JC in your position but unless u need to block a hit i dont think u should shield grab