Tristan_win
Not dead.
Couldn’t sleep, got bored, found my old guide surprisingly on the Zelda boards and notice it was outdated, updated it… I’m also sorry I didn’t update my thread like I said I would. Hopefully this will make up for that a bit.
At some point I also plan to finish another guide I've been working on called "Ftilt, the move that's more complex then the game Brawl"
Ha, even when you remove the top introduction and bottom comments this guide is 2,358 words long. The last one was 1,374 >_<
[FONT="]Tristan's Quick Guide to Sheik 2.0[/FONT][FONT="]
[/FONT][FONT="]What Learning Curve?[/FONT][FONT="]
[/FONT][FONT="]Needles[/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT="]What Learning Curve?[/FONT][FONT="]
[/FONT][FONT="]Needles[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Needles are your friends and can cause most characters to approach you even if they are able to shoot back such as Zelda or Snake [there are more than just these two].[/FONT]
- [FONT="]If you are in a match up that you cannot force an approach it’s always a good idea to have a needle storm at the ready for punishment. [/FONT]
- [FONT="]Never use needle storm close to your opponent as there is faintly less hit stun on the needle storm then the cool down time you have for throwing them. [/FONT]
- [FONT="]Needle storm is not safe on shield at close to mid range against opponents with solid Out Of Sheild options or OoS due to its cool down.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Needles cannot be blocked by attacks; they will continue to go though the air until they hit something that can be damaged or until they reach their max distance. After a needle storm it’s always a good idea unless you’re fighting an opponent with a very strong long range b move like samus neutral B to follow it up with another needle.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Never fear needles being reflected if you thrown them at the correct range they will never reach you.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Whenever someone lands there are always a few frames where they cannot attack or shield, use needle storm to hit them exactly at this point. You will generally only use it like this after a juggle or when they are being defensive and jumping a lot. Think Wario.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]With good timing it’s possible to do a full hop needle storm and not surfer from any landing lag. [/FONT]
- [FONT="]You can cause snakes grenades to explode in mid air right in front of him with a well timed needle or even in his hands.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Needles can stop De3 minions, Rob Gyro, Wario unbroken bike, and Olimar attacks in general [/FONT]
- [FONT="]Needles can turn around Ice climber ice cubes.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Tilts[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Sheik tilts are her best friend, they combos, they can lead into kill moves; it’s the reason why Sheik shouldn’t be below sonic on the tier list.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]All of Sheik tilts attack speed is identical, cool down and area of attack is different.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Sheik Ftilt and Dtilt has a sweet spot on the foot which if connect will hit your opponents in a more combo-able angle. The ftilt sends them more toward you then usual and dtilt sends them completely vertical.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]If you want to combo with Sheik tilts safely you will sadly have to learn a few percentages, get over it.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Tilt lock is the simplest combo to learn, you should get the general feel of it first when learning percentages before anything. Compete list of lowest percentage for Tilt locks: http://i46.tinypic.com/15yg7zo.jpg [/FONT]
- [FONT="]Learning how to buff your tilts will greatly expand your Sheik safe combo potential.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Sheik Ftilt can combo normally with no decay from 10% to give or take 70%, with decay that can stretch as far as 130%[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Sheik Dtilt can combo/string from 10% to roughly 50%[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Utilt can combo/string from 0% until a low percentage that I do not know ^-^’
[/FONT] - [FONT="]Utilt can combo directly into Ftilt in the low percents which can combo into various things from there.
[/FONT] - [FONT="]All of Sheiks tilts can be used to Anti Air, Utilt and Dtilt being far better for it then Ftilt.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]With Dtilt high priority, sweet spot, and misleading hit box it can stop most non-heavily disjointed aerial attacks. Also because you are ducking you are harder to hit, [/FONT]
- [FONT="]With Utilt first hit its priority either beats or trade with everything, the 2nd hit priority is also good but its main use is to punish people for air dodging the first part of the Utilt.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Ftilt isn’t as useful as Utilt or Dtilt because of its priority and that it takes a little while before the hit box can be useful it so it has to be start early.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]The utilt is very useful if someone is standing near the edge of the platform above you shielding as the first and 2nd kick can be used to push people off which will make them go into a tumbling animations. I’ve started tilt locks or followed this up quite often when the chance presents its self.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]The Utilt first part can hit a little behind Sheik. The range is small but because of its great priority and speed it can sometimes be used as an aggressive means to defend yourself.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Sheik ftilt can hit people shields and not be shield grabbed if spaced correctly; however, this doesn’t stop people from grabbing your leg so don’t expect to be able to pressure people with it at least for long.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]The utilt can combo into another utilt in the very low percents on larger characters like DK it can also be used to set up a tilt lock afterwards. [/FONT]
- [FONT="]The dtilt sweet spot can be used to link into another dtilt and then into a ftilt if they DI poorly after the 2nd dtilt in the low percents. This only works on the fast fallers but can be used against middle falling speed people if they are not expecting it.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]The utilt can poke between burst of Lucario dair and has enough priority to beat De3 falling ^B or any dair that doesn‘t have large amount of disjointed hits boxes [people with swords.][/FONT]
- [FONT="]Sheik ftilt will cancel out snakes ground attack, [/FONT]
- [FONT="]Sheik dtilt will also cancel out on snakes dtilt.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Sheik dtilt can hit below some characters grab range and even attacks. Snake grab and neutral A being the best example.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Sheik ftilt and the first part of the utilt will cancel out a marth uncharged fsmash. [/FONT]
[FONT="]Smashes[/FONT]
- [FONT="]When using the fsmash it is always best to try to hit someone with the inner thigh of the first kick then hitting someone with the foot. Hit someone at the knee area will almost guaranteed you to miss with the 2nd kick.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]The 2nd kick of the fsmash has more priority then the first.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Sheik's usmash hits twice, once where the hands connect and on the way down, however if you’re close enough to an opponent you can get both hits in.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Sheik Dash Attack Cancel Usmash or DACUS is amazing and clearly the best in the game. It been proven to be combo into in multiple ways now, it does good damage, it can kill, and its uses don’t end there either. Unless your name is Ankoku you should learn it.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]DACUS even done the shortest as possible reaches farther than dash attack, if held it can go over most of FD[/FONT]
- [FONT="]DACUS can be used for spacing, ever get cornered? Wait till they close in and zoom away. It’s very unlikely they will be able to respond correctly due to its insane speed.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]DACUS extends Sheiks attack zones and because of how quick it is it’s great for using it for anti air[/FONT]
- [FONT="]DACUS is also good for punishment for opponents miss attacks and even OoS. If you power shield the attack you can punish a very large selection of attacks from smashes to aerials. [/FONT]
- [FONT="]DACUS last but not least, fear. Because of its large striking zone most opponents can’t help to not get in it if they think a dacus will come they will do things like raising aerials, super armor moves, and generally take less risk and by doing so they become more predictable. [/FONT]
- [FONT="]DACUS is ****ing amazing, LEARN IT…I’m not talking to you Ankoku.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Since the downsmash comes out in only four frames [that’s in front of you btw] it’s a better option than grabbing if you’re not sure you can land the grab since it’s almost twice as fast as a grab.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]It is extremely useful learning how to pivot dsmash due to the difference in timing and knockback of the first forward hit and the weaker backward one. Gently holding the directly stick toward your opponent a split second before you flick the C stick down will cause a pivot dsmash. [/FONT]
- [FONT="]If Sheik first usmash hit’s an opponent off the edge of a stage then the 2nd will be a guaranteed hit on characters such as pit and Samus. There may be more.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Sheik Fsmash can also push shielding opponents off ledges into the 2nd hit[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Sadly sheik can get grabbed out of her downsmash from behind and can get grabbed between kicks of the Fsmash if done on shield. [/FONT]
- [FONT="]A double hit up smash does around 30% when fresh and can kill meta knight at 80% on FD.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]After the first spin around the down smash start to hit higher and it can be used to stop aerials attacks at times because of its good priority and range.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Airs[/FONT]
- [FONT="]A Full hop nair can be used not only defensively against shield pressures but also good for offensive means as the full hop doesn’t allow you to get shield grabbed. This can also be done with the fair.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Sheik fair hits above and little bit below her, however the hit box you want is the more below as this sends your opponents more downward instead of horizontal. This can also be used to combo if done close to the ground. Fair, dtilt, [maybe two or even none depending on the character and percentage] , ftilt lock[if possible] to usmash. It’s also good to be followed up with a dash grab or dash attack. …It’s also a good idea for edge guarding since it sends them downward.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]The Bair, Nair, and Uair can all be used to combo if you hit someone after the original strong beginning.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Sheik Nair is one of her best cross up tools, jumping towards someone with a nair only to land behind them is fairly safe if not predicted. [/FONT]
- [FONT="]Fair can also be used as a fairly good cross up if you it reverses so as you jump over your opponent you hit the back part of their shield.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Bair is Sheik best option on Shields as if auto canceled and done right can’t be shield grabbed.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Fair can also be used on Shields but only against opponents with poor grab range[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Bair will always hit behind Sheik, always[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Uair priority and range is amazing.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Everything Else[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Sheik AAA combo can beat select characters AAA combos even when in the middle of getting combo-ed, best example Captain Falcon's you can interrupt him at any given point after the third punch with a well timed jab.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Sheik AAA combo priority and range allows her to stop a surprising amount of attacks that aren’t heavily disjointed.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Sheik AAA combo can hit people off the ledge and can be used to Anti air people better than her tilts[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Sheik jab cancel allows her to make strings of things like jab, jab, dtilt. It’s not a true combo but its fast enough to work especially if you occasionally do only one jab.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]You should get into the habit of always pummeling your opponent after a grab before a throw[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Back throw can combo in the low percents and then again in the higher[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Dthrow can also be used to combo but due to how easy it is to DI it you will generally only be using that to juggle unless you have a pretty good idea where they are going to DI to.[/FONT]
- [FONT="] Sheik can grab release into DACUS on Meta Knight, Pikachu, Ice climbers, Mario, Squirtle, and Lucas. We can also do a single step into usmash on Wario.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]On some characters when a ground break happens they are still within striking distance for are fastest attack, jab. This list is Mario, Link, Kirby, Luigi, Meta knight, Ivysaur, charizard, Ice climbers, Lucario, Ness, Bowser, Wario, Toon Link, ROB, Olimar.
[/FONT] - [FONT="]Sheik can also grab release into Fair on Game & Watch and Ness.
[/FONT] - [FONT="]Sheik ^B is a great mind game tool and does great damage [15%?] plus good knock back. It’s never too early to start using the ^B to rack out damage if your opponent lets you unless you have a better option such as a tilt lock.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]The chain is Jesus on ice if used correctly. Short hopping into a chain will cause it to do more damage and hit stun with each hit then if you just pull it out normally on the ground.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]The chain like any normal attack if used in a too low percents will not knock someone far away enough to be safe. If you want to chain camp wait till something like 50%[/FONT]
- [FONT="]When using the chain it’s best to have the mind set of “If I hit him with 1-2 times it will do more damage than “X Move” to knock me out” A good example is Peach, if a peach keep jumping at you then a good retreat into jump into chain is really useful. You will hit them most likely 3-4 times before they can pull back and pull a turnip to force you out of it.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Normal chain is fairly high risk to use but the rewards can sometimes out weight the risk. The main problem with the normal chain when using it to lock is that you have to watch out for the counter hit they will use if you mess up because if you do mess up your DIing in the worst possible way. If you can land the normal chain lock it will generally make you the winner of that stock though unless their counter hit kills you.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]If used correctly the chain can stop all ledge attacks up till 100% at 101% they change to the slower but with more invincible frame versions which you can’t stop.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Sheik jabs have enough priority to cling with Falco side B and Marth Fsmash[/FONT]
At some point I also plan to finish another guide I've been working on called "Ftilt, the move that's more complex then the game Brawl"
Ha, even when you remove the top introduction and bottom comments this guide is 2,358 words long. The last one was 1,374 >_<
