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The more damaging your attacks are, the safer they are on shield. The shield stun or "shield pressure" is much greater when your attacks deal more damage (and lesser when they deal less damage)
Watchful_Eye
's thread to the FAQ thread
You can do a directional input after the first B.
Yooooo. Moved your thread. If you have any problems, just post it here
Well, this is a matter of spacing then. Make use of Shulk's range and avoid whiffing your attacks to make your attacks safe. Well, unless you're in buster then your attacks are mostly safe anyway. Avoid rushing down too much with Shulk because smart opponents will just shield grab them all. Take advantage of your range to maintain distance. Don't try going CQC against them. Focus on mid-range. Being between long range and close quarters is your main territory unless you go into speed art. Also, hitting the lab is always nice and it helps in developing your skill and strategies with Shulk (and with any character). For all you know, you might find something that's worth sharing in the meta game thread
A solid response, thanks.
If you feel that you're taking too much damage and pressure, just switch off the art.
You're suppose to spot dodge Diddy's monkey flip (That's your best and also your only option). Spamming monkey flips? That's really easy to punish because it gets predictable. Also, you should be DI'ing d-throw -> u-air and that way, you shouldn't even be taking a u-air to the face off from d-throw at higher percentages.
"Hm, let's put a half-screen grab where your only course of action is spot dodge it. Brilliant! BRILLIANT!" How's that a good design? You speak as it was completely normal to have such bad jokes. Or, "Let's put this meat shield in here, you need to deal with it first so you can get the actual player. Oh, let's add a 10 sec respawn for it." If Luma acted like Lala (died, won't come till Rosalina respawn), or acting like Shulk's MA (you could call Luma for a limited time), it would be far more interesting, once again, who was the genious that thought a constant 2x1 was a good idea?
Well, we acknowledge that Smash is a party game, it has its competitive aspects and is very technical for a "party game" when you strip away items and casual play. We also know that some things in this game are broken and flawed in design, but we just deal with them because if we're going to play the game competitively, that's the only thing to do. Whining about isn't going to help, we just try to work around/through it and help others do the same. :\
This is REALLY good out of Buster or Speed from my experience.
The Jab clip at 2:04 - 2:06 wasn't jab canceling. What went on there was Sodrek held the A button to do Jab-1 while Diddy charged forward running into it, but because Diddy was hit from a far range, Jab-2 whiffs & Sodrek still holding down the A button reset the Jab combo to start back to Jab-1.
1) yeah
I'm a little confused about how the MA cancel buffering works. So, say you're in Jump. You ftilt, and then buffer the art cancel and then jump. Do you jump with Vanilla Shulk height, or Jump Shulk height? Also, does MA cancel buffering require a movement or can you buffer it with another attack?
If you buffer the cancelling of the MA during the Ftilt (press B 3 times near the end of the animation) then jump right away when the Ftilt animation is over, then you your jump height will be Monado Jump's jump height. Instead of timing that jump, you can input the jump slightly before the animation is over (buffering it) and still get the effect. I think the technique works best when shielding though, as you can simply press 3 times then jump out of the shield while still getting the effect. I've actually just finished recording a video demonstrating this. I should have it uploaded a few hours from now.I'm a little confused about how the MA cancel buffering works. So, say you're in Jump. You ftilt, and then buffer the art cancel and then jump. Do you jump with Vanilla Shulk height, or Jump Shulk height? Also, does MA cancel buffering require a movement or can you buffer it with another attack?
A side question off of the buffering is how the MA cancel works. When you buffer it, does it only take 1 frame to deactivate? or does it take however long 3 switches take?
The 1 frame per switch is a hypothesis. I do not have the resources to test that. Really the only reason why I'm interested in that is the question above.
And thanks for #2. Edited.
I like switching immediately to speed or jump in order to avoid the opponent's invincibility frames. Changing arts while the opponent isn't present removes the risk of screwing up the switch under pressure, and losing a few seconds of possible speed time is worth less on the margin than the risk of taking 15-30% from a hit or combo due to bad positioning.
FOcast's reply is solid, & I'm just replying to give insight on the matter.
If you're on Smash, switch it off immediately; in one-on-one it can usually only work against after you take a stock. Although it may help you get out of some mid percent combos thanks to the increase in knockback taken.
erico9001
made a really good video demonstrating how to do this out of shield with a buffered deactivation). During the switch you can protect yourself with an aerial if they chase you.
Pretty sure its 35 frames.
35 frames but the active window deteriorates by about 1/3 with each successful counter (however the window does also regenerate over time).
Does it not deteriorate with each unsuccessful counter as well?
