Uair Lock Starters

[Meru.]

Uair/Nair Lock (Peach’s 0-death) and starters

This thread is dedicated to Peach’s Uair/Nair lock and its potential starters. There are some other known locks or 0-deaths Peach has (such as the turnip lock), but this thread focuses on her footstool Uair/Nair lock only.

For those who are not familiar with her Uair or Nair lock yet, I would highly recommend watching this video of My Smash Corner, which explains her Uair and Nair lock in great detail.

How to do it

How to do the Uair lock:

1. Footstool a standing opponent
2. After footstooling, quickly go into a float (so you don’t jump up).
3. Cancel your float
4. Do an Uair while falling and hit them with the first hit of Uair only. Be sure to delay your Uair after footstooling your opponent so you only get the first hit! There’s a pretty big window after footstooling them, the timing for a slightly delayed Uair should not be very strict.
5. After landing the first hit of Uair, quickly land and jump on your opponent again to footstool them. You have to do this as quickly as possible, this step is where the timing is strict and the window is tight.
6. Repeat from step 2.

How to switch sides while doing the Uair lock on your opponent (like Umeki does here)

1. Footstool a standing opponent
2. After footstooling, quickly go into a float (so you don’t jump up).
3. Hold your float for a small moment and get behind your opponent.
4. Drop your float and do an Uair (like you do in step 4 above)
5. Continue the Uair lock.

Uair/Nair lock starters

Dtilt > Footstool

• Dtilt can be teched.
• Nairdrop > Dtilt is a combo. Read how to Nairdrop here.

1. Dtilt the opponent
2. Footstool them
3. Cancel your footstool into a float so you won’t jump up
4. Drop your float and hit them with a weak hit Nair (not the strong hit)!
5. Hit them with the first hit of Uair when they get up. You can do this by doing a shorthop fastfall Uair (like in the Rush Hour Smash vid) but you can also just float and then time the first hit of Uair.
6. Jump on them and footstool them.
7. Uair/Nair lock.

Dthrow > Footstool

• Only works on fastfallers like Sheik, Fox and Falcon. Probably her best set-up, despite it only working at very low percents (0%-13%) without any rage.
• If not all hits of Dair hit, you can do Dair > first hit of Uair > Dthrow > Uair lock.

1. Dthrow them.
2. Turn around as fast as possible.
3. Jump on the opponent and footstool > float as fast as possible.
4. Uair lock.

Shorthop Dair > second jump > footstool > Nair > Uair lock

As explained in My Smash Corner here. I’m pretty sure you can DI away after the Dair to avoid the footstool though.

1. Shorthop Dair.
2. Second jump towards them.
3. Footstool them and cancel with a float.
4. Hit them with a sourspot Nair.
5. Uair them when they get-up.
6. Jump on the opponent and footstool > float as fast as possible.
7. Uair lock.

Uair set-ups

These are not guaranteed combos.

Shorthop/Float Dair > first hit of Uair > Uair lock.

• Can be escaped by pressing shirt after the first hit of Uair (the frame advantage seems to be too small to footstool them).

1. Shorthop Dair.
2. Float Uair.
3. Land before the second hit connects.
4. Jump on the opponent and footstool > float as fast as possible.
5. Uair lock.

Or

1. Float Dair
2. Fastfall Uair
3. Land before the second hit connects.
4. Jump on the opponent and footstool > float as fast as possible.
5. Uair lock.

Any more set-ups/starters I have forgotten?

 

[MezzoMe]

Doesn't look like you missed something, but you didn't embed the guide here

Uair/Nair lock starters

Dtilt > Footstool

• Dtilt can be teched.
• Nairdrop > Dtilt is a combo. Read how to Nairdrop here.

1. Dtilt the opponent
2. Footstool them
3. Cancel your footstool into a float so you won’t jump up
4. Drop your float and hit them with a weak hit Nair (not the strong hit)!
5. Hit them with the first hit of Uair when they get up. You can do this by doing a shorthop fastfall Uair (like in the Rush Hour Smash vid) but you can also just float and then time the first hit of Uair.
6. Jump on them and footstool them.
7. Uair/Nair lock.

 

[snackwel5]

You can also get a foot-stool off of a turnip though it is rather hard compared to the other options.