Uthrow or Dthrow?

[crispyone]

Is it better to uthrow or dthrow your opponent (fast fallers) at low percentages? I noticed that SS always uthrows at low percentages against fast fallers.

 

[Oskurito]

d-throw is best against fast fallers imo. because falcon seems to do it faster giving less time to di. Also, if they don't tech the d-throw you can do anything to keep hitting them like knee>grab, stomp, raptor or just tech chase.

U-throw is a must against sheik and it could combo marth into uair (not sure what %). Also you can link uthrow>nair several times against ganon or do it once and then d-throw for the tech chase. D-throw works against most of the characters, the most useful follow ups are nair and knee (nair for comboing) You can grab mario from 0 and nair combo him to death. lol just space well.

 

[Doomgaze]

I agree with Oskurito, but for Falcon you wanna throw him up because you can tap reset him. Falcon is a heavyweight, which -- I'm not sure if you know about-- makes you stay in down throw animation longer which means it's harder to follow up. For this reason, up throw all heavyweights.

Against animals I prefer down throw because it's fast and can be acted out of quickly. Also it can be followed up with drop zones around platforms and edges so keep that in mind. I still use up throw now and then, especially under low platforms, but mostly to mix things up.

 

[ExCeL 52]

Downthrow Falcon at low percents..
120% or higher I would Up Throw

 

[DrewB008]

against fastfallers its pure preference until about 50-60% when you should start uthrowing

marth and sheik i would dthrow until about 30%, then uthrow after that

jiggs, peach, lightweight low tiers like kirby, zelda and ness you should dthrow always, except you can uthrow uair peach at lower percents if you want

pretty much everyone else you should uthrow

 

[Burr]

you should do both so they never know what you're gona do and you can capitalize on their DI's. tech chase too.

 

[Foxy]

i personally prefer uthrow on fast-fallers at low percentages, it seems easier to tech chase as you have more time to watch their di, they usually land closer to you than with dthrow, you have a bit more time to think, and eventually you can tap them.

 

[Da Shuffla]

What percentage is good for Dthrow> Knee on floaties?

 

[DrewB008]

most %'s, but it depends slightly on how floaty

 

[Justblaze647]

D-throw all day!

 

[Wangster]

D-throw all day!

i lol'd at this one

i mostly upthrow spacies for tech-chasing,f-smash n knees. i dthrow if i'm facing near the edge cuz they either will tech in place, tech towards u or not tech at all which is a good opportunity for knees.

for sheik d-throw--> techase/combo. if lyk 70% or over i will automatic knee--> edgeguard or uthrow-->uair-->knee. sheik has to die w/ a knee or else falcon's screwed.

for marth pretty much da same thing as sheik excepti think it takes a lpwer perrcent to uthrow knee i'm not sure.

for floaties... wat Justblaze647 said

 

[ofizzy]

i love Dthrow at low %s i get maybe 3 or 4 in a row for a nice chain unless they DI out

 

[MaritLage227]

I like the d-throw because it gets them moving, but falcon is fast enough to catch up. NEVER, knee out of d-throw.

 

[Panix]

Kick them in the mouth with a B-Throw

 

[DrewB008]

why would you ever say never knee out of dthrow

its a great idea

 

[TidalWave]

why would you ever say never knee out of dthrow

its a great idea

True, as long as the situation calls for it. Uthrow to knee is much better for certain characters/percents.

 

[Scar]

Dthrow has more hitstun, so vs floaties and Marth/Sheik dthrow is a better option a lot of the time, until about 30% vs Marth and Sheik as DrewB said.

vs spacies a lot of the advice you got was good, especially mix it up, since a lot of people get used to the uthrow tech timing and miss techs on dthrows. If you tech chase regrab learn the uthrow stuff, it's way easier.

Tech predicting with stomp/knee is easier with dthrow.