Wavedashing From Ledge

[HdTyvek]

I have seen in almost every Melee tournament i have watched, the players wavedash/short hop air dodge (or even low nair with marth) from grabbing a ledge to returning to the stage. How is this done? I have messed around a bit but cant figure it out myself.

 

[Astraea31]

The timing on this is a little tricky. What I do is I drop down my stick the entire way and AS soon as I hits down all the way I press Y and A and then move forward a little. The same concept goes for any short hops from the ledge, or spacie tech like ledge hop double laser.

 

[HdTyvek]

The timing on this is a little tricky. What I do is I drop down my stick the entire way and AS soon as I hits down all the way I press Y and A and then move forward a little. The same concept goes for any short hops from the ledge, or spacie tech like ledge hop double laser.

Thanks! I'm gonna try this after work tonight!

 

[0-bit]

Thanks! I'm gonna try this after work tonight!

You can also hold away from a ledge to avoid accidentally fast-falling.

 

[Kadano]

I have seen in almost every Melee tournament i have watched, the players wavedash/short hop air dodge (or even low nair with marth) from grabbing a ledge to returning to the stage. How is this done? I have messed around a bit but cant figure it out myself.

Example of button inputs (with a shino-stall before the ledge dash to standardize the ECB):

 

[Siglemic]

starting a ledgedash with down is legit bad

 

[HdTyvek]

The video helps alot, gonna get to practicing!

 

[HdTyvek]

starting a ledgedash with down is legit bad

Is there a reason its bad?

 

[Kaeon]

It's not bad

 

[Kadano]

Is there a reason its bad?

What Kaeon said. Your goal is to move from the drop input to forward (towards the stage) as soon as possible. If you keep pressing down for more than one frame and do not press jump as soon as possible, you will fast fall, though.
The “perfect” spot for dropping is the bottom left one of the pink area in this chart:

 

[HdTyvek]

Got it, the chart is a big help. Thanks again