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What do you use for pillaring?

MattDotZeb

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This is just a topic I made out of curiosity.

Do you pillar/shine combo with or without the c-stick? (Two separate answers >=D)
 

Professor Pro

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i don't use the c-stick that much mostly for down smashes and occasionaly when im not thinkin about it obviously the c-stick for forward smashes.
so i don't use the c-stick for pillaring
 

Jacko

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I don't use the c-stick for pillaring/shine combos
I use a which probably makes it harder but I'm just used to it
 

B0mbe1c

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I'm not about short-cut ways. I usually only use c-stick for SHFFL'd Uair. So, that's a no for me.
 

Kada

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I use the C-stick for just about everything that the C-stick can be used for. All my aerials and smashes. Makes shine comboing so much easier, makes shine-bairs a heck of a lot easier too. It speeds up my Falco game a lot, I tried using the A button for shine combos, It made me a lot slower and I could never dair without fast falling <_<. I like the precision that comes with the C-stick, being able to control yourself in the air, and being able to attack without worrying about how it might affect the way you move.
 

NadaisaGod

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I just C-Stick for uair. I ground hop with Y, and when I'm continuing combos from the air, I switch from air, to control stick jumping, because it's faster somehow.
 

Miharu

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I use the cstick for most aerials, unless it's something like ledgehopped bair, etc. That, and smashes.
 

SCOTU

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For aerials i do for coming out asap from the ground, i use z (i.e. early pillar - see thread on pillaring). Else, i use the cstick, so i FF the frame the dair hits.
 

Rx-

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I only don't use the c-stick becaue my thumb isn't fast enough to get all the way down there and hit it and then come all they way back up to hit the B for the shine more than once. I can't maintain that pattern with the c-stick yet.
 

Oskurito

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I always use the C-stick for pillaring and for shine combos and for more stuff like shine>bair for example
 

Repryx

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For Pillaring I use A...SOMETIMES I use the C-stick for uairs but Its just not comfortable for me and both ways have the same control and speed so I just use A
 

Repryx

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whoa dude, that's impressive! I've been working on c sticking my nairs for a while now, and can't quite get it down. Good ****.
But Scotu YOur supposed to be Most technical and you cant do that? Its Elementary my friend....Even Noobs can Nair w/ the c-stick...
 

JKJ

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I use the c-stick for everything possible. I even charge smashes with that motherf**ker by pressing Z simultaneously.
 

slamjunk

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I may be wrong, but I believe using C-stick for everything increases your skill ceiling as opposed to using it only under certain conditions.
I feel like using the C-stick increases your move/input ratio. The more I can do for less, I will. In my mind, I line up the timings of my moves in advance, so the less buttons I need to press, the faster my timings can be lined up and executed.

Answer:
I use c-stick
For everything
 

Pr0fessor Flash

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I never use the c-stick for pillaring as falco i only use the c-stick for smash attacks same for shine back air
 

-Dubs

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C-stick all the way. Also, pillaring shields is not safe. Multishine and shine-grab mixups are the way to go.
 
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