What does "Lab" exactly mean in terms of Competitive Smash Bros.

[Trickerhere]

Is the Lab like practicing your tech skill in Melee with L-canceling, shining (fox,falco), wavedashing, and etc.? For Smash 4 is it like practicing mechanics, hitboxes, combos, and advanced techniques in training mode? Thanks

 

[ParanoidDrone]

Short for "laboratory," basically refers to training mode and other practice sessions where you would learn and experiment with your character of choice.

Similarly, "tech" or "technology" means some move or other that obviously took a lot of skill to learn, practice, and execute. The move in question may or may not be specific to your character.

 

[Zenpie]

What's shining?

 

[ParanoidDrone]

What's shining?

"Shine" is a popular term for Fox's down special.

 

[Trickerhere]

Short for "laboratory," basically refers to training mode and other practice sessions where you would learn and experiment with your character of choice.

Similarly, "tech" or "technology" means some move or other that obviously took a lot of skill to learn, practice, and execute. The move in question may or may not be specific to your character.

Okay thank you for explaining this!

 

[byebye]

I always thought "tech" means "technique". :|

 

[deepseadiva]

Similarly, "tech" or "technology" means some move or other that obviously took a lot of skill to learn, practice, and execute. The move in question may or may not be specific to your character.

I always thought "tech" means "technique". :|

Yes, it means technique.

 

[ParanoidDrone]

Yes, it means technique.

I've seen it used in both contexts, honestly.

 

[Fox Is Openly Deceptive]

I wasn't aware that 'lab' was even a smash term. But I guess there are a lot of people using it as a term from what a brief search tells me. I guess I'll add it. It can't hurt.

For future reference though, these kinds of posts should go in The Smash Dictionary. You'll find everything there including 'shine' and 'tech'. Don't make separate threads asking such questions. Thank you.