What type of homing attack doesn't home?

[JJBro1]

I was in the air with my opponent and i did the homing attack and i completely wiifed. And another time i was trying to meteor with my homing attack on fd and i homed straight into the ground. What gives?

 

[Umby]

Vids or it didn't happen.

For the first one, the homing attack simply followed the rule that if the opponent moves out of the path determined before the homing attack unleashes, then it will miss. The only reasonable explanation for the second one is that you were too far away.

 

[JJBro1]

Vids or it didn't happen.

For the first one, the homing attack simply followed the rule that if the opponent moves out of the path determined before the homing attack unleashes, then it will miss. The only reasonable explanation for the second one is that you were too far away.

so your saying to avoid a homing attack all you have to do is move when sonic is in the air?

 

[Soloman]

not necessarily, the homing attack in brawl is quite different than the homing attack from sonic adventure 1n above. in brawl it arcs, it doesnt go straight unless u';re straight up in somones face. on certain platform lvls ive run into some instances where somoen can be standing there and i home and i completly miss him by firing over. I mean they coulda made better use of this ability but its still pretty handy for gimping. (and free recovery as well) If u get the timing down better on the homing cancel charge, u can make the shot alot more accurate when u're gimping recovery, less time for the wind up less time for u're opponent to get outta u're firing zone.

In essence it still homes even if u're opponent is moving, not where he was fixed when u started the home.

 

[Spin Dashie]

The title of this thread confused me.

Try positioning yourself below and a bit in front of your opponent to home in. Like they said, if its missing, you're probably too far away.

 

[Terios the Hedgehog]

That arc shouldn't exist.

 

[darkNES386]

Perhaps you did a homing cancel. If you pressed b at the right moment in the middle of the charge you unleash the attack earlier.... however, I do not believe that the homing cancel actually chases an opponent. Someone else confirm/deconfirm this.

 

[Terios the Hedgehog]

Unless I've been timing it wrong Homing cancel does still home in on them.

 

[darkNES386]

Alright, thanks... I'll have to try it out some more when I get the chance...

@OP you probably were just to far away from the other player.

 

[R4ZE]

the homing attack actually can hit very far away if your straight accross from your opponent. its like... nearly as long as falco's forward b.

its so funny, i do it all the time as a trick attack, they dont expect ti to hit, and in a split second it pops em on the head lol.

i posted my lil homing attack thing on this thread.http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=156938