Z-Shielding > Normal Shielding w/ Samus

[Bil]

The reason Z-Shielding with other characters can sometimes not be good is because then you can't shieldgrab. Well with Samus you don't shield grab anyways....

 

[Corigames]

Do you mean light shield or holding Z down after a missed grab to put up a light shield?

Elaborate.

 

[Tyser]

Z-Shielding? This aint Brawl, we cant adjust our controllers. Brawl is horrible also. If you play it, you should stop right about now.

 

[Corigames]

IF he really is talking about Brawl, then this is the second time he has posted in the wrong place >_>

You are suppose to LEARN from mistakes.

 

[Bil]

Tyser you didn't know that you could shield using Z? Yes coreygames I do mean lightshielding after a move.

For instance you can do a spotdodge -> dsmash -> perfect lightshield without having to adjust it with R/L.

Not to mention Wavedashing OoS with this is SUPER easy for people who only use R(like me). I have my middle finger on R and my index finger on Z, and I move my index finger on to X to do Fullhop Double Missiles.

 

[Corigames]

Eh, I'm not a huge fan of light shielding. It knocks you away from your opponent, which is bad for me since I like to come out of my shield doing stuff.

 

[dot_eater]

now when do u ever hav to light shield after any move? and ppl havn't fullhopped double missiled since like 2005

 

[The Alpha Gundam]

I been messing around with Lightshielding a lot more lately and been thinking *when would it be a good time to lightshield vs normal shield* well as of right now i came up with 2 Scenarios for this.

A: On a platform. This could help when trying to get back on the ground when being pressured from chars like marth or CF *if they hit your shield you most fall off the platform and hit the ground*

B: Near the ledge. Your getting up and marth is looking for a F smash so instead of spot dodging *which marth is probably looking for* you can lightshield and it should knock you to the ledge wear you ummmm XD i don't know but its better than feeling dumb cause you spot dodge into why the **** did i caught a tipper smash
feel free to agree or disagree i don't care just throw some input

 

[Forcystus]

your A-situation isn't bad, it's a good solution in my opinion, only in B I would just use my normal shield, why would you want to grab the ledge?

 

[ynnek123]

its better then get hit? =)

and i like light shielding on a platfrom after you got a kill.

 

[Mars-]

Spot dodge to light shield. LOL.

How about for the next thread you make you suggest rolling.

 

[Rat]

Yeah I'm starting to apply Z-shielding. The results are pretty good.

Regular shielding is great if you intend to Up-B out of shield. But that's only **** against Characters with Nair-like approaches, and people who can't space.

But being pushed away can be good. You get out of their Jab follow-ups, allowing you to WD oos without risk. If they anticipate shielding, Light-shielding changes the Field of Play and may mess-up their follow-ups.

(Side note: has anyone practiced/applied Smash-DIing during shield lag? Like to move closer in order to Up-B successfully?)

One thing I thought was nifty:
You can switch to Z shielding during shield stun. =)

 

[Geist]

(Side note: has anyone practiced/applied Smash-DIing during shield lag? Like to move closer in order to Up-B successfully?)

I've used it to get out of shine infinites against stadium and stuff like that a few times, but I never thought of using it like that.
So is there any special advantage of using z to shield instead of pressing r/l down lightly? I naturally light shield that way.

 

[Mars-]

Yeah I'm starting to apply Z-shielding. The results are pretty good.

Regular shielding is great if you intend to Up-B out of shield. But that's only **** against Characters with Nair-like approaches, and people who can't space.

But being pushed away can be good. You get out of their Jab follow-ups, allowing you to WD oos without risk. If they anticipate shielding, Light-shielding changes the Field of Play and may mess-up their follow-ups.

(Side note: has anyone practiced/applied Smash-DIing during shield lag? Like to move closer in order to Up-B successfully?)

One thing I thought was nifty:
You can switch to Z shielding during shield stun. =)

Yeah I know, cause you can't just lightly press your shield instead.