Zelda Sweetspot Advice

[Natural High]

I'm having a little trouble with the F-Air lightning kick. I've practiced it quite a bit in between online matches, but when I try to do it in actual battle it only grazes the opponent.

I'm wondering if there's something wrong with how I input the command.

To hit a grounded opponent I'll quickly slide input while running the X-button to the A-button (default GC controller).

Is doing it that way wrong?

 

[Black_Heretic]

sounds like you're just missing the sweetspot, keep practicing and you'll get it

\m/ o.o \m/

 

[Yuna]

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It's there for a reason.

 

[ftl]

If you're doing it fine offline, but can't do it online... ...maybe need to adjust to the lag?

Can you get it when you're just playing offline with people?

 

[MarTh-]

you can also use the c-stick for aerials, & try it out in traiining with enemy set to jump or run

 

[Lingy]

There's no wrong way to land a sweetspot, it's really all situational. I find it easier to land a sweetspot right after fastfalling, since the spot is a bit high above on her toe.

If you're talking about practicing on the sandbag between matches, the sandbag is really easy to sweetspot compared to real characters.

 

[Z1GMA]

I rarely use her fair..
Instead I (turn around jump) and bair my opponent..
Stale moves doesn't bother me cause it's not a spam move anyway..

Fair can be useful when ledge jumping back to the stage.

Bair comes out a little quicker than fair which makes it easier to get the timing and spacing right..

Use bair if possible! GOOD LUCK !!

 

[TruBluNuMou]

practice is good. Start with smallest opponents first, it teaches you where her heelbox is.

 

[Sonic The Hedgedawg]

also.. lag can be the problem.

 

[SinkingHigher]

http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=184335

Please use the search.

 

[Natural High]

Thanks for the advice everyone (and yeah, I'll make sure to use search next time, sry ).

 

[Airgemini]

I normally pressure my opponents with SHFF'd Bairs. I perfer Bairs because its considerably faster and you can normally do two Bairs in one shorthop opposed to one with the Fair.

 

[Villi]

I think it's good to learn the many ways you can time a bair or a fair and positions from which you can perform them so you can then utilize the best one for a given situation.

 

[Siyro]

The only sweetspot i struggle to get is the spike (Dair). I am yet to try in a proper match unless i'm winning. I have never successfully hit a fighting opponent with it, and very rarely hit a stationary one.

 

[SinkingHigher]

The only sweetspot i struggle to get is the spike (Dair). I am yet to try in a proper match unless i'm winning. I have never successfully hit a fighting opponent with it, and very rarely hit a stationary one.

Fast-fall it whenever possible, and do it MUCH earlier than you would expect. It is in itself a laggy move, and furthermore, a meet-me-half-way move. Begin pretty much as soon as you start fast-falling, and it should work better.

Also keep in mind you CAN combo them.

Sour > Sour > Sweet works well. I have a vid of that somewhere.
Or sour > sour > footstool.

 

[Tezmata]

The only sweetspot i struggle to get is the spike (Dair). I am yet to try in a proper match unless i'm winning. I have never successfully hit a fighting opponent with it, and very rarely hit a stationary one.

Keep in mind that you CAN'T sweetspot a standing opponent with the D-air unless they're shielding (which you don't want to do).

 

[Villi]

I was ****ing around in training room and I discovered that Zelda pretty much has a full body hit box in her fair/bair sour spots. I was just ramming into the CPU with backwards bairs because I thought it was hilarious, then I fthrowed him (marf) off the stage, stunned him a little with my backwards bair which knocked him right into dair sweet-spot land. I dunno if RARing a bair is just better anyway for that purpose (and more!), but she doesn't have the fastest turn around in the game and if they air dodge you can more bair doing. </dumb idea of the day>

 

[Lingy]

Fast-fall it whenever possible, and do it MUCH earlier than you would expect. It is in itself a laggy move, and furthermore, a meet-me-half-way move. Begin pretty much as soon as you start fast-falling, and it should work better.

Also keep in mind you CAN combo them.

Sour > Sour > Sweet works well. I have a vid of that somewhere.
Or sour > sour > footstool.

Care to find that video? I think I've seen it somewhere as well, but I'd like to see it again

 

[Sonic The Hedgedawg]

LOL.... this just happened to me but the match went 4:00 minutes so I couldn't save it... but I mean... dude.. if you could reliable use this strategy to lightning kick it'd be pretty funny... anyway let me explaim my match:

Stage: green greens
me: Zelda
foe: lucario
last life.... both of us
lucario standing on the right side platform, me on the main one
one star block stands between us
I have an apple in my hand
the wind starts to blow toward him
I glide toss....
apple hits block
momentum + wind carries me off main platform
lightning kick
sweet spot
O_____________O (we all sit motionless)

raucus laughter ensues.

 

[SinkingHigher]

Care to find that video? I think I've seen it somewhere as well, but I'd like to see it again

I haven't uploaded it off my system. I don't think we're talking about the same one, but I do know the one that you're talking about