Zero Suit Samus Tricks Video (Update)

[Supermodel From Paris]

I created a short video explaining a few tricks that might not be new, but aren't used much.

I was very tired when I recorded this, and you might be able to tell by the way I was talking.

Four things covered:

Charging dsmash in dsmash combos
Frontside back air combos
Frontside back air mix-ups
First-hit fair combos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIZ5lj_BP9c

Enjoy.

NEW!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtZfKNn0oFw

Three parts to this video:

1. On an opponent who is not shielding
2. On an opponent who has a partial shield (shield poking)
3. And finally, on a shielding opponent.

 

[NickRiddle]

<3
Seriously.

 

[Supermodel From Paris]

FYI Snakeee loves this, and Dazwa just called me to tell me how good this video is. So watch it. Snakeee, Dazwa, and Nick Riddle oh my?!

 

[Nefarious B]

Video proof is what I needed for the fair thing, will definitely be using. This is a great walk through, I wish other people could make videos like this when trying to explain their tricks cause it really helps. Good work

 

[Z1GMA]

Nice vid.
Frontside Bair'ing needs a name.
Something with 'Breast', I dunno.

About that charged 2'nd Dsmash,
I use to Dsmash > Dsmash(no charge) > Jab(1'st hit only) > Aerial follow-up,
If I've got enough time.
Helps refreshing slightly.

Hmm.. Should I charge the 2'nd Dsmash, or Jab, in the future?

 

[Rybaia]

Very good video SFP.
I'm going to implement all of this.

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

Good stuff!!~
Def very helpful!
Worth missing half my episode of Invader Zim for.

 

[Supermodel From Paris]

Nice vid.
Frontside Bair'ing needs a name.
Something with 'Breast', I dunno.

About that charged 2'nd Dsmash,
I use to Dsmash > Dsmash(no charge) > Jab(1'st hit only) > Aerial follow-up,
If I've got enough time.
Helps refreshing slightly.

Hmm.. Should I charge the 2'nd Dsmash, or Jab, in the future?

Don't jab after dsmash or they can tech when the stun wears off.

 

[ph00tbag]

That reverse bair stuff is hot. I'd like to see Nick starting some dash attack locks with bair this weekend.

 

[Nefarious B]

Reverse bair is really unsafe to land in practice though I use it when i get a dsmash at the edge at kill percents if I can't easily spike them, since people sometimes wall tech a stage spike

 

[Supermodel From Paris]

Dashing, rising reverse bair is safe on shield, actually, for the most part (it can't be shield-grabbed). Falling is not safe.

 

[Rybaia]

We should probably consider reverse bair into stuff as an option if we land a Dsmash or a fully charged paralyzer.
Even if Dsmash x 2 ---> dash attack -- > Utilt still is the best option to rack up damage at low %.

 

[Supermodel From Paris]

There's no doubt: if you hit with a fully charged paralyzer and the opponent is tall enough, running reverse back air is a good punish (or at the very least, a flashy one).

 

[Sovereign]

I'm pretty much in love with this video. Good stuff. I love First-Hit Fair applications.

 

[Supermodel From Paris]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtZfKNn0oFw

This is a new video demonstrating how reverse back air hits a shield. By most characters and in many situations (especially if the character is tall or heavy), this is unpunishable on shield hit. This is very exciting news and is very helpful vs. people who have been trained to simply hug their shield vs. ZSS.

I believe this will be a huge development in some match-ups, especially Snake and potentially Marth.

Three parts to this video:

1. On an opponent who is not shielding
2. On an opponent who has a partial shield (shield poking)
3. And finally, on a shielding opponent.

 

[Supermodel From Paris]

You can also dsmash on shield and immediately SH fbair.

 

[solecalibur]

I enjoy this name , I should practice this...

 

[Nefarious B]

How tall do characters have to be though to get hit with this? Because normal rising bair doesn't work on that many characters, it hits falco only if spaced perfectly (impractical). That will determine how useful this, but if it can hit as low as MK then holy shiz.

Checking it out now

Edit: so yeah in that video, you're doing grounded crossover bair most of the time. The only one that is a true fbair is at 5 secs, which hits them in front of ZS. This combos into falling uair which is really nice.

However, this does not hit any lower than a normal rising bair my hopes are dashed

 

[Supermodel From Paris]

I'm pretty much in love with this video. Good stuff. I love First-Hit Fair applications.

How tall do characters have to be though to get hit with this? Because normal rising bair doesn't work on that many characters, it hits falco only if spaced perfectly (impractical). That will determine how useful this, but if it can hit as low as MK then holy shiz.

Checking it out now

Aaactually I'm not sure. I can't test it right now so let me know. I do know it hits lower than regular rising bair.

 

[Nefarious B]

i was unable to hit falco with a rising fbair, only with the thigh hitbox of bair, so yeah this wont work on MK unless his shield gives that much a bigger area to hit (it doesn't)

This is still pretty nice against tall characters though, it combos really well and allows us to do bair out of a run without a rar like you said SFP. Fbair to soft uair strings really well into other stuff

 

[Supermodel From Paris]

The thigh hitbox actually works too... in a few of the clips you see me hit Snake with that hitbox instead which of course knocked him backwards.

Either one works fine.

 

[Sovereign]

Are there any noteworthy things that can be done with Nair?

Like, one that I thought was interesting with it, was the backside of Nair, pulls them forward. So, is there anything that can be strung from that or into it?

 

[Luxor]

You can also dsmash on shield and immediately SH fbair.

OH
YES
OH YES
That's like, the best blocked Dsmash followup ever.

 

[VSC.D-Torr]

Very nice vids, SFP. Love the FBair vid.

 

[Zero]

You should have put the dthrow ->upB stuff in, I haven't been able to get it working :\

fair-1 > DA is SEXY.

 

[Brawlin]

These are great! I am trying to get better with ZSS and its been helping!

 

[#HBC | ZoZo]

I really like this, I approve!

 

[ph00tbag]

I actually like the rising reverse bair as a lead-in to mix-ups. You've got several options out of it. You can air control backwards, then space a uair; you can air control forwards and cross-up bair; you can DJ to try to bait an aerial out of shield (although this is probably least reliable), you can air control into your opponent with a airdodge -> utilt, and you can escape if you feel unsafe with Flip Jump. And just about any of these options can cover more than one option.