Supermodel From Paris
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So ZSS is a character where hit-confirms matter a lot.
Up until now the convention has been that if you land d-smash once, you should do it again and then follow up, but if you don't land it, you should buffer something else like jab, dash attack, dtilt, or dash attack.
After watching Salem's videos though I came away asking why he doesn't d-smash twice. I asked around a bit and the consensus seems to be that you have about 5 frames to hitconfirm an uncharged dsmash which is pretty close to being impossible, close enough that the risk/reward ratio isn't really in your favor.
...and come to think of it, I've seen even the best ZSS players get punished for using dsmash twice (when they think the first one is going to hit and it gets shielded). I mean, when you know dsmash is coming it's a pretty easy move to simply hop over and punish.
So, guys, are we doing it wrong? Should we dsmash one time? My brain, it ´splodes.
Up until now the convention has been that if you land d-smash once, you should do it again and then follow up, but if you don't land it, you should buffer something else like jab, dash attack, dtilt, or dash attack.
After watching Salem's videos though I came away asking why he doesn't d-smash twice. I asked around a bit and the consensus seems to be that you have about 5 frames to hitconfirm an uncharged dsmash which is pretty close to being impossible, close enough that the risk/reward ratio isn't really in your favor.
...and come to think of it, I've seen even the best ZSS players get punished for using dsmash twice (when they think the first one is going to hit and it gets shielded). I mean, when you know dsmash is coming it's a pretty easy move to simply hop over and punish.
So, guys, are we doing it wrong? Should we dsmash one time? My brain, it ´splodes.