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* Shine / Reflector break - Using Fox's shine as close to the end of his jump to get it out fastest. Fox's shine cancels when he lands. | |||
* Comboing - Hitting the opponent repeatedly in such a way that they cannot avoid the successive hits. The opponent will not hit the ground, and will not float in the air long enough to recover from the "hit" status. Try some things out in Training mode as it has a combo counter - though comboing into a throw resets the counter. | |||
* Edge Guarding - After hitting the opponent off of the edge of the stage, you stand near the edge and do what you can to prevent him from getting back on. This could be standing on the stage and hitting him with a smash just as he is about to grab the edge, standing on the stage and throwing something at him as he tries to come back, this could be hitting him above the stage as he falls from his up-B recovery move, this could be running to the point where he will land from the up-B recovery move and hitting him when he lands, and this can be jumping off the stage to hit him before he gets to the edge. | |||
* Shield Break - When the shield (Z button) breaks. Or a move or combo that will break a shield if blocked - using a Smash with a Fan, some combos (I think Ness has one). | |||
* Tilt A - Lightly tilting the joystick in a direction (up, down, forward) and hitting A. This is a move different from "Neutral A" - just standing still and hitting A, and is different from "Smash" - a hard push of the joystick in a direction (up, down, forward) and hitting A. | |||
* Z Recovery - Hitting Z just as you would hit the ground to pop back up right away. | |||
* Z Cancel - During an aerial attack, it is hitting Z just as you would touch the ground. Try this with Link. Using Link in the air, do his down A to fall with a downward lunge. Link will normally hit the ground hard and take some time to pull the sword out of the ground. If you hit Z just as Link would hit the ground, he will just be standing there. Z Cancel works on all aerial moves to eliminate their lag. It is just less noticable (and harder to do) with faster aerial moves. | |||
* Shorthopping - Pressing a C button lightly to jump to half your regular height. Try it in Hyrule under the wooden platforms you can jump through. If you press it too long you will jump too high and land on the platform, but if you do it right you will only peek through it. Keeps you low to allow you to use your aerial moves on standing opponents. Makes your jumps faster. Can be used to dodge some projectiles. | |||
* Spiking - using a move that has a strong, nearly straight downward trajectory for the opponent. Or, using a move that has a strong, mostly downward trajectory for the opponent. For #1 we have Kirby's ADA, Samus' ADA, C. Falcon's ADA, Yoshi's AFA, Donkey Kong's AFA, Donkey Kong's ADA, Ness' ADA and maybe some others. For #2 there is Fox's Down A Smash, Fox's Shine, Throwing a Star Rod, some other characters' Down A Smash, and probably others. The Aerial Down A move for Fox, Mario, Luigi, and Jiggily Puff look like Kirby's spike, but just don't have the power to be one really. | |||
Additions | Additions | ||
* dair, fair, bair, uair, nair - (Down, Forward, Back, Up, Neutral) Air ... this is the same as the above, just doesnt say A because the A button is implied ... neutral is with no direction | |||
* dsmash, fsmash, usmash - (Down, Forward, Up) Smash ... the three Smash attacks (A button of course) | |||
* dtilt, ftilt, utilt - (Down, Forward, Up) Tilt ... the three tilt attacks (A button of course) | |||
* Dash dancing - dashing back one step then forward one step to dodge an attack. To dash in the game, you just push the joystick hard and quick in one direction and your character will start running. But before he runs, he dashes out a step with a trail of dust behind him. If you hit the joystick in the opposite direction at the right time, he'll quickly turn around and dash in that direction. You can do this over and over, but doing so is worthless. What you want to do is wait for an attack, and as it comes out, you dash out of range of the attack, then dash back in with an attack of your own (you can usually do a running A or a forward smash out of a dashdance). | |||
* Edge Hogging - Grabbing the edge yourself to kill the opponent. Any time that you grab on to the edge, you get a short invincibility. Also, only one person can hang on to the edge of the stage at a time. And so, if you know your opponent is aiming to catch the edge on his return to the stage, you can drop onto the edge yourself and hang there, watching him fall right through you. This is looked down upon by some, whereas others find it as natural and fair as edge guarding. | |||
* 0% to KO combo - A combo that, when executed properly and fully, will KO the opponent. Look for some videos of these as they are kind of fun to watch and try. Lots of Z cancelling required for most, if not all. | |||
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==Teching== | |||
The mastery of teching, also known as ''Z-recovering'', is often what separates the master from the talented amateur. Essentially, this technique cuts out the recovery time necessary when your character hits the ground. After being knocked into the air (or out of it), your character flops to the ground, and you must get up as described in the ''Getting Back Up'' section of this guide. However, what teching does is allow you to remove all of that tedious recovery time and get right back up out of your fall '''instantaneously.''' To do this, just tap the Z button at the exact moment that you hit the ground, and your character will immediately snap back to their feet, with a recovery time measured in milliseconds. And, as an added bonus, tapping Z and left or right on the stick will cause your character to immediately roll in that direction upon landing. Adding this to the tactics mentioned above will make you very difficult to camp upon landing, and will also allow you to escape previously inevitable combos. Master this first, then move on. | |||
==Z/R Cancelling== | |||
Z-cancelling is a rather clever adaptation of teching that was related to me by Isai, regarded by many as the best Smash 64 player in the world. I don’t know exactly who thought it up, but he told me about it, so he gets credit in my e-book. Anyway, the logic goes like this. When you perform an aerial and hit the ground before completing it, there is a cool-down time as you stand back up (this is most noticeable with Link’s dair). This time is of varying length between attacks, but it is always there to some extent. ''So,'' this smart person must have thought, ''if you can cancel your fall and immediately get up by pressing the Z-button at the precise moment that you land, shouldn’t you be able to instantaneously recover?'' And it works! Try it with Link. Do his dair, and at the precise moment that you land, tap Z. He should stand right up, no shield flash or long cool-down time. This is applicable with all characters, on all aerial A attacks, so you should tap Z just when, or just before you hit the ground. You can’t roll out of this, but the instant standing up revitalizes attacks that were just too slow before, allowing for swift execution and recovery. This will be rather awkward at first, but once you get used to it, you won’t be able to imagine playing without it. Right here is where you will see the massive speed boost in your play, and players who haven’t mastered this simply won’t be able to keep up with you. You'll be able to jump into a dangerous spot, attack, and get out before your opponent can do diddlysquat. You will move like ninja. That is, once you get it right. | |||
Z-cancelling is a rather clever adaptation of teching that was related to me by Isai, regarded by many as the best Smash 64 player in the world. I don’t know exactly who thought it up, but he told me about it, so he gets credit in my e-book. Anyway, the logic goes like this. When you perform an aerial and hit the ground before completing it, there is a cool-down time as you stand back up (this is most noticeable with Link’s dair). This time is of varying length between attacks, but it is always there to some extent. | |||
A special note - for certain attacks, like Pikachu’s and Kirby’s fair drills, if you land next to them after doing this attack while they’re on the ground, you can tap the R-button instead of the Z button, which will cancel and grab them immediately. | A special note - for certain attacks, like Pikachu’s and Kirby’s fair drills, if you land next to them after doing this attack while they’re on the ground, you can tap the R-button instead of the Z button, which will cancel and grab them immediately. | ||
==Shield Grabbing== | |||
If you have been reading this guide from top to bottom, you will remember that pressing the R button has the same effect as simultaneously pressing the Z and A buttons. This knowledge can be transferred to a blocking situation. While you have your block up, and your opponent is up next to you and attacking, there is normally no way to get him/her off of you. However, if you hit the A-button while holding Z, your character will reach out and grab, dropping the shield just for the moment it takes to do so. If your character misses, the shield will pop back up. However, if you grab them, the tables are turned, and you can throw them and get them the heck off of your back. This is another balancing technique that can keep your opponent from getting up close to you and spamming you until your shield breaks. Remember, though, that while grabbing, you can be hit by incoming attacks, so be careful. | If you have been reading this guide from top to bottom, you will remember that pressing the R button has the same effect as simultaneously pressing the Z and A buttons. This knowledge can be transferred to a blocking situation. While you have your block up, and your opponent is up next to you and attacking, there is normally no way to get him/her off of you. However, if you hit the A-button while holding Z, your character will reach out and grab, dropping the shield just for the moment it takes to do so. If your character misses, the shield will pop back up. However, if you grab them, the tables are turned, and you can throw them and get them the heck off of your back. This is another balancing technique that can keep your opponent from getting up close to you and spamming you until your shield breaks. Remember, though, that while grabbing, you can be hit by incoming attacks, so be careful. | ||
==F-Air Throwing== | |||
Can be you performing your forward A move in the air, and after hitting the opponent Z cancelling to throw them. Could be you getting hit by Samus' forward A aerial move and then throwing her right after because her AFA sucks. Could be you grabbing someone while they are in the air (and you are standing) and throwing them. Pikachu and Kirby can use their fair on an opponent on the ground and then tap Z then A the second Pikachu or Kirby reaches the ground for an immediate throw. This works even if your opponent has his/her shield up also. | Can be you performing your forward A move in the air, and after hitting the opponent Z cancelling to throw them. Could be you getting hit by Samus' forward A aerial move and then throwing her right after because her AFA sucks. Could be you grabbing someone while they are in the air (and you are standing) and throwing them. Pikachu and Kirby can use their fair on an opponent on the ground and then tap Z then A the second Pikachu or Kirby reaches the ground for an immediate throw. This works even if your opponent has his/her shield up also. | ||
==Short Hopping== | |||
A short hop is something that can only be done by jumping with the C-button. The easiest way to visualize this is to stand under a platform (I learned under the platforms on Dreamland, but nearly any level will work) and press the C-button. Observe how you jump up and either land on the platform or fly high above it. Well, by tapping the C-button gently, see if you can make your character barely peek through the platform. Practice this, as it is a short-hop. You're simply jumping faster. Granted, this gives you less time to perform aerial attacks, but if you've learned Z-cancelling as you should have, this shouldn't be a problem. What short-hopping does for you is give you a nice quick jump that allows you to use your aerial attacks on opponents standing on the ground, and to be in the air in case they try to grab you. It also gives you a preferable option when jumping over projectiles/attacks. You have to time your jump a lot more accurately, but you are back on the ground and mobile again quite a bit sooner than if you had full-jumped. Once you get good at short-hopping, you can bounce across the stage, very hard to hit because of your low trajectory and near-constant attacking. I'll let you play with this a bit, as it is semi-new to me as well, and I haven't yet plumbed all of the depths of its usage as of yet. | A short hop is something that can only be done by jumping with the C-button. The easiest way to visualize this is to stand under a platform (I learned under the platforms on Dreamland, but nearly any level will work) and press the C-button. Observe how you jump up and either land on the platform or fly high above it. Well, by tapping the C-button gently, see if you can make your character barely peek through the platform. Practice this, as it is a short-hop. You're simply jumping faster. Granted, this gives you less time to perform aerial attacks, but if you've learned Z-cancelling as you should have, this shouldn't be a problem. What short-hopping does for you is give you a nice quick jump that allows you to use your aerial attacks on opponents standing on the ground, and to be in the air in case they try to grab you. It also gives you a preferable option when jumping over projectiles/attacks. You have to time your jump a lot more accurately, but you are back on the ground and mobile again quite a bit sooner than if you had full-jumped. Once you get good at short-hopping, you can bounce across the stage, very hard to hit because of your low trajectory and near-constant attacking. I'll let you play with this a bit, as it is semi-new to me as well, and I haven't yet plumbed all of the depths of its usage as of yet. | ||
==Tilts== | |||
Although I treated these attacks just like other attacks earlier, I think that it's important to add a section on them to emphasize their use. Many smashers simply use smashes on the ground, completely forgoing their tilts or maybe using one. However, it is important to learn and use all of your attacks, including your tilts. They are fast attacks that are good for continuing a combo or stopping an opponent's advance when a smash won't connect in time. They are for those situations when you just don't have enough time to hit your opponent as hard as you want to, so you tilt them to get them stunned, and THEN smack the crap out of them. Remember that you have tilts, and they are meant to be used - they are not just that annoying thing that happens when you mess up your smash. Master them, and they will be very good to you. Thus ends my tirade. | Although I treated these attacks just like other attacks earlier, I think that it's important to add a section on them to emphasize their use. Many smashers simply use smashes on the ground, completely forgoing their tilts or maybe using one. However, it is important to learn and use all of your attacks, including your tilts. They are fast attacks that are good for continuing a combo or stopping an opponent's advance when a smash won't connect in time. They are for those situations when you just don't have enough time to hit your opponent as hard as you want to, so you tilt them to get them stunned, and THEN smack the crap out of them. Remember that you have tilts, and they are meant to be used - they are not just that annoying thing that happens when you mess up your smash. Master them, and they will be very good to you. Thus ends my tirade. | ||
==Dash Dancing== | |||
Dashing back one step then forward one step to dodge an attack. To dash in the game, you just tap the stick left or right and your character will start running. But before he runs, he dashes out a step with a trail of dust behind him. There is a distinct difference between this dash and a full run. Try this. Select Fox or Falcon on the Great Fox (they have the best dash-dances). Run in a direction so that your character's running animation is unchanging. Now, release the stick to stop running. Your character will slide to a stop, taking precious time to do so. Now, simply tap the stick in a direction to dash. You'll note that tapping and releasing creates a dash that stops as soon as it starts, giving you freedom to do anything at the end of it, for example, dashing back in the other direction. If you can master this, you can do over and over, but doing so is only useful to confuse and/or annoy your opponent. What you want to do is wait for an attack, and as it comes out, you dash out of range of the attack, then dash back in with an attack of your own. You can do smashes out of the dash, if you release the stick and then smash, you will actually slide a small distance while smashing, giving you a bit more range. | Dashing back one step then forward one step to dodge an attack. To dash in the game, you just tap the stick left or right and your character will start running. But before he runs, he dashes out a step with a trail of dust behind him. There is a distinct difference between this dash and a full run. Try this. Select Fox or Falcon on the Great Fox (they have the best dash-dances). Run in a direction so that your character's running animation is unchanging. Now, release the stick to stop running. Your character will slide to a stop, taking precious time to do so. Now, simply tap the stick in a direction to dash. You'll note that tapping and releasing creates a dash that stops as soon as it starts, giving you freedom to do anything at the end of it, for example, dashing back in the other direction. If you can master this, you can do over and over, but doing so is only useful to confuse and/or annoy your opponent. What you want to do is wait for an attack, and as it comes out, you dash out of range of the attack, then dash back in with an attack of your own. You can do smashes out of the dash, if you release the stick and then smash, you will actually slide a small distance while smashing, giving you a bit more range. | ||
==Spiking== | |||
Everyone is familiar with dying through the KO ceiling or one of the walls. These are good, clean deaths, full of honor and all that. However, spiking is a tactic used to kill your opponent at relatively low damage. Certain characters' moves have a downward component, or simply launch the opponent straight down. These moves include: | Everyone is familiar with dying through the KO ceiling or one of the walls. These are good, clean deaths, full of honor and all that. However, spiking is a tactic used to kill your opponent at relatively low damage. Certain characters' moves have a downward component, or simply launch the opponent straight down. These moves include: | ||
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Other characters have spikes that are weaker, usually dairs as well, but these listed above are the most powerful. If you have your opponent at about 50%-60% damage, get your opponent off of the edge and then use your spike to send them into oblivion. However, make sure you have enough jumps/recovery time to get back to the edge, or you will follow them down, which is simply unacceptable. | Other characters have spikes that are weaker, usually dairs as well, but these listed above are the most powerful. If you have your opponent at about 50%-60% damage, get your opponent off of the edge and then use your spike to send them into oblivion. However, make sure you have enough jumps/recovery time to get back to the edge, or you will follow them down, which is simply unacceptable. | ||
==Edgeguarding== | |||
Edgeguarding is a tactic which is used to keep your opponent off of the edge. If they can't return to the stage, they are destined to die, so you edgeguard them to make sure that they don't make it back. Though it is rather simple concept, the edgeguarding game can make or break a player at a competetive level, so it's something to learn well. Best edgeguarding moves for each character include (assume these are all done on the very edge and facing it, unless otherwise noted): | Edgeguarding is a tactic which is used to keep your opponent off of the edge. If they can't return to the stage, they are destined to die, so you edgeguard them to make sure that they don't make it back. Though it is rather simple concept, the edgeguarding game can make or break a player at a competetive level, so it's something to learn well. Best edgeguarding moves for each character include (assume these are all done on the very edge and facing it, unless otherwise noted): | ||
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ALSO NOTE: The downward tilts on the smashes are not always necessary, but increase the chance of a hit. | ALSO NOTE: The downward tilts on the smashes are not always necessary, but increase the chance of a hit. | ||
==Edgehogging== | |||
This technique plays on the fact that only one character may be grabbing the edge at any given time. It involves nothing more then grabbing the edge just before your opponent tries to. The best way to do this is to shorthop backwards off of the edge and catch said edge. Just as your opponent is coming up to grab, tap Z to roll back up onto the stage, denying your opponent the edge while using the invincibility of your roll to avoid damage from their recovery. Devious, eh? Only use this when you really want to win, because it has been known to tick people off in friendly games. | This technique plays on the fact that only one character may be grabbing the edge at any given time. It involves nothing more then grabbing the edge just before your opponent tries to. The best way to do this is to shorthop backwards off of the edge and catch said edge. Just as your opponent is coming up to grab, tap Z to roll back up onto the stage, denying your opponent the edge while using the invincibility of your roll to avoid damage from their recovery. Devious, eh? Only use this when you really want to win, because it has been known to tick people off in friendly games. | ||
==Juggling== | |||
The difference between this and comboing is blurred in the minds of some, but I will do my best to set the record straight. Juggling is the practice of using '''one''' move to bounce your opponent into the air or against a wall so that they cannot recover. This usually takes nothing more than basic timing, so the low-skill necessary component makes these juggles slightly cheap (although with higher damage on the opponent, they get harder to pull off), especially because players who juggle invariably repeat it over and over again. Juggles rarely kill, but they can get you up to some fantastic damage if done right. Some juggles are harder than others, and therefore more acceptable, but if you must juggle in competetive play, do it and win instead of abstaining and losing. | The difference between this and comboing is blurred in the minds of some, but I will do my best to set the record straight. Juggling is the practice of using '''one''' move to bounce your opponent into the air or against a wall so that they cannot recover. This usually takes nothing more than basic timing, so the low-skill necessary component makes these juggles slightly cheap (although with higher damage on the opponent, they get harder to pull off), especially because players who juggle invariably repeat it over and over again. Juggles rarely kill, but they can get you up to some fantastic damage if done right. Some juggles are harder than others, and therefore more acceptable, but if you must juggle in competetive play, do it and win instead of abstaining and losing. | ||
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* Link: Repeated utilt (you'll have to move slightly in your opponent's direction between utilts) | * Link: Repeated utilt (you'll have to move slightly in your opponent's direction between utilts) | ||
==Combos== | |||
Link:Up+A,Up+B..Sword Swipe and Spin Attack | Link:Up+A,Up+B..Sword Swipe and Spin Attack | ||
:Down+B,Forward+A..Bomb and Boomerang | |||
Ness:Down+A,Up+A..Stomp and Upward Yo-yo | Ness:Down+A,Up+A..Stomp and Upward Yo-yo | ||
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Jigglypuff: Down+A(air), Down+B.. downward spinning kick and Sleeping Attack | Jigglypuff: Down+A(air), Down+B.. downward spinning kick and Sleeping Attack | ||
:(If enemy damage is around 80% - 100%): | |||
:Down+A(air), Up+A, Jump, Down+B.. Downward spinning kick, normal Up A attack, Jump to the enemy | |||
:Sleeping Attack in the air for a KO.</nowiki> | |||
==Wall Traps== | |||
This technique (usually frowned upon) consists of getting your opponent backed up against a wall and then using an A-move flurry (with Kirby, Fox, Pikachu, Falcon, or Link) to keep them trapped there and do massive damage. The fire flower is also very powerful in this situation, allowing the user to do massive damage to their opponent before the flower runs out. | This technique (usually frowned upon) consists of getting your opponent backed up against a wall and then using an A-move flurry (with Kirby, Fox, Pikachu, Falcon, or Link) to keep them trapped there and do massive damage. The fire flower is also very powerful in this situation, allowing the user to do massive damage to their opponent before the flower runs out. | ||
Currently working on counters. Until we discover some, just don't get backed up against a wall. | Currently working on counters. Until we discover some, just don't get backed up against a wall. | ||
==Shield Stunning== | |||
Shield Stunning is more of a penalty for someone who has held their shield up too long. The shield will break, and the player will be stunned until "woken up" with an attack. Sheilds can be broken with a Fan, or with enough attacks to reduce it to nothing. | Shield Stunning is more of a penalty for someone who has held their shield up too long. The shield will break, and the player will be stunned until "woken up" with an attack. Sheilds can be broken with a Fan, or with enough attacks to reduce it to nothing. | ||
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On the Great Fox level if you can destroy a character's shield at the right time, that character will pop up and land on an Arwing and be carried away for a KO. Note: This takes a lot more luck than actual skill. | On the Great Fox level if you can destroy a character's shield at the right time, that character will pop up and land on an Arwing and be carried away for a KO. Note: This takes a lot more luck than actual skill. | ||
==Dropping Through== | |||
You'll notice that most platforms that are not the main stage are selectively non-existent (you can come up through the bottom of them and stand on them). Well, you probably know that by tapping down on your control stick, you can drop through said platform and fall down to the level below. There are a few combat applications for this. | You'll notice that most platforms that are not the main stage are selectively non-existent (you can come up through the bottom of them and stand on them). Well, you probably know that by tapping down on your control stick, you can drop through said platform and fall down to the level below. There are a few combat applications for this. | ||
