Excel_Zero
Smash Lord
~Peach Uair String~
TheoryIt's just float canceling Uairs repeatedly for racking up damage. For the people who are not familiar with the term 'Float Cancel', it basically means doing an Uair while floating as close to the ground as possible, and as soon as you connect with the move's hitbox, you let go of your float or fastfall (I'm not sure if fastfalling makes it quicker in Brawl... I know it did in Melee), and once you touch the floor, you start your float again and repeat.
Yesterday I made a string of 5 or 6 float canceled uairs to a Sheik player, and it didn't seem he could get out of it at all. Sheik is very comboable so that's why it probably worked that way. The idea is to stale uair as much as you can so it's knockback gets greatly reduced OR start it at a low damage so it gets stalled in the process.
This technique not only racks up damage really fast, but also let's you keep your other killing moves (like fair) undecayed. Also, you can finish it with a deadly move like Utilt, Upsmash (it might be for the kill on some characters... this needs to be researched since it could be UBER if it works) or Nair/Bair out of the stage for edgeguard. It also looks flashy as Melee.
It seems to be matchup dependent, meaning that only the heavy/fastfaller characters will be getting the most out of this. Of course, if they get out using airdodge (meaning they are at a high damage), you could implement some punish out of their airdodge, so if they get out you can still punish them with a float canceled nair or something fast like that.
There are still many unknown factors as:
- Is it really inescapable or is it escapable with DI/Smash DI mixed with doublejumps/airdodges/footstools?
- Which characters are vulnerable to this? And till what damages approximately it works with each of them?
- How stale does the Uair needs to be for this to be most effective?
- Which are the most useful setups for this to work?
Well Peach players, I need your help on this. I'm counting on you guys to help me with this research, since it could help improve Peach's game VASTLY (at least at certain matchups).
How To Practice
First of all, do NOT practice this on Training Mode (unless you're doing Step 1 and Step 2). Remember that in training the moves do not receive any damage nor knockback decay, so if you string two or three together means you were lucky enough. By the way, when I tried it, the game counted it as a two hit combo which means they theoretically can't get out. That's pretty nice ain't it?
I'm going to give you steps for you to follow. It's pretty hard, but it's totally possible (and easier than the Bair lock IMO). Good luck.
Step 1: Practicing Empty Float Canceled Uair
- You might want to start doing Uairs on the ground without hitting anything. But remember not to do it too fast, or the hitbox won't come out at all. Just try doing it as fast as you can GETTING the hitbox of the attack out.
Step 2: Hitting With Float Canceled Uair
- After that, you should practice the timing of the float canceled uair while actually HITTING something. Remember that if you hit something you will stay a few frames frozen while the hitbox connects, so the timing will be very different than the one you got used to in the first step. You may want to practice with Luigi's Mansion's pillars to start off, but also make sure to practice it against a character, because hitting pillars makes you lag a bit more than hitting a character (I think).
Step 3: Practicing Against CPUs on Versus Mode
- This is when you need to apply everything you learned in the above steps and actually perform the actual technique. I suggest you start your practice against Fox, so you can use the video posted below as reference. After that, try it with different characters and share your results here on this thread.
Step 4: Executing the Technique Against Human Players
- This is, obviously, the hardest part of all. This is where you actually put your training to the test and perform the Uair String on a human player. You need to set it up, so it won't be nearly as easy as doing it to a CPU controlled character. We need a lot of research done on this technique so practice against it against humans and share all of what you learn. Good luck, you'll need it.
Video Demonstration
Here's a video of me doing the Uair string to a CPU Fox. If you notice, I only used uair ONCE before going into the string. Anyways, enjoy... and sorry for the bad quality... =\
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zZMgxwqvI8
Notice all the damage the Fox receives from Uairs only. This is too good. :D
This post will be edited once new information about this comes in.
