Approach???

[Link24a]

Im having issues with having a relatively-safe approach with roy. his aerials are all too laggy even when l canceled and his dtilt is kinda punishable as its animation has to completely end before hes allowed to shield. should i be dash dance>grabbing with him like marth?

 

[M-Tude]

Don't wait to shield after D-tilt, just go back to dash dancing, that allows you to cancel the animation about 3 TIMES AS QUICKLY. It's really not that punishable then. It's actually great. dash dance into DED, D-tilt, and grab are Roy's only pretty good approach moves in my opinion. Stay grounded, don't approach with aerials too often, unless its a mix up or a read.

 

[vZakat]

fyi you can shield after a dtilt by cancelling the dtilt with walk and then cancelling the walk with shield. Just hold forward and shield as you dtilt and you will automatically cancel from walk to shield as soon as possible. Basically you are buffering it to happen exactly as the IASA frames come up.

 

[M-Tude]

Wow, I never thought of that. Cool.

 

[kingPiano]

Wow, I never thought of that. Cool.

How could you play Roy and NOT know this...it's like essential. If you can dash you can walk during IASA frames.

D-tilt (multiple) > walk/dash grab is a guaranteed on FFers like Fox/Falco
You can usually repeat up to 60-70% if you follow DI right

 

[M-Tude]

Yeah, I meant the buffered shielding after walking as the quickest way. I always DD, WD, or jump out of D-tilt, never shield. I guess I just don't need to shield most of the time since I space it well consistently. And I'm a roy enthusiast dude, not a roy main.