Dash attack cancel

[RedRedCami]

Hi idk if someone already know this, but, you can cancel dash attack in to a grab.. i try it just with fox, at 0 percent xD and it works .... *im mexican so ...*

 

[Wizzrobe]

Hi idk if someone already know this, but, you can cancel dash attack in to a grab.. i try it just with fox, at 0 percent xD and it works .... *im mexican so ...*

I know about this, I just never use it because dash attack is a bad move as it has basically no range, u can grab out of side B as well so I usually use that because it's safer/better to grab out of that rather than dash attack

 

[ToTs]

How is this cancel done? I did dash attack grab on accident twice, I feel it can be used to scoop the opponent and lengthen a combo.

I'd like to know how both are done, please enlighten me.

 

[Paradoxium]

Is this faster than side b grab?

 

[lukifer]

I believe this is known as a boost grab, which existed in Melee as well: http://www.ssbwiki.com/Boost_Grab. I haven't heard people talk about this much in PM, but I think it works pretty much the same as it did in Melee except that for certain characters the dash attack hitbox will come out before the grab one. For example, with G&W you can dash attack someone and then grab them in the opposite direction before they recover from the hit stun. I dunno how useful this is in practice, but I suppose it doesn't hurt to have another advanced technique up your sleeve as long as you can do it consistently.

 

[drsusredfish]

Is this faster than side b grab?

yes its faster but it has more knock back on the attack part so the grab whiffs more often if the attack hits. but on sheild its pretty good.

 

[ToTs]

thanks Lukifer

 

[Solharath]

Just FYI but you can Double Gattling combo Fox/Falco from 0%~6%, maybe up to 7% or 8%. Basically for the uninitiated, Gattling combos is Dash Attack Cancel into UpSmash with one hit leading to the next. Falco actually has a really good one.

Still, if you wanna style on a Fox/Falco at the start of the match/stock... well, practice this. It may be a 1 frame window but if you connect with the dash attack things tend to freeze on that frame for a moment so you can input it there. Not particularly easier, just something to note. Pretty sure Falco can SDI the second USmash, though.

 

[speeding sonic]

hey, how do you DAC grab and grab out of spin dash?

 

[ToTs]

hey, how do you DAC grab and grab out of spin dash?

You pretty much dash attack and grab.

Here's how I do it; dash, hold A and immideiatly press and hold either R or L.

Note you have to hold A and L or R for it to work. You have to do this all before the dash animation starts, it's a pretty small window