How to Use Mario's L Cancel Correctly!

[The21stSmasher]

L canceling in general is something what most competitive players need for approach. To me, haves one of the best L cancels I ever used! However, I'm having trouble performing it and I still can't do to correctly today.

Because normally, when you L cancel with Mario, he'll slide... a lot. But when I try to do it, there goes one little slide.
The fact I lack this strategy was really pissing me off. And now I ask for helping-hands.

So what's a better way to do the L canceling with Mario?
Answers Please!

 

[Strong Badam]

You slide the same distance when you L-Cancel as when you don't L-Cancel, and it's based on your pre-landing horizontal momentum.

 

[The21stSmasher]

You slide the same distance when you L-Cancel as when you don't L-Cancel, and it's based on your pre-landing horizontal momentum.

Hmmmm... pre-landing, huh? I think I might know what you mean by that.

 

[Ogopogo]

Are you sure you don't mean wavedashing, which is air-dodging into the ground and sliding?

 

[The21stSmasher]

Are you sure you don't mean wavedashing, which is air-dodging into the ground and sliding?

No. The L cancel was what I meant.

 

[GeZ]

No. The L cancel was what I meant.

Positive? L-Canceling is just pressing the Left bumper (trigger?) when you land during the animation of an aerial, cutting down the recovery of that move. It has no effect on your sliding. Are you ABSOLUTELY SURE you don't mean wavedashing? It sounds like you're describing wavedashing...

 

[The21stSmasher]

Positive? L-Canceling is just pressing the Left bumper (trigger?) when you land during the animation of an aerial, cutting down the recovery of that move. It has no effect on your sliding. Are you ABSOLUTELY SURE you don't mean wavedashing? It sounds like you're describing wavedashing...

OHHHHHH! Wavedashing! Now I see what you mean.

 

[jayeldeee]

Lol, it's alright man. For L-Canceling, it's more of well, a cancel of the move is the best way I can put it. There's usually no crazy sliding with L-Canceling.

But if you're going to practice it, start off slow and dash from the air. Full Hop -> Down + L Trigger (R). Then once you do that, change the Down to down right and down left. Once you feel comfortable, do a Short Hop (wait till the peak) -> Down + L Trigger (R). Then start doing down right and down left again. Then start doing a Short Hop and instantaneously press down left or down right and L Trigger (R) right away. It'll take a bit, but this is how I got used to it.

 

[GingaBread]

Also you may be referring to mario's amazing waveland, which after short aerial animations such as u-air or bair you can do the same trigger press with a direction (down+right or down+left) to do a big slide right as you make contact with the ground.