Pac-Man Anti-Shield Strategies

[NimbusSpark]

Due to the new addition of the 1.1.1 Update for Smash 4, shield stun for attacks has increased, thus Pac-Man's weakness to shielding players has decreased to an extent.

This has lead to me, despite my lack of knowledge within this section, deciding to see if us Pac-Mains can find out what moves generally could be used as a safe move against shields, or a combo that could be used to break the enemies shield.

Spoiler: Moves that are Safe On Shield

- Retreating N-Air
- Forward Air
- Z-Drop Galaxian / Bell / Key > Hydrant
- Autocancel B-Air (Requires proper spacing!)
- Dash Attack > B-Reverse Key
- Dash Attack > Trampoline
- Galaxian > F-Smash
- Galaxian > D-Air

Spoiler: Shieldbreaking Options

- Z-Drop Key > Hydrant > N-Air

Get cracking friends, so we can send them Pac-ing.

 

[MegaBlaster1234]

Z Drop Galaxian, Bell or Key + Hydrant and Normal Toss Galaxian + Fsmash or Dair is very strong now. Dash attack to B reverse Key is also slightly more safe.

 

[ZeoLightning]

spaced auto cancel back air is safe from my experience

 

[Nu~]

Z dropped galaxians lock the opponent in shield and z drop key -> hydrant drop -> Nair is a shield brake string