Short-hop air dodge (continuous)--perhaps not new, but an important technique.

[Aerozeke]

No video, but I've tried this with two characters--Zero-Suit Samus and Marth--and I think repeated, short-hopped air dodges (anyone wanna abbreviate that?) might play a role in the future metagame of Brawl. Short-hopping is a lot easier this time around, so this is a breeze to pull off.

Here's how it might work: you run up towards an opponent, short-hop, immediately hold back to cancel your momentum and retreat away a bit, and air-dodge. This should all be done in about a second, so pull it off repeatedly and fast without fear of punishment. The "holding back" part makes this sort-of a nice stall tactic as well, or something to confuse your opponent (like, doing a few RSA's then suddenly a short-hopped aerial). I imagine this tactic would be semi-useful against the likes of Link, or characters that rely heavily on projectiles.

Your thoughts?

 

[Yuna]

Why would this help? Unless you're playing a really stupid person who keeps doing really slow smashes with lots of cooldown when people approach, they'll recover fast enough to poke you once your invincibility is up. It's not like you can use it for approach either.

Also, projectiles can be shielded and dodged.

 

[Koga]

Um, if you do it correctly Yuna, You land on the ground before your invincibility frames are up and you can jump again instantly, think bowser's infinate jump thing but he's constantly invincible for the duration. How isn't this usefull? And if you finish an arial before you land you can air dodge before you hit the ground because airdodges have almost no lag, and some moves are interuptable by airdodges, This is the technique i believe has replaced L cancelling.

 

[Yuna]

Airdodges are punishable. Why would you want to cancel an aerial with an airdodge? To not get shieldgrabbed? Watch the opponent tilt/jab/smash you for airdodging.