The Dair.

[Oracle]

Do you use it? Personally, I don't go for the spike, but I SH dair because there is a part with good knockback horizontally. I can't always get it, though.

 

[Devilution]

Roy's Dair is the most unpredictable move ever.

 

[elvenarrow3000]

I don't use it at all. In fact, I pretty much only use the nair and fair, maybe the uair.

The spike is pretty weak, anyway.

 

[MikeHaggarTHAKJB]

I thought it was a meteor smash? Or is it a true spike, if so it might actually be useful

 

[elvenarrow3000]

It's a Meteor Smash, and a weak one at that. Plus you have to like... hit them with your armpit.

 

[GodheadsLamentX]

I use it out of the shield if they land behind if they're too low (or crouching) to hit with a SHBair.

Has punishable lag, the meteor part is weak, with brawl-like hitstun (easily canceled up to a pretty high percent)

I found a better option though, waveshield to Ftilt. Sends them far.

His Least useful move. Period.

 

[Kyu Puff]

If you hit with the tip it has some useful knockback/stun. ^His least useful move is u-tilt.

 

[GodheadsLamentX]

If you hit with the tip it has some useful knockback/stun. ^His least useful move is u-tilt.

Tippers have LESS hitstun. This isn't marth we're talking about. Try it yourself.

Utilt is helpful when dishing out Uair juggles. Keeps them suspended for a moment.

 

[Kyu Puff]

Tippers have LESS hitstun. This isn't marth we're talking about. Try it yourself.

Utilt is helpful when dishing out Uair juggles. Keeps them suspended for a moment.

It also has terrible lag and no way to legitimately follow it up.

Edit -- I tested in training mode, my memory failed me. I was talking about the same thing as the OP, a sweetspotted d-air that sends them horizontally. Non-sweetspotted d-air doesn't seem entirely useless; it pops them up, and could potentially link into another move if unexpected.

 

[GodheadsLamentX]

Okay, 2nd most useless. Thats my point.

 

[Jonneh]

Dair is very weak. I don't use it that often

 

[Sethlon]

Dtilt -> dair spike -> tech chase dtilt is the sexiest thing in the entire universe.

 

[Speedsk8er]

Dtilt -> dair spike -> tech chase dtilt is the sexiest thing in the entire universe.

NUH UH!

10nuhuhs

 

[Wavekirby]

I only use Roy's dair if I am at least 1 life ahead of my opponent, and I'm in a position to successfully spike their stock away.

 

[elvenarrow3000]

Wvekiraby, you msiselpled ipmortnat in yuor sgiatnure.

 

[wazgood]

dair is terrible

 

[Omni_Smash]

Hmm... well... Yeah pretty much unless they are slower than you and at higher percentages, I would use something else.

 

[neon..?]

dair is his worst move.

 

[Milos]

actually dair is not that bad. for spacing at least, at low %s dair -> jab puts them too far away to retaliate. hit with the middle of the sword on the dair and you can link it to a dtilt.

 

[vZakat]

Dtilt -> dair spike -> tech chase dtilt is the sexiest thing in the entire universe.

No that would be dair - > edge cancel - > uair - > fsmash - > taunt

 

[LSDX]

I've been thinking about this one move alone lately. I can't play as of now because of lots of busy work and etc., but when I get a chance, I'm thinking of testing out the physics of this move. This is one move I never even bothered with up until now. Probably worth it, probably not.

 

[Sethlon]

dair is his worst move.

No, not by a long shot. Utilt gets that one. (Although you might be suprised by some of the stuff you can do with utilt...)

No that would be dair - > edge cancel - > uair - > fsmash - > taunt

Hahah, I've gotten a edge-cancelled (staying on the platform) dair spike -> fsmash tech chase once. Edge cancels anywhere in any combo make it hot.

 

[neon..?]

oh really i thought it was. well anyway utilt had some uses last time i played melee.

 

[Omni_Smash]

D-air is decent if you can hit with it, like most of Roy's moves if you can't hit with it (preferably on the middle of the sword) don't use it.

 

[4Serial]

d-air is cool

 

[ss118]

I use the dair in the random attempt that I'll pull off a Ken combo. =3

 

[victra♥]

My brother did a ledge hop -> dair and got the spike off when I was recovering and we lol'd.

 

[Milos]

whoa victra keeps posting in threads I've posted in and is sending me massive emails

 

[The Fail Tracer]

♫ I like his dair. Not to spike, but to deal damage and knockback. I think I speak for everybody when I say that... ♫

 

[elvenarrow3000]

I... what? Why are there musical notes?