Been playing insane amounts of Ridley recently, and after reading through this forum and other places about Ridley meta, I'm surprised to see that almost no one is talking about his dsmash. What gives?
The little hop Ridley does at release is amazing for punishing people trying to punish you for using a smash attack. Basically you start the animation, they rush in with a dash attack or something, you hop to avoid the attack and come down right on top of them.
It kills at fairly low percentages and the range is just insane.
And to go off my first point, the lag between release and damage is perfect for interrupting rhythm; very easy to bait someone into a roll and catch them the moment their i-frames are up.
Anyway, should go without saying that this attack is a sleeper and should be considered more often if people aren't already using it the same way I am.
The little hop Ridley does at release is amazing for punishing people trying to punish you for using a smash attack. Basically you start the animation, they rush in with a dash attack or something, you hop to avoid the attack and come down right on top of them.
It kills at fairly low percentages and the range is just insane.
And to go off my first point, the lag between release and damage is perfect for interrupting rhythm; very easy to bait someone into a roll and catch them the moment their i-frames are up.
Anyway, should go without saying that this attack is a sleeper and should be considered more often if people aren't already using it the same way I am.