Dash - you're using it wrong

[Lord Rumpkin]

There are two very important maneuvers of dash that I am just not seeing players using ingame. I will point them out to you now, and why you should use them.

Dash jump - Dash jump is faster than regular jump and closer to the ground. Cancel it into dair, sair, nair, ground pound, gc sig, or even a weapon throw. Now that this is reflexive for me, I'm using it all the time and it WORKS. It kills. It gets around sigs. Just try dash jump + ground pound as an edge guarding technique and you will see. There is no reason not to use this tech constantly because it is effective constantly.

Spot dodge dash cancel - I wish I knew a better phrase for it, but you cancel dash into a spot dodge. You will slide forward with invincibility frames. While there are far fewer i-frames than speed dodge, I've had NO problem using this to phase through attacks and punish from the other side. It's actually quicker and less readable than speed dodge. It's a small window but it's enough to get through signatures, weapon throws and light attacks and bring you in to punish. It works REALLY well. I've won matches because of it. You have to have quick fingers and eyes to use it well, so start practicing.

If you aren't doing these two techniques, do them. You're handicapping yourself.

and in some cases blaming dash for it

[Malryck]

Yes, I am using it wrong.

I do know how powerful these options are but I am just so dumb.

I even do some training session when I try to only use those but my muscle memory just never happen on that.

But at least I blame myself for it.

[୨ಠ ͜つಠ୧]

Originally posted by Starscream:

I do know how powerful these options are but I am just so dumb.

watch me while i charge toward a bomb and dodge though it to hit my opponent dash in it so that it can explode right in my face
...you will change your mind about your dumbness if you watch it ,those scenes are epic ,sometimes i do it even if they threw it from the other side of the map

[Lord Rumpkin]

Originally posted by Starscream:

Yes, I am using it wrong.

I do know how powerful these options are but I am just so dumb.

I even do some training session when I try to only use those but my muscle memory just never happen on that.

But at least I blame myself for it.

Naw, I doubt you're dumb. The human brain is very lazy about things not having immediate gratification. You have to work a little bit to get the tech committed to muscle memory, but I believe 100% that you can do it.

[Lord Rumpkin]

Originally posted by 👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻:

Originally posted by Starscream:

I do know how powerful these options are but I am just so dumb.

watch me while i charge toward a bomb and dodge though it to hit my opponent dash in it so that it can explode right in my face
...you will change your mind about your dumbness if you watch it ,those scenes are epic ,sometimes i do it even if they threw it from the other side of the map

I dash dodged through a couple bombs yesterday I'm sure.

[Lord Rumpkin]

lol and weapon throws. Dash dodge through a weapon throw and you can see their brain freeze up like 'HUH??"

[Malryck]

Originally posted by Yogi:

lol and weapon throws. Dash dodge through a weapon throw and you can see their brain freeze up like 'HUH??"

I litteraly stunned a guy because I dash dodged through a mine. He called me a hacker.
-it's actually pretty easy btw-

[Lord Rumpkin]

Originally posted by Starscream:

Originally posted by Yogi:

lol and weapon throws. Dash dodge through a weapon throw and you can see their brain freeze up like 'HUH??"

I litteraly stunned a guy because I dash dodged through a mine. He called me a hacker.
-it's actually pretty easy btw-

It is easy af. There'd be a lot less waah-waah-ing about dash if more players realized that they have these options in the first place.

[Lord Rumpkin]

The i-frames aren't even telegraphed. That was my main beef with speed dodge. You needed momentum. This stuff, you can just snap it.

[Moist Orphan]

Originally posted by Yogi:

There are two very important maneuvers of dash that I am just not seeing players using ingame. I will point them out to you now, and why you should use them.

Dash jump - Dash jump is faster than regular jump and closer to the ground. Cancel it into dair, sair, nair, ground pound, gc sig, or even a weapon throw. Now that this is reflexive for me, I'm using it all the time and it WORKS. It kills. It gets around sigs. Just try dash jump + ground pound as an edge guarding technique and you will see. There is no reason not to use this tech constantly because it is effective constantly.

Spot dodge dash cancel - I wish I knew a better phrase for it, but you cancel dash into a spot dodge. You will slide forward with invincibility frames. While there are far fewer i-frames than speed dodge, I've had NO problem using this to phase through attacks and punish from the other side. It's actually quicker and less readable than speed dodge. It's a small window but it's enough to get through signatures, weapon throws and light attacks and bring you in to punish. It works REALLY well. I've won matches because of it. You have to have quick fingers and eyes to use it well, so start practicing.

If you aren't doing these two techniques, do them. You're handicapping yourself.

and in some cases blaming dash for it

im not using it wrong then give me back my 20 seconds >:(

[Lord Rumpkin]

Originally posted by Orcawhale:

Originally posted by Yogi:

There are two very important maneuvers of dash that I am just not seeing players using ingame. I will point them out to you now, and why you should use them.

Dash jump - Dash jump is faster than regular jump and closer to the ground. Cancel it into dair, sair, nair, ground pound, gc sig, or even a weapon throw. Now that this is reflexive for me, I'm using it all the time and it WORKS. It kills. It gets around sigs. Just try dash jump + ground pound as an edge guarding technique and you will see. There is no reason not to use this tech constantly because it is effective constantly.

Spot dodge dash cancel - I wish I knew a better phrase for it, but you cancel dash into a spot dodge. You will slide forward with invincibility frames. While there are far fewer i-frames than speed dodge, I've had NO problem using this to phase through attacks and punish from the other side. It's actually quicker and less readable than speed dodge. It's a small window but it's enough to get through signatures, weapon throws and light attacks and bring you in to punish. It works REALLY well. I've won matches because of it. You have to have quick fingers and eyes to use it well, so start practicing.

If you aren't doing these two techniques, do them. You're handicapping yourself.

and in some cases blaming dash for it

im not using it wrong then give me back my 20 seconds >:(

I have a no-return policy on time if you took longer than 18 seconds reading, srry pls come again

[conr]

ulgrim-you're fetishising him wrong

[Tinfoil hat theorist :^)]

pretty sure blaming my low elo on it is the best way of using it

[Malryck]

Originally posted by Stultus, the jester scrub:

pretty sure blaming my low elo on it is the best way of using it

Yeah but it's pretty one-trick pony, your opponnents might read you.

Try to mix it up by blaming the Lance.

[Tinfoil hat theorist :^)]

Originally posted by Starscream:

Originally posted by Stultus, the jester scrub:

pretty sure blaming my low elo on it is the best way of using it

Yeah but it's pretty one-trick pony, your opponnents might read you.

Try to mix it up by blaming the Lance.

and hattori, spam... Oh and like lag of course

[conr]

Originally posted by Stultus, the jester scrub:

Originally posted by Starscream:

Yeah but it's pretty one-trick pony, your opponnents might read you.

Try to mix it up by blaming the Lance.

and hattori, spam... Oh and like lag of course

don't forget bmg only cares about skin sales