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It is possible to get up from an edge and become actionable before the intangibility gained from grabbing said edge runs out. This window of time is known as '''grounded actionable ledge intangibility''' (often shortened to '''GALINT'''). A common way to gain GALINT is the ledge dash in ''Melee'' and ''Ultimate'', which involves dropping from an edge, then jumping and air dodging at the right time depending on the character to bypass the getup animation and be actionable sooner than anticipated. The window to perform this technique and the amount of possible GALINT varies by character, as some are slower in the air than others and thus have less GALINT.  

*{{SSBU|Captain Falcon}}: Holding shield a few steps from ledge while facing away from it can cover any option. Reacting to getup attack or jump from ledge with a parry or using Up Special out of shield, reacting to jump with a Full Hop back air or Up Special out of shield, reacting to normal getup with Up special out of shield, and reacting to ledge roll with grab.

A two frame punish is a mechanic introduced in ''Smash 4'' that allows a potential edge guarder to attack an opponent attempting to recover without even leaving the stage or hardly coming off. When a character grabs the ledge, there are two [[frames]] (or 1/30th of a second) of tangibility directly before they grab the ledge. This was most likely added to compensate for the removal of edge-hogging, as it still allows players to be punished for going for a ledge grab, even though it is more difficult and less consistent than edge-hogging. The two frames of punish time don't appear if the character recovering grabs the ledge not by coming up, but by going past the ledge and grabbing it on the way back down, or just jumping and not using their up-b, though both can lead to punishment regardless. If the recovering character uses a teleport recovery (like [[Sheik]]'s [[Vanish]]) starting from above the ledge, the two vulnerable frames don't apply and there will be no room for punishment.

Tilts and Z-Dropped items are generally the best tactics to make use of the frames. Any attack that goes below the ledge will work, but they're the least punishable. The downward half of [[Kirby]]'s [[Final Cutter]] and [[Cloud]]'s [[Climhazzard]] can act as an extremely powerful [[meteor smash]] or [[sacrificial KO]] if landed during this period.

The edge sweet spot is the range around a fighter from the edge of a [[platform]] at which a character can still grab the edge. This is normally in reference to a [[recovery]] move such as an [[up special move]], but is also active when a fighter is falling downwards and not using an aerial. This distance varies for each character and each type of recovery move, with some recovery moves having large edge sweet-spots, while others cannot sweetspot at all. In addition, some fighters have notoriously large edge sweet spot hitboxes, particularly in ''[[Smash 4]]'', which has led to many players jokingly referring to the feature as "magnet hands". All characters have two hitboxes, one in front and one behind them, usually towards their head area, which when overlapping with the ledge will result in the character grabbing the ledge. Some special moves only enable the front edge sweet spot hitbox to be active, while some do not allow either for either part of or the entire duration of the special. Notable recovery moves that cannot edge-sweetspot are {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}} and {{SSBM|Ganondorf}}'s up specials in ''[[Melee]]'', along with {{SSB4|Little Mac}}'s [[Rising Uppercut]], {{SSB4|Cloud}}'s [[Climhazzard]] (if he is not under [[Limit Charge|Limit Break]] status). and {{SSBU|Terry}}’s [[Rising Tackle]]. Typically, when attempting a recovery, it is more useful to aim up special moves for the ledge in an attempt to sweetspot the ledge (if possible), rather than recovering to the stage. The edges on {{SSBM|Battlefield}} in ''Melee'' are quite infamous for being difficult to grab on to.