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Advanced technique

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Fox performing multiple waveshines in Melee.
Fox's waveshine in Melee is an advanced technique that requires considerable technical skill to perform.
Falco DACUS gif for the DACUS page
The DACUS is a well-known advanced technique in Brawl.

An advanced technique is a series of actions, typically complex and/or difficult enough to require reasonable tech skill, that results in a benefit to the metagame of a character.

Advanced techniques mainly differ from standard techniques in that their presence was not discovered or expected by the game's designers. This often manifests itself in the form of advanced techniques being results of oversights or glitches, such as wavedashing and momentum cancelling. A strong or properly-applied advanced technique can radically alter a character's metagame - for example, the short hop fast fall l-cancel provides a significant speed boost to a player's aerial assault and helps to patch up holes in slower characters' offenses. Certain characters rely heavily on their specific advanced techniques, such as the Ice Climbers' chain grabs and desynching techniques, and Fox's waveshine combos in Melee. Reliance of these "exploits" to shape top-level metagames is a common source of discontent among new and casual players.

List of advanced techniques

A list of techniques that are notably difficult to perform/require precise technical skill.

Name SSB SSBM PM SSBB SSB4
Autolanding          
Bat dropping          
Bidou          
Boost grab          
Chain grab          
Dash attack cancelled up smash          
Dash cancel          
Dash pivot cancel          
Dash-dancing          
Directional influence          
Drop cancel          
Edge dashing          
Edge hopping          
Fox-trotting          
Frame cancelling          
Glide toss          
Hilldash          
Jab cancel          
Jab reset          
Jump cancel throw          
Jump-canceled grab          
Jump-cancelling          
L-cancelling          
Ledge-cancelling          
Lock          
Momentum cancelling          
Momentum slide          
Moonwalk          
Powershield          
Pivoting          
Platform cancel          
Power shield cancelling          
Reverse aerial rush          
Shield break combo          
Shield platform dropping          
Shield-stop          
Short hop air dodge          
Short hop fast fall l-cancel          
Smash directional influence          
Stage humping          
Taunt cancelling          
Team wobble          
Tech-chasing          
Teleport          
V-cancelling          
Wavedash          
Zero-to-death combo          


 

List of character-specific advanced techniques

A list of advanced techniques that can only be performed by one or a few characters.

Dr. Mario

Falco/Fox

Ganondorf

Ice Climbers

Link/Toon Link/Young Link

Lucas

Mario

Marth

Mewtwo

Meta Knight

Ness

Peach

Pikachu

Pit

Rosalina and Luma

Samus

Shulk

Squirtle

Yoshi


 

Notes

  1. ^ a b Fox only.
  2. ^ Falco only.
  3. ^ a b c Link and Young Link only.
  4. ^ Link and Toon Link only.