Advanced technique

Fox's waveshine in Melee is an advanced technique that requires considerable technical skill to perform.

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	SSBB	SSB4	SSBU
Attack cancel short hop aerial
Autolanding
B-reversing
Bat dropping
Bidou
Boost grab
C-bouncing
Chain grab
COIL
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
Ledge DI
Lock
Mindgame
Momentum cancelling
Momentum slide
Moonwalk
Powershield
Pivoting
Platform cancel
Power shield canceling
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
Step dashing
Taunt cancelling
Team wobble
Teching
Tech-chasing
Teleport
V-cancelling
Wavedash
Zero-to-death combo