V-cancelling

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V-cancelling or Velocity cancelling is a technique that decreases the knockback velocity of moves in certain situations. This is done by pressing L or R 3 frames before the hitboxes collide. In order to V-cancel a player must be in the air, not in hitstun, and cannot have pressed L or R within the last 40 frames. V-cancelling reduced the initial knockback velocity to .95x the original, generally meaning that the decrease in knockback is around 5%.

It was discovered and documented by Achilles1515 in September 2015.

See also

• Directional influence

External links

• Original /r/ssbm post
• Demonstration by Practical TAS

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