Top Tier Tech Tuesday: Shield Drops and Shield Stops

The Rhymes.

Anyways, here is some info on Shield Dropping:

• How to
• How to 2
• Info
• Jigglypuff Shield Drop Tech
• Quick Search on Here
• Our Wiki which may have more stuff I missed

Essentially Shield Dropping works by holding shield on a platform, and moving your control stick in a specific way so as to drop through the platform without letting go of shield. The main benefits of this are that it can be buffered out of blockstun, and instead of taking a few frames to drop through, it only takes 1, meaning much faster retaliations to unsafe attacks on shield.

Here is info on Shield Stops:

• PPU's Marth Shield Stop Guide
• A Quick Search on Here

Shield stopping is using your shield to immediately stop any momentum while dashing. As a quick clarification, if you attempt to shield stop while in the run animation, you will slide a small amount, whereas if you shield stop in the dash animation, you immediately stop any motion. This is commonly used as a simpler way to pivot out of a dash, but can only be used with options that can be used OoS.

If you guys have any suggestions, please tell me in the comment below, and feel free to discuss!

Edit:

#Next Week's Tags

• Shield DI - SHDI
• Shield Angling - SLDA

I am adding this section because I think it is interesting, but here is how it will work.

I will list off the tech we will be going over next week, specifically, Shield DI and Shield Angling. Then I will create a tag for each that you will wear in match. Then for the next week you may wear this tag in game if you wish, and when you post a game in the Watch Me Wednesday Thread, people can comment on how well you performed that specific tech.

I will also add a list of all the tags to the body of the WMW post, and an explanation for why they are there. If you see any of the listed tags in the WMW post, please try to mention how they are incorporating the tech.