Melee's Layered Defensive Mechanics 

I love to hear that

Uncle punch won't teach you anything except how to be a nerd that nobody likes to play against. Oh great, you can practice this tech that you'll use in 1/1000 matches. It's actually bad for you because it conditions you to play against computers

@@themetapod you sound like you graduated from the local gas station 💀

@@themetapod you don’t know how to actually use uncle punch to learn lol. You seem to think the exercises are all it does

@@themetapod it doesn’t condition you to play against computers at all

Please do

Yea look like you're right, most 'wiggle' out I think to get it on the earliest frame after hitstun

Also Z cancelling

@@Rom0.5 if by that u mean analog press l cancelling, I wouldn't consider that a defensive tech because that's just a better way to play the game. Itd be like saying using the x or y button instead of tap jump is a technique. in the same way that there are times for tap jump over button jump, there are times when using a hard press might be better due to it "buffering" ur tech input. but this is more just hopefulness and u could probably react to hit with with analog press anyways

@@mlalbaitero sorry, meant V-canceling my bad

​@@Rom0.5 some techniques that are very obscure I was going to put in layer 5, such as v-cancel, z power shield, heart shielding, atd shield, and maybe others. Thinking about making those into its own video

This game needs a fucking Bible

Yeah it’s fun getting cced at 100 by another random spacie player

G&W is good against it tbh

Don't know what you mean by glitched shield but go off!

@@Calicrab basically just the same as Marth where when he crouches you powershield easier

While most of these mechanics are not directly tied to a resource meter like burst or supers, many of them like ASDI and CC require getting hit, so in order to use it proactively you essentially take damage to gain an advantage. This is just a different type of resource that's not technically limited but does get far weaker as percent rises. Now as far as camping and ledge stalling those are legitimate issues that we have rules in place to limit how problematic they can be but I would be interested in direct mechanic intervention. However melee has been the same for so long that directly changing things like that would be too drastic for the community to ever adopt. Fun for discussion and thought experiment though.

I mean the move that is hit in this scenario causes rightward knock back (and slightly up by the optimal di's) I had a move like falcon up air in mind

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@@Calicrab thanks homie

DI is read on the last frame of hitlag

To be completely honest I have neither the means to record Ultimate, or the interest to make that at the moment.

Ultimate just has less defensive options

Sure! Here's the Ultimate version. Ultimate Best Mechanics: Turn off your Switch and play Project M/Plus instead.

It is in the obscure tier that I may cover in a future video along with other ridiculously niche melee things such as heart shielding, z power shield, and TDI floorhugs

its all fun and games until a Peach downsmash does 64%