Hitstun Jank

[MelonKeepR]

When you're hit with a move, you're put into hitstun. During hitstun, if you jump out as soon as possible and follow it by Fox's directional airdodge or Diddy Kong's up B, you're flung into the air very quickly. I'm sure this works with other moves/characters, but I've yet to find anything else.

 

[Green Hell Zone]

Can we have a gif or video of this phenomenon?

 

[MelonKeepR]

Can we have a gif or video of this phenomenon?

Yeah, give me a mo'

Edit:

 

[Green Hell Zone]

Dang, that's weird as heck.

 

[Ludacario]

Jump > Upb is a property of Diddy Kong, it allows his momentum to carry better / boost his recovery. It's also in smash 4 (and brawl...?).

 

[MelonKeepR]

Jump > Upb is a property of Diddy Kong, it allows his momentum to carry better / boost his recovery. It's also in smash 4.

In Brawl Minus, the up-b completely stops your momentum. Out of hitsun, you get a huge boost.

 

[Ludacario]

Right, that's what I was trying to explain. It's not a glitch. It doesn't matter if you act directly out of hitstun or not.

 

[MelonKeepR]

Right, that's what I was trying to explain. It's not a glitch. It doesn't matter if you act directly out of hitstun or not.

Yes. It does. I tested, it doesn't matter if it's a ledge jump, double jump, shorthop, fullhop or footstool - the up-b will stop the momentum. Acting out of hitsun is the only way to get such a boost.

 

[Ludacario]

After trying to replicate it again, it does seem you are correct... But I could have sworn it was in a previous version... Who knows.

 

[Pin Clock]

If it helps characters rather than hinder them, it is a feature.

 

[Yukari Yakumo]

If it helps characters rather than hinder them, it is a feature.

This is the kind of mentality that more developers need.

 

[Thor]

This is the kind of mentality that more developers need.

So long as it doesn't produce other game-breaking glitches, agreed [see: Infinite Dimensional Cape in Brawl. Helped MK avoid damage... a little TOO well...]

 

[EpicNonBread]

Decided to look into this. It's very similar to the effect of bucket breaking but strangely it only seems to work if you jump out of the hitstun and not if you use the move itself to cancel the hitstun, which is odd but makes me believe that it is related to the momentum glitch.