Super Smash Bros Ultimate Beginner Tips
There’s More Than One Way To Climb a Ledge
If you ever find yourself hanging off the edge for dear life, you might be tempted to immediately climb up, but that’s not always the best option.
Each character can crawl back onto stage in one of four ways. There’s clawing (literally for some characters) your way up with an attack, quickly rolling up, jumping up, and simply climbing up, and they each have their uses. If your opponent is charging up an attack, pressing the A button will knock them out of it with one of your own, but if you want to get all disrespectful, you can press the dodge button to roll behind them for a counterattack.
Meanwhile, the jump button lets you jump over your opponent’s head for a different kind of a sneak attack. Finally, if your opponent has their guard up, just press the control stick in the direction of the stage to climb up without any extra fluff. But, whatever you do, do it quickly.
Hanging off the ledge gives a limited window of invulnerability, but if for any reason you let go and grab the ledge again before you stand on solid ground, you won’t be invincible. Even worse, talented players can predict how you’ll get back on stage, so never, under any circumstances, roll onto stage if you see a character charging a Smash attack while facing away from the ledge. As always, your instinct is your friend. Trust it.
