The Secrets of Zair

Hey Smash Amino, I'm Mega, and this will be my first post, but before we start, shout outs to Sword for helping me with this topic, and if you have not already go follow him, he posts amazing stuff. Sword's Page

Now, the topic that we will be discussing is about Toon Link's zair, as a toon link secondary I know plenty about the character and his moves, but I think his zair really deserves some extra credit.

First I'm going to talk about the 2 ways you can hit an opponent with it. These options include close range which leads into tons of creative follow ups, and far range which is good for spacing, and winning neutral.

Far Range Zair

This option doesn't lead into any follow ups that I know of, but as I said before, it is still good for spacing and winning neutral. One option that is great to use is short hop, then at the peak of your jump, zair. If executed correctly, you should have the max range of the zair come out just before you land. Doing this will let you land with no lag and become a scary tool if used at the right time.

Close Range Zair

This option requires you to be right next to your opponent. To execute this, you want to do the same as a far ranged zair, but hold forward directly after the Zair comes out. If done correctly you will land with no lag, and remain a short distance away from your opponent. This can lead into combos with a strong portion of Toon Link's moves.

Combos

There are tons of combos using the close range zair, here are some of the easy ones to practice. I'll be referring to close range zair as CRZ to make my job a little easier, I'll also be doing them on a Wii fit so it's easy to figure out lighter or heavier charactors

CRZ + buffered grab.

This connects from 0-109% and deals 4-33% which depends on what throw you do, if you pummel, or if they mash out.

CRZ + buffered grab + up throw + 50/50 upair.

This connects   from 0-80% and will kill at 75-80%, this will add 25% to your opponent.

CRZ + *uptilt.

This connects from 0-180% and kills at 170-180%. This does 9-24% on your opponent. You may also add an upair at any percent lower than 80 and kill.

CRZ + forwardtilt + grab.

Which does 13-34% and connects at 0-5%. There are plenty of other options to do after this like pummel, or up throw upair.

Those are some of the basic combos, now we will get into some harder ones, under each I will add a rating out of 10 on how hard it is.

CRZ with bomb in hand + grab + up throw + upair.

This connects at 0-3% and does 32%. Please note you must be a small step away and both the bomb and Zair should hit.

I rate this 7/10

(My Favorite) CRZ on ledge + fall off fastfall and quickly double jump and press jump almost directly after. (Rip Little Mac and Doc)

(If you footstool them with out hitting jump twice, its good but you generally want the 2 jumps)

Connects from 4-109% on Wii Fit. note: this is a lot harder but more rewarding to do it on fastfallers. If looking for style for larger characters you may instantly down air after the footstool.

I rate this 8/10

Now for the highlight:

CRZ + Perfect Pivot *Uptilt + footstool + downair + uncharged arrow jab lock + FSmash

This monster of a combo will kill at very low percents on most charactors, does around 55%, and easy to set up. You also want to practice perfect pivot uptilt before trying this combo.

I rate this 9/10

Thank You so much for reading my first post, these are some of the combos me a Sword found, if you have any other ideas or information on this topic please leave it in the comments. Also leave some ideas for the next topic you think I should use.