Control Stick Movement Guide - Rivals of Aether 2 Guide

[@Sillintor]

There are a lot of techniques that are quite hard to even execute ones in the beginning! Practicing takes time and it took me personally a ton of time to get used to it (like moonwalking) You don't want to know how often I failed some techniques while recording this video, I just didn't include the fail footage hehe 😏 I hope this video helps you on your journey of becoming a better player!

[@ramennight]

Thankyou! So many "beginner" rivals 2 videos are for people familiar with fighting games, not complete noobs to the genre like myself. Really appreciate the addition of showing the thumbstick movements like you do and not just relying on how Rivals can show it on the bottom of the screen with certain UI settings. It nice and clear the way you do it.

[@ksagosen]

I never thought I'd see a control stick tutorial this good.

[@SylvanFonte]

bro REALLY went in depth

[@vorchitect]

i learned about doing turnarounds much more easily with the half circle stick motion from one of your smash videos, and it made my combo game in rivals 1 sooo much better. i could actually turn around and do a backwards move mid combo without worrying about accidentally just dashing away. i could actually use backairs hahaha. very good tip, tysm! im glad youve made this video giving a bunch of little tips like that, itll be very helpful for beginners! i actually didnt know about pivoting until this vid!

[@mcbecketh]

That tower of heaven ending song, man that was a blast from the past

[@Leo-ry3kx]

what a well presented, detailed, and concise video. the type of shit that should be an official resource. really well done, i’m looking forward to more advanced guides

[@nickziegler1904]

that trick of using up to turn around or walk when tap jump is off is kinda mind blowing thanks for pointing it out.

[@powerpc127]

I have a bad habit of accidentally dash attacking when I just want to babydash to reposition myself and utilt. In the first minute you've already given me a solution by telling me I can tilt the control stick diagonally up to walk. I'm going to be watching a lot of this video in the next few months. Thanks bro!

[@Cat-astr0phe]

Eyy more rivals content lets go

[@SylvanFonte]

I wish I had this game so I could praise sillin's useful guide

[@chwig7354]

You're doing it now

[@bpberry]

As someone who has been playing fighting games quite literally all my life thiss is probably one of the best guides i have ever watched i honestsly learned a lot for someone who is new to the competitive side of platform fighters and i really found this helpful keep it up Silli great content

[@JonahFrese1]

Thank you bro, I had so many questions about the small nuances I kept seeing in some pro matches and you essentially answered all of them. My hero 🙏

[@FungiWizard]

i genuinely could not figure out Cactuar Dashes to save my life and this video made me understand it perfectly 😭 I was originally returning to neutral on my stick Thank you!!

[@TheBlakesama]

At first glance of the video, with a tutorial on how to slow walk vs. dash, I assumed there wouldn't be anything to learn from this. I'm not entirely new to platform fighters, I've been playing smash bros. with friends for years now. That being said, I was curious how such a simple tutorial of one control (the control stick) could be 8 minutes long . . . and here I am knowing full well I've never even done half of the listed movement options. Thank you for the in-depth tutorial, I can't wait to spend hours practicing consistent baby dashes & moonwalking LOL

[@Sillintor]

Trust me, I didn't think it would be 8min long either. My original estimate was like 5min top haha, but then I found out more stuff and the script got longer and longer LOL

[@aivrh8502]

I'n completely new to the genre and this is so helpful, thank u!

[@Daniel-wg7sv]

I feel like one important technique was left out about dash dancing. Fox-trotting allows you to keep dashing in the same direction while also allowing you to dash dance freely allowing for really unpredictale movements.

[@winpik237]

Finally something that a beginner can easily understand and try to replicate. Awesome video. Would also like to see a video going over some drills new players can do to get a grasp on the gameplay flow.

[@optix4732]

Thanks for doing this, Sillin. I didn't know you could do moonwalk with the upward halfcircle, so I learned something new.

[@driphtwood]

More Rivals content! This was excellent. I didn’t know moon walking was that easy.

[@FieryAnubis]

This guide actually helped me make sense of what I was actually doing in a strange way. I lose the feeling in my left wrist from time to time, so I kind of did these things on instinct. I know it sounds really weird and stupid, but I feel better about my movement thanks to this.

[@Heowolf]

Look up a guide on hand stretches/"gamer" stretches, they help more than I can convey here - especially if you're getting numb while playing.

[@COlimar788]

Excellent video, thanks for putting this together! I knew most of this already, but a few of these techniques were new to me, so I'll have to check them out. Also with a proper explainer maybe I'll finally figure out doing a moonwalk consistently. I really appreciate the control stick visual especially, having that for reference makes it so much easier to understand the movement.

[@r.j.5266]

When I saw moon walk I realized I have a contractual obligation to mention Falcon’s turnaround animation in Ultimate. My duty as a Falcon main is now complete

[@crohyena]

rivals 2 have so much depth it's kinda overwhelming for a newbie 😭

[@Fishii125]

loved your ultimate link content, great to see you making rivals vids now

[@spoignant_art]

Hey man thanks for making this tutorial this is a huge help for new players like me! Great video keep up the great work!

[@MrHenne826]

Fantastic guide, really enjoying your Rivals content in general as I'm absolutely in love with the game myself :) Going to be keeping up with your uploads(even though Fleet annoys me)!

[@uffersqba516]

Very good vid

[@SiberianNinja-Jin]

I've been subconsciously doing moonwalking by accident. Now I know how to do it consistently thanks to this video. That and baby dashing.

[@arbo6850]

Thank you!! Everyone keeps moonwalking on me online and it looks so cool

[@amoineau]

Great video, very interesting approach

[@asimhussain8716]

Would like a movement guide on more advanced techniques like wave dashing, also how to implement these techs into gameplay.

[@professionaldogblogger587]

you can pivot consistently and out of any dash if you use walk mod, dash -> walk mode -> flick stick on the opposite direction of the dash

[@WolfCatBirdPigMan]

great video thank you. looking forward to the more advanced movement guide.

[@Aurorex]

Nice Video! It would be cool if you make also a Video about edge guarding (fight at the border and use the edge to avoid enemy to come back). I see many people do that, but dont know how to do that

[@VP-tn1ip]

this helps so much thank u

[@crazykid1325]

Nice guide

[@ChrisC97]

Honestly how do people gently press the left stick in fighting games? I never really understood that

[@ixaac453]

i mean its only really in smash bros type games so its really not that common of a skill. as someone whos experienced in traditional fighters i have zero consistency in getting the gentle presses in smash type games despite trying now for years to learn them it feels so wrong and counterintuitive.

[@HastyMang0]

Btw babydash also has an interesting side effect of kinda slowing it's momentum if used with anything that isn't shield or a special It's still a great option to learn but if it feels like you can babydash shield further then you can babydash jab, that's why (Also babydash neutral b on clairen lol)

[@edwhett4853]

honestly had no idea how to turn around until this

[@Zetterburn-k9r]

love the video ur the best

[@SugarMeowYT]

No clue how to moonwalk before this. 15/14

[@JLawL]

Anyone have any tips on how I may be able to make the game feel more responsive? Maybe it's just the fact that I've been playing SSBU forever now, but the frame delay on movement just seems insanely slow.

[@AkariSarzul]

Can you make a keyboard guide? When I played the demo during NextFest the game was basically unplayable on keyboard and I'm not sure if I just didn't set it up right.

[@aeon3valefore]

Do you have a recommendation for sensitive on your control stick?

[@SchereGeist]

Good Video.

[@shinespike7346]

Please do a settings guide for best online performance! So many dropped frames and inputs leading to SD’s

[@Sillintor]

It might sound stupid and it also might not help you, but when I have my browser (firefox) open the steam games drop frames in general (not just rivals) If that's not the case, then I don't really know what's causing the dropped frames :/

[@shinespike7346]

@@Sillintor I’ll make sure other apps are closed next time I play. Do you use the standard default settings in game? I read some Reddit posts saying windowed mode reduces frame drops

[@Sillintor]

@@shinespike7346 I use the standard settings. The only thing that's turned off is the music for editing purposes

[@amoineau]

I cannot manage to do a moonwalk, I spent 30 minutes inputting the dash into half circle and barely succeeded a half baked moonwalk a few times (and my character turned around...)

[@DragonMaster1818]

Damn this looks so cool but as a smash player putting this into my gameplay sounds hard. Gotta figure this out once I figure out it how to connect my switch controller to my stupid laptop bc it’s not working It feels like rivals gives you too many options, like WOW.

[@samk2407]

I hate that you can't do tilts in turnaround it feels so bad especially when thats how I did almost all my tilts in smash

[@ktrieun]

Please, include time stamps in the description for easy navigation of the video

[@Sillintor]

Included the Timestamps now

[@Joseph-mc4jv]

What is the first song used in the video? It sounds familiar

[@petrikillos]

I use dpad. What then Sillintor? This is discrimination >:(

[@Sillintor]

Well... the video title says "Control Stick", not D-Pad :(

[@kumahs8453]

how to wave dash next pls

[@morewant-gw9ke]

So I know you said you have already said the ingredients I just sort of want to have a visual of how to make that hot ramen oil

[@dara-kelly]

My Ranno's about to be NUTTY

[@butlustgaming8819]

i have problem with doing jabs left or right when i need to do it quickly i always do dash attacks insted and its driving me crazy, my brain cant cope that i need to do its slowly with the stick.

[@ChessKing151]

So I need a higher end controller to babydash? Feels impossible to consistantly to do on an Xbox controller…

[@Sillintor]

The controller I used for this guide is an original gamecube controller, not modified. It should work with an xbox controller as well

[@TheMoistifyer]

Baby dashes are just hard to learn but once you do learn how you can get really consistent with it

[@Massamom]

I've been able to do it on many pc controllers, basically cheaper xbox controllers. It just takes practice and remember it's not the most important movement option. Get everything else down first, including stuff involving other buttons. After that you can decide if you want to practice baby dashes and pivots.

[@matthewosterman9030]

Everything seems a little harder on Xbox but you can do it you just have to feel it out

[@dakota_h]

4:13 "Hawk Tuah dash" its even in our game mechanics now...

[@Sillintor]

CACTUAR NOOOO

[@vorchitect]

glad im not the only brainrotted person who heard that LMFAO

[@vwxyz345]

Why are pivots a 1 frame window?

[@Sillintor]

The problem are the other mechanics (Babydash + Dash dancing) There is 1 frame of your character model turning around during a pivot, this is the window you need to hit, if you go for a 2nd frame you already initiate a dash (for dash dancing) And because you are initiating a dash for 1 frame only, a babydash comes out instead of a pivot.

[@cardboardleaf7971]

oh wow this is gonna be difficult to execute

[@LorbyOwo]

Neeed some more

[@LunarDarkness983]

Cool, now make a guide for keyboard. Also you should try keyboard, it feels better than controller (I have never used a controller in my life).

[@tinkywinky3246]

Dont use it

[@LunarDarkness983]

@@tinkywinky3246 The only thing i know for real is that i don't have a FUNCTIONING/GOOD controller to play this game, I'm not gonna use joycons either.

[@vegaplus420]

@@tinkywinky3246keyboard is fine

[@vegaplus420]

@@LunarDarkness983get a Hall effect keyboard and ull be op

[@LunarDarkness983]

@@vegaplus420 What's Hall effect?

[@DUDELUKE123]

I'm dying because I have been so lonely without my daily Silintor (at 12) now I have to wait for a whole year (until 1) and I'm so old by then.❤‍🩹