Kirby's Most Powerful Gimmick: Inhale-Footstool Guide

I have briefly talked about this in my videos, but never really went into detail on this setup. I see a lot of misinformation about this out there, so I wanted to hopefully clear some things up! Kirby's inhale to footstool set up is a very powerful tool when used correctly, and isn't just for beginner players. Decent opponents can lose to this and it's probably better than you think.
Chapters:
0:00​ Overview
1:05 Finding the Inhale
2:55 Combos into Inhale
3:42 The Footstool
4:15 Footstool Chart
5:08 Footstool on Double Jump
6:30 Risk/Reward
Resources Used:
SK's Twitter Thread: / 1351284401884155904
Jejajeja Kirby vs Ken: VGBootcamp • Flat Realm 8 SSBU - Je...
Inhale Setup Doc: docs.google.com/document/d/1t...
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Evilgoku's Kirby vs Fox: • PRISM 205 - Evilgoku (...
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[@Juggleboy]

I formally apologize to the all of the opponents on quickplay that I encountered looking for clips for this video.

[@skulduggerypleasant9008]

You deserve every single teabag my friend

[@andrebarreiros7315]

Man you missed a huge damn point, and it's like half like what makes it work with all the cast in green in that chars list, *YOU HAVE TO MASH A JUMP AERIAL LIKE NAIR OR FAIR TO CATCH THEM ALMOST 100% OF THE TIME*!! like it doesn't matter if you Footstool or not, if you use Nair to catch their DJ they are dead, also you might dj anyways since you mash jump out. One more thing extra important is that while attacking you can't be footstooled so it prevents you being screwed trying this gymmick.

[@andrebarreiros7315]

I'm a professional gymmickirby so trust me, I'm Dred, PRed in Portugal

[@Wirby.]

Most of them probably spammed anyway

[@noirlavender6409]

"You might think it would never work against a decent opponent" This is what people say about Ganon smashes, and it's hard to find any competitive ganon match without some cheesy c-stick kills

[@staticchimera44]

Broke: Footstooling the opponent after the grab release. Woke: Spitting out the opponent towards the stage under the ledge such that the star bounces down at a very harsh angle.

[@Juggleboy]

I haven't tested this since the game came out, but I believe that your opponent can actually tech that hit while they are a star. EDIT: I just tried it out and I couldn't get a tech, so that might not be true

[@Terchuy]

@@Juggleboy I think you can get out of star form faster by mashing

[@juneru2]

I also like spitting them so they're right below the stage and they bump their head wasting their double jump.

[@SocknessMonster]

I pray to juggleboy everyday knowing that he made a guide on how to gimp

[@chevredefeu7780]

There's something pretty interesting (but extremely MU dependant) that you can see in the JeJa vs Sytonix clip Inhaling characters that usually ledgetrap really close to the ledge, things like Fox Little Mac, shotos etc... It's a really good conditioning tool, if they see that you're stupid enough to go for the 0% kill they will probably stop to do their most optimal ledge trap (like Ken Down-tilt / Up-tilt or Fox's Bair spam) for something more safe. Sometimes I even have people giving me the stage control back for free juste because they are scared of dying at 0

[@FedoraKirb]

I always wondered why getting the footstool felt so inconsistent, so that chart was really helpful!

[@Acirclee]

There really do be a kirby main community out there.

[@connergoldsborough4093]

Oh how I wish for the glory days of weekly uploads of Kirby takes on elite.🥺

[@moonadoo1006]

I won’t lie it’s nice to see someone else talkin about this cheese strat that I’ve used and abused

[@borpi2995]

Your videos are a blessing dude. Keep up the amazing content!!!!

[@kirbyhasappeared]

amazing i need to learn this

[@krys3001]

Great guide. Thank you.

[@JeJaJeJa]

I need to make my own super in depth guide. Wanna help?

[@Juggleboy]

I'm down!

[@animesbonnet377]

WE NEED THIS COLLAB!!

[@App-L]

this is my absolute favorite thing to do when im badly losing a match

[@MatthewLiguori]

Love this

[@skyblock64]

Yesterday I was playing a game again a person who always jumped from ledge, so instead of using inhale, I won with the final move being an aerial fully charged hammer flip! I felt so good after landing it.

[@Fodencat]

I do this others, this will help me to a next degree

[@lilycreeper5246]

0:37 or, if you want to launch them farther, the special button

[@badbones9314]

How do you counter this can you make a video on it

[@joemama127]

Using evilgoku clips at the end… he was a menace in swfl scene

[@aaronwatson1432]

Another interesting strategy for stages where you can go under the stage (like battlefield), is to inhale the opponent and then spit them out under the stage. Some characters can recover from this, but many can't.

[@jason1932]

Hey Juggleboy or anyone who plays competitively. Are you allowed to use a pro controller that is modded with the C stick and movement stick that are the shape and size of a gamecube controller. Basically subbing them out for the gamecube controls on those buttons, Thank you!

[@Pownchao]

Yeah, you can say it's lame, but come on, I'm playing Kirby. I gotta do what I can to win.

[@johnstevenson3628]

What’s your best advice for beating Kirby’s inhale at ledge? Especially when you’re down a stock and have to make a comeback. You can’t just not approach at those times, so what do you do? I guess it’s character specific but many characters have little to barely any tools to deal with this. I’m sorry for asking a lot of questions about this complex topic; if you can’t sum it all up right now you could make a video about it. I just want to stop getting cheesed as Ganon by my friend that mains Kirby.

[@jenv.7995]

The endlag for inhale is very big, if they are camping the ledge inhaling you can easily punish from above by jump + dair or fair

[@JoelTheParrot]

4:08 is Pokemon Trainer all of the Pokemon or just one or two? BTW for some reason when i went into training against a level 7 lil mac they wouldn't mash out until we were basically off-screen, but level 9 lil mac mashed out about as fast as the one in the video

[@Juggleboy]

All 3 of the Pokemon

[@JoelTheParrot]

@@Juggleboy Aight thx

[@dragonfruitreal]

2:55 how in the hell do you do this combo i've only managed to hit the nair on heavy characters and the up tilt is just impossible for me to hit does this work on banjo and no one else or am I just doing something wrong

[@Juggleboy]

That combo doesn't work on everyone and has specific percent ranges when it does work. You want to slightly delay the neutral air and fast fall with it. Delaying gives you the later hitbox, which doesn't send the opponent as far, allowing the up tilt to connect. And make sure you are doing a turnaround up tilt

[@brannycedeno6823]

Please make a compilation of this move trolling people around.

[@CoffeeFields101]

5:02 how did you turn around after walking off stage like that?

[@dragonfruitreal]

did you ever figure this out?

[@CoffeeFields101]

@@dragonfruitrealno lol 😅. I guess I didn’t ask even though I’m in his discord, I just forgot about it

[@dragonfruitreal]

@@CoffeeFields101 something i actually figured out is that when the opponent mashes in kirby's mouth kirby will go up in the air slightly and you can turn midair if you time it right im pretty sure that's how he did it

[@Speedster428]

Can king ddd do it

[@Lordecai]

Good video. As the Romans say: For the algorithm.

[@aidandoesmusic]

Shoutout to the homie KingKirb64 who’s been doing this shit labbing matchup by matchup how to optimally do this

[@omlett6482]

Ah yes, the ChuDat

[@Kirby18]

Project M Chudat >>>

[@abelramirez6436]

I do this a lot by accident lol

[@akihiko4346]

here's the set that it happened kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJXYqqqsoaeIaJo

[@carpet3827]

me seeing people do this, trying to do it, then realizing my brother mains byleth and being sad

[@droopyrws2021]

I do this since smash 4, not big science tbh

[@4137Swords]

Ah yes, the technique that is super lame at a casual level but hype at a competitive level.

[@robertmeneguzzo235]

This is such an in-depth guide on a very degenerate strat lmao... this is why everyone should sub to juggleboy bcse you dont get this sorta quality anywhere else

[@Juggleboy]

"How to get your friends to hate you: An in depth guide"

[@emmaroni]

@@Juggleboy NEW TITLE RN

[@tinyt.w.i.m7291]

I knew kirby players playing him competitively were scumbags. Casual Kirby players are ultra chill, tho.

[@freddiesimmons1394]

1:04 "certain characters" I really came here to see the list of those characters. 4:15 Oh there's the list. Man, this should have been in the first 30 seconds.

[@nwz6084]

The kirby discord tells their players not to use suck and cuck and that it’s just a gimmick. Players should use all your tools in the arsenal. Please link it on yt because i don’t wanna support the kirbycord. The mods are toxic

[@Tonjit41]

1:15 You don't get invincibility from grabbing the ledge. You get intangiblility. Misinformation is cringe. (Nice video otherwise)

[@Juggleboy]

I mean, you're not wrong...