PracticalTips: Blast Zones

[@Slante0010]

nice work at GOML, you really caught your stride after the first couple segments, they were really informative and concise.

[@leoluster01]

wow I am here and have viewed this video. Wonderful

[@LazyLee]

why can characters ladder each other beyond the blast zones? (luigi ladder, etc)

[@PracticalTAS]

Great question. I couldn't fit it into the video, but there's an additional requirement for KOs off the top. When you pass the top blast zone, you either need to be: *standing on ground (ie so you can be carried off the top by Corneria arwings), or *be affected by a small but nonzero amount of knockback in the air This means that if your character is able to jump up to the top blast zone, they're actually able to jump past it and don't instantly fly away. The weak hit of Luigi's up-b has set knockback, which means it does the same amount of knockback regardless of percent. It's also so weak that it doesn't reach the "small but nonzero" knockback threshold required to trigger a star/screen KO off the top. Thus, two Luigis laddering up can keep going indefinitely without being stopped by the blast zone.

[@Smoofmaster]

I've seen a sheik jump out of tumble when they were really high up and just died off the top. It was a high level player too.

[@kalebwrenchey]

Yeah, I’ve seen that happen with people, usually after a Falco shine. Jumping out of getting hit by shines had caused KOs before

[@griffin8762]

Does your entire hit box have to pass through the blast zone for you to die, or do you just have to touch it?