Smash 4 Wii U - Everything about Footstools

[@MrMarowak]

yoshi falling to his doom after being used as a means of an extra jump, that's dedication to source material

[@ChristianL3399]

Hahaha! True! I never thought about that!

[@qballinniss5347]

+Mr. Marowak omg thats so true

[@puckie643]

LMFAO

[@cmy3631]

+Mr. Marowak You make me wanna cry lol being a yoshi main was hard enough as it is lol now I gotta think of all my sacrificed brothers hahaha

[@noobiesensei6281]

Take my like

[@Lakitu1134]

"PHANTOM Footstool!" That's what it is! I thought I was seriously going insane when I saw my opponent randomly have a second or third double jump when they shouldn't have!

[@mosesthurman7039]

Same

[@Nyxael5845]

CPU opponents abuse the crap out of that thing.

[@yuukiterumi2061]

I was always mad about why they don't flinch and now I now

[@Nyxael5845]

+Yuuki Terumi it's worse when the CPU is right above you. When that happens, you know you're screwed because the moment you use your double jump they quickly footstool you.

[@gravitydazed8859]

+Dr. Nyxael Ayala Yeeesss so freaking true

[@nextlevelgamer3]

i did not know phantom footstools were a thing... this explains SO MUCH...

[@Za_Phantom]

tru

[@StickMaster500]

And most importantly, it's usually done by accident, especially off stage.

[@DineAuZor]

And this is the thing that brings the more rage in Smash imho

[@dacelomusic]

StickMaster500 Why do I see you everywhere

[@vano507]

@@dacelomusic I KNOW RIGHT I aslo see Kermit the Frog everywhere

[@-Fraud]

Yoshi mains must hate you guys right now.

[@redandpikachu1149]

lol

[@AmariDT]

Do u watch Ninkendo

[@-Fraud]

SuperFunPlush539 Ye

[@AmariDT]

+Krissen The Fraud cool

[@cmy3631]

+Krissen The Fraud For real lol hahaha

[@sabaca304]

Great video, a lot of people aren't aware of how footstools work.

[@mosesthurman7039]

Same

[@marioisbusted]

75% of the time, when I try to footstool someone off-stage, I end up dieing myself...

[@WinEntity]

THANK YOU for explaining Phantom Footstools. I always wondered why I kept getting extra jumps for no apparent reason.

[@Leafy46]

>That moment when you accidentally pull off Corrin's Dair FS combo simply trying to survive a successful spike.

[@thecommunist9421]

Leaf Eon me and my friends we're doing free 4 all 3 of were left 2 of us had 1 stock the other had 2 I knew I couldn't win so I went for the suicide kill to end the game I footstooled my friend and made it back still lost though

[@1_____________________]

Yeah.... but in 8 years playing smash bros i never got an intentional footstool...

[@quaishan5628]

Spiked Blueshell it’s only been out 4 years

[@shinynoob4890]

KadenTheKreator I hope you know that Super Smash Bros. Brawl exists too?

[@quaishan5628]

Shiny Noob oh ALL smash games? In that case, alright

[@Hextor26]

KadenTheKreator It's only been in Brawl and Sm4sh

[@Stiv64_]

It is also worth mentioning that a footstool doesn't give lost ledge invincibility back, unlike getting hit by a regular attack. So if you get a foostool on an opponent who just let go of the ledge and performed a double jump, he will be completely vulnerable when he regrabs the ledge. See 4:24.

[@kanlalonde1356]

@ luigi mains, get ready to down taunt now lmao

[@BigLord]

Was going to mention that too. This pretty much opened my eyes to a world of possibilities.

[@kanlalonde1356]

+BigLord that moment when taunting actually became viable

[@jeanbarker1065]

BigLord .g

[@jeanbarker1065]

Stiv64 h

[@KellyAesop]

I'VE BEEN SO CURIOUS ABOUT HOW THIS WORKS

[@kennycosmic]

I love how footstooling is becoming a part of the meta

[@TekkamanBlade]

Prolly cuz in the older games you would have to use the DPad to do it which wasn't very practical

[@kennycosmic]

+Tavros Nitram I think that's only in project m

[@Drozos]

Guns don't kill people Footstools do

[@Chadmiral]

True,there's been too many school footstoolings lately.

[@TheHungryYoshiLOL]

kirby is a god with footstools. His down air combos to footstool. its so funny to use

[@Phanton404]

HELL YEAH I ASKED FOR THIS! Thank you guys, I'm really digging the explanation about phantom footstools, they were driving me crazy!

[@palindinX]

THOSE FOOTSTOOL HARD-READS AND MIND GAMES, SON

[@Gradient___]

I swear, whenever you guys release a video it's never a subject that I consciously knew I wanted to see, but winds up being super duper helpful!

[@Gurpwnder]

I've always called phantom footstools "fraudstools"

[@dietfruit]

I called them fakestools

[@TehVilly]

I call em foodstools! Dont ask why.

[@TheZutter]

TehVilly y tho

[@MaxNMotion]

I love this channel. I had no idea how phantom footstooling worked beforehand. I didn't even know it was called that lol.

[@atari_hmb]

+MaxSpeed Yeah, it was a thing back in Brawl, but this channel is helping the smash 4 meta develop a lot further than Brawl's meta.

[@aidanm8030]

+ATARi incidentally brawl's meta was known as meta knight

[@CamoflaugedKiller]

+Mr. M (Felipe) im sure you know what that is right, the bandwagon of spam/pro players. Meta Knight was like a god in Brawl. OH THE INFINITY Not Disney related anymore.

[@Ethan-sz4ly]

The song is from The Keef Crew's documentary videos.

[@affingtones2570]

what is it called?

[@Ethan-sz4ly]

Affing Tones Beats me.

[@affingtones2570]

+Cool Sm4sh Videos Awww

[@tysongranger7855]

+Affing Tones It's called "Frog De Funk 1" player.epidemicsound.com/#/search/?search_query=Frog+De+Funk+1

[@affingtones2570]

Oh wow, thanks.

[@AnthonySeehaArchive]

Time to practice footstools now. This is good stuff.

[@EarthboundJunky]

It's worth mentioning that a footstool will also wake up a shield broken player. Potentially useful in multiplayer to wake up a friend with no dmg, or to show mercy to an opponent. As always, great work guys! Thanks for all your amazing content.

[@zcbsajsbxnsdjzcnaskxn8883]

Can't believe I never knew that

[@lilchunnky78]

I do this a lot on for fun lmao

[@Antifrost]

I've been waiting for a video like this to come out, thanks again for the great information.

[@naverick22]

You forgot something. If a character is footstooled on the ground and gets spiked before the footstool stun wears off, they cannot di no matter what, even if they mash or buffer a direction, until the target starts going downwards. This means anyone with a divedrop dair (greninja, toon link, G&W) will always get a spike that cause the target to go only straight up and down. For greninja, this is huge because it guarantees his kill confirm d-air setups.

[@Zubagon]

So THAT'S what that weird air-bounce is! I've seen it happen and have it happen to me, but no one ever says anything, so I had no idea what it was! Thanks a million! :D

[@puckie643]

Yeah, I agree. Those weird af jumps that get you super high without an explanation... Thanks uwu

[@bertthedragon9252]

Just wanted to say that I love all of your content, it gives super good explanations of things I always have questions about, awesome job guys!

[@christopherwilliams6708]

Great timing. I was really getting into footstools for gimping, but combos work almost as well.

[@ZeoLightning]

i've been waiting for this, ever since i asked i was hoping to learn more on how to footstool =)

[@flamegod7]

What a great video. I will donate to help you out because reciprocity is what the world's all about!

[@mzpuff7641]

Finally, someone could explain me what are those mysterious double jumps that sometimes come out of the nowhere!

[@Professional_Malder]

+MZG20 Phantom Footstools.

[@alexchrollo]

Aye, Time to destroy people on For Glory with this

[@CamoflaugedKiller]

+GamerTimeUSA plee don tell me you're anime Wii Fit Trainer. You're too pretty to be my enemy!

[@notfunnyperson3496]

+Camoflauged Killer thats really cringy but you have rare as your profile pic so you have been forgiven

[@Mosashi_EX]

What's your tag ?

[@st4pps]

Or on quick play

[@James_Dawg]

wow, i have been doing this a ton lately and had no idea what it was i was doing to get that extra jump. thanks a ton for explaining this to everyone :)

[@James_Dawg]

the phantom footstool that is, normal footstools are obviously much more noticeable.

[@ChristianL3399]

That's an extremely useful video to me! Thanks BSD for making that!

[@maugos]

Didn't realize that footstools could be used even after the second jump has been used. Good to know.

[@KeronoKamen]

Probably worth mentioning that, usually with a non-phantom footstool, your character dips a bit during the jumpsquat animation (jumpsquat and said dip is skipped during a phantom footstool, which is why phantom footstools usually propel you higher than regular footstools). However, for some reason, when you footstool Palutena in the air (non-phantom), your character will actually rise during the jumpsquat animation (likely an error on the developer's part). This is actually somewhat relevant as it does make footstool combos involving an aerial footstool less consistent for some characters, such as Greninja's Nair->footstool->Dair (as the added height often results in him getting the non-spike hitbox of Dair). To my knowledge, this only happens with Palutena, and footstooling every other character results in the usual dip during jumpsquat.

[@Terioth]

Another great topic covered by the doods

[@DineAuZor]

Oh noes, the phantom footstool landing was something I used, but with this video it will get more popular ! xD Very good video as always :D

[@tommo531]

Hi

[@BeefySmashDoods]

+tommy531jed Hi

[@cashninja12]

+Beefy Smash Doods hi

[@daglasp.4516]

+Beefy Smash Doods Hey you didn't talk about the perfect frame move after a footstool

[@imSoCalamari]

+EpicMynd88 no.

[@daglasp.4516]

Bottlecap'n Did you try? (But i think the won't work)

[@gabe3885]

there was a certain part in alpharads cloud 101 video that had a lot of phantom footstools while R.O.B was using his recovery

[@kylefarrell4165]

I love TheRealCarterer, glad he got a shoutout

[@thepuffman6620]

Awesome video as always. I main sonic and I have some replays of myself receiving a third jump after my recovery move. Must have been phantom footstools all along! For other sonic mains out there, mashing jump during sonics Dair spike usually results in a footstool as well allowing sonics spike to kill even earlier.

[@smertonosnyibratni]

ok, so a pretty cool yoshi combo you can do with footstools that i found out. It only works on a few characters, but i did it on for glory once and it was nasty. 1. immediately as the match starts get a short hop soft hit nair (it might not be a soft hit, i cant remember) 2. once you hit the ground, d-tilt the opponent, this should knock them off stage 3. sprint towards your opponent, and once you leave the stage, fastfall a fair 4. footstool right as your fair hits and it will spike them below you and then footstool.

[@stickjohnny]

Thanks for all of the videos, this one was fantastic! I will stay beefy =')

[@Daniel-qd6qg]

I'm glad this was made. I never thought about this.

[@arshadsiddiqui9071]

This vid is great. Jumping on shields is a great mix up.

[@vyq6014]

so satisfying to punish someone with footstool if he goes offstage too hard :')

[@The_Yoshimon_]

So true

[@darymetal]

footstools combos are sooooo underrated....pretty much any character has them but only a few use it consistently, for example ike' combo is amazing, ryu too can do up to 60% and it's true on most characters......

[@gameboy3433]

As a Yoshi main, footstools are my worst nightmare.

[@TopPigg]

I was expecting to see a clip of Abadongo's mewtwo combo. Grounded footstool + fastfall Disable

[@BlockMage]

I believe that if you get spiked while in footstool tumble state you also can't tech, useful for characters like greninja who has a divekick

[@indigoasis]

I had always wondered how footstools worked. thx doods!

[@JeremyShen13]

Pikachu has a very strong fast-fall back air to footstool combo offstage!

[@mikey2k9000]

+Jeremy Shen and f-air as well

[@viviansventures]

Kirby using dair into footstool is one of the funnest things to do against characters with weak recoveries like Cloud

I hate you :'( nah I always burst out laughing when I fall for it

[@EL_QUE_LA_HACE]

TRC's footstools and Dr. Mario combos are insane!

[@riccallan4106]

Your videos are awesome guys. Keep it up.

[@godslayerbiotch43]

i wad actually hoping that they would do a video on this, what a coincidence!

[@gameboygarchomp2165]

Just when i think i know everything about footstools. Beefy Smash Dudes teach me something new

[@p4tmaster]

Great video. As always. Thx guys!

[@hyogs4612]

Honestly, I've never thought of using footstools from Yoshi's trying to make use of the edge, normally I just keep my distance to avoid these aerials. Makes much more sense to give em the stomp.

[@lovingfool2060]

Thanks for this! I've been wanting to main pit/dark pit, and I feel like footstool combos would be useful for them.

[@speedbraker211]

Great video, Someone found a glitch with Sonic when he gets phantom footstool. When Sonic up-b and can't grab the ledge a phantom footstool can reset his up-b making Sonic can up-b 2 or 3 times every time he gets phantom footstool.

[@ezanadaniel9149]

Great video guys, very informal

[@a.becker4851]

I died @ "It will cost the Yoshi his life." because it sounded like an Animal Planet documentary.

[@Tecaluca]

I love footstooling Yoshi. So satisfying.

[@Zelfric]

I finally know how to control my footstool jump height, I can't thank you enough!

[@nrshocks6931]

DK's cargo throw stage spike to footstool is my favorite

[@harkenstone]

Here's a footstool combo for you: Pac-man: charge a bell, then throw it so it stuns the opponent on the descent of its trajectory (spacing is key). The second your throwing animation is done, run forward (you should be running even before the bell stuns the opponent), short-hop forward air to recatch the bell, keep moving forward in air, and double jump. The bell will have launched the opponent forward (or backward, depending on which side of the opponent the bell hits. If the bell hits behind them, change the parts where I say forward (pertaining to movement, not the attack) to backward), and right when you doublejump your opponent should be right under you, and you will footstool them. Do NOT hold jump, or this combo will not work, just do a tapjump footstool. As they are falling to the ground throw your bell downwards and fastfall. Your opponent should now be stunned whilst laying on the ground. The second you land, do a forward smash. This will take the stock on the far side of the stage at around 90%. Edit: yes, I know this combo was shown in "The Big Chomp" pacman combo video. This comment is meant for people who haven't watched that video yet.

[@doclouis4236]

Such a lust for true combos

[@no1janembafan]

footstools for recovery is going to be the new meta for this game

[@maniacpwnageking]

You should have shown the full Lucas 0-death footstool combo, as it's probably the most brutal footstool combo in the whole game.

[@breadandbutterjoestar]

Cloud's single hit of his cross slash into footstool

[@zmr4113]

Until now, I've never known a phantom footstool existed. Thanks!

[@SupLuiKir]

Was the zero-to-death Z-drop footstool infinites (villager tree-piece and Pac-man key) outside the scope of the combos section and this video? Have you made a video on infinites yet?

[@Buki9212]

I'd like to add that footstools can actually negate the option to DI afterwards when you footstool someone who just received A LOT of knockback e.g. Marth's uthrow at high percents. That's why Marth's uthrow into ZSS footstooling the opponent into Marth's usmash is true as they can't DI to avoid the usmash and Greninja's footstool combos are only true for the most part. Therefore for some footstool combos you need to react to your opponent's DI and for some you don't have to as they can't DI (Sonic's Spin Dash Roll to spring lock for example).

[@bigboybunter3417]

That Doc combo is SUPER hard to pull off...I've been trying to do it since I saw TRC's video for it.

[@johntitor1619]

Had no idea about the Phantom Footstool...I've always thought I miscounted my jumps when it happened.

[@mikanalyse]

Thanks for the phantom footstool tip, I'll try to use it especially against people who tend to shield spam. :)

[@redlift4410]

Duck hunt can help people recover by getting phantom footstooled.

[@emantv6343]

One thing you didn't mention from footstooling is that Mewtwo could use it to carry his opponent better in his nair as well as using it to combo into double jump cancel down b.

[@SirBookwriter]

Shoutouts to me for creating the phantom footstool term? Or did someone else come up with the same term?

[@Kingdom-zu6tm]

You can always count on beefy smash dudes to learn something!

[@atari_hmb]

Thumbs up if you're a Brawl veteran and already knew of this :D, but great video Beefy for helping the Sm4sh meta

[@digitalatom6433]

This just gave me an idea for a mii swordfighter combo that uses a footstool, though you'd need to start with a footstool in the air. It's mostly going to be raw damage, but can kill. What I'm thinking of is footstool to double Uair. I don't remember if this can kill confirm, though I think it's very likely to on most characters. The main problem is that Mii sword doesn't have many groundlocking moves, just jab 1 and 2. So I suppose you can extend the damage a little but with that and either do the double Uair or charge up F-smash. Even in case that the Uairs wouldn't connect you could do D-throw to Uair instead.

[@AlphaWario]

Next you should do a guide on glitches that are helpful if you can find any. I know one where If you try to use a fire hydrant while its already out and then use pacman's side b right afterwards, The pellet will be glitched and can do almost anything, from going in the ground to turning left to right instantly.

[@MeesterTweester]

Wow, I think I just did my first phantom footstool today, I think.

[@Ki-gz8ve]

+Meester Tweester The first one you noticed, yep. All thanks to good 'ol Beefy Smash Dudes

[@MeesterTweester]

Cap'n K I've seen a gif of one before, but I don't remember doing one. Footstools are almost accidental for me, since they're so hard to land and there are better options.

[@Ki-gz8ve]

I know that feel

[@andrewsaiyan9412]

Thanks for this I will definitely practice

[@Caliburn_Summit]

4:44 oh my god!!! I can't believe... Somebody that actually uses airdoges when the oponent is trying to gimp him

[@protomanfz2215]

There's always that one match where you have one stock and then you get footstooled.

[@cmy3631]

+iNosfouratu too many times bro...too many times

[@funnature8679]

This can be useful against a powerful character like the second best character in competitive smash. example Mario's jab to footstool near the ledge off stage is a true combo if well timed (pull it off easy mostly my opponent jumping.) or characters have attacks that push the opponents off a platform.

[@punkretro9201]

I'm a pikachu main and there is something I don't see any other pikachus do or even talk about Esam as well doesn't talk about it so I don't know if he knows that you can footstool with quickattack

[@TheTrueBrawler]

Wow. A thumbnail where a goddess is using her servant as a footstool. What an original concept.

[@AMH9000]

One thing that doesn't really apply to the footstool part of the vid, but instead the part about teching a spike when standing, is that you cannot tech Ganondorf's D-air at all unless you are in the air. This is most likely because there is too much initial hitstun (the part of hitstun where it's impossible to tech) on Ganon's D-air because of how powerful it is.

[@jacobpaquiot4498]

AMH9000 it's because it launches your opponent upwards

[@justanothernpc5762]

Thanks for the vid I was really wondering why I kept having a really big jump whenever I jumped above my opponent

[@awesokestephen3494]

The footstool combo for CF is from moobesor smash. Check out his channel.

[@mauricewarren1]

Falcos forward air leads to a lot of foot stool deaths off stage.

[@UmbraStarWolf]

Mewtwo's fast fall nair to foot stool is deadly

[@GammaDelta7]

Footstools seem pretty funny and useful though. Too bad I'm not good enough to actually perform any when it matters. :/

[@ZettaSlow]

just spam jump

[@GammaDelta7]

***** Oh. Seems simple enough.

[@Driff97]

I must be crazy. like, 30 minutes to and hour ago, I was thinking if anyone was going to talk about footstools and then, BAM! in my subscription box comes the video about said topic. I would also like to give a mention to Mewtwo's crazy footstool combo when the opponents is on the ground. you know, n-air-->footstool--> Disable-->any smash attack?

[@RaikoEnjoyer]

*I bet Pit is having a GOOD Time in that thumbnail*

[@theshadowspider97]

OMG! I have so much trouble with footstooling! (probably cuz' I use tap jump) Thanks for this. You're such a big help. +BeefySmashDoods