SSBM/Glossary

Main Glossary

Crouch Cancel verb

A technique where a defender at low percents simply holds down on the control stick when they are about to get hit by certain attacks, to trigger ASDI towards the ground and land immediately. The landing severely reduces the knockback and hitstun of the strike, allowing for a punish in most situations.

Link to deeper explanation: https://glossary.infil.net/?t=Crouch%20Cancel

CC verb

Shorthand for "Crouch Cancel", a technique that utilizes ASDI to severely reduce the knockback and hitstun of attacks to allow for a punish.

Link to deeper explanation: https://glossary.infil.net/?t=Crouch%20Cancel

Edgeguard verb

The act of preventing the opponent from safely returning to the stage.

Link to deeper explanation: https://glossary.infil.net/?t=Edge-Guard

Floaties noun

Characters that do not fall fast (everyone except Fox, Falco, and Captain Falcon, who are known as the "fastfallers")

GALINT noun

Shorthand for "Grounded Actionable Ledge Intangibility", which is the number of actionable intangible frames after a ledgedash

Hitlag noun

A brief period for which the game freezes when an attack lands.

Link to deeper explanation: https://glossary.infil.net/?t=Hitstop

IASA verb

Shorthand for Interruptible As Soon As, which are the first frame of a moves recovery that can be cancelled into any action except Shield.

Link to deeper explanation: https://glossary.infil.net/?t=IASA

Low Profile noun, verb

A move or action that greatly shrinks a character's hurtbox, to avoid certain moves that would hit a normal stance otherwise.

Link to deeper explanation: https://glossary.infil.net/?t=Low%20Profile

Meteor Cancel verb

Cancelling the knockback of a meteor smash by jumping or upbing 8 frames or more after hitlag ends.

Meteor Smash noun

An attack that sends downwards at an angle between (angle range idr). Meteor smashes can be meteor cancelled.

Link to deeper explanation: https://glossary.infil.net/?t=Meteor%20Smash

Setplay noun, verb

Performing pre-calculated maneuvers in a flow-chart manner in specific situations, that will typically secure an offensive despite many of the opponent's defensive attempts.

Link to deeper explanation: https://glossary.infil.net/?t=Set%20Play

SHFFL adjective

Shorthand for Short Hop Fast Fall L-Cancel, pronounced "shuffle"

Link to deeper explanation: https://glossary.infil.net/?t=SHFFL

Shinespike verb

A technique where a Fox or Falco player use their Reflector to send a opponent down and off the stage at an unfavorable recovery angle.

Spacies noun

A nickname for the Star Fox characters of SSB (Fox, Falco, Wolf).

Link to deeper explanation: https://glossary.infil.net/?t=Space%20Animal

Spike noun

An attack that sends down at an angle outside of the meteor smash range, and thus cannot be meteor cancelled.

Link to deeper explanation: https://glossary.infil.net/?t=Spike

361 noun

Sakurai Angle, grounded hit sends at 0° under 32 KB, 44° above 32.1 KB; and always sends at 45° on aerial hit.

External Glossary Resources

"The Melee Lexicon" by AlekSimulator
Infilament's Fighting Game Glossary