verb Gaming Slang

L-cancel

· verb · gaming

Tapping shield right before you land an aerial to halve its landing lag.

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Definitions

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Press shield in the frames just before you touch the ground out of an aerial and your landing lag gets cut in half. It's the bread-and-butter tech that makes Melee pressure flow, drop a single one and the whole string falls apart.

“He missed the L-cancel and ate a grab for it, that's the read right there.”
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In Melee it's manual on every aerial, which is why clean L-cancels are a baseline skill.

“Practice your L-cancels until they're automatic, otherwise you're plus on nothing.”
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L-cancel In A Sentence

He missed the L-cancel and ate a grab for it, that's the read right there.
Practice your L-cancels until they're automatic, otherwise you're plus on nothing.

Origin & Usage

Super Smash Bros. (notably Melee). Short for 'lag cancel', performed with the L/R shield buttons.

Variants L-cancellingL cancellag cancel
Tags #smash#melee#tech-skill#pressure

People Also Ask

What does L-cancel mean?

In Super Smash Bros, an L-cancel is tapping shield right before you land an aerial to halve the move's landing lag.

How do you use L-cancel in a sentence?

For example: "You need to L-cancel every aerial or you'll get punished on landing."

Where does the name L-cancel come from?

It's named after the L shield button on the GameCube controller, which players press to trigger the technique.

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