noun, verb Gaming Slang

Tech Chase

· noun, verb · gaming

Reading how your opponent gets up and punishing it before they can move.

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Definitions

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When an opponent is knocked down they have a handful of recovery options. A tech chase is predicting which one and being there to punish it, turning one knockdown into another.

“He hard reads every getup, his tech chase game is why you never escape the corner.”
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As a verb, to tech chase is to follow your opponent's recovery and convert. Big in Melee, where Falco players tech chase into the same combo over and over.

“I tech chased the missed tech into a grab and just kept the loop going.”
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Tech Chase In A Sentence

He hard reads every getup, his tech chase game is why you never escape the corner.
I tech chased the missed tech into a grab and just kept the loop going.

Origin & Usage

Fighting game community; popularised heavily in the Super Smash Bros. Melee scene where wake-up options are limited and readable.

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