#melee

Air-dodging diagonally into the floor to slide while staying free to act.

The space-animal Smash characters — Fox, Falco and Wolf — lumped together.

Flicking back and forth on the spot to bait and control space.

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

Chasing an offstage opponent with a relentless chain of aerials until they're dead.

Short hop, fast fall, L-cancel an aerial — the cleanest, laggiest-free way to throw an air move from the ground in Melee.

Grabbing the ledge yourself so the opponent can't grab it to recover.

Sliding backward while still facing and dashing forward in Melee.

A flashy execution-style melee on an enemy who never saw it coming.

A downward-launching hit you can sometimes jump out of, unlike a true spike.

Excuses a player makes for losing — bad controller, lag, off day, you name it.

Flicking the stick during hitlag to nudge your position frame by frame.