A new Super Smash Bros. Ultimatetechnique has been unveiled that will forever change the way the game is played competitively. Though Smash Bros. Ultimate is finished receiving updates, players within its competitive community are still constantly advancing its metagame. Ultimate player and tournament organizer GimR discovered a new mechanic that he spent months refining. After much anticipation, GimR finally unveiled the revolutionary movement option, which he named the Slingshot.
GimR is best known as the president of the game's largest streaming channel, VGBootCamp. He has a reputation as a scientific authority in the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate community, constantly experimenting with the game's properties to push its boundaries further. Ironically, this role is not what led him to discover the Slingshot, which he claims was found by accident, but it's what allowed him to recognize the potential of the maneuver, as well as replicate and perfect it. Once the Slingshot is mastered, it could fulfill GimR's lofty ambitions of changing Ultimate's meta, similar to the discovery of Wavedashing in Super Smash Bros. Melee, which redefined the game.
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The Slingshot functions as an advanced movement option in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which permits characters to move in ways previously thought impossible. The Slingshot is performed by dashing in one direction with the control stick, then quickly moving the stick to the bottom corner of the opposite direction. When combined with a jump input, a player can turn around and jump simultaneously, maintaining the momentum their character gained from their initial dash. When executed correctly, a character
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