2020 Ness Melee Techs Guide

Hey everyone, this is the 2020 Ness Melee Techs Guide.
It's been a while, but its now finally here! The 2020 Melee Guides are 29 projects, meant to document as much Melee techniques into video form while being generally enjoyable videos to watch.
Special shoutouts to the Smash@Stockton and NJ SSBM scenes! Without them, I probably would not have had the drive to want to finish these guides.
Timestamps and Songs for the video are below:
Timestamps:
0:15 YoYo Glitch / Drop Jackets
4:47 Triangle Jump
5:45 Reverse Nair
6:20 DJC Aerial
6:55 Aerial OOS
7:25 Dash Attack 1st/2nd Hitbox Tricks
8:42 Dash Attack 3rd Hit
9:08 D-Throw Low Damage G&W
9:30 Baseball Bat Reflector
10:14 SH Autocancel Uair
11:05 DJC
11:40 Tipper F-Smash
12:18 Ness & Doc/Mario Super Slide
13:40 Wall Infinite
14:11 PK Thunder 2 Rock Slide
14:32 PSI Dashing
15:24 PK Thunder Properties
16:03 Angled F-Tilt
16:20 PK Flash Deceiving Hitbox
Songs:
Siivagunner: Onett (Extended Mix)
Harmony of Heroes: Pollyanna, I Believe In You!
Harmony of Heroes: Bound for Home
Siivagunner: Because I Love You (Alternate Mix)
Siivagunner: Snowman
Bearkeys: Fourside

[@Crazylrishguy]

Shoutouts to anyone still playing melee ness in 2020, much love

[@tedbonnot8910]

please kill me

[@rockhardmemes2203]

@@tedbonnot8910 Average ness main

[@EjectoSeatoCuhh]

I'm trying man he's good I swear It🖖🏽😫

[@Underr4t3d]

There are still people in 2024

[@nerlam1]

Bruh, I wish melee ness was just a little better, I love his movement so much

[@emilianoaventura5295]

Before seeing this video, I actually got to realize how triangle jump worked, and just kinda got excited to see if I can experiment more with Ness
I think a lot of things in this video is something one can realize by playing, and since I always go without any knowledge, is fun to see things I do are better documented that I would believe
I just want to see more Ness players now...

[@tsukikohaku6928]

I’ve been playing ness since I got my GameCube ahh those were the days of no struggle and stress.

[@ariesomega2487]

What I didn't know the bat reflector was a thing in melee too ?!

[@Gamesforus1]

Bro, the biggest mix-up in this entire video is the music, lol. I wasn't expecting it.

[@darwingreenheart]

10:12 pause it, bat reflector: reflector box and hit box overlap slightly away from ness's hands. looks like the sweet spot

[@supertray1]

By accident I did a the super slide in an unranked. Seeing it explained helped me understand what happened. good video

[@Wista13]

Omg I love the mother 2 music

[@Fridgidice]

Thanks for including psi-dash. It’s very underutilized and makes platform stages very good. Ideally you want to utilize tap jump instead of double tapping X to maximize distance and reduce physical effort.

[@kugokan]

ness is a cool character
the yoyo and jacket stuff are so big brain

[@RAGERPLAYS]

thanks for making this! actually super uselful.

[@ilitrix]

I love this Video, I hope that Ness would be viable in Melee that would be great. Also a very good video, I enjoyed it. I gave the video a like, deserved. 👍

[@noodletribunal9793]

half of these are just repeats or ways in which ness doesnt work as a character lol. but im excited to learn yoyo glitch!

[@Akiak7]

Would have liked to see a showcase of the different behavior of PK Thunder in 1.0

[@michaelj9153]

20. Edge cancle PK FIRE

[@thirdchair9670]

Whoops lol, nice catch

[@NakNakPrime]

Such a good vid

[@nickbellardini]

Great video! If you ever decide to update these, I recommend including a bit on Ness' DJC wavedash. I typically perform it with tap jump for the first jump, a button for the double jump, and angle down on the stick in time for the wavedash. This is basically a waveland in place of a wavedash, so you get the extra distance from the momentum (a smashboard thread from 2007 mentioned its a property of Ness' DJ being a falling animation, rather than jumping up?); with proper timing its a good option for quick movement. It's relatively difficult but not impossible to get consistent. Just a technique you might find valuable to explore in the future

[@EvilApple567]

I just tested this and DJ waveland provides the same speed and distance as wavedash, just one frame slower.

[@nickbellardini]

@@EvilApple567 I'm late but thanks for testing and debunking it

[@vexomie]

Still here

[@conterd2293]

I wish I knew what half this meant

[@thirdchair9670]

“How to be cool with Ness” pretty much simplifies it up lol

[@7uptendo]

Thanks this helped

[@xClyded]

i wish all of these videos had commentary

[@thirdchair9670]

It’s my goal to provide proper commentary in the next releases

[@3M8NYT]

@@thirdchair9670 Yes please do, a ness commentary video would be great.

[@Tor2Guh-]

Wait, why do I feel like this video was reuploaded?

[@bradwilliamson4749]

Isn't the yo-yo glitch banned?

[@J_-_]

nah, its one of his saving graces

[@rashy360]

first

[@iantaakalla8180]

Too bad Ness is useless even given these techs.

[@snabsif2483]

Until there’s a truly talented ness player we’ll never know