The move does insane damage and combos, so linking it from techchases like Jammy said or from combos or reads can easily get the opponent's damage up to the point where fair or bair can get them offstage.

It also has a very decent level of priority. I see it as a pretty fairly made move.

I just wish the whip for sheik was like Melee Sheiks whip. Aaaah good times.

Sheik v Falcon ruins falcon mains lives.

I don't think it's as bad for falcon as some people make it out to be
but it's still at least 60-40 for sheik imo.

The problem is, what do you do when you're offstage?

A good Sheik would never let you recover, unless you outplay him with a uair or a Raptor Boost.

you die if you're offstage lol.
I think Falcon can win neutral more consistently cause dashdancing + nair beats a lot of Sheik's neutral options.
they both combo each other really well, and since Sheik edgeguards better I think she can just combo you offstage and then edgeguard, which is really rough for Falcon.
for Falcon to win I kinda think you need touch of death combos, or close to it.

Yeah, I believe it's 60-40 for Sheik.

According to TAC, the needle canceling with shield does work. If you try to do it you will probably shield or airdodge. After a bit of practice though, you can cancel the needle charge with shield without shielding or airdodging. You have to press and let go of shield REALLY fast, this might be a one frame input lol.

Hmmm I see.

Just picked up Sheik recently and gahdam is she fun.
Been reading through some stuff on this thread (like the needle charge thing) and will definetely try them out.

Also, we need more Sheik players ;(

not many people play sheik as she can get pretty repetitive imo
also dash attack is one of the most busted moves in the game lmao

It's not THAT bad lol.

But you wanna know what is bad? Her Side B. It doesn't even tether LMAO.

I know how you feel man, I played around with Sheik and never considered her my secondary until. Now she is one of my most used characters. I love using back throw on opponents near the ledge, they jump and I run off forward air their a**. I love that.

I understand the tether thing and I hope they change it to what Smash 4 did.