Gaming
l-cancel
What does l-cancel mean?
Press shield in the frames just before you touch the ground out of an aerial and your landing lag gets cut in half. It's the bread-and-butter tech that makes Melee pressure flow, drop a single one and the whole string falls apart.
"He missed the L-cancel and ate a grab for it, that's the read right there."
Origin
Super Smash Bros. (notably Melee). Short for 'lag cancel', performed with the L/R shield buttons.
Frequently asked questions
What does L-cancel mean?
In Super Smash Bros, an L-cancel is tapping shield right before you land an aerial to halve the move's landing lag.
How do you use L-cancel in a sentence?
For example: "You need to L-cancel every aerial or you'll get punished on landing."
Where does the name L-cancel come from?
It's named after the L shield button on the GameCube controller, which players press to trigger the technique.
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