The most USELESS mechanic in Rocket League

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To all the people trying, failing, and hustling to make their dreams come true, we’re all in the middle of writing our own stories. Don't let people and their stones bring you down.

Never give up,
Luke

[HotClipz-ovlg]

we should also consider that in a situation where a opponent is speed flipping this would be a great delayed kick off strat

[filippofalato]

Bro needed a second camera to tell us the kickoff was trash lmao

[DnochRL]

I’m sick of teammates doing this terrible kickoff. I hope this video blows up

[olivercossette]

I'm a GC in 1s and I use this all the time, it's a great trick to throw the opponent off, the late speed is killer

[mitchelhansen]

I do it once or twice a game and throws my opponents every time so idk, the delay always seams to be handy for me and usually have plenty of boost to get a save or a goal

[Bettygolbb]

its the fifty that you're doing wrong

[CC-iusq]

The fact that Luke is obsessed with tank tops because he thinks he’s ripped is crazy tho

[Archer-]

i think the point of the wavedash kickoff is actually really important to many lower level players: 32 boost is not enough to reach supersonic. you need a flip. on every kickoff except for the straight, you need to flip in a diagonal way which can be very hard for many newer players to accomplish properly. the most common thing to happen, is that they have to drive and adjust to get the boost pad before flipping causing them to land AT the ball so they can't flip into the 50/50. being able to jump and wavedash allows players to be able to be solidly grounded for long enough to ensure that they can feel comfortable with their challenge on the kickoff instead of landing at it and getting dunked on, or landing just in front and having no time to figure out how to flip, or panic-jumping and hitting the ball super weirdly (often leading to a lost kickoff.)

The biggest issue with the wavedash-kickoff shown in this video, is that pov ALWAYS flips the wrong direction and too early causing them to almost completely miss the kickoff in every demonstration.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK SPOOKY BOI!! hopefully other people will stop listening to these dumb ass videos and instantly jump 5 ranks (like i did)

PS.
if you read this comment and cut out everything about how you're wrong and then put the sarcastic congratulations in a video saying "Look at this! this player jumped 5 ranks from watching my videos!"
i STG I'm going to sue you for misquoting me to support your scam

I don’t wave dash.
I flip and boost to position myself with a touch high on the ball or center to deliver the most block or power.
If I see the enemy go for low, I go for high.
If I seem them go for high, I go for center.

[TheRealMaskr]

I been doing this years on diagonal kickoff and im almost always the winner of the kick-off

Remember the shorter you press Jump, the shorter the jump!

[Og.Alko-VR]

I do this & perfected the delay for placements for my TM. It’s OP AF and isn’t coming close to failing me in C2/C3. Ain’t bad if you’re smart about it and capitalize on its weakness. SO easy to place a ball that isn’t gunna pinch. 🤷‍♂️

[oh.itsTom]

The point is not getting there first.If you do the single jump wave you dont waste boost and can still controll where the ball goes and can follow up with your boost

[unrelentinghighfructosesyrup]

it’s not always about being first, sometimes you can fake the opponent with it (sparingly) and get a free ball out of it

[LT-Frag]

This single jump wave dash is only used to delay you kick off to try to gain possession it works good but you should majority go for a speed flip

[xx_-xx]

Imma be honest. Same could be said if you do a speedflip everytime. Like they are they are so easy to counter that you can choose not to even flip on kickoff and still win every time. Just need to know proper placement of your car and pay attention to where the opponent is landing/turning into and you almost dont even need to go for the ball if you can shadow well.

I love letting people think they have an easy opportunity so that the overcommit and i can just walk it in, usually go for something fancy off the wall though. Also in 2s and 3s if you are by your net dont go blasting off immediately, let one of the opponents get close or overcommit, you have the ball and all of the control. Put them into a predictable position and you can either eliminate that person from they play or just make it much harder for them to shadow.

[tgkfv]

what about a speedflip zapdash? but delay the speedflip so when you zapdash you're zapdashing into the ball

[_TvisionGAMING_]

Might be the worst once you hit high champ - gc . It works in champ and lower but i suggest learning sped flip

[vainfate]

A c1 1s player here, its a great kickoff because everyone tries to outplay a speedflip.

[ethanrichardson]

Ngl I stall for a split sec by floating while air rolling to be sideways when I hit the ball to pinch with the enemy works a lot, even better in 2s or 3s bcs your team8 can boost you too

[yusufaziez]

Yo G havent watched ir vids in a minute.. bit the bear my guy is sick Af 💪🔥